diff lispref/display.texi @ 72571:871eeda78fd7

* display.texi (Images): Add xrref to display-images-p.
author Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
date Tue, 29 Aug 2006 13:15:53 +0000
parents 513c469ffd50
children 525ad9d19a8b c358d0861b16
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--- a/lispref/display.texi	Tue Aug 29 13:02:53 2006 +0000
+++ b/lispref/display.texi	Tue Aug 29 13:15:53 2006 +0000
@@ -3564,6 +3564,13 @@
 descriptor, then use it as a display specifier in the @code{display}
 property of text that is displayed (@pxref{Display Property}).
 
+  Emacs is usually able to display images when it is run on a
+graphical terminal.  Images cannot be displayed in a text terminal, on
+certain graphical terminals that lack the support for this, or if
+Emacs is compiled without image support.  You can use the function
+@code{display-images-p} to determine if images can in principle be
+displayed (@pxref{Display Feature Testing}).
+
   Emacs can display a number of different image formats; some of them
 are supported only if particular support libraries are installed on
 your machine.  In some environments, Emacs can load image