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diff man/basic.texi @ 42902:f83cc0d82951
(Continuation Lines): Add index entries for the fringe usage.
| author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
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| date | Tue, 22 Jan 2002 11:24:23 +0000 |
| parents | c66f34e7d2cd |
| children | b4bc3c095326 |
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--- a/man/basic.texi Tue Jan 22 11:13:59 2002 +0000 +++ b/man/basic.texi Tue Jan 22 11:24:23 2002 +0000 @@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ @cindex continuation line @cindex wrapping @cindex line wrapping +@cindex fringes, and continuation lines If you add too many characters to one line without breaking it with @key{RET}, the line grows to occupy two (or more) lines on the screen. On graphical displays, Emacs indicates line wrapping with small bent @@ -529,6 +530,7 @@ @vindex truncate-lines @cindex truncation +@cindex line truncation, and fringes As an alternative to continuation, Emacs can display long lines by @dfn{truncation}. This means that all the characters that do not fit in the width of the screen or window do not appear at all. They
