GNU bug report logs - #13473
24.3.50; Display Tables doc bug

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>

Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:13:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stephen Berman <stephen.berman <at> gmx.net>
To: 13473 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13473: 24.3.50; Display Tables doc bug
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:10:52 +0100

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
--- 5904,5912 ----
  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 michael.albinus <at> gmx.de-20130117090647-lb9mkbk6n8q142w5
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11203000
System Description:	openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64)
This bug report was last modified 5 years and 229 days ago.

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