[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/lispref/display.texi

[Richard M. Stallman]

Index: emacs/lispref/display.texi
diff -c emacs/lispref/display.texi:1.72 emacs/lispref/display.texi:1.73
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  use that display specification along with the display specification for
  the image.
  
+   If you put such a display specification directly on text in the
+ buffer, the specified margin display appears @emph{instead of} that
+ buffer text itself.  To put something in the margin @emph{in
+ association with} certain buffer text without preventing or altering
+ the display of that text, put a @code{before-string} property on the
+ text and put the display specification on the contents of the
+ before-string.
+ 
    Before the display margins can display anything, you must give
  them a nonzero width.  The usual way to do that is to set these
  variables: