# HG changeset patch # User Luc Teirlinck # Date 1093903356 0 # Node ID d38f0e75756eed41a30ab844fa48ccef3673f296 # Parent 49d188f9179fa7681a890b8b1a7899f8acbaa049 Various minor changes in addition to: (Indentation Commands): Correct description of `indent-relative'. (Tab Stops): is no longer bound to `tab-to-tab-stop' in Text mode. The *Tab Stops* buffer uses Overwrite Mode. (Just Spaces): `untabify' converts sequences of at least two spaces to tabs. diff -r 49d188f9179f -r d38f0e75756e man/indent.texi --- a/man/indent.texi Mon Aug 30 20:32:00 2004 +0000 +++ b/man/indent.texi Mon Aug 30 22:02:36 2004 +0000 @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @c This is part of the Emacs manual. -@c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +@c Copyright (C) 1985, 86, 87, 93, 94, 95, 1997, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. @node Indentation, Text, Major Modes, Top @chapter Indentation @@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Normally, all of the above methods insert an optimal mix of tabs and spaces to align to the desired column. @xref{Just Spaces}, for how to disable use of tabs. However, @kbd{C-q @key{TAB}} always inserts a -tab, even they are disabled for the indentation commands. +tab, even when tabs are disabled for the indentation commands. @c In Text mode, @key{TAB} runs the command @code{tab-to-tab-stop}, which @c indents to the next tab stop column. You can set the tab stops with @@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ @findex back-to-indentation To move over the indentation on a line, do @kbd{M-m} (@code{back-to-indentation}). This command, given anywhere on a line, -positions point at the first nonblank character on the line. +positions point at the first nonblank character on the line, if any, +or else at the end of the line. To insert an indented line before the current line, do @kbd{C-a C-o @key{TAB}}. To make an indented line after the current line, use @@ -134,13 +135,13 @@ @findex indent-region @findex indent-rigidly There are also commands for changing the indentation of several lines -at once. @kbd{C-M-\} (@code{indent-region}) applies to all the lines -that begin in the region; it indents each line in the ``usual'' way, as -if you had typed @key{TAB} at the beginning of the line. A numeric -argument specifies the column to indent to, and each line is shifted -left or right so that its first nonblank character appears in that -column. @kbd{C-x @key{TAB}} (@code{indent-rigidly}) moves all of the -lines in the region right by its argument (left, for negative +at once. They apply to all the lines that begin in the region. +@kbd{C-M-\} (@code{indent-region}) indents each line in the ``usual'' +way, as if you had typed @key{TAB} at the beginning of the line. A +numeric argument specifies the column to indent to, and each line is +shifted left or right so that its first nonblank character appears in +that column. @kbd{C-x @key{TAB}} (@code{indent-rigidly}) moves all of +the lines in the region right by its argument (left, for negative arguments). The whole group of lines moves rigidly sideways, which is how the command gets its name.@refill @@ -152,12 +153,10 @@ @findex indent-relative @kbd{M-x indent-relative} indents at point based on the previous line (actually, the last nonempty line). It inserts whitespace at point, moving -point, until it is underneath an indentation point in the previous line. +point, until it is underneath the next indentation point in the previous line. An indentation point is the end of a sequence of whitespace or the end of the line. If point is farther right than any indentation point in the -previous line, the whitespace before point is deleted and the first -indentation point then applicable is used. If no indentation point is -applicable even then, @code{indent-relative} runs @code{tab-to-tab-stop} +previous line, @code{indent-relative} runs @code{tab-to-tab-stop} @ifinfo (@pxref{Tab Stops}), @end ifinfo @@ -167,9 +166,6 @@ unless it is called with a numeric argument, in which case it does nothing. - @code{indent-relative} is the definition of @key{TAB} in Indented Text -mode. @xref{Text}. - @xref{Format Indentation}, for another way of specifying the indentation for part of your text. @@ -181,10 +177,9 @@ @cindex tables, indentation for @kindex M-i @findex tab-to-tab-stop - For typing in tables, you can use Text mode's definition of @key{TAB}, -@code{tab-to-tab-stop}. This command inserts indentation before point, -enough to reach the next tab stop column. If you are not in Text mode, -this command can be found on the key @kbd{M-i}. + For typing in tables, you can use @kbd{M-i} (@code{tab-to-tab-stop}). +This command inserts indentation before point, enough to reach the +next tab stop column. @findex edit-tab-stops @findex edit-tab-stops-note-changes @@ -198,10 +193,11 @@ edit-tab-stops}, which creates and selects a buffer containing a description of the tab stop settings. You can edit this buffer to specify different tab stops, and then type @kbd{C-c C-c} to make those -new tab stops take effect. @code{edit-tab-stops} records which buffer -was current when you invoked it, and stores the tab stops back in that -buffer; normally all buffers share the same tab stops and changing them -in one buffer affects all, but if you happen to make +new tab stops take effect. The buffer uses Overwrite mode +(@pxref{Minor Modes}). @code{edit-tab-stops} records which buffer was +current when you invoked it, and stores the tab stops back in that +buffer; normally all buffers share the same tab stops and changing +them in one buffer affects all, but if you happen to make @code{tab-stop-list} local in one buffer then @code{edit-tab-stops} in that buffer will edit the local settings. @@ -242,7 +238,7 @@ @findex untabify There are also commands to convert tabs to spaces or vice versa, always preserving the columns of all nonblank text. @kbd{M-x tabify} scans the -region for sequences of spaces, and converts sequences of at least three +region for sequences of spaces, and converts sequences of at least two spaces to tabs if that can be done without changing indentation. @kbd{M-x untabify} changes all tabs in the region to appropriate numbers of spaces.