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24.0.50; point after `clear-rectangle' and `string-rectangle'

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 24.0.50; point after `clear-rectangle' and `string-rectangle'
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2010 10:22:31 -0800

I'm no expert on this.  But what is the rationale for leaving point at
bol after such commands.  Wouldn't it make more sense to put point at
the same corner of the replaced rectangle as it was for the rectangle
that was replaced?  IOW, if point was at the lower right corner of the
rectangle to be replaced, shouldn't point be left at the lower right
corner of the new (replacement) rectangle after replacement?

What use case(s) does the current design fit?  I would expect that `C-x
C-x' would select the rectangle that I just used as a replacement.
Instead, it selects a zero-width rectangle from the top to one line
below the bottom of the replacement rectangle.

There might be some other rectangle commands that also have this problem (what I
see so far as a problem, that is).

In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2010-11-22 on 3249CTO
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.4) --no-opt --cflags
-Ic:/imagesupport/include'

Message #8 received at 7522 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 7522 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7522: 24.0.50;
	point after `clear-rectangle' and `string-rectangle'
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 21:26:27 +0800

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> I'm no expert on this.  But what is the rationale for leaving point at
> bol after such commands.  Wouldn't it make more sense to put point at
> the same corner of the replaced rectangle as it was for the rectangle
> that was replaced?

I can't reproduce this.  After `C-x r t' or `C-x r c', point is at a
corner of the replaced/cleared rectangle.  Please provide an exact
recipe.

Message #11 received at 7522 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Chong Yidong'" <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 7522 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#7522: 24.0.50;
	point after `clear-rectangle' and `string-rectangle'
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2010 07:07:27 -0800

> > I'm no expert on this.  But what is the rationale for 
> > leaving point at bol after such commands.  Wouldn't it make
> > more sense to put point at the same corner of the replaced
> > rectangle as it was for the rectangle that was replaced?
> 
> I can't reproduce this.  After `C-x r t' or `C-x r c', point is at a
> corner of the replaced/cleared rectangle.  Please provide an exact
> recipe.

Instead of "replaced rectangle" I should have said "replacing rectangle".

Select a rectangle, with point at the lower right corner and mark at the upper
left.  Then C-x r t.  Type `EEE' as the string to replace each row of the
rectangle.

The cursor is left at the beginning, not the end, of the `EEE' string on the
last row.  IOW, a rectangle of E's replaces the selected rectangle, but point is
now at neither the upper left nor the lower right.

This can make a difference when combining such an action with other operations,
including other rectangle operations.  You should be able to do `C-x C-x' to
select the E's rectangle.  Instead, you get the region from the first E to the
first E in the last row, which corresponds to an empty rectangle (no width).

Message #14 received at 7522 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Johan Bockgård <bojohan <at> gnu.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 'Chong Yidong' <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>, 7522 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7522: 24.0.50;
	point after `clear-rectangle' and `string-rectangle'
Date: Thu, 06 Jan 2011 13:54:07 +0100

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> Select a rectangle, with point at the lower right corner and mark at
> the upper left. Then C-x r t. Type `EEE' as the string to replace each
> row of the rectangle.
>
> The cursor is left at the beginning, not the end, of the `EEE' string
> on the last row. IOW, a rectangle of E's replaces the selected
> rectangle, but point is now at neither the upper left nor the lower
> right.

I agree that this is annoying.

Also, undoing the replacement doesn't move point back to where it was
before.

Message #17 received at 7522 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 'Chong Yidong' <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>, 7522 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7522: 24.0.50;
	point after `clear-rectangle' and `string-rectangle'
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:23:51 +0200

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> Select a rectangle, with point at the lower right corner and mark at the upper
> left.  Then C-x r t.  Type `EEE' as the string to replace each row of the
> rectangle.
>
> The cursor is left at the beginning, not the end, of the `EEE' string on the
> last row.

I've now fixed this in Emacs 24.

-- 
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Message #20 received at 7522 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 7522 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 'Chong Yidong' <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Subject: Re: bug#7522: 24.0.50;
	point after `clear-rectangle' and `string-rectangle'
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:24:29 +0200

Johan Bockgård <bojohan <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Also, undoing the replacement doesn't move point back to where it was
> before.

Yes, and that's really annoying.  Does anybody know how to fix that,
though?

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/

Message #23 received at 7522 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 7522 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, 'Chong Yidong' <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Subject: Re: bug#7522: 24.0.50;
 point after `clear-rectangle' and `string-rectangle'
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2016 01:15:26 +0200

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Johan Bockgård <bojohan <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Also, undoing the replacement doesn't move point back to where it was
>> before.
>
> Yes, and that's really annoying.  Does anybody know how to fix that,
> though?

Fixed now.

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