diff doc/lispref/display.texi @ 96470:2af6e85f13d5

Implement display-time wrap/line-prefix feature Revision: [e-mail]/emacs--devo--0--patch-1305

--- a/doc/lispref/display.texi	Tue Jul 01 07:09:03 2008 +0000
+++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi	Tue Jul 01 09:39:28 2008 +0000
@@ -191,6 +191,29 @@
   When horizontal scrolling (@pxref{Horizontal Scrolling}) is in use in
 a window, that forces truncation.
 
+@defvar wrap-prefix
+If this buffer-local variable is non-@code{nil}, the prefix it defines
+will be added at display-time to the beginning of every continuation
+line due to text wrapping (so if lines are truncated, the wrap-prefix
+is never used).  It may be a string, an image, or a stretch-glyph such
+as used by the `display' text-property.  @xref{Display Property}.
+
+A wrap-prefix may also be specified for regions of text using the
+@code{wrap-prefix} text-property (which takes precedence over the
+value of the @code{wrap-prefix} variable).  @xref{Special Properties}.
+@end defvar
+
+@defvar line-prefix
+If this buffer-local variable is non-@code{nil}, the prefix it defines
+will be added at display-time to the beginning of every
+non-continuation line It may be a string, an image, or a stretch-glyph
+such as used by the `display' text-property.  @xref{Display Property}.
+
+A line-prefix may also be specified for regions of text using the
+@code{line-prefix} text-property (which takes precedence over the
+value of the @code{line-prefix} variable).  @xref{Special Properties}.
+@end defvar
+
   If your buffer contains @emph{very} long lines, and you use
 continuation to display them, just thinking about them can make Emacs
 redisplay slow.  The column computation and indentation functions also