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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/rect.el')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/rect.el | 13 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/rect.el b/lisp/rect.el index 3dd06f1be0e..e79b193211c 100644 --- a/lisp/rect.el +++ b/lisp/rect.el @@ -111,9 +111,8 @@ and ending with the line where the region ends." (operate-on-rectangle 'delete-rectangle-line start end t)) (defun delete-extract-rectangle (start end) - "Delete contents of rectangle and return it as a list of strings. -Arguments START and END are the corners of the rectangle. -The value is list of strings, one for each line of the rectangle." + "Return and delete contents of rectangle with corners at START and END. +Value is list of strings, one for each line of the rectangle." (let (lines) (operate-on-rectangle 'delete-extract-rectangle-line start end t) @@ -181,10 +180,9 @@ but insted winds up to the right of the rectangle." (point))) (indent-to column))) -(defun clear-rectangle (start end) +(defun clear-rectangle (start end &optional preserve-position) "Blank out rectangle with corners at point and mark. -The text previously in the region is overwritten by the blanks. -When called from a program, requires two args which specify the corners." +The text previously in the region is overwritten by the blanks." (interactive "r") (operate-on-rectangle 'clear-rectangle-line start end t)) @@ -193,7 +191,8 @@ When called from a program, requires two args which specify the corners." (let ((column (+ (current-column) endextra))) (delete-region (point) (progn (goto-char startpos) - (skip-chars-backward " \t") + (or preserve-position + (skip-chars-backward " \t")) (point))) (indent-to column))) |