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[Emacs-diffs] emacs-25 d30c30b: Document new features of Rectangle mode
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Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] emacs-25 d30c30b: Document new features of Rectangle mode |
Date: |
Sat, 19 Dec 2015 12:41:06 +0000 |
branch: emacs-25
commit d30c30b04052aad10f817a3792e8c3719ee06423
Author: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>
Document new features of Rectangle mode
* doc/emacs/killing.texi (Rectangles): Document "C-x C-x" in
rectangle-mark-mode.
---
doc/emacs/killing.texi | 13 +++++++++++++
etc/NEWS | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/emacs/killing.texi b/doc/emacs/killing.texi
index f05b8cc..9761ac7 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/killing.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/killing.texi
@@ -853,6 +853,19 @@ so in a rectangular fashion, and killing and yanking
operate on the
rectangle. @xref{Killing}. The mode persists only as long as the
region is active.
+Unlike the standard region, the region-rectangle can have its corners
+extended past the end of buffer, or inside stretches of white space
+that point normally cannot enter, like the TAB.
+
address@hidden rectangle-exchange-point-and-mark
address@hidden address@hidden, in rectangle-mark-mode}
address@hidden C-x address@hidden, in rectangle-mark-mode}
+When the region is in rectangle-mark-mode, @kbd{C-x C-x} runs the
+command @code{rectangle-exchange-point-and-mark}, which cycles between
+the four corners of the region-rectangle. This comes in handy if you
+want to modify the dimensions of the region-rectangle before invoking
+an operation on the marked text.
+
@node CUA Bindings
@section CUA Bindings
@findex cua-mode
diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 85002c8..3a21985 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -634,7 +634,11 @@ respectively, `show-paren-when-point-inside-paren' or
*** Strings after `:documentation' are highlighted as docstrings.
** Rectangle editing
+
++++
*** Rectangle Mark mode can have corners past EOL or in the middle of a TAB.
+
++++
*** C-x C-x in rectangle-mark-mode now cycles through the four corners.
*** `string-rectangle' provides on-the-fly preview of the result.
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