>>>>> "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. -- Russell Senior ``I have nine fingers; you have ten.'' [email protected] _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
