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diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi index c4753ecbb2a..5d3202e67ef 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/display.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi @@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ that Emacs presents to the user. @node Refresh Screen @section Refreshing the Screen +@cindex refresh the screen +@cindex screen refresh The function @code{redraw-frame} clears and redisplays the entire contents of a given frame (@pxref{Frames}). This is useful if the @@ -509,6 +511,7 @@ are logged that share a common prefix ending in @samp{...}. @node Echo Area Customization @subsection Echo Area Customization +@cindex echo area customization These variables control details of how the echo area works. @@ -636,6 +639,7 @@ specify a specific warning type. @node Warning Variables @subsection Warning Variables +@cindex warning variables Programs can customize how their warnings appear by binding the variables described in this section. @@ -713,6 +717,7 @@ all. @node Warning Options @subsection Warning Options +@cindex warning options These variables are used by users to control what happens when a Lisp program reports a warning. @@ -746,6 +751,7 @@ that warning is not logged. @node Delayed Warnings @subsection Delayed Warnings +@cindex delayed warnings Sometimes, you may wish to avoid showing a warning while a command is running, and only show it only after the end of the command. You can @@ -1069,6 +1075,8 @@ You can use a display table to substitute other text for the ellipsis @node Temporary Displays @section Temporary Displays +@cindex temporary display +@cindex temporary buffer display Temporary displays are used by Lisp programs to put output into a buffer and then present it to the user for perusal rather than for @@ -1280,6 +1288,8 @@ inside the overlay or outside, and likewise for the end of the overlay. @node Managing Overlays @subsection Managing Overlays +@cindex managing overlays +@cindex overlays, managing This section describes the functions to create, delete and move overlays, and to examine their contents. Overlay changes are not @@ -1440,6 +1450,7 @@ faster if you do @code{(overlay-recenter (point-max))} first. @node Overlay Properties @subsection Overlay Properties +@cindex overlay properties Overlay properties are like text properties in that the properties that alter how a character is displayed can come from either source. But in @@ -1692,6 +1703,8 @@ Properties}. @node Finding Overlays @subsection Searching for Overlays +@cindex searching for overlays +@cindex overlays, searching for @defun overlays-at pos &optional sorted This function returns a list of all the overlays that cover the character at @@ -1759,6 +1772,8 @@ changes. @node Size of Displayed Text @section Size of Displayed Text +@cindex size of text on display +@cindex character width on display Since not all characters have the same width, these functions let you check the width of a character. @xref{Primitive Indent}, and @@ -2249,6 +2264,7 @@ suitable for use with @code{:stipple} (see above). It returns @node Defining Faces @subsection Defining Faces +@cindex defining faces @cindex face spec The usual way to define a face is through the @code{defface} macro. @@ -2423,6 +2439,7 @@ Any other value of @var{spec-type} is reserved for internal use. @node Attribute Functions @subsection Face Attribute Functions +@cindex face attributes, access and modification This section describes functions for directly accessing and modifying the attributes of a named face. @@ -2624,6 +2641,8 @@ a non-@code{nil} @code{:inverse-video} attribute. @node Displaying Faces @subsection Displaying Faces +@cindex displaying faces +@cindex face merging When Emacs displays a given piece of text, the visual appearance of the text may be determined by faces drawn from different sources. If @@ -2679,6 +2698,7 @@ at the next level of face merging. @node Face Remapping @subsection Face Remapping +@cindex face remapping The variable @code{face-remapping-alist} is used for buffer-local or global changes in the appearance of a face. For instance, it is used @@ -2876,6 +2896,7 @@ usually assign faces to around 400 to 600 characters at each call. @node Basic Faces @subsection Basic Faces +@cindex basic faces If your Emacs Lisp program needs to assign some faces to text, it is often a good idea to use certain existing faces or inherit from them, @@ -3042,6 +3063,8 @@ nominal heights and widths would suggest. @node Font Lookup @subsection Looking Up Fonts +@cindex font lookup +@cindex looking up fonts @defun x-list-fonts name &optional reference-face frame maximum width This function returns a list of available font names that match @@ -3099,6 +3122,7 @@ encoding of the font. @node Fontsets @subsection Fontsets +@cindex fontset A @dfn{fontset} is a list of fonts, each assigned to a range of character codes. An individual font cannot display the whole range of @@ -4032,6 +4056,7 @@ display specifications and what they mean. @node Replacing Specs @subsection Display Specs That Replace The Text +@cindex replacing display specs Some kinds of display specifications specify something to display instead of the text that has the property. These are called @@ -4908,6 +4933,7 @@ Supports the @code{:index} property. @xref{Multi-Frame Images}. @node Defining Images @subsection Defining Images +@cindex define image The functions @code{create-image}, @code{defimage} and @code{find-image} provide convenient ways to create image descriptors. @@ -5035,6 +5061,7 @@ Here is an example of using @code{image-load-path-for-library}: @node Showing Images @subsection Showing Images +@cindex show image You can use an image descriptor by setting up the @code{display} property yourself, but it is easier to use the functions in this |