From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2001 12:30:56 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Document the incompatible change in string-rectangle.
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Document the incompatible change in string-rectangle.
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diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 9f2a2bb636c..0c3f5619c89 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -808,6 +808,10 @@ spaces, and an optional prefix now allows them to behave the old way.
 +++
 There is a new command M-x replace-rectangle.
 
+** `C-x r t' (string-rectangle) no longer deletes the existing
+rectangle contents before inserting the specified string on each line.
+The `replace-rectangle' command can be used if deletion is required.
+
 ** The new command M-x query-replace-regexp-eval acts like
 query-replace-regexp, but takes a Lisp expression which is evaluated
 after each match to get the replacement text.