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* doc/emacs/killing.texi (Rectangles): Document "C-x C-x" in
rectangle-mark-mode.
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doc/emacs/killing.texi
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@ -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.
@findex rectangle-exchange-point-and-mark
@findex exchange-point-and-mark@r{, in rectangle-mark-mode}
@kindex C-x C-x@r{, 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

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etc/NEWS
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@ -634,7 +634,11 @@ respectively, `show-paren-when-point-inside-paren' or
*** Strings after `:documentation' are highlighted as docstrings.
** Rectangle editing
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*** Rectangle Mark mode can have corners past EOL or in the middle of a TAB.
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*** C-x C-x in rectangle-mark-mode now cycles through the four corners.
*** `string-rectangle' provides on-the-fly preview of the result.