Mercurial > emacs
changeset 60102:8555807a4582
(Continuation Lines): Simplify description of truncation,
and refer to Display Custom for the rest of it.
author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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date | Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:51:37 +0000 |
parents | aa148fbcec2e |
children | d7a513160c01 |
files | man/basic.texi |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/basic.texi Wed Feb 16 09:49:45 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/basic.texi Wed Feb 16 09:51:37 2005 +0000 @@ -544,25 +544,16 @@ a line gets too long. Continuation on the screen does not do that. Use Auto Fill mode (@pxref{Filling}) if that's what you want. -@vindex truncate-lines @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. They -remain in the buffer, temporarily invisible. On terminals, @samp{$} -in the last column informs you that the line has been truncated on the -display. On window systems, a small straight arrow in the fringe to -the right of the window indicates a truncated line. +in the width of the screen or window do not appear at all. @samp{$} +in the last column or a small straight arrow in the fringe to the +right of the window indicates a truncated line. -@findex toggle-truncate-lines - Truncation instead of continuation happens whenever horizontal -scrolling is in use, and optionally in all side-by-side windows -(@pxref{Windows}). You can enable or disable truncation for a -particular buffer with the command @kbd{M-x toggle-truncate-lines}. - - @xref{Display Custom}, for additional variables that affect how text is -displayed. + @xref{Display Custom}, for more information about line truncation, +and other variables that affect how text is displayed. @node Position Info @section Cursor Position Information