From 1279bdb072786d41d25eb968f894764ba2573ede Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2020 17:55:24 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Another clarification of left/right-fringe display spec * doc/lispref/display.texi (Fringe Bitmaps): More accurate description of what FACE means in the left/right-fringe display spec. --- doc/lispref/display.texi | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi index 19e0fdf0b12..ecb9cff8a2a 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/display.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi @@ -4278,9 +4278,11 @@ a display specification has the form @var{fringe} is either the symbol @code{left-fringe} or @code{right-fringe}. @var{bitmap} is a symbol identifying the bitmap to display. The optional @var{face} names a face whose foreground and -background colors are to be used to display the bitmap; this face is -automatically merged with the @code{fringe} face. If @var{face} is -omitted, that means to use the @code{default} face. +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. For instance, to display an arrow in the left fringe, using the @code{warning} face, you could say something like: -- 2.39.5