Version: (using KDE KDE 3.0.3) Installed from: RedHat RPMs When using sqlplus or psql (for example) it is common to enter many lines of a single command terminating the command with a line ending with a ";" If after typing 10 or 20 lines you then find that you had a typo in line 5 it is nice to be able to select a rectangle of text from the Konsole window instead of including the command shell prompt that is at the beginning of each line. Also if you are in VI editing a column based text file (like /etc/hosts) a column based select allows you to copy out just the IP addresses or just the host names. This alternate method of selecting text is implemented in some terminal emulators (like Putty) under windows by holding down the "Alt" key while doing a normal click and drag to highlight a selected rectangle of text. The resulting selected text (when pasted) has a return at the end of each line.
ALT will move the window, CTRL will copy without linebreaks and SHIFT will pass mouse clicks directly to the program, so only a META key would be possible for block selection.
Created attachment 1084 [details] Patch against KDE_3_1_BRANCH
Implemented for KDE 3.2.