From: guanxi_i@yahoo.com (guanxi)
Subject: Re: M-x indent-region not working (?)
Date: 11 Aug 2003 08:03:07 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6d7a61c9.0308110703.701e22d0@posting.google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: IsTYa.58$7R.33@news.level3.com
Barry Margolin <barry.margolin@level3.com> wrote in message news:<IsTYa.58$7R.33@news.level3.com>...
> In article <6d7a61c9.0308080936.244dbc97@posting.google.com>,
> guanxi <guanxi_i@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >In text mode, if I select these regions and type C-M-\, I get the
> >following results. In none of these examples does Emacs behave as if
> >I typed TAB at the beginning of each line -- is there somthing I
> >misunderstand?
>
> What is it you really want to accomplish? Maybe indent-rigidly is the
> function you really want.
indent-rigidly might be a workaround, but it's cumbersome for a few reasons:
- It doesn't do indent-relative, which is what I really need
- Using the numeric argument (which defaults to 1), it takes many keystrokes
What *is* indent-region doing? Can anyone define it?
Thanks for your help; it is much appreciated.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-08-11 15:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-08-08 17:36 M-x indent-region not working (?) guanxi
2003-08-08 19:03 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-08-11 14:56 ` guanxi
2003-08-08 20:10 ` Barry Margolin
2003-08-11 15:03 ` guanxi [this message]
2003-08-11 16:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2003-08-12 18:45 ` Kai Großjohann
2003-08-11 18:12 ` Alan Mackenzie
2003-08-12 2:12 ` guanxi
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