in Emacs, edit multiple lines at once

Question

I believe textmate has a mode where if you start typing, the same thing will be entered on all the lines you\'ve selected. Is there something similar to this in emacs? I\'m

Answer 1

You can use the following commands (and keys) to accomplish this:

• open-rectangle (C-x, r, o) add spaces
• kill-rectangle (C-x, r, k) delete
• clear-rectangle (C-x, r, c) replace with spaces
• M-x string-insert-rectangle fill with specified text

Here is a complete description of those features: http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Rectangles.html