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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/display.texi | 11 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi index fd6820897f3..64b24f712ae 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/display.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi @@ -2949,11 +2949,12 @@ For a header line, Emacs applies the @code{header-line} face. If the text comes from an overlay string via @code{before-string} or @code{after-string} properties (@pxref{Overlay Properties}), or from a display string (@pxref{Other Display Specs}), and the string doesn't -contain a @code{face} or @code{mouse-face} property, but the buffer -text affected by the overlay/display property does define a face, -Emacs applies the face attributes of the ``underlying'' buffer text. -Note that this is so even if the overlay or display string is -displayed in the display margins (@pxref{Display Margins}). +contain a @code{face} or @code{mouse-face} property, or these +properties leave some face attributes undefined, but the buffer text +affected by the overlay/display property does define a face or those +attributes, Emacs applies the face attributes of the ``underlying'' +buffer text. Note that this is so even if the overlay or display +string is displayed in the display margins (@pxref{Display Margins}). @item If any given attribute has not been specified during the preceding |