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(Display Table Format): Wording clarification

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2006-09-11 Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
* display.texi (Display Table Format): Wording clarification.
2006-09-10 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
* keymaps.texi (Active Keymaps): Mention that key-binding checks

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@ -5118,13 +5118,14 @@ This creates and returns a display table. The table initially has
The ordinary elements of the display table are indexed by character
codes; the element at index @var{c} says how to display the character
code @var{c}. The value should be @code{nil} or a vector of glyph
values (@pxref{Glyphs}). If an element is @code{nil}, it says to
display that character according to the usual display conventions
code @var{c}. The value should be @code{nil} or a vector of the
glyphs to be output (@pxref{Glyphs}). @code{nil} says to display the
character @var{c} according to the usual display conventions
(@pxref{Usual Display}).
If you use the display table to change the display of newline
characters, the whole buffer will be displayed as one long ``line.''
@strong{Warning:} if you use the display table to change the display
of newline characters, the whole buffer will be displayed as one long
``line.''
The display table also has six ``extra slots'' which serve special
purposes. Here is a table of their meanings; @code{nil} in any slot