From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2020 14:39:13 +0000 (+0300) Subject: One more improvement of left/right-fringe display spec docs X-Git-Tag: emacs-27.1-rc1~42 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=79f381b4a6;p=emacs.git One more improvement of left/right-fringe display spec docs * doc/lispref/display.texi (Fringe Bitmaps): Yet another clarification of how to use FACE in left/right-fringe display spec. --- diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi index ecb9cff8a2a..2ef27c00b8e 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/display.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi @@ -4282,7 +4282,11 @@ background colors are to be used to display the bitmap, using the attributes of the @code{fringe} face for colors that @var{face} didn't specify. If @var{face} is omitted, that means to use the attributes of the @code{default} face for the colors which the @code{fringe} face -didn't specify. +didn't specify. For predictable results that don't depend on the +attributes of the @code{default} and @code{fringe} faces, we recommend +you never omit @var{face}, but always provide a specific face. In +particular, if you want the bitmap to be always displayed in the +@code{fringe} face, use @code{fringe} as @var{face}. For instance, to display an arrow in the left fringe, using the @code{warning} face, you could say something like: