On Sun 04 Dec 2022 at 05:29:58 (-0600), Richard Owlett wrote: > I wish to document a personal project.The desired format will resemble > the outline for term papers we wrote in school in the 50's. Except > some items may be a short paragraph or two long.
Tragically I missed out on a US education, so unlike some others here, I can't tell just what these term paper outlines look like. > I did a web search for text editors with an auto-indent feature. > The only one I recognized was Leafpad. But I couldn't find appropriate > documentation or "howto". Where would I find it? Never heard of it. I prefer sticking to widely used, well-supported editors like emacs. > Any other suggestions for a basic text editor in the Debian repository > with an auto-indent feature. I'm not interested in a full blown word > processor. There's a wiki which mentions several different circumstances that might apply in your case: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/AutoIndentation Cheers, David.