# HG changeset patch # User Eli Zaretskii # Date 1011699578 0 # Node ID 09cd352a779ec5617ff8f7b8956e822e9cd958da # Parent 0e87fd2f82b42b218074b8b939daa64f248e18a4 (Truncation, Overlay Arrow, Usual Display): Add index entries for fringe usage. diff -r 0e87fd2f82b4 -r 09cd352a779e lispref/display.texi --- a/lispref/display.texi Tue Jan 22 11:30:52 2002 +0000 +++ b/lispref/display.texi Tue Jan 22 11:39:38 2002 +0000 @@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ which is also called @dfn{continuing} the line. (The display table can specify alternative indicators; see @ref{Display Tables}.) +@cindex fringes, and line continuation/truncation indicators + On a windowed display, the @samp{$} and @samp{\} indicators are +replaced with graphics bitmaps displayed on the thin areas right near +the window edges, called the @dfn{fringes}. + Note that continuation is different from filling; continuation happens on the screen only, not in the buffer contents, and it breaks a line precisely at the right margin, not at a word boundary. @xref{Filling}. @@ -561,6 +566,7 @@ about to be executed. @defvar overlay-arrow-string +@cindex fringe, and overlay arrow display This variable holds the string to display to call attention to a particular line, or @code{nil} if the arrow feature is not in use. On a graphical display the contents of the string are ignored; instead a @@ -3132,6 +3138,7 @@ @defopt indicate-empty-lines @tindex indicate-empty-lines +@cindex fringes, and empty line indication When this is non-@code{nil}, Emacs displays a special glyph in each empty line at the end of the buffer, on terminals that support it (window systems).