(emacs.info) Indentation

 
 Indentation
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    This chapter describes the Emacs commands that add, remove, or
 adjust indentation.
 
 `<TAB>'
      Indent current line "appropriately" in a mode-dependent fashion.
 
 `C-j'
      Perform <RET> followed by <TAB> (`newline-and-indent').
 
 `M-^'
      Merge two lines (`delete-indentation').  This would cancel out the
      effect of `C-j'.
 
 `C-M-o'
      Split line at point; text on the line after point becomes a new
      line indented to the same column that it now starts in
      (`split-line').
 
 `M-m'
      Move (forward or back) to the first nonblank character on the
      current line (`back-to-indentation').
 
 `C-M-\'
      Indent several lines to same column (`indent-region').
 
 `C-x <TAB>'
      Shift block of lines rigidly right or left (`indent-rigidly').
 
 `M-i'
      Indent from point to the next prespecified tab stop column
      (`tab-to-tab-stop').
 
 `M-x indent-relative'
      Indent from point to under an indentation point in the previous
      line.
 
    Most programming languages have some indentation convention.  For
 Lisp code, lines are indented according to their nesting in
 parentheses.  The same general idea is used for C code, though many
 details are different.
 
    Whatever the language, to indent a line, use the <TAB> command.  Each
 major mode defines this command to perform the sort of indentation
 appropriate for the particular language.  In Lisp mode, <TAB> aligns
 the line according to its depth in parentheses.  No matter where in the
 line you are when you type <TAB>, it aligns the line as a whole.  In C
 mode, <TAB> implements a subtle and sophisticated indentation style that
 knows about many aspects of C syntax.
 
    In Text mode, <TAB> runs the command `tab-to-tab-stop', which
 indents to the next tab stop column.  You can set the tab stops with
 `M-x edit-tab-stops'.
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