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authorKarl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>1995-01-16 22:57:31 +0000
committerKarl Heuer <kwzh@gnu.org>1995-01-16 22:57:31 +0000
commita171458a3268adf715abd8ae5fb2ecd8a9628bfa (patch)
treec0f9a175658bd4464166bf01ac413d16e7b3482a /lisp/disp-table.el
parentab7748010f5bcb72dd3b334acfabd0da769964d7 (diff)
downloademacs-a171458a3268adf715abd8ae5fb2ecd8a9628bfa.tar.gz
(standard-display-ascii): Doc fix. Allow use with X.
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diff --git a/lisp/disp-table.el b/lisp/disp-table.el
index b15bc7fed17..ce06fd8e508 100644
--- a/lisp/disp-table.el
+++ b/lisp/disp-table.el
@@ -94,12 +94,11 @@
(setq l (1+ l))))
;;;###autoload
+;; This function does NOT take terminal-dependent escape sequences.
+;; For that, you need to go through create-glyph. Use one of the
+;; other functions below, or roll your own.
(defun standard-display-ascii (c s)
- "Display character C using string S.
-S is usually a terminal-dependent escape sequence.
-This function is meaningless for an X frame."
- (if window-system
- (error "Cannot use string glyphs in a windowing system"))
+ "Display character C using printable string S."
(or standard-display-table
(setq standard-display-table (make-vector display-table-len nil)))
(aset standard-display-table c (apply 'vector (append s nil))))