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authorEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2017-09-23 10:07:11 +0300
committerEli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>2017-09-23 10:07:11 +0300
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Documentation improvements for 'display-line-numbers'
* doc/emacs/display.texi (Display Custom): Document a few more options for display-line-numbers. (Bug#28533) Fix a typo.
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@@ -1756,7 +1756,7 @@ Any other non-@code{nil} value is treated as @code{t}.
@vindex display-line-numbers-type
A convenient way of turning on display of line numbers is @w{@kbd{M-x
display-line-numbers-mode @key{RET}}}. This mode has a globalized
-variant, @code{global-display-line0numbers-mode}. The user option
+variant, @code{global-display-line-numbers-mode}. The user option
@code{display-line-numbers-type} controls which sub-mode of
line-number display, described above, will these modes activate.
@@ -1778,6 +1778,17 @@ the variable @code{display-line-numbers-widen} to a non-@code{nil}
value, line numbers will disregard any narrowing and will start at the
first character of the buffer.
+@vindex display-line-numbers-width-start
+@vindex display-line-numbers-grow-only
+@vindex display-line-numbers-width
+In selective display mode (@pxref{Selective Display}), and other modes
+that hide many lines from display (such as Outline and Org modes), you
+may wish to customize the variables
+@code{display-line-numbers-width-start} and
+@code{display-line-numbers-grow-only}, or set
+@code{display-line-numbers-width} to a large enough value, to avoid
+occasional miscalculations of space reserved for the line numbers.
+
@cindex line-number face
The line numbers are displayed in a special face @code{line-number}.
The current line number is displayed in a different face,