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| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2022-12-05 21:45:01 +0200 |
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| committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2022-12-05 21:45:01 +0200 |
| commit | ca0da3b83dfc4a366978c9cd17db7a212a83f6d3 (patch) | |
| tree | 19dc06e75f37aeae9a14a1c0f6f3d7ebb41954d0 /doc/lispref/display.texi | |
| parent | ec00d292ec02f34a0d879767c6737fadbe24ce20 (diff) | |
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; Clarify description of display on the margins
* doc/lispref/display.texi (Display Margins): More accurate
explanation of how to show text in the display margin without
concealing buffer text. (Bug#59841)
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi index 9d929950a7e..340aa400cfa 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/display.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi @@ -5467,8 +5467,9 @@ or an image descriptor. To display something in the margin @emph{in association with} certain buffer text, without altering or preventing the display of -that text, put a @code{before-string} property on the text and put the -margin display specification on the contents of the before-string. +that text, put on that text an overlay with a @code{before-string} +property, and put the margin display specification on the contents of +the before-string. Note that if the string to be displayed in the margin doesn't specify a face, its face is determined using the same rules and |