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From: jr@BBN.COM (John Robinson)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs
Subject: Re: customizing .emacs
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Date: 8 Dec 89 18:36:39 GMT
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The function indent-rigidly (bound to ^X^I, or ^X TAB) does this:

  indent-rigidly:
  Indent all lines starting in the region sideways by ARG columns.
  Called from a program, takes three arguments, START, END and ARG.

(I just used it to indent that paragraph, by the way!)

/jr, nee John Robinson     Life did not take over the globe by combat,
jr@bbn.com or bbn!jr          but by networking -- Lynn Margulis