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--- a/man/display.texi	Wed Feb 16 09:54:47 2005 +0000
+++ b/man/display.texi	Wed Feb 16 09:59:32 2005 +0000
@@ -23,20 +23,20 @@
 * Selective Display::      Hiding lines with lots of indentation.
 * Optional Mode Line::     Optional mode line display features.
 * Text Display::           How text characters are normally displayed.
+* Cursor Display::         Features for displaying the cursor.
 * Display Custom::         Information on variables for customizing display.
-* Cursor Display::         Features for displaying the cursor.
 @end menu

 @node Faces
 @section Using Multiple Typefaces
 @cindex faces

-  Emacs supports using multiple styles of displaying characters.  Each
-style is called a @dfn{face}.  Each face can specify various @dfn{face
-attributes}, such as the font family, the height, weight and slant of
-the characters, the foreground and background color, and underlining
-or overlining.  A face does not have to specify all of these
-attributes; often it inherits many of them from another face.
+  You can specify various styles for displaying text using
+@dfn{faces}.  Each face can specify various @dfn{face attributes},
+such as the font family, the height, weight and slant of the
+characters, the foreground and background color, and underlining or
+overlining.  A face does not have to specify all of these attributes;
+often it inherits most of them from another face.

   On a window system, all the Emacs face attributes are meaningful.
 On a character terminal, only some of them work.  Some character
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
 @cindex syntax highlighting and coloring

   Font Lock mode is a minor mode, always local to a particular buffer,
-which highlights (or ``fontifies'') using various faces according to
+which highlights (or ``fontifies'') the buffer contents according to
 the syntax of the text you are editing.  It can recognize comments and
 strings in most languages; in several languages, it can also recognize
 and properly highlight various other important constructs---for
@@ -227,6 +227,10 @@
 (global-font-lock-mode 1)
 @end example

+@noindent
+You can also specify this using the menu bar Options menu, specifying
+first Syntax Highlighting and then Save Options.
+
   Font Lock mode uses several specifically named faces to do its job,
 including @code{font-lock-string-face}, @code{font-lock-comment-face},
 and others.  The easiest way to find them all is to use completion
@@ -248,10 +252,6 @@
 described in @ref{Face Customization}.
 @end itemize

-  To get the full benefit of Font Lock mode, you need to choose a
-default font which has bold, italic, and bold-italic variants; or else
-you need to have a color or gray-scale screen.
-
 @vindex font-lock-maximum-decoration
   The variable @code{font-lock-maximum-decoration} specifies the
 preferred level of fontification, for modes that provide multiple
@@ -447,9 +447,10 @@
 @kindex C-l
 @findex recenter
   The most basic scrolling command is @kbd{C-l} (@code{recenter}) with
-no argument.  It clears the entire screen and redisplays all windows.
-In addition, it scrolls the selected window so that point is halfway
-down from the top of the window.
+no argument.  It scrolls the selected window so that point is halfway
+down from the top of the window.  On a text terminal, it also clears
+the screen and redisplays all windows.  That is useful in case the
+screen is garbled (@pxref{Screen Garbled}).

 @kindex C-v
 @kindex M-v
@@ -566,17 +567,12 @@

   @dfn{Horizontal scrolling} means shifting all the lines sideways
 within a window---so that some of the text near the left margin is not
-displayed at all.  Emacs does this automatically in any window that
-uses line truncation rather than continuation: whenever point moves
-off the left or right edge of the screen, Emacs scrolls the buffer
-horizontally to make point visible.
-
-  When a window has been scrolled horizontally, text lines are truncated
-rather than continued (@pxref{Continuation Lines}), with a @samp{$}
-appearing in the first column when there is text truncated to the left,
-and in the last column when there is text truncated to the right.
-
-  You can use these commands to do explicit horizontal scrolling.
+displayed at all.  When the text in a window is scrolled horizontally,
+text lines are truncated rather than continued (@pxref{Display
+Custom}).  Whenever a window shows truncated lines, Emacs
+automatically updates its horizontal scrolling whenever point moves
+off the left or right edge of the screen.  You can also use these
+commands to do explicit horizontal scrolling.

 @table @kbd
 @item C-x <
@@ -602,10 +598,10 @@
 calculate the argument precisely for @w{@kbd{C-x >}}; any sufficiently large
 argument will restore the normal display.

-  If you scroll a window horizontally by hand, that sets a lower bound
-for automatic horizontal scrolling.  Automatic scrolling will continue
-to scroll the window, but never farther to the right than the amount
-you previously set by @code{scroll-left}.
+  If you use those commands to scroll a window horizontally, that sets
+a lower bound for automatic horizontal scrolling.  Automatic scrolling
+will continue to scroll the window, but never farther to the right
+than the amount you previously set by @code{scroll-left}.

