# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 773004889 0
# Node ID 355f353f7c74259df1805ef6c52cdb0720c2e5b3
# Parent  8d24be305959f4dbd707939ca3ea5070e84b6472
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diff -r 8d24be305959 -r 355f353f7c74 lispref/display.texi
--- a/lispref/display.texi	Thu Jun 30 19:21:03 1994 +0000
+++ b/lispref/display.texi	Thu Jun 30 19:34:49 1994 +0000
@@ -1049,7 +1049,9 @@
 element says how to display the character code @var{n}.  The value
 should be @code{nil} or a vector of glyph values (@pxref{Glyphs}).  If
 an element is @code{nil}, it says to display that character according to
-the usual display conventions (@pxref{Usual Display}).
+the usual display conventions (@pxref{Usual Display}).  Note that the
+display table has no effect on the tab and newline characters; they are
+always displayed as whitespace in their usual special fashion.
 
   The remaining five elements of a display table serve special purposes,
 and @code{nil} means use the default stated below.