Mercurial > emacs
changeset 32624:cc6228b81571
(Display Vars): Fix description of the role of
baud-rate for window-systems.
| author | Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| date | Wed, 18 Oct 2000 15:20:11 +0000 |
| parents | 69b2744032ce |
| children | 791ab28d851e |
| files | man/display.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/man/display.texi Wed Oct 18 14:42:38 2000 +0000 +++ b/man/display.texi Wed Oct 18 15:20:11 2000 +0000 @@ -410,14 +410,16 @@ elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}. @vindex baud-rate - The variable @code{baud-rate} holds the output speed of the -terminal, as far as Emacs knows. Setting this variable does not change -the speed of actual data transmission, but the value is used for -calculations such as padding. It also affects decisions about whether -to scroll part of the screen or redraw it instead---even when using a -window system. (We designed it this way, despite the fact that a window -system has no true ``output speed,'' to give you a way to tune these -decisions.) + The variable @code{baud-rate} holds the output speed of the terminal, +as far as Emacs knows. Setting this variable does not change the speed +of actual data transmission, but the value is used for calculations such +as padding. On terminals, it also affects decisions about whether to +scroll part of the screen or redraw it instead. + +On window-systems, @code{baud-rate} is only used to determine how +frequently to look for pending input during display updating. A higher +value of @code{baud-rate} means that check for pending input will be +done less frequently. You can customize the way any particular character code is displayed by means of a display table. @xref{Display Tables,, Display Tables,