 @vindex hscroll-margin
   The value of the variable @code{hscroll-margin} controls how close
@@ -708,12 +704,12 @@
 @cindex windows, synchronizing
 @cindex synchronizing windows

-  @dfn{Follow mode} is a minor mode that makes two windows showing the
-same buffer scroll as one tall ``virtual window.''  To use Follow mode,
-go to a frame with just one window, split it into two side-by-side
-windows using @kbd{C-x 3}, and then type @kbd{M-x follow-mode}.  From
-then on, you can edit the buffer in either of the two windows, or scroll
-either one; the other window follows it.
+  @dfn{Follow mode} is a minor mode that makes two windows, both
+showing the same buffer, scroll as a single tall ``virtual window.''
+To use Follow mode, go to a frame with just one window, split it into
+two side-by-side windows using @kbd{C-x 3}, and then type @kbd{M-x
+follow-mode}.  From then on, you can edit the buffer in either of the
+two windows, or scroll either one; the other window follows it.

   In Follow mode, if you move point outside the portion visible in one
 window and into the portion visible in the other window, that selects
@@ -756,6 +752,9 @@
 precedes hidden lines.  Then there is no visible indication of the
 hidden lines.  This variable becomes local automatically when set.

+  See also @ref{Outline Mode} for another way to hide part of
+the text in a buffer.
+
 @node Optional Mode Line
 @section Optional Mode Line Features

@@ -914,6 +913,46 @@
 them), otherwise as escape sequences.  @xref{Single-Byte Character
 Support}.

+@node Cursor Display
+@section Displaying the Cursor
+
+@findex blink-cursor-mode
+@vindex blink-cursor-alist
+@cindex cursor, locating visually
+@cindex cursor, blinking
+  You can customize the cursor's color, and whether it blinks, using
+the @code{cursor} Custom group (@pxref{Easy Customization}).  On
+graphical terminals, the command @kbd{M-x blink-cursor-mode} enables
+or disables the blinking of the cursor.  (On text terminals, the
+terminal itself blinks the cursor, and Emacs has no control over it.)
+You can control how the cursor appears when it blinks off by setting
+the variable @code{blink-cursor-alist}.
+
+@cindex cursor in non-selected windows
+@vindex cursor-in-non-selected-windows
+  Normally, the cursor appears in non-selected windows in the ``off''
+state, with the same appearance as when the blinking cursor blinks
+``off''.  For a box cursor, this is a hollow box; for a bar cursor,
+this is a thinner bar.  To turn off cursors in non-selected windows,
+customize the variable @code{cursor-in-non-selected-windows} and assign
+it a @code{nil} value.
+
+@vindex x-stretch-cursor
+@cindex wide block cursor
+  On graphical terminals, Emacs can optionally draw the block cursor
+as wide as the character under the cursor---for example, if the cursor
+is on a tab character, it would cover the full width occupied by that
+tab character.  To enable this feature, set the variable
+@code{x-stretch-cursor} to a non-@code{nil} value.
+
+@findex hl-line-mode
+@findex global-hl-line-mode
+@cindex highlight current line
+  If you find it hard to see the cursor, you might like HL Line mode,
+a minor mode that highlights the line containing point.  Use @kbd{M-x
+hl-line-mode} to enable or disable it in the current buffer.  @kbd{M-x
+global-hl-line-mode} enables or disables the same mode globally.
+
 @node Display Custom
 @section Customization of Display

@@ -937,18 +976,19 @@
   If the variable @code{visible-bell} is non-@code{nil}, Emacs attempts
 to make the whole screen blink when it would normally make an audible bell
 sound.  This variable has no effect if your terminal does not have a way
-to make the screen blink.@refill
+to make the screen blink.

 @vindex no-redraw-on-reenter
-  When you reenter Emacs after suspending, Emacs normally clears the
-screen and redraws the entire display.  On some terminals with more than
-one page of memory, it is possible to arrange the termcap entry so that
-the @samp{ti} and @samp{te} strings (output to the terminal when Emacs
-is entered and exited, respectively) switch between pages of memory so
-as to use one page for Emacs and another page for other output.  Then
-you might want to set the variable @code{no-redraw-on-reenter}
-non-@code{nil}; this tells Emacs to assume, when resumed, that the
-screen page it is using still contains what Emacs last wrote there.
+  On a text terminal, when you reenter Emacs after suspending, Emacs
+normally clears the screen and redraws the entire display.  On some
+terminals with more than one page of memory, it is possible to arrange
+the termcap entry so that the @samp{ti} and @samp{te} strings (output
+to the terminal when Emacs is entered and exited, respectively) switch
+between pages of memory so as to use one page for Emacs and another
+page for other output.  Then you might want to set the variable
+@code{no-redraw-on-reenter} non-@code{nil}; this tells Emacs to
+assume, when resumed, that the screen page it is using still contains
+what Emacs last wrote there.

 @vindex echo-keystrokes
   The variable @code{echo-keystrokes} controls the echoing of multi-character
@@ -964,6 +1004,7 @@
 elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}.

 @vindex tab-width
+@vindex default-tab-width
   Normally, a tab character in the buffer is displayed as whitespace which
 extends to the next display tab stop position, and display tab stops come
 at intervals equal to eight spaces.  The number of spaces per tab is
@@ -971,18 +1012,31 @@
 changing it, just like @code{ctl-arrow}.  Note that how the tab character
 in the buffer is displayed has nothing to do with the definition of
 @key{TAB} as a command.  The variable @code{tab-width} must have an
-integer value between 1 and 1000, inclusive.
+integer value between 1 and 1000, inclusive.  The variable
+@code{default-tab-width} controls the default value of this variable
+for buffers where you have not set it locally.

-@c @vindex truncate-lines  @c No index entry here, because we have one
-@c in the continuation section.
-  If the variable @code{truncate-lines} is non-@code{nil}, then each
-line of text gets just one screen line for display; if the text line is
-too long, display shows only the part that fits.  If
-@code{truncate-lines} is @code{nil}, then long text lines display as
-more than one screen line, enough to show the whole text of the line.
-@xref{Continuation Lines}.  Altering the value of @code{truncate-lines}
-makes it local to the current buffer; until that time, the default value
-is in effect.  The default is initially @code{nil}.
+@cindex truncation
+@cindex line truncation, and fringes
+  As an alternative to continuation, Emacs can display long lines by
+@dfn{truncation}.  This means that all the characters that do not fit
+in the width of the screen or window do not appear at all.  On
+graphical terminals, a small straight arrow in the fringe indicates
+truncation at either end of the line.  On text terminals, @samp{$}
+appears in the first column when there is text truncated to the left,
+and in the last column when there is text truncated to the right.
+
+@vindex truncate-lines
+@findex toggle-truncate-lines
+  Horizontal scrolling automatically causes line truncation
+(@pxref{Horizontal Scrolling}).  You can explicitly enable line
+truncation for a particular buffer with the command @kbd{M-x
+toggle-truncate-lines}.  This works by locally changing the variable
+@code{truncate-lines}.  If that variable is non-@code{nil}, long lines
+are truncated; if it is @code{nil}, they are continued onto multiple
+screen lines.  Setting the variable @code{truncate-lines} in any way
+makes it local to the current buffer; until that time, the default
+value is in effect.  The default value is normally @code{nil}.

 @c @vindex truncate-partial-width-windows  @c Idx entry is in Split Windows.
   If the variable @code{truncate-partial-width-windows} is
@@ -1066,46 +1120,6 @@
 @code{tty-suppress-bold-inverse-default-colors} with a non-@code{nil}
 argument to suppress the effect of bold-face in this case.

-@node Cursor Display
-@section Displaying the Cursor
-
-@findex blink-cursor-mode
-@vindex blink-cursor-alist
-@cindex cursor, locating visually
-@cindex cursor, blinking
-  You can customize the cursor's color, and whether it blinks, using
-the @code{cursor} Custom group (@pxref{Easy Customization}).  On
-graphical terminals, the command @kbd{M-x blink-cursor-mode} enables
-or disables the blinking of the cursor.  (On text terminals, the
-terminal itself blinks the cursor, and Emacs has no control over it.)
-You can control how the cursor appears when it blinks off by setting
-the variable @code{blink-cursor-alist}.
-
-@cindex cursor in non-selected windows
-@vindex cursor-in-non-selected-windows
-  Normally, the cursor appears in non-selected windows in the ``off''
-state, with the same appearance as when the blinking cursor blinks
-``off''.  For a box cursor, this is a hollow box; for a bar cursor,
-this is a thinner bar.  To turn off cursors in non-selected windows,
-customize the variable @code{cursor-in-non-selected-windows} and assign
-it a @code{nil} value.
-
-@vindex x-stretch-cursor
-@cindex wide block cursor
-  On graphical terminals, Emacs can optionally draw the block cursor
-as wide as the character under the cursor---for example, if the cursor
-is on a tab character, it would cover the full width occupied by that
-tab character.  To enable this feature, set the variable
-@code{x-stretch-cursor} to a non-@code{nil} value.
-
-@findex hl-line-mode
-@findex global-hl-line-mode
-@cindex highlight current line
-  If you find it hard to see the cursor, you might like HL Line mode,
-a minor mode that highlights the line containing point.  Use @kbd{M-x
-hl-line-mode} to enable or disable it in the current buffer.  @kbd{M-x
-global-hl-line-mode} enables or disables the same mode globally.
-
 @ignore
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 @end ignore