changeset 38814:d4d24695f9e2

(Trailing Whitespace): Document that the option is buffer-local. Suggested by Robert Marshall <robert@chezmarshall.freeserve.co.uk>.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Tue, 14 Aug 2001 13:14:31 +0000
parents 67215478a141
children 7ef80e3474d9
files man/display.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/man/display.texi	Tue Aug 14 13:12:18 2001 +0000
+++ b/man/display.texi	Tue Aug 14 13:14:31 2001 +0000
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@
 the font are ignored in this case.
 @item trailing-whitespace
 The face for highlighting trailing whitespace when
-@code{show-trailing-whitespace} is non-nil.
+@code{show-trailing-whitespace} is non-nil; see @ref{Trailing Whitespace}.
 @item variable-pitch
 The basic variable-pitch face.
 @end table
@@ -377,9 +377,10 @@
 realizing it.  In most cases, this @dfn{trailing whitespace} has no
 effect, but there are special circumstances where it matters.
 
-  You can make trailing whitespace visible on the screen by setting
-the variable @code{show-trailing-whitespace} to @code{t}.  Then Emacs
-displays trailing whitespace in the face @code{trailing-whitespace}.
+  You can make trailing whitespace visible on the screen by setting the
+buffer-local variable @code{show-trailing-whitespace} to @code{t}.  Then
+Emacs displays trailing whitespace in the face
+@code{trailing-whitespace}.
 
   Trailing whitespace is defined as spaces or tabs at the end of a
 line.  But trailing whitespace is not displayed specially if point is