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From: frankh@durin.sparta.COM (Frank Halsema)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Looking for an insert at column function
Summary: looking for a insert at column function
Message-ID: <1220@durin.sparta.COM>
Date: 16 Jun 89 07:28:57 GMT
References: <8906140014.AA04160@toucan.LCS.MIT.EDU>
Organization: SPARTA Inc. Laguna Hills Operations. CA
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Does emacs have or does someone else have a function that will
isert a string in a region at a specified column. The function
would be similiar to one that exists in a editor that I have used.
The syntax of the old editor was

              ic 20-40 c5 hello

This command would insert the string hello starting in column 
5 between line 20 and 40.

In emacs one would use a region instead of a line range. The lack of
(or ignorance as the case may be) such a function has been the only
complaint about emacs (at least the only one worth giving credence).

Thanks for any help.
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