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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/display.texi | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi index 9d929950a7e..340aa400cfa 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/display.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi @@ -5467,8 +5467,9 @@ or an image descriptor. To display something in the margin @emph{in association with} certain buffer text, without altering or preventing the display of -that text, put a @code{before-string} property on the text and put the -margin display specification on the contents of the before-string. +that text, put on that text an overlay with a @code{before-string} +property, and put the margin display specification on the contents of +the before-string. Note that if the string to be displayed in the margin doesn't specify a face, its face is determined using the same rules and |