# HG changeset patch # User Lute Kamstra # Date 1063007754 0 # Node ID 030d7903be2400c7b3441f3aea9c20dbddc363bb # Parent a2b41a4f0917d5504a55f4f3ed738a241a236f43 (Optional Mode Line): Document `size-indication-mode'. diff -r a2b41a4f0917 -r 030d7903be24 man/display.texi --- a/man/display.texi Mon Sep 08 07:55:03 2003 +0000 +++ b/man/display.texi Mon Sep 08 07:55:54 2003 +0000 @@ -756,13 +756,35 @@ @node Optional Mode Line @section Optional Mode Line Features +@cindex buffer size display +@cindex display of buffer size +@findex size-indication-mode + The buffer percentage @var{pos} indicates the percentage of the +buffer above the top of the window. You can additionally display the +size of the buffer by typing @kbd{M-x size-indication-mode} to turn on +Size Indication mode. The size will be displayed immediately +following the buffer percentage like this: + +@example +@var{POS} of @var{SIZE} +@end example + +@noindent +Here @var{SIZE} is the human readable representation of the number of +characters in the buffer, which means that @samp{k} for 10^3, @samp{M} +for 10^6, @samp{G} for 10^9, etc., are used to abbreviate. + +@cindex narrowing, and buffer size display + If you have narrowed the buffer (@pxref{Narrowing}), the size of the +accessible part of the buffer is shown. + @cindex line number display @cindex display of line number @findex line-number-mode The current line number of point appears in the mode line when Line Number mode is enabled. Use the command @kbd{M-x line-number-mode} to turn this mode on and off; normally it is on. The line number appears -before the buffer percentage @var{pos}, with the letter @samp{L} to +after the buffer percentage @var{pos}, with the letter @samp{L} to indicate what it is. @xref{Minor Modes}, for more information about minor modes and about how to use this command.