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

It's as simple as this: C-x r t

Some examples are here: http://ergoemacs.org/emacs/emacs_string-rectangle_ascii-art.html

Answer 2

Rectangles are for simple stuff like deleting the same amount of spaces in adjacent lines.

Otherwise keyboard macros are the way to go.