changeset 60782:ab5e3944cf27

(Invisible Text): State default value of line-move-ignore-invisible. (Managing Overlays): Document remove-overlays. (Standard Faces): Document escape-glyph face.

--- a/lispref/display.texi	Mon Mar 21 17:44:27 2005 +0000
+++ b/lispref/display.texi	Mon Mar 21 17:47:42 2005 +0000
@@ -753,8 +753,8 @@
   Ordinarily, functions that operate on text or move point do not care
 whether the text is invisible.  The user-level line motion commands
 explicitly ignore invisible newlines if
-@code{line-move-ignore-invisible} is non-@code{nil}, but only because
-they are explicitly programmed to do so.
+@code{line-move-ignore-invisible} is non-@code{nil} (the default), but
+only because they are explicitly programmed to do so.
 
   However, if a command ends with point inside or immediately after
 invisible text, the main editing loop moves point further forward or
@@ -1138,6 +1138,18 @@
 ``lost''.
 @end defun
 
+@defun remove-overlays &optional start end name value
+This function removes all the overlays between @var{start} and
+@var{end} whose property @var{name} has the value @var{value}.  It can
+move the endpoints of the overlays in the region, or split them.
+
+If @var{name} is omitted or nil, it means to delete all overlays in
+the specified region.  If @var{start} and/or @var{end} are omitted or
+nil, that means the beginning and end of the buffer respectively.
+Therefore, @code{(remove-overlays)} removes all the overlays in the
+current buffer.
+@end defun
+
   Here are some examples:
 
 @example
@@ -1718,6 +1730,10 @@
 @kindex trailing-whitespace @r{(face name)}
 This face is used to display excess whitespace at the end of a line,
 if @code{show-trailing-whitespace} is non-@code{nil}.
+
+@item escape-glyph
+@kindex escape-glyph @r{(face name)}
+This face is used to display control characters and escape glyphs.
 @end table
 
   In contrast, these faces are provided to change the appearance of text