From: Richard M. Stallman Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 09:51:37 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (Continuation Lines): Simplify description of truncation, X-Git-Tag: ttn-vms-21-2-B4~2251 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=ab527690a4154ab754f4c93af1aa44cba4a17fad;p=emacs.git (Continuation Lines): Simplify description of truncation, and refer to Display Custom for the rest of it. --- diff --git a/man/basic.texi b/man/basic.texi index 6a8ffc0000f..487e9579ece 100644 --- a/man/basic.texi +++ b/man/basic.texi @@ -544,25 +544,16 @@ character that indicates continuation. 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