Re: copy-rectangle-to-kill-ring

[Kevin Rodgers]

Wilmar Igl wrote:
> sorry, I don't want to  be a nuisance. However, I'd like to suggest to
> include a function to copy a rectangle into the kill ring which is not 
> available at the moment (only copy-rectangle-to-register).

Do you mean "copy a rectangle so that `C-x r y' can insert it"?  Or do
you mean "copy a rectangle so that `C-y' can insert it"?

If the former, this should do the job:

(defun copy-rectangle-as-kill (beg end)
  "Copy rectangular region into `killed-rectangle', but don't delete it.
The rectangle can then be yanked via \\[yank-rectangle]."
  (interactive "r")
  (setq killed-rectangle (extract-rectangle beg end)))

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA