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emacs-27 247dcb4: Clarify the documentation of 'left/right-fringe' displ
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Eli Zaretskii |
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emacs-27 247dcb4: Clarify the documentation of 'left/right-fringe' display spec |
Date: |
Sun, 5 Jul 2020 11:31:25 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: emacs-27
commit 247dcb4b1b1b4ea3d50b63d41c4efa58743f610d
Author: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Commit: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Clarify the documentation of 'left/right-fringe' display spec
* doc/lispref/display.texi (Other Display Specs, Fringe Bitmaps):
Clarify how the optional FACE parameter of the left-fringe and
right-fringe display spec is used. Reported by Gregory Heytings
<ghe@sdf.org>.
---
doc/lispref/display.texi | 12 +++++++-----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi
index 707a1a8..19e0fdf 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/display.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi
@@ -4277,9 +4277,10 @@ a display specification has the form
@noindent
@var{fringe} is either the symbol @code{left-fringe} or
@code{right-fringe}. @var{bitmap} is a symbol identifying the bitmap
-to display. The optional @var{face} names a face whose foreground
-color is used to display the bitmap; this face is automatically merged
-with the @code{fringe} face.
+to display. The optional @var{face} names a face whose foreground and
+background colors are to be used to display the bitmap; this face is
+automatically merged with the @code{fringe} face. If @var{face} is
+omitted, that means to use the @code{default} face.
For instance, to display an arrow in the left fringe, using the
@code{warning} face, you could say something like:
@@ -4983,8 +4984,9 @@ Margins}).
This display specification on any character of a line of text causes
the specified @var{bitmap} be displayed in the left or right fringes
for that line, instead of the characters that have the display
-specification. The optional @var{face} specifies the colors to be
-used for the bitmap. @xref{Fringe Bitmaps}, for the details.
+specification. The optional @var{face} specifies the face whose
+colors are to be used for the bitmap display. @xref{Fringe Bitmaps},
+for the details.
@item (space-width @var{factor})
This display specification affects all the space characters within the
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