Re: Small sticking point in documentation

[Luc Teirlinck]

Richard Stallman wrote:

       is not quite correct. There's a slight difference between "C-j at the
       end of a line" and "<RET> followed by <TAB>": The function
       'newline-and-indent' eats up trailing whitespace while <RET> <TAB> does
       not.

   In programming modes, TAB does exactly that; it adjusts the indentation
   on the line, so that any indentation the line previously had
   is irrelevant.

To state my previous reply in a different way:
C-j at the end of a line is not equivalent with `RET TAB', but with
`M-\ RET TAB'.

Sincerely,

Luc.