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authorEli Zaretskii2016-03-16 18:57:46 +0200
committerEli Zaretskii2016-03-16 18:57:46 +0200
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Improve documentation of glyphless-character display
* doc/emacs/display.texi (Text Display): Document and index the 'glyphless-char' face.
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@@ -1476,15 +1476,18 @@ elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}.
1476 1476
1477@cindex glyphless characters 1477@cindex glyphless characters
1478@cindex characters with no font glyphs 1478@cindex characters with no font glyphs
1479@cindex glyphless-char face
1479 On graphical displays, some characters may have no glyphs in any of 1480 On graphical displays, some characters may have no glyphs in any of
1480the fonts available to Emacs. These @dfn{glyphless characters} are 1481the fonts available to Emacs. These @dfn{glyphless characters} are
1481normally displayed as boxes containing the hexadecimal character code. 1482normally displayed as boxes containing the hexadecimal character code.
1482Similarly, on text terminals, characters that cannot be displayed 1483Similarly, on text terminals, characters that cannot be displayed
1483using the terminal encoding (@pxref{Terminal Coding}) are normally 1484using the terminal encoding (@pxref{Terminal Coding}) are normally
1484displayed as question signs. You can control the display method by 1485displayed as question signs. You can control the display method by
1485customizing the variable @code{glyphless-char-display-control}. 1486customizing the variable @code{glyphless-char-display-control}. You
1486@xref{Glyphless Chars,, Glyphless Character Display, elisp, The Emacs 1487can also customize the @code{glyphless-char} face to make these
1487Lisp Reference Manual}, for details. 1488characters more prominent on display. @xref{Glyphless Chars,,
1489Glyphless Character Display, elisp, The Emacs Lisp Reference Manual},
1490for details.
1488 1491
1489@cindex curly quotes 1492@cindex curly quotes
1490@cindex curved quotes 1493@cindex curved quotes