Re: open-rectangle

[Andreas Röhler]

Am Dienstag, 26. Juni 2007 14:21 schrieb martin rudalics:
>  > Intention is to copy extracts from *w3m*-buffer with
>  > `copy-rectangle-to-register'
>  >
>  > However, calling `open-rectangle' I get an error,
>  > because *w3m*-buffer is read-only. Toggling this it
>  > works.
>
> How do you manage to call `open-rectangle' here?

Don't know wherefrom I got this idea.

> `copy-rectangle-to-register' calls `extract-rectangle' which doesn't
> modify the buffer.

Thanks. That's the right thing.

>
>  > Question: Is this star, which causes the error in the
>  >  interactive-form "*r\nP" of `open-rectangle' necessary?
>
> Yes.  Because `open-rectangle' may modify the buffer.
>
>
OK. See it.  Thanks again.

Andreas Roehler