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author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2001-08-14 13:14:31 +0000 |
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committer | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> | 2001-08-14 13:14:31 +0000 |
commit | 86354bc09a1a29a6bd7a70e1fbd364f4b1afff5f (patch) | |
tree | 437942ed7bff3582111d1431a961810b84508f29 /man | |
parent | 5fb125b49c7c623115b1474e9cc9474d76df6ad2 (diff) | |
download | emacs-86354bc09a1a29a6bd7a70e1fbd364f4b1afff5f.tar.gz |
(Trailing Whitespace): Document that the option is buffer-local.
Suggested by Robert Marshall <robert@chezmarshall.freeserve.co.uk>.
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r-- | man/display.texi | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/man/display.texi b/man/display.texi index 02e9bc0af27..ea55a8c4882 100644 --- a/man/display.texi +++ b/man/display.texi @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ font of LessTif/Motif menus is currently not supported; attempts to set the font are ignored in this case. @item trailing-whitespace The face for highlighting trailing whitespace when -@code{show-trailing-whitespace} is non-nil. +@code{show-trailing-whitespace} is non-nil; see @ref{Trailing Whitespace}. @item variable-pitch The basic variable-pitch face. @end table @@ -377,9 +377,10 @@ This command does nothing if the major mode is a member of the list realizing it. In most cases, this @dfn{trailing whitespace} has no effect, but there are special circumstances where it matters. - You can make trailing whitespace visible on the screen by setting -the variable @code{show-trailing-whitespace} to @code{t}. Then Emacs -displays trailing whitespace in the face @code{trailing-whitespace}. + You can make trailing whitespace visible on the screen by setting the +buffer-local variable @code{show-trailing-whitespace} to @code{t}. Then +Emacs displays trailing whitespace in the face +@code{trailing-whitespace}. Trailing whitespace is defined as spaces or tabs at the end of a line. But trailing whitespace is not displayed specially if point is |