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kill-ring-save rectangle and paste transposed?

Suppose I have some code written like: a_to_b = self.tversky(a, b) b_to_c = self.tversky(b, c) d_to_e = self.tversky(d, e) e_to_f = self.tversky(e, f) g_to_h = self.tversky(g, h) I would like to ...
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Insert lines when yanking rectangle rather than inserting among following lines?

Having copied the 3x3 rectangular region containing a's, how can I yank/paste that content at the desired point without slicing into the following text? The following is the behavior for: M-w (kill-...
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Yank a column of text copied from the clipboard

I often seem to want to copy paste multiple columns, for example, I paste one column line one line two line three Now I'd like to be able to yank another column behind it. Assuming my kill buffer ...
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How to overwrite a copied rectangle instead of inserting it (which is the default behavior of yank-rectangle)?

After copying a "rectangle" using C-x r M-w, doing C-x r y yanks or pastes the rectangle. But that inserts the copied rectangle. How can I paste the copied rectangle so that it overwrites the text? ...
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