From ad8d610ba4545dd3791f92825f165152cfffc979 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Kim F. Storm" Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 15:33:49 +0000 Subject: Setting left-fringe and rigth-fringe parameters to nil causes the default width to be used. --- etc/NEWS | 19 ++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'etc') diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 87bc82e5fc..784d1f5efa 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -5,9 +5,12 @@ See the end for copying conditions. Please send Emacs bug reports to bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org. For older news, see the file ONEWS -Temporary note: +++ indicates that the appropriate manual -has already been updated. --- means no change in the manuals -is called for. +Temporary note: + +++ indicates that the appropriate manual has already been updated. + --- means no change in the manuals is called for. +When you add a new item, please add it without either +++ or --- +so we will look at it + * Installation Changes in Emacs 21.3 @@ -24,8 +27,9 @@ installed programs. The left and right fringe widths can now be controlled by setting the `left-fringe' and `right-fringe' frame parameters to an integer value -specifying the width in pixels. The default is 8 pixels. Setting the -width to 0 effectively removes the corresponding fringe. +specifying the width in pixels. Setting the width to 0 effectively +removes the corresponding fringe. + The actual fringe widths may deviate from the specified widths, since the combined fringe widths must match an integral number of columns. The extra width is distributed evenly between the left and right fringe. @@ -33,6 +37,11 @@ For force a specific fringe width, specify the width as a negative integer (if both widths are negative, only the left fringe gets the specified width). +Setting the width to nil (the default), restores the default fringe +width which is the minimum number of pixels necessary to display any +of the currently defined fringe bitmaps. The width of the built-in +fringe bitmaps is 8 pixels. + ** hide-ifdef-mode now uses overlays rather than selective-display to hide its text. This should be mostly transparent but slightly changes the behavior of motion commands line C-e and C-p. -- cgit v1.2.3