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Did you use the 'C-x r *' keys previously? I'm so used to those that I haven't been able to prove to myself that the new rectangular selection is better... In p

• dima55 12y ago
  All C-x space does is visualize the rectangular region. You still use all the old binding (C-x r t for instance) to do anything with the region. The annoying thing about C-x space, is that it used to do something completely different (set gud breakpoint), but I digress.
  • webkike 12y ago
    It must have been a hard decision to make that change -- the current maintainers really hate breaking defaults. I suppose it's just that useful to have.
  • gnuvince 12y ago
    > All C-x space does is visualize the rectangular region. You still use all the old binding (C-x r t for instance) to do anything with the region. Really? Upon reading the release notes, I was excited that I'd probably be able to just use commands like C-w or C-x u to act on rectangles. Sad to see it won't be the case.
    • ngoldbaum 12y ago
      Both of those commands seem to work correctly with rectangular selection.
    • dima55 12y ago
      Ah, right you are. In any case, the old bindings do still work.