From: Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 22:32:41 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: align.el
X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-21.0.90~5349
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=99453a38a6ec17b5a77cada52498ecf7e3d25c3a;p=emacs.git

align.el
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diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index bd66d8492f5..2fbed9a2afd 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -761,6 +761,12 @@ appropriate for C-style escape sequences in strings.
 
 ** New modes and packages
 
+*** The package align.el will align columns within a region, using M-x
+align.  Its mode-specific rules, based on regular expressions,
+determine where the columns should be split.  In C and C++, for
+example, it will align variable names in declaration lists, or the
+equal signs of assignments.
+
 *** `paragraph-indent-minor-mode' is a new minor mode supporting
 paragraphs in the same style as `paragraph-indent-text-mode'.