the font are ignored in this case.
@item trailing-whitespace
The face for highlighting trailing whitespace when
-@code{show-trailing-whitespace} is non-nil; see @ref{Useless Whitespace}.
+@code{show-trailing-whitespace} is non-@code{nil}; see @ref{Useless
+Whitespace}.
@item variable-pitch
The basic variable-pitch face.
@end table
@vindex default-indicate-empty-lines
@cindex empty lines
@cindex fringes, and empty line indication
- Emacs can indicate empty lines at the end of the buffer with a special
-bitmap in the left fringe of the window (@pxref{Fringes}). To enable
+ Emacs can indicate empty lines at the end of the buffer with a small
+image in the left fringe of the window (@pxref{Fringes}). To enable
this feature, set the buffer-local variable @code{indicate-empty-lines}
to a non-@code{nil} value. The default value of this variable is
controlled by the variable @code{default-indicate-empty-lines}; by