changeset 68282:6efd3312bd38

(Other Display Specs): Delete duplicate entry for just a string as display spec. Move text about recursive display specs on such a string.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Fri, 20 Jan 2006 01:26:16 +0000
parents b8f70fb57576
children 84379b626fdb
files lispref/display.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) [+]
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--- 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