From 86354bc09a1a29a6bd7a70e1fbd364f4b1afff5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 13:14:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Trailing Whitespace): Document that the option is buffer-local. Suggested by Robert Marshall . --- man/display.texi | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/display.texi b/man/display.texi index 02e9bc0af2..ea55a8c488 100644 --- a/man/display.texi +++ b/man/display.texi @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ font of LessTif/Motif menus is currently not supported; attempts to set the font are ignored in this case. @item trailing-whitespace The face for highlighting trailing whitespace when -@code{show-trailing-whitespace} is non-nil. +@code{show-trailing-whitespace} is non-nil; see @ref{Trailing Whitespace}. @item variable-pitch The basic variable-pitch face. @end table @@ -377,9 +377,10 @@ This command does nothing if the major mode is a member of the list realizing it. In most cases, this @dfn{trailing whitespace} has no effect, but there are special circumstances where it matters. - You can make trailing whitespace visible on the screen by setting -the variable @code{show-trailing-whitespace} to @code{t}. Then Emacs -displays trailing whitespace in the face @code{trailing-whitespace}. + You can make trailing whitespace visible on the screen by setting the +buffer-local variable @code{show-trailing-whitespace} to @code{t}. Then +Emacs displays trailing whitespace in the face +@code{trailing-whitespace}. Trailing whitespace is defined as spaces or tabs at the end of a line. But trailing whitespace is not displayed specially if point is -- 2.39.2