>>>>> "Rich" == Rich Shepard <[email protected]> writes:

Rich> I need to remove double quotes from a specific column for all
Rich> 3200 lines in a file. I know that I can do a regex search and
Rich> replace for the beginning of each line, but the quotes I need to
Rich> remove are in the interior. It seems to me that there is a way
Rich> to block a vertical column and manipulate text within that
Rich> marked block, but I no longer remember how to do this.

Rich> [...]

Rich>    Well, it turns out that I cannot find a way to block a
Rich> rectangle of text rather than a stream of text in
Rich> emacs. However, 'joe' has the capability of turning text
Rich> selection into a rectangular block. That must have been what I
Rich> used in the past.

Try C-h a "rectangle"

That should list a bunch of commands relating to rectangles.


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