@node Indentation Commands
@section Indentation Commands
-Apart from the @key{TAB} (@code{indent-for-tab-command}) command,
-Emacs provides a variety of commands to perform indentation in other
-ways.
+Apart from the @kbd{@key{TAB}} (@code{indent-for-tab-command})
+command, Emacs provides a variety of commands to perform indentation
+in other ways.
@table @kbd
@item C-M-o
@item C-M-\
@kindex C-M-\
@findex indent-region
-Indent all the lines in the region, as though you had typed @key{TAB}
-at the beginning of each line (@code{indent-region}).
+Indent all the lines in the region, as though you had typed
+@kbd{@key{TAB}} at the beginning of each line (@code{indent-region}).
If a numeric argument is supplied, indent every line in the region to
that column number.
If called with no argument, the command activates a transient mode for
adjusting the indentation of the affected lines interactively. While
-this transient mode is active, typing @key{LEFT} or @key{RIGHT}
-indents leftward and rightward, respectively, by one space. You can
-also type @kbd{S-@key{LEFT}} or @kbd{S-@key{RIGHT}} to indent leftward
-or rightward to the next tab stop (@pxref{Tab Stops}). Typing any
-other key disables the transient mode, and resumes normal editing.
+this transient mode is active, typing @kbd{@key{LEFT}} or
+@kbd{@key{RIGHT}} indents leftward and rightward, respectively, by one
+space. You can also type @kbd{S-@key{LEFT}} or @kbd{S-@key{RIGHT}} to
+indent leftward or rightward to the next tab stop (@pxref{Tab Stops}).
+Typing any other key disables the transient mode, and resumes normal
+editing.
If called with a prefix argument @var{n}, this command indents the
lines forward by @var{n} spaces (without enabling the transient mode).