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Re: What is normal these days (display.texi)?


From: David Kastrup
Subject: Re: What is normal these days (display.texi)?
Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2006 11:17:50 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux)

address@hidden (Kim F. Storm) writes:

> In display.texi (formatted version) we have this:
>
> |                                            Normally, a `$' in the
> | rightmost column of the window indicates truncation; a `\' on the
> | rightmost column indicates a line that "wraps" onto the next line,
> | which is also called "continuing" the line.  (The display table can
> | specify alternative indicators; see *Note Display Tables.)
> |
> |    On a graphical display, the `$' and `\' indicators are replaced with
> | arrow images displayed in the window fringes (*note Fringes).
>
> "Normally" ?
>
> I suggest changing it to:
>
> |                                             Normally, tiny arrow images
> | are displayed in the window fringes to indicate truncated and continued
> | lines (*note Fringes).
> |  
> |    On a text terminal, a `$' in the rightmost column of the window
> | indicates truncation; a `\' on the rightmost column indicates a
> | continued line that "wraps" onto the next line.  (The display table can
> | specify alternative indicators; see *Note Display Tables.)

Actually, I am currently on and off on a rampage through display.texi,
and my changes include the following (which is enough to do the trick
in my book):

Index: display.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/lispref/display.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.223
diff -u -r1.223 display.texi
*** display.texi        13 Jun 2006 22:18:06 -0000      1.223
--- display.texi        7 Jul 2006 09:14:02 -0000
***************
*** 130,136 ****
    When a line of text extends beyond the right edge of a window, the
  line can either be continued on the next screen line, or truncated to
  one screen line.  The additional screen lines used to display a long
! text line are called @dfn{continuation} lines.  Normally, a @samp{$} in
  the rightmost column of the window indicates truncation; a @samp{\} on
  the rightmost column indicates a line that ``wraps'' onto the next line,
  which is also called @dfn{continuing} the line.  (The display table can
--- 131,139 ----
    When a line of text extends beyond the right edge of a window, the
  line can either be continued on the next screen line, or truncated to
  one screen line.  The additional screen lines used to display a long
! text line are called @dfn{continuation} lines.
! 
!   On a text terminal, a @samp{$} in
  the rightmost column of the window indicates truncation; a @samp{\} on
  the rightmost column indicates a line that ``wraps'' onto the next line,
  which is also called @dfn{continuing} the line.  (The display table can

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum

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