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From: kwon@sybil.cs.Buffalo.EDU (Thomas Kwon)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: customizing .emacs
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Date: 8 Dec 89 18:11:11 GMT
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I am trying to customize my .emacs file so that it can move some sections
of a file being edited to the left or right by specified number of
columns. For example, if I had the following text :
                      
                       .
                       . 
                       .
   Three year old Larry said to three old Mary,
    "I want what I want when I want it!"
   Three year old Mary said to three old Larry,
    "You'll get what I got when I get it!"
                       .
                       .
                       .

and I want this section to move say 5 columns over to the right so it
looks like the following :

                       .
                       . 
                       .
        Three year old Larry said to three old Mary,
         "I want what I want when I want it!"
        Three year old Mary said to three old Larry,
         "You'll get what I got when I get it!"
                       .
                       .
                       .

How would I accomplish this?
Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated.


                                                     Tom Kwon. *-)