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Indenting Text and Removing Whitespace with Emacs

In this lab, you will be adding and removing whitespace from text files. Basic knowledge of opening files, along with familiarity of working with Emacs whitespace, is recommended. Upon completing this lab, you will know how to work with whitespace in Emacs and how to use line and region indentation.

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Path Info

Level

Intermediate

Duration

30m

Published

Feb 10, 2023

Challenge

Open the Files
- Open the file /tmp/remove_whitespace.
- Open the file /tmp/add_indentation.
Challenge

Correct Whitespace
- Remove all the empty lines from the file /tmp/remove_whitespace.
- Remove leading and trailing whitespace from /tmp/remove_whitespace.
Challenge

Correct Indentation
- Follow the instructions in Section 1 of the file /tmp/add_indentation to complete the line indentation.
- Follow the instructions in Section 2 of the file /tmp/add_indentation to complete the region indentation.

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