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(Fringe Indicators): Update for last change in indicate-buffer-boundaries.

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line in the buffer---with angle icons when they appear on the screen.
In addition, Emacs can display an up-arrow in the fringe to show
that there is text above the screen, and a down-arrow to show
there is text below the screen.

There are four kinds of basic values:

@table @asis
@item @code{nil}
Don't display the icons.
@item @code{left}
Display them in the left fringe.
@item @code{right}
Display them in the right fringe.
@item @var{anything-else}
Display the icon at the top of the window top in the left fringe, and other
in the right fringe.
@end table

If value is a cons @code{(@var{angles} . @var{arrows})}, @var{angles}
controls the angle icons, and @var{arrows} controls the arrows.  Both
@var{angles} and @var{arrows} work according to the table above.
Thus, @code{(t .  right)} places the top angle icon in the left
fringe, the bottom angle icon in the right fringe, and both arrows in
the right fringe.
@end defvar

@defvar default-indicate-buffer-boundaries
The value of this variable is the default value for
@code{indicate-buffer-boundaries} in buffers that do not override it.

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line in the buffer---with angle icons when they appear on the screen.
In addition, Emacs can display an up-arrow in the fringe to show
that there is text above the screen, and a down-arrow to show
there is text below the screen.

There are three kinds of basic values:

@table @asis
@item @code{nil}
Don't display any of these fringe icons.
@item @code{left}
Display the angle icons and arrows in the left fringe.
@item @code{right}
Display the angle icons and arrows in the right fringe.
@item any non-alist
Display the angle icons in the left fringe
and don't display the arrows.
@end table

Otherwise the value should be an alist that specifies which fringe
indicators to display and where.  Each element of the alist should
have the form @code{(@var{indicator} . @var{position})}.  Here,
@var{indicator} is one of @code{top}, @code{bottom}, @code{up},
@code{down}, and @code{t} (which covers all the icons not yet
specified), while @var{position} is one of @code{left}, @code{right}
and @code{nil}.

For example, @code{((top . left) (t . right))} places the top angle
bitmap in left fringe, and the bottom angle bitmap as well as both
arrow bitmaps in right fringe.  To show the angle bitmaps in the left
fringe, and no arrow bitmaps, use @code{((top .  left) (bottom . left))}.
@end defvar

@defvar default-indicate-buffer-boundaries
The value of this variable is the default value for
@code{indicate-buffer-boundaries} in buffers that do not override it.