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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/display.texi | 19 |
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi index fde7274d591..bb2b2d98a36 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/display.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi @@ -2623,14 +2623,17 @@ Draw a box with lines of width 1, in the foreground color. Draw a box with lines of width 1, in color @var{color}. @item @code{(:line-width (@var{vwidth} . @var{hwidth}) :color @var{color} :style @var{style})} -This way you can explicitly specify all aspects of the box. The values -@var{vwidth} and @var{hwidth} specifies respectively the width of the -vertical and horizontal lines to draw; they default to (1 . 1). -A negative horizontal or vertical width @minus{}@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. For simplification -the width could be specified with only a single number @var{n} instead -of a list, such case is equivalent to @code{((abs @var{n}) . @var{n})}. +You can explicitly specify all aspects of the box with a plist on this +form. Any element in this plist can be omitted. + +The values @var{vwidth} and @var{hwidth} specifies respectively the +width of the vertical and horizontal lines to draw; they default to (1 +. 1). A negative horizontal or vertical width @minus{}@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. For simplification the width could be specified with only a +single number @var{n} instead of a list, such case is equivalent to +@code{((abs @var{n}) . @var{n})}. The value @var{style} specifies whether to draw a 3D box. If it is @code{released-button}, the box looks like a 3D button that is not |