[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/doc/lispref/display.texi,v

[Miles Bader]

CVSROOT:        /cvsroot/emacs
Module name:    emacs
Changes by:     Miles Bader <miles>     07/10/09 08:52:58

Index: doc/lispref/display.texi
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RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/doc/lispref/display.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.4
retrieving revision 1.5
diff -u -b -r1.4 -r1.5
--- doc/lispref/display.texi    5 Oct 2007 11:27:43 -0000       1.4
+++ doc/lispref/display.texi    9 Oct 2007 08:52:55 -0000       1.5
@@ -3245,15 +3245,21 @@
 insert images into text, and also control other aspects of how text
 displays.  The value of the @code{display} property should be a
 display specification, or a list or vector containing several display
-specifications.
+specifications.  Display specifications generally apply in parallel to
+the text they cover.
 
-  Some kinds of @code{display} properties specify something to display
-instead of the text that has the property.  In this case, ``the text''
-means all the consecutive characters that have the same Lisp object as
-their @code{display} property; these characters are replaced as a
-single unit.  By contrast, characters that have similar but distinct
-Lisp objects as their @code{display} properties are handled
-separately.  Here's a function that illustrates this point:
+  Some kinds of @code{display} specifications specify something to
+display instead of the text that has the property.  If a list of
+display specifications includes more than one of this kind, the first
+is effective and the rest are ignored.  You cannot interactively move
+point into the middle of the text that is thus replaced.
+
+  For these specifications, ``the text that has the property'' means
+all the consecutive characters that have the same Lisp object as their
address@hidden property; these characters are replaced as a single
+unit.  By contrast, characters that have similar but distinct Lisp
+objects as their @code{display} properties are handled separately.
+Here's a function that illustrates this point:
 
 @smallexample
 (defun foo ()
@@ -3281,7 +3287,7 @@
   (goto-char (point-min))
   (dotimes (i 5)
     (let ((string (concat "A")))
-      (put-text-property (point) (2+ (point)) 'display string)
+      (put-text-property (point) (+ 2 (point)) 'display string)
       (put-text-property (point) (1+ (point)) 'display string)
       (forward-char 2))))
 @end smallexample