emacs string-insert-rectangle vector of numbers?

Question

How can I use emacs string-insert-rectangle operation to add a vector of numbers to a series of lines? For example, I\'ve got this shortened version of a bunch of text entri

Answer 1

Here is a log of how you can solve it with a keyboard macro. AFAIK you can't solve this with just string-insert-rectangle.

Where a register input is required, I used a

C-1 C-x r n
           number-to-register
C-x (      kmacro-start-macro
C-M-f      forward-sexp [3 times]
C-M-b      backward-sexp
C-u C-x r i
           insert-register
C-x r +    increment-register
C-x )      kmacro-end-macro
C-SPC      set-mark-command
M->        end-of-buffer
C-x C-k r  apply-macro-to-region-lines