Re: Indenting code: C-M-\ v C-x C-q

[Ole Laursen]

Ole Laursen <olau@hardworking.dk> writes:

> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
> 
> > > Using C-x C-q works great for Java and other "Normal" languages that use
> 
> [...]
> 
> > You must be talking about something else like M-q (fill-paragraph) or
> > C-c C-q (which has no default binding and is left for major modes
> > to do as they please).
> > C-M-\ works in all modes (except for bugs, of course).
> 
> One of them being that it is almost impossible to type on some
> keyboards. On a Danish keyboard, it requires 'Alt + Ctrl + Alt gr + >'.
> Argh. On most keyboards I encounter, this sequence does not even work
> because three modifier keys block the keyboard.

Of course, replacing the first 'Alt' with 'Esc' makes it work, but
that's just to cumbersome to be practical at all.

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Ole Laursen
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