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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2021-05-21 09:51:17 +0300
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2021-05-21 09:51:17 +0300
commit30e5d93ee1b938c207c4f5ec015ba2633cf423cd (patch)
tree90304efced9e837c49a1df127f395dede1513736
parent8804ac857b3290852d8889e274186b20e906afdc (diff)
downloademacs-30e5d93ee1b938c207c4f5ec015ba2633cf423cd.tar.gz
Improve documentation of display tables
* doc/lispref/display.texi (Display Tables): Add a cross-reference to the next section.
-rw-r--r--doc/lispref/display.texi5
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi
index fed1762e30c..5290a043374 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/display.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi
@@ -7481,7 +7481,7 @@ Chars}.
The above display conventions apply even when there is a display
table, for any character whose entry in the active display table is
@code{nil}. Thus, when you set up a display table, you need only
-specify the characters for which you want special behavior.
+specify the characters for which you want special display behavior.
The following variables affect how certain characters are displayed
on the screen. Since they change the number of columns the characters
@@ -7515,7 +7515,8 @@ command @code{tab-to-tab-stop}. @xref{Indent Tabs}.
(@pxref{Char-Tables}), with @code{display-table} as its subtype, which
is used to override the usual character display conventions. This
section describes how to make, inspect, and assign elements to a
-display table object.
+display table object. The next section (@pxref{Active Display Table})
+describes the various standard display tables and their precedence.
@defun make-display-table
This creates and returns a display table. The table initially has