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Rewrite kill-read-only-ok, Delete Selection mode, replace-rectangle.
author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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date | Sat, 17 Feb 2001 17:35:47 +0000 |
parents | 89bf4e8936b6 |
children | 0ee33338bb24 |
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--- a/man/killing.texi Sat Feb 17 17:34:12 2001 +0000 +++ b/man/killing.texi Sat Feb 17 17:35:47 2001 +0000 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @c This is part of the Emacs manual. -@c Copyright (C) 1985,86,87,93,94,95,97,2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +@c Copyright (C) 1985,86,87,93,94,95,97,00,2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. @iftex @chapter Killing and Moving Text @@ -37,15 +37,14 @@ @vindex kill-read-only-ok @cindex read-only text, killing - By default, Emacs does not allow to kill text in read-only buffers. -Setting the variable @code{kill-read-only-ok} to a non-@code{nil} value -overrides that. To alert you to the fact that you killed read-only -text, Emacs prints a message to that effect in the echo area. - - When @code{kill-read-only-ok} is @code{nil}, Emacs beeps if you try to -kill text in a read-only buffers, but it puts the text you wanted to -kill into the kill ring anyway. This means you can use kill commands to -copy text from read-only buffers. + You cannot kill read-only text, since such text does not allow any +kind of modification. But some users like to use the kill commands to +copy read-only text into the kill ring, without actually changing it. +If you set the variable @code{kill-read-only-ok} to a non-@code{nil} +value, the kill commands work specially in a read-only buffer: they +move over text, and copy it to the kill ring, without actually +deleting it from the buffer. When this happens, a message in the echo +area tells you what is happening. The delete commands include @kbd{C-d} (@code{delete-char}) and @key{DEL} (@code{delete-backward-char}), which delete only one character at @@ -57,12 +56,13 @@ @cindex Delete Selection mode @cindex mode, Delete Selection @findex delete-selection-mode -You can arrange for selected text to be killed when you insert something -and replaced by what you insert; this is the way many text interfaces -work. To do this turn on Delete Selection mode. with @kbd{M-x -delete-selection-mode} or using Custom. Also in Delete Selection mode -@key{DEL}, @kbd{C-d} and some other keys will just kill the whole -selection and Transient Mark mode is turned on (@pxref{Transient Mark}). + Many window systems follow the convention that insertion while text +is selected deletes the selected text. You can make Emacs behave this +way by enabling Delete Selection mode, with @kbd{M-x +delete-selection-mode}, or using Custom. Another effect of this mode +is that @key{DEL}, @kbd{C-d} and some other keys, when a selection +exists, will kill the whole selection. It also enables Transient Mark +mode (@pxref{Transient Mark}). @menu * Deletion:: Commands for deleting small amounts of text and @@ -502,6 +502,9 @@ @item C-x r t @var{string} @key{RET} Insert @var{string} on each line of the region-rectangle (@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}). @end table The rectangle operations fall into two classes: commands deleting and @@ -562,13 +565,13 @@ @kindex C-x r t @findex string-rectangle -The command @kbd{C-x r t} (@code{M-x string-rectangle}) inserts a + 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, 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{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.