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From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: quoting a block of text with ">"
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 10:10:16 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <8762xnr6s7.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.8.1285802119.17330.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org

"Stever" <steve@tripperjones.com> writes:

> 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 lazy
> 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.

After setting the region, try

C-x r t >   RET

-- 
David Kastrup


  parent reply	other threads:[~2010-09-30  8:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.8.1285802119.17330.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2010-09-30  2:33 ` quoting a block of text with ">" rustom
2010-09-30  3:06 ` Teemu Likonen
2010-09-30  8:10 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2010-09-29 18:59 Stever
2010-09-30  8:33 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-09-30  8:44 ` Sergei Organov
2010-09-30  9:54 ` Arnaldo Mandel
2010-09-30 13:16 ` Tom Roche
2010-09-30 14:25   ` ken
     [not found] ` <mailman.1.1285852603.7851.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2010-09-30 18:32   ` Sean McAfee

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