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Various minor changes in addition to:

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(Indentation Commands): Correct description of `indent-relative'.
(Tab Stops): <TAB> 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.
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2004-08-30 Luc Teirlinck <teirllm@auburn.edu>
* indent.texi: Various minor changes in addition to:
(Indentation Commands): Correct description of `indent-relative'.
(Tab Stops): <TAB> 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.
2004-08-28 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
* faq.texi (Emacs for MS-DOS): Update URLs for the MS-DOS port of

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@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 @@ type @key{TAB}, it aligns the line as a whole.
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 @@ tab, even they are disabled for the indentation commands.
@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 @@ appears after the newline that is deleted. @xref{Fill Prefix}.
@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 @@ such as -1000.
@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 @@ applicable even then, @code{indent-relative} runs @code{tab-to-tab-stop}
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 @@ indentation for part of your text.
@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 @@ increasing order.
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 @@ that your file looks the same regardless of the tab width setting.
@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.