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changeset 69833:3bdd218d87df
(Basic Indent): Clarify relationship of C-j to TAB.
author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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date | Fri, 07 Apr 2006 02:00:27 +0000 |
parents | ca39bab5782f |
children | 30e17a4b4afc |
files | man/programs.texi |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/programs.texi Thu Apr 06 20:26:11 2006 +0000 +++ b/man/programs.texi Fri Apr 07 02:00:27 2006 +0000 @@ -360,7 +360,8 @@ @item @key{TAB} Adjust indentation of current line. @item C-j -Equivalent to @key{RET} followed by @key{TAB} (@code{newline-and-indent}). +Insert a newline, then adjust indentation of following line +(@code{newline-and-indent}). @end table @kindex TAB @r{(programming modes)} @@ -385,9 +386,10 @@ @kindex C-j @findex newline-and-indent When entering lines of new code, use @kbd{C-j} -(@code{newline-and-indent}), which is equivalent to @key{RET} -followed by @key{TAB}. @kbd{C-j} at the end of a line creates a -blank line and then gives it the appropriate indentation. +(@code{newline-and-indent}), which inserts a newline and then adjusts +indentation after it. Thus, @kbd{C-j} at the end of a line creates a +blank line with appropriate indentation. In programming language +modes, it is equivalent to @key{RET} @key{TAB}. @key{TAB} indents a line that starts within a parenthetical grouping under the preceding line within the grouping, or the text after the