Function: decrease-left-margin

decrease-left-margin is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in indent.el.gz.

Signature

(decrease-left-margin FROM TO INC)

Documentation

Make the left margin of the region smaller.

With no prefix argument, decrease the indentation by standard-indent. A prefix arg (optional third arg INC noninteractively) specifies the amount to change the margin by, in characters. If auto-fill-mode is active, re-fill the region to fit the new margin.

Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 19.29.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/indent.el.gz
(defun decrease-left-margin (from to inc)
  "Make the left margin of the region smaller.
With no prefix argument, decrease the indentation by `standard-indent'.
A prefix arg (optional third arg INC noninteractively) specifies the amount
to change the margin by, in characters.
If `auto-fill-mode' is active, re-fill the region to fit the new margin."
  (interactive "*r\nP")
  (setq inc (if inc (prefix-numeric-value inc) standard-indent))
  (increase-left-margin from to (- inc)))