From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stever" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: quoting a block of text with ">" Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:59:19 -0700 Message-ID: <77ccee74e9578ebd4936450a706a61fa.squirrel@webmail.tripperjones.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1285802152 8101 80.91.229.12 (29 Sep 2010 23:15:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 23:15:52 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 30 01:15:51 2010 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 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P15sM-0003rK-KI for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 30 Sep 2010 01:15:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59795 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P15sL-0002a9-Uq for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:15:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=33805 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P11sA-0004Mx-4l for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:59:23 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P11s8-0003mv-Rs for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:59:22 -0400 Original-Received: from caiajhbdcbef.dreamhost.com ([208.97.132.145]:34571 helo=homiemail-a26.g.dreamhost.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P11s8-0003mq-M8 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:59:20 -0400 Original-Received: from homiemail-a26.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a26.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C7E90B8079 for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:59:19 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=tripperjones.com; h=message-id :date:subject:from:to:mime-version:content-type: content-transfer-encoding; q=dns; s=tripperjones.com; b=RU2OKXdE UtyD4Xny2ajRa+Jfa54B5dd0wu36ghPjYVR7MtO2VJPd7SwJxhPvQXfBddnZ5I2y AbgEMaNq1B6opLXsm+VbDyN3XkjDrGp2cfNh1nwX1iVGVRxzqJa5yiC+e9HhmWCA 2JDilIflxRHXk6nS9pp5mgMwSQ9gGi+p1U8= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=tripperjones.com; h= message-id:date:subject:from:to:mime-version:content-type: content-transfer-encoding; s=tripperjones.com; bh=TG/qKLHTRm34y8 5jhheq0OlqtO0=; b=ihtms0qvyyQiHxbU+nDJDdUELWbjW6kLi2tJLzK0DiqNy/ Z93dap+CWH5jLKlpEw8Y13m0pnwoH8tPNiLssm36tM+BglcflP2VwdUVBgll0ksN axNDV3FBt/1w1qzo3g8y2cb48vrkp9saPLDtgWFbOUS1J8G1PXyj+2hEZXviQ= Original-Received: from webmail.tripperjones.com (mailbigip.dreamhost.com [208.97.132.5]) (Authenticated sender: steve@tripperjones.com) by homiemail-a26.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id A6ABEB806B for ; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:59:19 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from 64.81.32.138 (proxying for 64.81.32.138) (SquirrelMail authenticated user steve@tripperjones.com) by webmail.tripperjones.com with HTTP; Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:59:19 -0700 User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.21 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 19:15:17 -0400 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:75038 Archived-At: I can't seem to find this function in my version of emacs, but I assume there is one. is there any function where I can highlight a block of text and put a ">" in front of it. So something like: The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the laz= y dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. - gets converted to - > The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick > brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox > jumps over the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over > the lazy dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy > dog. The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.