# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1152471479 0 # Node ID 5df595f18fa2ad8cbb10c1e3f2bedae31b9d1ee9 # Parent c99740f338f8b909d3289f4939c2647425ddf8ce (Truncation): Clean up previous change. diff -r c99740f338f8 -r 5df595f18fa2 lispref/display.texi --- a/lispref/display.texi Sun Jul 09 15:54:46 2006 +0000 +++ b/lispref/display.texi Sun Jul 09 18:57:59 2006 +0000 @@ -125,25 +125,21 @@ @cindex @samp{$} in display @cindex @samp{\} in display - When a line of text extends beyond the right edge of a window, the -line can either be continued on the next screen line, or truncated to -one screen line. The additional screen lines used to display a long -text line are called @dfn{continuation} lines. Normally, tiny arrow images -are displayed in the window fringes to indicate truncated and continued -lines (*note Fringes). - - On a text terminal, a `$' in the rightmost column of the window -indicates truncation; a `\' on the rightmost column indicates a -continued line that "wraps" onto the next line. (The display table can -specify alternative indicators; see *Note Display Tables.) - - On a graphical display, the @samp{$} and @samp{\} indicators are -replaced with arrow images displayed in the window fringes -(@pxref{Fringes}). - - Note that continuation is different from filling; continuation happens -on the screen only, not in the buffer contents, and it breaks a line -precisely at the right margin, not at a word boundary. @xref{Filling}. + When a line of text extends beyond the right edge of a window, Emacs +can @dfn{continue} the line (make it ``wrap'' to the next screen +line), or @dfn{truncate} the line (limit it to one screen line). The +additional screen lines used to display a long text line are called +@dfn{continuation} lines. Continuation is not the same as filling; +continuation happens on the screen only, not in the buffer contents, +and it breaks a line precisely at the right margin, not at a word +boundary. @xref{Filling}. + + On a graphical display, tiny arrow images in the window fringes +indicate truncated and continued lines (@pxref{Fringes}). On a text +terminal, a @samp{$} in the rightmost column of the window indicates +truncation; a @samp{\} on the rightmost column indicates a line that +``wraps''. (The display table can specify alternate characters to use +for this; @pxref{Display Tables}). @defopt truncate-lines This buffer-local variable controls how Emacs displays lines that extend