# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1111801615 0 # Node ID c7ee76ed1a51bb8e1ee9d01710160466e2059447 # Parent 3b4d5e41f3fd8825f2fb9fa8ccd85f5d32e0a957 (Text Display): Mention non-breaking spaces. diff -r 3b4d5e41f3fd -r c7ee76ed1a51 man/display.texi --- a/man/display.texi Sat Mar 26 00:20:27 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/display.texi Sat Mar 26 01:46:55 2005 +0000 @@ -913,6 +913,15 @@ them), otherwise as escape sequences. @xref{Single-Byte Character Support}. +@vindex show-nonbreak-escape + Some character sets define ``non-breaking'' versions of the space +and hyphen characters, which are used where a line should not be +broken. Emacs displays these with an escape character in order to +distinguish them from ordinary spaces and hyphens. For example, a +non-breaking space is displayed as @samp{\ }. You can turn off this +behavior by setting the variable @code{show-nonbreak-escape} to +@code{nil}. + @node Cursor Display @section Displaying the Cursor