# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1137720376 0 # Node ID 6efd3312bd38d42033b122f4dce7d71c051dd8bd # Parent b8f70fb57576dba26008aa7b285df29e39ce4901 (Other Display Specs): Delete duplicate entry for just a string as display spec. Move text about recursive display specs on such a string. diff -r b8f70fb57576 -r 6efd3312bd38 lispref/display.texi --- a/lispref/display.texi Fri Jan 20 01:24:33 2006 +0000 +++ b/lispref/display.texi Fri Jan 20 01:26:16 2006 +0000 @@ -3277,6 +3277,9 @@ @item @var{string} Display @var{string} instead of the text that has this property. +Recursive display specifications are not supported---@var{string}'s +@code{display} properties, if any, are not used. + @item (image . @var{image-props}) This kind of display specification is an image descriptor (@pxref{Images}). When used as a display specification, it means to display the image @@ -3292,14 +3295,11 @@ of the entire image. @item ((margin nil) @var{string}) -@itemx @var{string} A display specification of this form means to display @var{string} instead of the text that has the display specification, at the same -position as that text. This is a special case of marginal display -(@pxref{Display Margins}). - -Recursive display specifications are not supported---string display -specifications must not have @code{display} properties themselves. +position as that text. It is equivalent to using just @var{string}, +but it is done as a special case of marginal display (@pxref{Display +Margins}). @item (space-width @var{factor}) This display specification affects all the space characters within the