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24.3.50; Display Tables doc bug |
Date: |
Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:10:52 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
The (elisp) Display Tables node neglects to mention that changing the
vertical-border slot does not work on graphical terminals (compare
e.g. (set-display-table-slot standard-display-table 'vertical-border
(make-glyph-code 8214)) on graphical and non-graphics-capable displays)
(whereas it does mention this difference for the truncation and wrap
slots).
=== modified file 'doc/lispref/display.texi'
*** doc/lispref/display.texi 2013-01-05 21:18:01 +0000
--- doc/lispref/display.texi 2013-01-17 10:22:19 +0000
***************
*** 5904,5910 ****
The glyph used to draw the border between side-by-side windows (the
default is @samp{|}). @xref{Splitting Windows}. This takes effect only
when there are no scroll bars; if scroll bars are supported and in use,
! a scroll bar separates the two windows.
@end table
For example, here is how to construct a display table that mimics
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The glyph used to draw the border between side-by-side windows (the
default is @samp{|}). @xref{Splitting Windows}. This takes effect only
when there are no scroll bars; if scroll bars are supported and in use,
! a scroll bar separates the two windows. On graphical terminals, Emacs
! uses a thin line to indicate the border, so the display table has no
! effect.
@end table
For example, here is how to construct a display table that mimics
In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.4 (x86_64-suse-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.4.4)
of 2013-01-17 on rosalinde
Bzr revision: 111542 address@hidden-20130117090647-lb9mkbk6n8q142w5
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11203000
System Description: openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64)
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Re: bug#13473: 24.3.50; Display Tables doc bug |
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Fri, 11 Oct 2019 04:08:52 +0200 |
Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> I will soon install the following:
>
> @item 5
> The glyph used to draw the border between side-by-side windows (the
> default is @samp{|}). @xref{Splitting Windows}. This currently has
> effect only on text terminals; on graphical terminals, if vertical
> scroll bars are supported and in use, a scroll bar separates the two
> windows, and if there are no vertical scroll bars and no dividers
> (@pxref{Windows Dividers}), Emacs uses a thin line to indicate the
> border.
That fix was installed, and there doesn't seem to be anything else to do
here. I'm therefore closing this bug.
Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
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