# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1158024740 0 # Node ID 501a2788cfa4aa61518525b6dd95f03f3ccd4c5c # Parent 88df7387d5886344b97c42e8cc5605a21b11f255 (Display Table Format): Wording clarification diff -r 88df7387d588 -r 501a2788cfa4 lispref/display.texi --- a/lispref/display.texi Mon Sep 11 22:33:46 2006 +0000 +++ b/lispref/display.texi Tue Sep 12 01:32:20 2006 +0000 @@ -5118,13 +5118,14 @@ The ordinary elements of the display table are indexed by character codes; the element at index @var{c} says how to display the character -code @var{c}. 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 +code @var{c}. The value should be @code{nil} or a vector of the +glyphs to be output (@pxref{Glyphs}). @code{nil} says to display the +character @var{c} according to the usual display conventions (@pxref{Usual Display}). - If you use the display table to change the display of newline -characters, the whole buffer will be displayed as one long ``line.'' + @strong{Warning:} if you use the display table to change the display +of newline characters, the whole buffer will be displayed as one long +``line.'' The display table also has six ``extra slots'' which serve special purposes. Here is a table of their meanings; @code{nil} in any slot