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    instead of trying to remember all the rectangle commands, you can also use C-x spc, instead of C-spc, which turns your region into a rectangle and everything just works. Commented Oct 27, 2014 at 15:43
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    @Malabarba Only since Emacs 24 though. (Writing this on a machine with Emacs 23. They're still very much around.) Commented Oct 27, 2014 at 22:56
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    My condolences... :-( Commented Oct 27, 2014 at 23:07
  • This just worked for me on GNU Emacs 23.4.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.21) of 2013-10-25 on allspice, modified by Debian Commented Jan 7, 2016 at 18:48
  • "move down to the last line you want to act on, C-u number C-f to move to the bottom right corner": not really emacs like, yet, you can also just click with the mouse ;) on the position where your rectangle should end and then C-x r d. Commented Jan 14, 2022 at 13:48