Re: quoting a block of text with ">"

[ken]

On 09/30/2010 09:16 AM Tom Roche wrote:
> Stever Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:59:19 -0700
>>>> is there any function where I can highlight a block of text and
>>>> put a ">" in front of it.

Here's how I do it:

Put a '>' in the first column of the first and second lines of the block
of text,  The hit C-q.

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As an alternative, I have this in ~/.emacs

(fset 'mailind "\C-a> \C-n\C-a")
(global-set-key [C-f8] 'mailind)

Then I can hold down C-F8 for as long as I need to prepend those '>' chars.


hth,
ken