[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: indentation question
From: |
Matthew Flaschen |
Subject: |
Re: indentation question |
Date: |
Thu, 08 Mar 2007 18:50:22 -0500 |
User-agent: |
Thunderbird 1.5.0.10 (X11/20070306) |
Drew Adams wrote:
>>> Please bear with me if I ask a silly question but I am looking for
>>> some way to indent a block. For example, if I have a block
>>> aaaa
>>> bbbb
>>>
>>> Now, I want to bring this block to the left all togther. I have spent
>>> about an hour so far but I could not find a way to do this. I know
>>> this sounds so silly but any help will be really appreciated. Thanks.
>> M-0 C-M-\
>
> Another possibility is `M-- 3 C-x TAB', that is, give `indent-rigidly' an
> argument of -3 to indent 3 characters to the left (really outdent). If you
> want to outdent all the way, and you don't want to count how many chars that
> is, just provide an extra-large argument, such as -99.
Thanks. M-- C-x TAB alone also seems to outdent all the way. That's
undocumented, so maybe it's best not to rely on it.
Matthew Flaschen