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I don't understand what is there that I can't do with rectangles in Emacs 24.3 (or even way before).

I can already kill (C-x r k), yank (C-x r y), replace (C-x r t) text in rectangles, insert text after the rectangle (C-x r z) or at the beginning of all the rectangle lines (C-x r a) or their ends (C-x r e).

What else is there?

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The rectangle highlighting issue has been fixed[0].

http://emacsredux.com/blog/2014/01/01/a-peek-at-emacs-24-dot...

Thanks. So that's what other already said, there is nothing more. This was a really minor issue, I don't see why it would make anyone that much happy, but it's sure nice to have it fixed.

It also gives you a live preview when you use C-x r t to insert text, like iedit-rectangle-mode always did (iedit is still more robust, but for most simple cases I use C-x spc now instead of it).

Ah, that's cool! Thanks.

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