On 27 Oct 2005 09:03:06 -0700,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Kline) wrote:
>Do any of the PC editors support cutting just selected columns from
>multiple lines? For example, on TN3270 I can cut and paste columns 10-20
>from rows 2-5, and do NOT get columns 1-9 or beyond column 20 for any line.
>
>When I try this on any of the PC editors I've used, they want to copy
>columns 10 through end-of-line from row 2, all of rows 3-4, and columns 1-
>20 from row 5. That just never works out too well for my mainframe source
>files.
Yes. Emacs has supported "rectangle" selection for years. The old
Codewright editor (lately from Borland) also supported "block" cut, copy
and paste. I'm sure that these are not the only two PC-based editors
supporting this type of feature.
Eric
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