Emacs rectangles

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String rectangle or multiple cursors or vertical editing #

• C-x r t
• while using evil mode, enter visual mode
• put the cursor on the top row and column where you want to add new column
• scroll down vertically to select number of rows

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becomes

3c21 jak 46f 6374 6874 jak d6c 3e3c 2063 jak 861 7273 202f jak e0a 3c6d 6965 jak 770 6f72 2277 jak 964 7468

kill rectangle #

• C-x r k
• put the cursor at “j” of top row
• in visual mode scroll down to the last row and put the cursor at “k”
• kill-rectangle

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becomes

3c21 46f 6374 6874 d6c 3e3c 2063 861 7273 202f e0a 3c6d 6965 770 6f72

Copy and yank(paste) #

• C-x r k
• C-x r y

To convert lines to bullets or list #

For string-rectangle you would put point and mark the following way:

v—mark line1 with some text line2 with more text <—point

After M-x: string-rectangle: 1. you will get:

1. line1 with some text
2. line2 with more text

Hitting C-c C-c will give you the correct numbering!

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