From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: M-x indent-region not working (?) Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 20:10:16 GMT Organization: Level(3) Communications, Woburn, MA Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <6d7a61c9.0308080936.244dbc97@posting.google.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1060373971 15231 80.91.224.253 (8 Aug 2003 20:19:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 20:19:31 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 08 22:19:57 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19lDiP-0006yf-00 for ; Fri, 08 Aug 2003 22:19:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19lDe0-00068V-C2 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Aug 2003 16:15:24 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!crtntx1-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!news.level3.com.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: never X-Newsreader: trn 4.0-test72 (19 April 1999) Originator: barmar@genuity.net (Barry Margolin) Original-Lines: 15 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 171.78.176.30 Original-X-Trace: news.level3.com 1060373416 171.78.176.30 (Fri, 08 Aug 2003 20:10:16 GMT) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2003 20:10:16 GMT Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:115759 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:11673 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:11673 In article <6d7a61c9.0308080936.244dbc97@posting.google.com>, guanxi 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. -- Barry Margolin, barry.margolin@level3.com Level(3), Woburn, MA *** DON'T SEND TECHNICAL QUESTIONS DIRECTLY TO ME, post them to newsgroups. Please DON'T copy followups to me -- I'll assume it wasn't posted to the group.