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| author | Alan Mackenzie | 2019-08-31 14:32:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Alan Mackenzie | 2019-08-31 14:32:13 +0000 |
| commit | 8e420c09bcef1bf2a08b03deb74d5c663d898e33 (patch) | |
| tree | dced4dbdb62d6b3f770c66e51884421df2ec34b5 | |
| parent | 0c3fc71d3bef37bac6a766d319c4574cd24c20c0 (diff) | |
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Clarify the use of left/right-margin-width in determining current margin width
* doc/lispref/display.texi (Display-Margins): Clarify that
left/right-margin-width can not be used to determine the current margin width,
and that window-margins must be used instead.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/lispref/display.texi | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/lispref/display.texi b/doc/lispref/display.texi index 9eb406b3c6a..853f69fa330 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/display.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/display.texi | |||
| @@ -4928,7 +4928,9 @@ means no right marginal area. | |||
| 4928 | Setting these variables does not immediately affect the window. These | 4928 | Setting these variables does not immediately affect the window. These |
| 4929 | variables are checked when a new buffer is displayed in the window. | 4929 | variables are checked when a new buffer is displayed in the window. |
| 4930 | Thus, you can make changes take effect by calling | 4930 | Thus, you can make changes take effect by calling |
| 4931 | @code{set-window-buffer}. | 4931 | @code{set-window-buffer}. Do not use these variables to try to |
| 4932 | determine the current width of the left or right margin. Instead, use | ||
| 4933 | the function @code{window-margins}. | ||
| 4932 | 4934 | ||
| 4933 | You can also set the margin widths immediately. | 4935 | You can also set the margin widths immediately. |
| 4934 | 4936 | ||