# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 993209527 0
# Node ID a07facd0bdf87b6e911d9196edf035f811e82856
# Parent  071d9710501559dd6eaed8e9880078ccda971974
(Multi-line Indent): Document indent-code-rigidly.

diff -r 071d97105015 -r a07facd0bdf8 man/programs.texi
--- a/man/programs.texi	Fri Jun 22 10:50:27 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/programs.texi	Fri Jun 22 11:32:07 2001 +0000
@@ -478,6 +478,9 @@
 is properly indented.
 @item C-M-\
 Reindent all lines in the region (@code{indent-region}).
+@item M-x indent-code-rigidly
+Shift all the lines in the region rigidly sideways, but do not alter
+lines that start inside comments and strings.
 @end table
 
 @kindex C-M-q
@@ -500,9 +503,15 @@
 alter lines that start inside strings, or C preprocessor lines when in C
 mode.
 
+@findex indent-code-rigidly
   Another way to specify the range to be reindented is with the region.
 The command @kbd{C-M-\} (@code{indent-region}) applies @key{TAB} to
-every line whose first character is between point and mark.
+every line whose first character is between point and mark.  The command
+@kbd{M-x indent-code-rigidly} rigidly shifts all the lines in the region
+sideways, like @code{indent-rigidly} does (@pxref{Indentation
+Commands}), except that it doesn't alter the indentation of lines that
+start inside comments and strings, unless the region starts inside that
+comment or string.
 
 @node Lisp Indent
 @subsection Customizing Lisp Indentation