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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