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authorGerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>2001-04-24 11:09:21 +0000
committerGerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>2001-04-24 11:09:21 +0000
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downloademacs-1e1e6d529c8e07ec4afa7c49ab3ffa2a6613fce7.tar.gz
Adapt to the change of string-rectangle back to 20.x behaviour.
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+++ b/man/killing.texi
@@ -538,11 +538,13 @@ Clear the region-rectangle by replacing its contents with spaces.
Delete whitespace in each of the lines on the specified rectangle,
starting from the left edge column of the rectangle.
@item C-x r t @var{string} @key{RET}
-Insert @var{string} on each line of the region-rectangle
+Replace rectangle contents with @var{string} on each line.
(@code{string-rectangle}).
@item M-x replace-rectangle @key{RET} @var{string} @key{RET}
Replaces each line of the region-rectangle with @var{string}
(@code{string-rectangle}).
+@item M-x string-insert-rectangle @key{RET} @var{string} @key{RET}
+Insert @var{STRING} on each line of the rectangle.
@end table
The rectangle operations fall into two classes: commands deleting and
@@ -603,13 +605,15 @@ any difference to this command.
@kindex C-x r t
@findex string-rectangle
- The command @kbd{C-x r t} (@code{M-x string-rectangle}) inserts a
-string on each line of the region-rectangle before the rectangle,
-shifting text right.
-
@findex replace-rectangle
- The command @kbd{M-x replace-rectangle} is similar to @kbd{C-x r t},
-but replaces the original rectangle. The string's width need not be
-the same as the width of the rectangle. If the string's width is
-less, the text after the rectangle shifts left; if the string is wider
-than the rectangle, the text after the rectangle shifts right.
+ The command @kbd{C-x r t} (@code{M-x string-rectangle}) replaces the
+contents of a region-rectangle with a string on each line. The
+string's width need not be the same as the width of the rectangle. If
+the string's width is less, the text after the rectangle shifts left;
+if the string is wider than the rectangle, the text after the
+rectangle shifts right.
+
+@findex string-insert-rectangle
+ The command @kbd{M-x string-insert-rectangle} is similar to
+@code{string-rectangle}, but inserts the string on each line,
+shifting the original text to the right.