a line gets too long. Continuation on the screen does not do that. Use
Auto Fill mode (@pxref{Filling}) if that's what you want.
-@vindex truncate-lines
@cindex truncation
@cindex line truncation, and fringes
As an alternative to continuation, Emacs can display long lines by
@dfn{truncation}. This means that all the characters that do not fit
-in the width of the screen or window do not appear at all. They
-remain in the buffer, temporarily invisible. On terminals, @samp{$}
-in the last column informs you that the line has been truncated on the
-display. On window systems, a small straight arrow in the fringe to
-the right of the window indicates a truncated line.
-
-@findex toggle-truncate-lines
- Truncation instead of continuation happens whenever horizontal
-scrolling is in use, and optionally in all side-by-side windows
-(@pxref{Windows}). You can enable or disable truncation for a
-particular buffer with the command @kbd{M-x toggle-truncate-lines}.
-
- @xref{Display Custom}, for additional variables that affect how text is
-displayed.
+in the width of the screen or window do not appear at all. @samp{$}
+in the last column or a small straight arrow in the fringe to the
+right of the window indicates a truncated line.
+
+ @xref{Display Custom}, for more information about line truncation,
+and other variables that affect how text is displayed.
@node Position Info
@section Cursor Position Information