aboutsummaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/doc
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorEli Zaretskii2017-09-23 10:07:11 +0300
committerEli Zaretskii2017-09-23 10:07:11 +0300
commit0e143b1fc5d716cbc4509b416a1067b417df2676 (patch)
tree3fdf22599f065acd9349da13a87b889e974db983 /doc
parentf656ccdb4384564001ae181c66f2a242bc31a849 (diff)
downloademacs-0e143b1fc5d716cbc4509b416a1067b417df2676.tar.gz
emacs-0e143b1fc5d716cbc4509b416a1067b417df2676.zip
Documentation improvements for 'display-line-numbers'
* doc/emacs/display.texi (Display Custom): Document a few more options for display-line-numbers. (Bug#28533) Fix a typo.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/emacs/display.texi13
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/display.texi b/doc/emacs/display.texi
index 2aa79e1161a..f074e989bc0 100644
--- a/doc/emacs/display.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/display.texi
@@ -1756,7 +1756,7 @@ Any other non-@code{nil} value is treated as @code{t}.
1756@vindex display-line-numbers-type 1756@vindex display-line-numbers-type
1757A convenient way of turning on display of line numbers is @w{@kbd{M-x 1757A convenient way of turning on display of line numbers is @w{@kbd{M-x
1758display-line-numbers-mode @key{RET}}}. This mode has a globalized 1758display-line-numbers-mode @key{RET}}}. This mode has a globalized
1759variant, @code{global-display-line0numbers-mode}. The user option 1759variant, @code{global-display-line-numbers-mode}. The user option
1760@code{display-line-numbers-type} controls which sub-mode of 1760@code{display-line-numbers-type} controls which sub-mode of
1761line-number display, described above, will these modes activate. 1761line-number display, described above, will these modes activate.
1762 1762
@@ -1778,6 +1778,17 @@ the variable @code{display-line-numbers-widen} to a non-@code{nil}
1778value, line numbers will disregard any narrowing and will start at the 1778value, line numbers will disregard any narrowing and will start at the
1779first character of the buffer. 1779first character of the buffer.
1780 1780
1781@vindex display-line-numbers-width-start
1782@vindex display-line-numbers-grow-only
1783@vindex display-line-numbers-width
1784In selective display mode (@pxref{Selective Display}), and other modes
1785that hide many lines from display (such as Outline and Org modes), you
1786may wish to customize the variables
1787@code{display-line-numbers-width-start} and
1788@code{display-line-numbers-grow-only}, or set
1789@code{display-line-numbers-width} to a large enough value, to avoid
1790occasional miscalculations of space reserved for the line numbers.
1791
1781@cindex line-number face 1792@cindex line-number face
1782The line numbers are displayed in a special face @code{line-number}. 1793The line numbers are displayed in a special face @code{line-number}.
1783The current line number is displayed in a different face, 1794The current line number is displayed in a different face,