From: Richard M. Stallman Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 01:32:27 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (Display Table Format): Wording clarification X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-22.0.90~607 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=8b170b8222bc9f10e85baab425784a711ecc0b3e;p=emacs.git (Display Table Format): Wording clarification --- diff --git a/lispref/ChangeLog b/lispref/ChangeLog index 3ce4978d956..7999014e114 100644 --- a/lispref/ChangeLog +++ b/lispref/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2006-09-11 Richard Stallman + + * display.texi (Display Table Format): Wording clarification. + 2006-09-10 Chong Yidong * keymaps.texi (Active Keymaps): Mention that key-binding checks diff --git a/lispref/display.texi b/lispref/display.texi index fccae22f072..af8cbe08897 100644 --- a/lispref/display.texi +++ b/lispref/display.texi @@ -5118,13 +5118,14 @@ This creates and returns a display table. The table initially has The ordinary elements of the display table are indexed by character codes; the element at index @var{c} says how to display the character -code @var{c}. The value should be @code{nil} or a vector of glyph -values (@pxref{Glyphs}). If an element is @code{nil}, it says to -display that character according to the usual display conventions +code @var{c}. The value should be @code{nil} or a vector of the +glyphs to be output (@pxref{Glyphs}). @code{nil} says to display the +character @var{c} according to the usual display conventions (@pxref{Usual Display}). - If you use the display table to change the display of newline -characters, the whole buffer will be displayed as one long ``line.'' + @strong{Warning:} if you use the display table to change the display +of newline characters, the whole buffer will be displayed as one long +``line.'' The display table also has six ``extra slots'' which serve special purposes. Here is a table of their meanings; @code{nil} in any slot