From 6fdc249f09bb93de7201b4f0efc60192ee1914a5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Erik Naggum Date: Mon, 9 Oct 1995 20:52:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (buffer-display-table): Document new implementation. --- src/buffer.c | 21 +++++++++++---------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c index e4b8130e6e5..f65df3605b7 100644 --- a/src/buffer.c +++ b/src/buffer.c @@ -3721,21 +3721,22 @@ Automatically becomes buffer-local when set in any fashion."); Qnil, "Display table that controls display of the contents of current buffer.\n\ Automatically becomes buffer-local when set in any fashion.\n\ -The display table is a vector created with `make-display-table'.\n\ -The first 256 elements control how to display each possible text character.\n\ -Each value should be a vector of characters or nil;\n\ +The display table is a char-table created with `make-display-table'.\n\ +The ordinary char-table elements control how to display each possible text\n\ +character. Each value should be a vector of characters or nil;\n\ nil means display the character in the default fashion.\n\ -The remaining six elements control the display of\n\ - the end of a truncated screen line (element 256, a single character);\n\ - the end of a continued line (element 257, a single character);\n\ +There are six extra slots to control the display of\n\ + the end of a truncated screen line (extra-slot 0, a single character);\n\ + the end of a continued line (extra-slot 1, a single character);\n\ the escape character used to display character codes in octal\n\ - (element 258, a single character);\n\ - the character used as an arrow for control characters (element 259,\n\ + (extra-slot 2, a single character);\n\ + the character used as an arrow for control characters (extra-slot 3,\n\ a single character);\n\ - the decoration indicating the presence of invisible lines (element 260,\n\ + the decoration indicating the presence of invisible lines (extra-slot 4,\n\ a vector of characters);\n\ the character used to draw the border between side-by-side windows\n\ - (element 261, a single character).\n\ + (extra-slot 5, a single character).\n\ +See also the functions `display-table-slot' and `set-display-table-slot'.\n\ If this variable is nil, the value of `standard-display-table' is used.\n\ Each window can have its own, overriding display table."); #endif -- 2.39.2