summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/man/basic.texi
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2002-01-22 11:24:23 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2002-01-22 11:24:23 +0000
commite56823d94dc120b2cffa00c9c1ec3a51cc3c3831 (patch)
tree852170aece05be972d921ab4b6bf36ce5da0ec34 /man/basic.texi
parentb147d29726f3524e1a4c3b2dcaf8e8766c413423 (diff)
downloademacs-e56823d94dc120b2cffa00c9c1ec3a51cc3c3831.tar.gz
(Continuation Lines): Add index entries for the fringe usage.
Diffstat (limited to 'man/basic.texi')
-rw-r--r--man/basic.texi2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/man/basic.texi b/man/basic.texi
index 8ebda03afe4..58b1485ec25 100644
--- a/man/basic.texi
+++ b/man/basic.texi
@@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ nonblank line.
@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 @@ Auto Fill mode (@pxref{Filling}) if that's what you want.
@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