;;; rect.el --- rectangle functions for GNU Emacs
-;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1985, 1999-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Maintainer: Didier Verna <didier@xemacs.org>
;; Keywords: internal
;; ### NOTE: this file was almost completely rewritten by Didier Verna
;; <didier@xemacs.org> in July 1999.
-;;; Global key bindings
-
-;;;###autoload (define-key ctl-x-r-map "c" 'clear-rectangle)
-;;;###autoload (define-key ctl-x-r-map "k" 'kill-rectangle)
-;;;###autoload (define-key ctl-x-r-map "d" 'delete-rectangle)
-;;;###autoload (define-key ctl-x-r-map "y" 'yank-rectangle)
-;;;###autoload (define-key ctl-x-r-map "o" 'open-rectangle)
-;;;###autoload (define-key ctl-x-r-map "t" 'string-rectangle)
-;;;###autoload (define-key ctl-x-r-map "N" 'rectangle-number-lines)
-
;;; Code:
;; FIXME: this function should be replaced by `apply-on-rectangle'
(condition-case nil
(setq killed-rectangle (delete-extract-rectangle start end fill))
((buffer-read-only text-read-only)
+ (setq deactivate-mark t)
(setq killed-rectangle (extract-rectangle start end))
(if kill-read-only-ok
(progn (message "Read only text copied to kill ring") nil)
(barf-if-buffer-read-only)
(signal 'text-read-only (list (current-buffer)))))))
+;;;###autoload
+(defun copy-rectangle-as-kill (start end)
+ "Copy the region-rectangle and save it as the last killed one."
+ (interactive "r")
+ (setq killed-rectangle (extract-rectangle start end))
+ (setq deactivate-mark t)
+ (if (called-interactively-p 'interactive)
+ (indicate-copied-region (length (car killed-rectangle)))))
+
;;;###autoload
(defun yank-rectangle ()
"Yank the last killed rectangle with upper left corner at point."