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diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi index e5494002ce8..40978b408ae 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/display.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi @@ -2182,21 +2182,24 @@ actual line height can never be less than the default. @kindex line-height @r{(text property)} A newline can have a @code{line-height} text or overlay property that controls the total height of the display line ending in that -newline. +newline. The property value can be one of several forms: - If the property value is @code{t}, the newline character has no +@table @code +@item t +If the property value is @code{t}, the newline character has no effect on the displayed height of the line---the visible contents alone determine the height. The @code{line-spacing} property, described below, is also ignored in this case. This is useful for tiling small images (or image slices) without adding blank areas between the images. - - If the property value is a list of the form @code{(@var{height} -@var{total})}, that adds extra space @emph{below} the display line. -First Emacs uses @var{height} as a height spec to control extra space -@emph{above} the line; then it adds enough space @emph{below} the line -to bring the total line height up to @var{total}. In this case, any -value of @code{line-spacing} property for the newline is ignored. +@item (@var{height} @var{total}) +If the property value is a list of the form shown, that adds extra +space @emph{below} the display line. First Emacs uses @var{height} as +a height spec to control extra space @emph{above} the line; then it +adds enough space @emph{below} the line to bring the total line height +up to @var{total}. In this case, any value of @code{line-spacing} +property for the newline is ignored. +@end table @cindex height spec Any other kind of property value is a height spec, which translates |