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changeset 42297:c4f9d48801a8
Explain using a before-string to put something in the margin.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Mon, 24 Dec 2001 16:29:42 +0000 |
| parents | 7b9a0bcca3c2 |
| children | d020b569f212 |
| files | lispref/display.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/lispref/display.texi Mon Dec 24 16:28:22 2001 +0000 +++ b/lispref/display.texi Mon Dec 24 16:29:42 2001 +0000 @@ -2356,6 +2356,14 @@ use that display specification along with the display specification for the image. + If you put such a display specification directly on text in the +buffer, the specified margin display appears @emph{instead of} that +buffer text itself. To put something in the margin @emph{in +association with} certain buffer text without preventing or altering +the display of that text, put a @code{before-string} property on the +text and put the display specification on the contents of the +before-string. + Before the display margins can display anything, you must give them a nonzero width. The usual way to do that is to set these variables: