# HG changeset patch
# User Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
# Date 947889161 0
# Node ID 7748234c70d7842f5fc0fa03d0526d372db96d43
# Parent  c7597f93c50d96714511bbc03038fb8b92fe0ae3
align.el

diff -r c7597f93c50d -r 7748234c70d7 etc/NEWS
--- a/etc/NEWS	Fri Jan 14 14:02:21 2000 +0000
+++ b/etc/NEWS	Fri Jan 14 22:32:41 2000 +0000
@@ -761,6 +761,12 @@
 
 ** New modes and packages
 
+*** The package align.el will align columns within a region, using M-x
+align.  Its mode-specific rules, based on regular expressions,
+determine where the columns should be split.  In C and C++, for
+example, it will align variable names in declaration lists, or the
+equal signs of assignments.
+
 *** `paragraph-indent-minor-mode' is a new minor mode supporting
 paragraphs in the same style as `paragraph-indent-text-mode'.