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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2002-06-26 22:38:34 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2002-06-26 22:38:34 +0000
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Update info on C-u C-x =.
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@@ -605,9 +605,10 @@ current page.
@kindex C-x =
@findex what-cursor-position
- The command @kbd{C-x =} (@code{what-cursor-position}) can be used to find out
-the column that the cursor is in, and other miscellaneous information about
-point. It displays a line in the echo area that looks like this:
+ The command @kbd{C-x =} (@code{what-cursor-position}) shows what
+column the cursor is in, and other miscellaneous information about
+point and the character after it. It displays a line in the echo area
+that looks like this:
@smallexample
Char: c (0143, 99, 0x63) point=21044 of 26883(78%) column 53
@@ -665,8 +666,9 @@ identify the character within that character set; ASCII characters are
identified as belonging to the @code{ascii} character set. It also
shows the character's syntax, categories, and encodings both
internally in the buffer and externally if you save the file. It also
-shows the character's text properties, if any, and the font used to
-display it.
+shows the character's text properties (@pxref{Text Properties,,,
+elisp, the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}), and any overlays containing it
+(@pxref{Overlays,,, elisp, the same manual}).
Here's an example showing the Latin-1 character A with grave accent,
in a buffer whose coding system is @code{iso-2022-7bit}, whose
@@ -686,7 +688,7 @@ displays the character as @samp{@`A}), and which has font-lock-mode
terminal code: C0
Text properties
- face: font-lock-variable-name-face
+ font-lock-face: font-lock-variable-name-face
fontified: t
@end smallexample