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From: Kragen Javier Sitaker <kragen@canonical.org>
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Subject: Emacs commands for navigating indented outlines (was Re: Writing Python Code More Concisely Than Perl!?)
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
> I also have custom commands defined in Emacs to jump between lines
> with matching indentation. This lets me quickly navigate between the
> beginnings and ends of compound statements.

This sounds interesting!  What keybindings have you found most useful,
and what have you found this most useful for other than
conventionally-indented source code?

Kragen