Re: Lisp mode doc, and Lisp indentation props

[Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton@gmail.com>]

On Sun 09 Aug 2015, Ian Zimmerman wrote:

> Is there a document (Info format preferred, but another format would be
> ok of course) describing the Emacs Lisp mode, from a _user_ POV,
> similarly to how CC mode is documented, for example?  Strangely, I
> cannot find one.
>
> The specific information I'm after is about those little properties on
> symbols that make some forms indent specially.  For example, what is
> responsible for this difference:
>
> (call-foo-with-args (nested-call arg1)
>                     arg2)
>
> vers.
>
> (when (nested-call arg1)
>   arg2)

The declare macro can be used to add an indent property to a function or
macro, which tells the mode how to compute required indentation. This is
described in the Emacs Lisp manual at (info "(elisp) Declare Form").

    AndyM