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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2005-09-17 04:59:58 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2005-09-17 04:59:58 +0000
commitcc1f98068a3c23e6215c9502189226c19368d646 (patch)
tree7ee29cdcfc5c21e518db0958b07f3e690fb00dae /lispref
parent6c9abf6a668404443395c0ff0039d99242f82cf0 (diff)
downloademacs-cc1f98068a3c23e6215c9502189226c19368d646.tar.gz
(Defining Images): Clean up previous change.
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diff --git a/lispref/display.texi b/lispref/display.texi
index 96aa2335a6a..0c36f421899 100644
--- a/lispref/display.texi
+++ b/lispref/display.texi
@@ -3956,16 +3956,17 @@ image files. If an element is a string, it is taken to be the name of
a directory to search. If an element is a variable symbol, the value
of that variable is used as a list of directories to search.
-The default is to search in @file{@code{data-directory}/images}, then
-in @code{data-directory}, and finally in the directories specified by
+The default is to search in the @file{images} subdirectory of the
+directory specified by @code{data-directory}, then the directory
+specified by @code{data-directory}, and finally in the directories in
@code{load-path}. Subdirectories are not automatically included in
the search, so if you put an image file in a subdirectory, you have to
-supply the subdirectory name explicitly. For example, if you put an
-image file @file{bar.xpm} in @file{@code{data-directory}/images/foo/},
-you should define the image as:
+supply the subdirectory name explicitly. For example, to find the
+image @file{images/foo/bar.xpm} within @code{data-directory} you
+should specify the image as follows:
@example
- (defimage foo-image '((:type xpm :file "foo/bar.xpm")))
+(defimage foo-image '((:type xpm :file "foo/bar.xpm")))
@end example
@end defvar