From b00d8c1a00d33b1d2b0a6678e964eb41eb6fc2ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chong Yidong Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 20:24:00 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] * display.texi (Face Attributes): Document negative line widths (Bug#6113). --- doc/lispref/ChangeLog | 5 +++++ doc/lispref/display.texi | 5 ++++- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog index 0178e91ba4f..2a17a57f90f 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ +2011-07-03 Chong Yidong + + * display.texi (Face Attributes): Document negative line widths + (Bug#6113). + 2011-06-14 Chong Yidong * keymaps.texi (Searching Keymaps): diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi index e8e9e38939d..42f68583839 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/display.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi @@ -2094,7 +2094,10 @@ Draw a box with lines of width 1, in color @var{color}. @item @code{(:line-width @var{width} :color @var{color} :style @var{style})} This way you can explicitly specify all aspects of the box. The value -@var{width} specifies the width of the lines to draw; it defaults to 1. +@var{width} specifies the width of the lines to draw; it defaults to +1. A negative width @var{-n} means to draw a line of width @var{n} +that occupies the space of the underlying text, thus avoiding any +increase in the character height or width. The value @var{color} specifies the color to draw with. The default is the foreground color of the face for simple boxes, and the background -- 2.39.5