* rect.el (copy-rectangle-as-kill): New command.

* lisp/rect.el, lisp/register.el: Move bindings to bindings.el.

* lisp/bindings.el: Consolidate ctl-x-r-map bindings.  Bind
copy-rectangle-as-kill to C-x r w.

Fixes: debbugs:739

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 0132a3a9ed7..fc34e31f1d5 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ character when doing minibuffer filename prompts.
 
 ** `goto-char' is now bound to `M-g c'.
 
+** New command `C-x r M-w' (copy-rectangle-as-kill).
+It copies the region-rectangle as the last rectangle kill.
+
 ** New input method `vietnamese-vni'.