Re: setting continuation chars

["gamename" <namesagame-usenet@yahoo.com>]

Thanks Mathias!

-T

Mathias Dahl wrote:
> "gamename" <namesagame-usenet@yahoo.com> writes:
>
> > 2) use some sort of command (regex?) to insert the needed spaces up to
> > a certain column and then put in a backslash?
>
> Or, maybe something like this:
>
> (defun line-up-continuations ()
>  "Line up all continuations from point and forward."
>   (interactive)
>   (save-excursion
>     ;; Find backslash at the end of a line
>     (while (search-forward-regexp "\\\\$" nil t)
>       ;; Back up to set point before it
>       (backward-char 1)
>       ;; Indent to a fixed column
>       (indent-to-column 40)
>       ;; Step forward again, else the search will find
>       ;; the same backslash again.
>       (forward-char 1))))
>
> Replace `40' with whatever column number you like.
> 
> 
> 
> Enjoy!