Re: M-x indent-region not working (?)

[kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann)]

guanxi_i@yahoo.com (guanxi) writes:

> M-x indent-region (or C-M-\) doesn't seem to behave per the manual: 
> "C-M-\ (indent-region) applies to all the lines that begin in the
> region; it indents each line in the "usual" way, as if you had typed
> TAB at the beginning of the line."
> www.gnu.org/manual/emacs/html_node/emacs_230.html
>
>
> In text mode, if I select these regions and type C-M-\, I get the
> following results.  In none of these examples does Emacs behave as if
> I typed TAB at the beginning of each line -- is there somthing I
> misunderstand?

The wording in the manual is somewhat sloppy, I guess.  Hm.

Is it important for you to get it working correctly in this case, or
are you just doing this to understand what's going on?  In
programming language modes, like C mode, C-M-\ does what you'd expect
from the documentation.
-- 
Two cafe au lait please, but without milk.