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diff --git a/doc/emacs/display.texi b/doc/emacs/display.texi index fa8ca4cbf17..6db9e8344c6 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/display.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/display.texi @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ @c -*- coding: utf-8 -*- @c This is part of the Emacs manual. -@c Copyright (C) 1985--1987, 1993--1995, 1997, 2000--2023 Free Software +@c Copyright (C) 1985--1987, 1993--1995, 1997, 2000--2024 Free Software @c Foundation, Inc. @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. @@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ frame: This is the base face used for the mode lines, as well as header lines and for menu bars when toolkit menus are not used. By default, it's drawn with shadows for a raised effect on graphical displays, and -drawn as the inverse of the default face on non-windowed terminals. +drawn as the inverse of the default face on text terminals. The @code{mode-line-active} and @code{mode-line-inactive} faces (which are the ones used on the mode lines) inherit from this face. @@ -1986,6 +1986,7 @@ the fringe indicates truncation at either end of the line. On text terminals, this is indicated with @samp{$} signs in the rightmost and/or leftmost columns. +@kindex C-x x t @vindex truncate-lines @findex toggle-truncate-lines Horizontal scrolling automatically causes line truncation @@ -2010,9 +2011,10 @@ line truncation. @xref{Split Window}, for the variable @section Visual Line Mode @cindex word wrap - Another alternative to ordinary line continuation is to use -@dfn{word wrap}. Here, each long logical line is divided into two or -more screen lines, like in ordinary line continuation. However, Emacs + Another alternative to ordinary line continuation +(@pxref{Continuation Lines}) is to use @dfn{word wrap}. Here, each +long logical line is divided into two or more screen lines, or +``visual lines'', like in ordinary line continuation. However, Emacs attempts to wrap the line at word boundaries near the right window edge. (If the line's direction is right-to-left, it is wrapped at the left window edge instead.) This makes the text easier to read, as |