# HG changeset patch
# User Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
# Date 1214750652 0
# Node ID 3dff73218ec3bea7636ba850cac78fbf26fc2822
# Parent  e6031b31dab00234922b780120797310aede9362
(compose-region): Mention the special handling of TAB.

diff -r e6031b31dab0 -r 3dff73218ec3 lisp/composite.el
--- a/lisp/composite.el	Sun Jun 29 14:42:35 2008 +0000
+++ b/lisp/composite.el	Sun Jun 29 14:44:12 2008 +0000
@@ -197,7 +197,12 @@
 If it is a character, it is an alternate character to display instead
 of the text in the region.
 
-If it is a string, the elements are alternate characters.
+If it is a string, the elements are alternate characters.  In
+this case, TAB element has a special meaning.  If the first
+characer is TAB, the glyphs are displayed with left padding space
+so that no pixel overlaps with the previous column.  If the last
+character is TAB, the glyphs are displayed with rigth padding
+space so that no pixel overlaps with the following column.
 
 If it is a vector or list, it is a sequence of alternate characters and
 composition rules, where (2N)th elements are characters and (2N+1)th