From 215576f1503b67b156640622bafd31762f5f36d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 01:26:16 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Other Display Specs): Delete duplicate entry for just a string as display spec. Move text about recursive display specs on such a string. --- lispref/display.texi | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/lispref/display.texi b/lispref/display.texi index 14d44a1b995..1bd10113ce9 100644 --- a/lispref/display.texi +++ b/lispref/display.texi @@ -3277,6 +3277,9 @@ in the @code{display} text property. @item @var{string} Display @var{string} instead of the text that has this property. +Recursive display specifications are not supported---@var{string}'s +@code{display} properties, if any, are not used. + @item (image . @var{image-props}) This kind of display specification is an image descriptor (@pxref{Images}). When used as a display specification, it means to display the image @@ -3292,14 +3295,11 @@ in the range 0.0--1.0 stands for that fraction of the width or height of the entire image. @item ((margin nil) @var{string}) -@itemx @var{string} A display specification of this form means to display @var{string} instead of the text that has the display specification, at the same -position as that text. This is a special case of marginal display -(@pxref{Display Margins}). - -Recursive display specifications are not supported---string display -specifications must not have @code{display} properties themselves. +position as that text. It is equivalent to using just @var{string}, +but it is done as a special case of marginal display (@pxref{Display +Margins}). @item (space-width @var{factor}) This display specification affects all the space characters within the -- 2.39.2