From 14f4194d139afb9eb9ac8a2d579ebf31eea75c28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2006 18:23:03 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Basic Indent): C-j deletes trailing whitespace before the newline. --- man/ChangeLog | 1 + man/programs.texi | 7 ++++--- 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog index a7888a682da..f7d5f35b5b0 100644 --- a/man/ChangeLog +++ b/man/ChangeLog @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ * programs.texi (Comments, Comment Commands, Options for Comments) (Multi-Line Comments): "Align", not "indent". + (Basic Indent): C-j deletes trailing whitespace before the newline. 2006-04-06 Richard Stallman diff --git a/man/programs.texi b/man/programs.texi index 5cd769446ae..59ea979399d 100644 --- a/man/programs.texi +++ b/man/programs.texi @@ -387,9 +387,10 @@ the characters around it. @findex newline-and-indent When entering lines of new code, use @kbd{C-j} (@code{newline-and-indent}), which inserts a newline and then adjusts -indentation after it. Thus, @kbd{C-j} at the end of a line creates a -blank line with appropriate indentation. In programming language -modes, it is equivalent to @key{RET} @key{TAB}. +indentation after it. (It also deletes any trailing whitespace which +remains before the new newline.) Thus, @kbd{C-j} at the end of a line +creates a blank line with appropriate indentation. In programming +language modes, it is equivalent to @key{RET} @key{TAB}. @key{TAB} indents a line that starts within a parenthetical grouping under the preceding line within the grouping, or the text after the -- 2.39.2