# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 983109394 0
# Node ID f9e19fa8951a8b6ad89448acebc6b7341494c329
# Parent  d26ad6e1f13fce0eab87d7f124f662c126243382
(Faces): Explain what the fringes are, and add an index entry.

diff -r d26ad6e1f13f -r f9e19fa8951a man/frames.texi
--- a/man/frames.texi	Sun Feb 25 13:41:20 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/frames.texi	Sun Feb 25 13:56:34 2001 +0000
@@ -881,14 +881,16 @@
 for a ``raised'' effect on window systems, and drawn as the inverse of
 the default face on non-windowed terminals.  @xref{Display Custom}.
 @item header-line
-Similar to @code{modeline} for a window's header line.
+Similar to @code{modeline} for a window's header line.  Most modes
+don't use the header line, but the Info mode does.
 @item highlight
 This face is used for highlighting portions of text, in various modes.
+For example, mouse-sensitive text is highlighted using this face.
 @item region
 This face is used for displaying a selected region (when Transient Mark
 mode is enabled---see below).
 @item secondary-selection
-This face is used for displaying a secondary selection (@pxref{Secondary
+This face is used for displaying a secondary X selection (@pxref{Secondary
 Selection}).
 @item bold
 This face uses a bold variant of the default font, if it has one.
@@ -901,9 +903,12 @@
 @item fixed-pitch
 The basic fixed-pitch face.
 @item fringe
-The face for the fringes to the left and right of windows under X.
+@cindex fringe
+The face for the fringes to the left and right of windows on graphic
+displays.  (The fringes are the narrow portions of the Emacs frame
+between the text area and the frame's border.)
 @item scroll-bar
-This face determines the colors of the scroll bar.
+This face determines the visual appearance of the scroll bar.
 @item border
 This face determines the color of the frame border.
 @item cursor