GNU Emacs Manual - Indentation Go to the first , previous , next , last section, table of contents . This chapter describes the Emacs commands that add, remove, or adjust indentation . This would cancel out the effect of LFD .
Most programming languages have some indentation convention.
For Lisp code, lines are indented according to their nesting in parentheses. The same general idea is used for C code, though many details are different. Whatever the language, to indent a line, use the TAB command . Each major mode defines this command to perform the sort of indentation appropriate for the particular language. In Lisp mode, TAB aligns the line according to its depth in parentheses.