(@code{string-rectangle}).
@item M-x string-insert-rectangle @key{RET} @var{string} @key{RET}
Insert @var{string} on each line of the rectangle.
+@item C-x @key{SPC}
+Toggle Rectangle Mark mode (@code{rectangle-mark-mode}).
+When this mode is active, the region-rectangle is highlighted and can
+be shrunk/grown, and the standard kill and yank commands operate on it.
@end table
The rectangle operations fall into two classes: commands to erase or
shifting the original text to the right.
@findex rectangle-mark-mode
-@cindex rectangular region
- The command @kbd{C-x @key{SPC}} (@code{rectangle-mark-mode}) makes a
-@dfn{rectangular region}. It is a new feature introduced in GNU Emacs
-24.4, and most commands now are still unaware of it, but kill and yank
-(@pxref{Killing}) do work on the rectangle.
+ The command @kbd{C-x @key{SPC}} (@code{rectangle-mark-mode}) toggles
+whether the region-rectangle or the standard region is highlighted
+(first activating the region if necessary). When this mode is enabled,
+commands that resize the region (@kbd{C-f}, @kbd{C-n} etc.) do
+so in a rectangular fashion, and killing and yanking operate on the
+rectangle. @xref{Killing}. The mode persists only as long as the
+region is active.
@node CUA Bindings
@section CUA Bindings
of each line in the rectangle (on the same side as the cursor).
You can use this rectangle support without activating CUA by calling the
-@code{cua-rectangle-mark-mode} command.
+@code{cua-rectangle-mark-mode} command. But see also the standard
+@code{rectangle-mark-mode}. @xref{Rectangles}.
With CUA you can easily copy text and rectangles into and out of
registers by providing a one-digit numeric prefix to the kill, copy,