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# Line 888  lines are displayed in the @code{mode-li Line 888  lines are displayed in the @code{mode-li
888  @section How Text Is Displayed  @section How Text Is Displayed
889  @cindex characters (in text)  @cindex characters (in text)
890    
891    ASCII printing characters (octal codes 040 through 0176) in Emacs    @acronym{ASCII} printing characters (octal codes 040 through 0176) in Emacs
892  buffers are displayed with their graphics, as are non-ASCII multibyte  buffers are displayed with their graphics, as are non-ASCII multibyte
893  printing characters (octal codes above 0400).  printing characters (octal codes above 0400).
894    
895    Some ASCII control characters are displayed in special ways.  The    Some @acronym{ASCII} control characters are displayed in special ways.  The
896  newline character (octal code 012) is displayed by starting a new line.  newline character (octal code 012) is displayed by starting a new line.
897  The tab character (octal code 011) is displayed by moving to the next  The tab character (octal code 011) is displayed by moving to the next
898  tab stop column (normally every 8 columns).  tab stop column (normally every 8 columns).
899    
900    Other ASCII control characters are normally displayed as a caret    Other @acronym{ASCII} control characters are normally displayed as a caret
901  (@samp{^}) followed by the non-control version of the character; thus,  (@samp{^}) followed by the non-control version of the character; thus,
902  control-A is displayed as @samp{^A}.  control-A is displayed as @samp{^A}.
903    
904    Non-ASCII characters 0200 through 0237 (octal) are displayed with    Non-@acronym{ASCII} characters 0200 through 0237 (octal) are displayed with
905  octal escape sequences; thus, character code 0230 (octal) is displayed  octal escape sequences; thus, character code 0230 (octal) is displayed
906  as @samp{\230}.  The display of character codes 0240 through 0377  as @samp{\230}.  The display of character codes 0240 through 0377
907  (octal) may be either as escape sequences or as graphics.  They do not  (octal) may be either as escape sequences or as graphics.  They do not

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