From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2013 06:56:35 +0000 (+0300) Subject: Fix bug #14946 with documentation of fringe-mode the variable. X-Git-Tag: emacs-24.3.90~173^2^2~42^2~45^2~387^2~1698^2~39 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f6b1502430653fac080f76a08edd2eb690f92146;p=emacs.git Fix bug #14946 with documentation of fringe-mode the variable. doc/emacs/display.texi (Fringes): Document the variable fringe-mode. --- diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog index e634117f89c..ad2f091f27f 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2013-07-26 Eli Zaretskii + + * display.texi (Fringes): Document the variable fringe-mode. + (Bug#14946) + 2013-07-03 Glenn Morris * maintaining.texi (EDE): Fix cross-reference. diff --git a/doc/emacs/display.texi b/doc/emacs/display.texi index 482d7e7741a..aa9977a52e5 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/display.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/display.texi @@ -1017,12 +1017,15 @@ mode's symbol is a member of the list @code{hi-lock-exclude-modes}. @findex set-fringe-style @findex fringe-mode +@vindex fringe-mode @r{(variable)} On graphical displays, each Emacs window normally has narrow @dfn{fringes} on the left and right edges. The fringes are used to display symbols that provide information about the text in the window. You can type @kbd{M-x fringe-mode} to disable the fringes, or modify their width. This command affects fringes in all frames; to modify fringes on the selected frame only, use @kbd{M-x set-fringe-style}. +You can make your changes to the fringes permanent by customizing the +variable @code{fringe-mode}. The most common use of the fringes is to indicate a continuation line (@pxref{Continuation Lines}). When one line of text is split