gEdit - select blocks of text?

[Matthew Flaschen]

Mitch Contla wrote:
> On 5/8/07, Dave M <DaveM at mich.com> wrote:
>>
>> Can gedit select (and cut/paste) a block of text? For example, all
>> characters between column 8 and 16 in rows 32 through 64? If so, how do I
>> do it? If not, is there an easy to use editor (in the repository) that
>> will?
> 
> 
> Don't you consider vim easy to use?  Ctrl-V! :)

Seriously, Emacs (http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) has this
capability built-in (maybe vi does too); see
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/Rectangles.html.
Emacs does have a learning curve, but I'm finding it worth it.

Matt Flaschen