From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Paul Edwards" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: simple editor required Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:26:41 GMT Organization: BigPond Internet Services (http://www.bigpond.net.au) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <8465nduadj.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> <5lfzmgbrio.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <84el1zcze6.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> <841xxzto54.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> <5lu1aqcev2.fsf@rum.cs.yale.edu> <84n0git5vn.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> <844r2opsuy.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> <84r85ry9ft.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1056018913 29553 80.91.224.249 (19 Jun 2003 10:35:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:35:13 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 19 12:35:11 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19Swl4-0007gE-00 for ; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 12:35:10 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19Swh6-0003AO-Kg for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 19 Jun 2003 06:31:04 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!newsfeed.dacom.co.kr!lon-transit.news.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!news-server.bigpond.net.au!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 31 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 144.132.167.28 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@bigpond.net.au Original-X-Trace: news-server.bigpond.net.au 1056018401 144.132.167.28 (Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:26:41 EST) Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 20:26:41 EST Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:114577 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:11069 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:11069 "Kai Großjohann" wrote in message news:84r85ry9ft.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de... > > What does C-h k RET say? > > > > RET runs the command newline-and-indent > > which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `simple'. > > (newline-and-indent) > > > > Insert a newline, then indent according to major mode. > > Indentation is done using the value of `indent-line-function'. > > In programming language modes, this is the same as TAB. > > In some text modes, where TAB inserts a tab, this command indents to the > > column specified by the function `current-left-margin'. > > As you can see, it refers to the variable indent-line-function. Use > C-h v to find its value, then tell us. indent-line-function's value is indent-relative-maybe Local in buffer .emacs; global value is indent-to-left-margin Documentation: Function to indent current line. Defined in `indent'. > What does BFN stand for? Bye For Now. Paul.