Perform @key{RET} followed by @key{TAB} (@code{newline-and-indent}).
@item M-^
Merge the previous and the current line (@code{delete-indentation}).
-This would cancel out the effect of @kbd{C-j}.
+This would cancel the effect of a preceding @kbd{C-j}.
@item C-M-o
Split the current line at point; text on the line after point becomes a
new line indented to the same column where point is located
Move (forward or back) to the first nonblank character on the current
line (@code{back-to-indentation}).
@item C-M-\
-Indent several lines to the same column (@code{indent-region}).
+Indent lines in the region to the same column (@code{indent-region}).
@item C-x @key{TAB}
-Shift a block of lines rigidly right or left (@code{indent-rigidly}).
+Shift lines in the region rigidly right or left (@code{indent-rigidly}).
@item M-i
Indent from point to the next prespecified tab stop column
(@code{tab-to-tab-stop}).
stop is eight. @xref{Display Custom}, for more details.
@item
-Advance to the next tab stop. You can set tab stops at your choice of
-column positions, then type @kbd{M-i} to advance to the next tab stop.
-The default is to have tab stops every eight columns, which means by
-default @kbd{M-i} inserts a tab character. To set the tab stops, use
-@kbd{M-x edit-tab-stops}.
+Insert whitespace up to the next tab stop. You can set tab stops at
+your choice of column positions, then type @kbd{M-i} to advance to the
+next tab stop. The default tab stop settings have a tab stop every
+eight columns, which means by default @kbd{M-i} inserts a tab
+character. To set the tab stops, use @kbd{M-x edit-tab-stops}.
@item
Align a line with the previous line. More precisely, the command
type @key{TAB}, it aligns the line as a whole.
@end enumerate
- Normally, all of the above methods insert an optimal mix of tabs and
+ Normally, most 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 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
-@c @kbd{M-x edit-tab-stops}.
-
@menu
* Indentation Commands:: Various commands and techniques for indentation.
* Tab Stops:: You can set arbitrary "tab stops" and then