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When using artist-mode I often find I want to create several equally sized boxes for a diagram.

Is there an easy way I can copy an existing shape on my page and drag it out to a new place?

Or a way to make consistently sized rectangles instead of drag and drop.

Philip Kirkbride
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  • Take a look at the section about rectangles in mode's help. Try typing `F1 m` and searching for "rectangles". –  Sep 04 '17 at 12:03
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    Check out [this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIuX87Xo8Fc). It teaches how to copy and do other useful stuff in artist mode. – izkon Oct 05 '17 at 16:34

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Just for completeness:
In artist-mode click middle mouse button and from that appearing popup menu select edit -> copy. Then draw an rectangle around your existing shape to copy it.
After this select paste from that same popup menu. Then, when you left click with your mouse, you will paste the copied rectangle at point.

jue
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I'm trying the instructions I found here, but it doesn't copy exactly as expected:

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I'm running the first command to copy to register r. as soon as I create the first rectangle with my cursor on the bottom right corner:

C-x r r r

I then run C-x r i r but the right side where my cursor is doesn't get copied.

Philip Kirkbride
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  • I guess you just haven't selected that border. Make sure the rectangle you want to copy is highlighted in its entirety. –  Sep 05 '17 at 18:55