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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2020-10-26 18:01:13 +0200
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2020-10-26 18:01:13 +0200
commit20c02e628cb6126457e675d824d51ad4286c7c7a (patch)
tree40cb60df8e4a54125d871c935b8e0debb761c9ab /src
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downloademacs-20c02e628cb6126457e675d824d51ad4286c7c7a.tar.gz
Improve documentation of display-fill-column-indicator
* lisp/display-fill-column-indicator.el (display-fill-column-indicator-mode): Mention the globalized version in the doc string. * doc/emacs/display.texi (Displaying Boundaries): Improve and clarify the documentation of display-fill-column-indicator. Suggest using the minor mode as the primary means for turning the feature on. * src/xdisp.c (syms_of_xdisp) <display-fill-column-indicator> <display-fill-column-indicator-character>: Doc fix. (Bug#44226)
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rw-r--r--src/xdisp.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/xdisp.c b/src/xdisp.c
index 03dc4bec712..6c14a9a7b9d 100644
--- a/src/xdisp.c
+++ b/src/xdisp.c
@@ -35025,6 +35025,8 @@ It has no effect when set to 0, or when line numbers are not absolute. */);
DEFVAR_BOOL ("display-fill-column-indicator", Vdisplay_fill_column_indicator,
doc: /* Non-nil means display the fill column indicator.
+If you set this non-nil, make sure `display-fill-column-indicator-character'
+is also non-nil.
See Info node `Displaying Boundaries' for details. */);
Vdisplay_fill_column_indicator = false;
DEFSYM (Qdisplay_fill_column_indicator, "display-fill-column-indicator");
@@ -35042,8 +35044,8 @@ See Info node `Displaying Boundaries' for details. */);
DEFVAR_LISP ("display-fill-column-indicator-character", Vdisplay_fill_column_indicator_character,
doc: /* Character to draw the indicator when `display-fill-column-indicator' is non-nil.
-The default is U+2502 but a good alternative is (ascii 124)
-if the font in fill-column-indicator face does not support Unicode characters.
+A good candidate is U+2502, and an alternative is (ascii 124) if the
+font of `fill-column-indicator' face does not support Unicode characters.
See Info node `Displaying Boundaries' for details. */);
Vdisplay_fill_column_indicator_character = Qnil;
DEFSYM (Qdisplay_fill_column_indicator_character, "display-fill-column-indicator-character");