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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2005-03-26 01:46:55 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 2005-03-26 01:46:55 +0000 |
| commit | b5cced4b79c573e41b230c46441b3d7a8e25b6c6 (patch) | |
| tree | f929902d2c1319d7972cdde50b0abdedd8462562 /man/display.texi | |
| parent | bc2223e6cd22a620933e313c580ac17eb26cff27 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-b5cced4b79c573e41b230c46441b3d7a8e25b6c6.tar.gz | |
(Text Display): Mention non-breaking spaces.
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diff --git a/man/display.texi b/man/display.texi index ff939e00cdb..55b3b976308 100644 --- a/man/display.texi +++ b/man/display.texi @@ -913,6 +913,15 @@ they are displayed using their graphics (assuming your terminal supports them), otherwise as escape sequences. @xref{Single-Byte Character Support}. +@vindex show-nonbreak-escape + Some character sets define ``non-breaking'' versions of the space +and hyphen characters, which are used where a line should not be +broken. Emacs displays these with an escape character in order to +distinguish them from ordinary spaces and hyphens. For example, a +non-breaking space is displayed as @samp{\ }. You can turn off this +behavior by setting the variable @code{show-nonbreak-escape} to +@code{nil}. + @node Cursor Display @section Displaying the Cursor |