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doc for indicate-empty-lines is misleading
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Eric Hanchrow |
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doc for indicate-empty-lines is misleading |
Date: |
15 Nov 2002 09:38:58 -0800 |
The doc as written implies that blank lines which are part of the
buffer get a bitmap, but in fact it's only those (window) lines that
*aren't* part of the buffer that get the bitmap. I thus propose this
rewording:
cd /usr/local/src/emacs-cvs/man/
diff -wu /usr/local/src/emacs-cvs/man/display.texi.\~1.66.\~
/usr/local/src/emacs-cvs/man/display.texi
--- /usr/local/src/emacs-cvs/man/display.texi.~1.66.~ Tue Aug 27 17:55:11 2002
+++ /usr/local/src/emacs-cvs/man/display.texi Fri Nov 15 09:38:00 2002
@@ -683,14 +683,17 @@
@vindex default-indicate-empty-lines
@cindex empty lines
@cindex fringes, and empty line indication
- Emacs can indicate empty lines at the end of the buffer with a small
-image in the left fringe of the window (@pxref{Fringes}). To enable
-this feature, set the buffer-local variable @code{indicate-empty-lines}
-to a non-@code{nil} value. The default value of this variable is
-controlled by the variable @code{default-indicate-empty-lines}; by
-setting that variable, you can enable or disable this feature for all
-new buffers. (This feature currently doesn't work on character
-terminals.)
+ Emacs can make blank lines at the end of the buffer easy to notice
+by placing a small image in the left fringe of the window, on each
+window line that is @emph{past} the end (@pxref{Fringes}). Thus
+window lines that ``belong to'' your buffer lack those fringes, and
+are easy to notice; in particular, blank lines at the end of the
+buffer stand out clearly. To enable this feature, set the
+buffer-local variable @code{indicate-empty-lines} to a non-@code{nil}
+value. The default value of this variable is controlled by the
+variable @code{default-indicate-empty-lines}; by setting that
+variable, you can enable or disable this feature for all new buffers.
+(This feature currently doesn't work on character terminals.)
@node Follow Mode
@section Follow Mode
Diff finished at Fri Nov 15 09:38:37
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