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authorEli Zaretskii2019-11-25 20:58:40 +0200
committerEli Zaretskii2019-11-25 20:58:40 +0200
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; * etc/NEWS: Elaborate the entry about ':extend' face attribute.
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@@ -422,8 +422,15 @@ to 'completion-styles' or 'completion-category-overrides' to use it.
422The new face attribute ':extend' controls whether to use the face for 422The new face attribute ':extend' controls whether to use the face for
423displaying the empty space beyond end of line (EOL) till the edge of 423displaying the empty space beyond end of line (EOL) till the edge of
424the window. By default, this attribute is non-nil only for 'region', 424the window. By default, this attribute is non-nil only for 'region',
425'secondary-selection', 'hl-line' and diff faces; any other face that 425'secondary-selection', 'hl-line' and some faces of Diff and Ediff
426crosses end of line will not affect the display of the empty space at EOL. 426modes; any other face that crosses end of line will not affect the
427display of the empty space at EOL. This is to make Emacs behave more
428like other GUI applications with respect to displaying faces that
429cross line boundaries.
430
431Themes that redefine faces should add a non-nil ':extend' attribute to
432the above-mentioned faces, to keep the behavior of the default face
433definitions.
427 434
428** Connection-local variables 435** Connection-local variables
429 436