Mercurial > emacs
changeset 42905:09cd352a779e
(Truncation, Overlay Arrow, Usual Display): Add index entries for fringe
usage.
author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
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date | Tue, 22 Jan 2002 11:39:38 +0000 |
parents | 0e87fd2f82b4 |
children | 522d55d73e2e |
files | lispref/display.texi |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/display.texi Tue Jan 22 11:30:52 2002 +0000 +++ b/lispref/display.texi Tue Jan 22 11:39:38 2002 +0000 @@ -111,6 +111,11 @@ which is also called @dfn{continuing} the line. (The display table can specify alternative indicators; see @ref{Display Tables}.) +@cindex fringes, and line continuation/truncation indicators + On a windowed display, the @samp{$} and @samp{\} indicators are +replaced with graphics bitmaps displayed on the thin areas right near +the window edges, called the @dfn{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}. @@ -561,6 +566,7 @@ about to be executed. @defvar overlay-arrow-string +@cindex fringe, and overlay arrow display This variable holds the string to display to call attention to a particular line, or @code{nil} if the arrow feature is not in use. On a graphical display the contents of the string are ignored; instead a @@ -3132,6 +3138,7 @@ @defopt indicate-empty-lines @tindex indicate-empty-lines +@cindex fringes, and empty line indication When this is non-@code{nil}, Emacs displays a special glyph in each empty line at the end of the buffer, on terminals that support it (window systems).