Re: indentation question

[Matthew Flaschen]

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