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| author | Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> | 2019-08-31 14:32:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> | 2019-08-31 14:32:13 +0000 |
| commit | 8e420c09bcef1bf2a08b03deb74d5c663d898e33 (patch) | |
| tree | dced4dbdb62d6b3f770c66e51884421df2ec34b5 | |
| parent | 0c3fc71d3bef37bac6a766d319c4574cd24c20c0 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-8e420c09bcef1bf2a08b03deb74d5c663d898e33.tar.gz | |
Clarify the use of left/right-margin-width in determining current margin width
* doc/lispref/display.texi (Display-Margins): Clarify that
left/right-margin-width can not be used to determine the current margin width,
and that window-margins must be used instead.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/display.texi | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi index 9eb406b3c6a..853f69fa330 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/display.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi @@ -4928,7 +4928,9 @@ means no right marginal area. Setting these variables does not immediately affect the window. These variables are checked when a new buffer is displayed in the window. Thus, you can make changes take effect by calling -@code{set-window-buffer}. +@code{set-window-buffer}. Do not use these variables to try to +determine the current width of the left or right margin. Instead, use +the function @code{window-margins}. You can also set the margin widths immediately. |