Index: rect.el
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RCS file: /usr/CVSroot/XEmacs/xemacs/lisp/rect.el,v
retrieving revision 1.1.2.2
diff -u -r1.1.2.2 rect.el
--- rect.el	1999/08/24 08:08:59	1.1.2.2
+++ rect.el	1999/11/16 07:17:07
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@
 When called from a program, the rectangle's corners are START and END.
 With a prefix (or FILL) argument, also fill lines where nothing has to be
 deleted."
-  (interactive "*r\nP")
+  (interactive "r\nP")
   (when buffer-read-only
     (setq killed-rectangle (extract-rectangle start end))
     (barf-if-buffer-read-only))