indentation - Indent several lines in Emacs

Question

In my Emacs, space key can indent correctly 1 line. If I select several lines, and press space key, the indenting does not work.

By following this link, I try C-M- or C-M-q, but C-M deletes directly the whole block selected.

Here is my .emacs, could anyone help?

question from:https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11713743/indent-several-lines-in-emacs

Answer 1

If you want Emacs to correctly indent multiple lines, then the command is C-META also known as C-M-. In other words, it's not Control - M, but Control - Meta - Backslash (Control + Alt + on most keyboards)