Function: format-decode-region

format-decode-region is an interactive and byte-compiled function defined in format.el.gz.

Signature

(format-decode-region FROM TO &optional FORMAT)

Documentation

Decode the region from some format.

Arg FORMAT is optional; if omitted the format will be determined by looking for identifying regular expressions at the beginning of the region.

Key Bindings

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/format.el.gz
(defun format-decode-region (from to &optional format)
  "Decode the region from some format.
Arg FORMAT is optional; if omitted the format will be determined by looking
for identifying regular expressions at the beginning of the region."
  (interactive
   (list (region-beginning) (region-end)
         (format-read (format-prompt "Translate region from format" "guess"))))
  (save-excursion
    (goto-char from)
    (format-decode format (- to from) nil)))