From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Matthew Flaschen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: indentation question Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:50:22 -0500 Message-ID: <45F0A13E.30107@gatech.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1173397849 29886 80.91.229.12 (8 Mar 2007 23:50:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2007 23:50:49 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Mar 09 00:50:43 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1HPSNa-0007kG-CF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 09 Mar 2007 00:50:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HPSNp-0007L3-LE for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:50:53 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HPSNd-0007Kx-Eb for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:50:41 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1HPSNa-0007Ki-Uv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:50:40 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1HPSNa-0007Kf-PH for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:50:38 -0500 Original-Received: from deliverator6.gatech.edu ([130.207.165.168]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA1:24) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1HPSNK-0002qV-Ec for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:50:22 -0500 Original-Received: from deliverator6.gatech.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id 9EDDB1825 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 18:50:21 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu) Original-Received: from mailprx4.gatech.edu (mailprx4.prism.gatech.edu [130.207.171.18]) (using TLSv1 with cipher EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA (168/168 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.mail.gatech.edu", Issuer "RSA Data Security, Inc." (verified OK)) by deliverator6.gatech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D84617F4 for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 18:50:21 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu) Original-Received: from [128.61.73.81] (r73h81.res.gatech.edu [128.61.73.81]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (sasl: method=PLAIN, username=mflaschen3@mailprx4.gatech.edu, sender=n/a) by mailprx4.gatech.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6718121AD for ; Thu, 8 Mar 2007 18:50:21 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from matthew.flaschen@gatech.edu) User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070306) In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.2.0 X-detected-kernel: Solaris 9 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:41818 Archived-At: Drew Adams wrote: >>> Please bear with me if I ask a silly question but I am looking for >>> some way to indent a block. For example, if I have a block >>> aaaa >>> bbbb >>> >>> Now, I want to bring this block to the left all togther. I have spent >>> about an hour so far but I could not find a way to do this. I know >>> this sounds so silly but any help will be really appreciated. Thanks. >> M-0 C-M-\ > > Another possibility is `M-- 3 C-x TAB', that is, give `indent-rigidly' an > argument of -3 to indent 3 characters to the left (really outdent). If you > want to outdent all the way, and you don't want to count how many chars that > is, just provide an extra-large argument, such as -99. Thanks. M-- C-x TAB alone also seems to outdent all the way. That's undocumented, so maybe it's best not to rely on it. Matthew Flaschen