Re: How to indent several lines(one region) left?

[Pascal Bourguignon]

"Wu Kejia" <wukejia@msn.com> writes:

> Hi,
>
> Everyone, I can indent several lines right now with Cx TAB, but how to
> indent these lines left? I refer the manual, Cx TAB maps the function
> indent-rigidly, with argument. If the argument is negative, indent
> left. Where should I input the argument? I try to type Mx
> indent-rigidly RET, but without any chance for me to input an
> argument. I run emacs on windows. Thanks for any response. Thanks.

C-h k C-x TAB
You can input the ARG argument typing: C-u NNN C-x TAB

Exemple: Indent right 8 columns:   C-u 8 C-x TAB
         Indent left 5 columns:    C-u -5 C-x TAB

Also, on X, you can type: C-1 C-2 C-x TAB as a shortcut for C-u 12 C-x TAB
(not for negative arguments).



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