Re: Writing a function for a indented copy of a region

[Matthias <orontee@gmail.com>]

Decebal <CLDWesterhof@gmail.com> writes:

> What I would like this function to do is take the part that is 
> selected, indent this with (default) four spaces, put the 
> indented region in the kill-ring and undo the indent. Has anyone 
> a pointer about how to code this?

Why don't you use a keyboard macro?

First, select the text to indent and kill; Then `C-x (' to start 
defining a keyboard macro, `M-x replace-regexp' the beginning of 
line (that is "^") with four spaces, etc. Then `C-x )' to finish 
the macro definition.

Then to call the macro you just `C-x e'. Read the manual to learn how
to give it a name, save it to file, etc.
-- 
Matthias