From 860dab78d36f1e56a2b866d592920839b8bd92de Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerd Moellmann Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2000 15:20:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Display Vars): Fix description of the role of baud-rate for window-systems. --- man/display.texi | 18 ++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/display.texi b/man/display.texi index 243ca883c8a..aab2493ff3c 100644 --- a/man/display.texi +++ b/man/display.texi @@ -410,14 +410,16 @@ windows, see @ref{Split Window}. See also @ref{Display,, Display, elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}. @vindex baud-rate - The variable @code{baud-rate} holds the output speed of the -terminal, as far as Emacs knows. Setting this variable does not change -the speed of actual data transmission, but the value is used for -calculations such as padding. It also affects decisions about whether -to scroll part of the screen or redraw it instead---even when using a -window system. (We designed it this way, despite the fact that a window -system has no true ``output speed,'' to give you a way to tune these -decisions.) + The variable @code{baud-rate} holds the output speed of the terminal, +as far as Emacs knows. Setting this variable does not change the speed +of actual data transmission, but the value is used for calculations such +as padding. On terminals, it also affects decisions about whether to +scroll part of the screen or redraw it instead. + +On window-systems, @code{baud-rate} is only used to determine how +frequently to look for pending input during display updating. A higher +value of @code{baud-rate} means that check for pending input will be +done less frequently. You can customize the way any particular character code is displayed by means of a display table. @xref{Display Tables,, Display Tables, -- 2.39.5