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them), otherwise as escape sequences. @xref{Single-Byte Character |
them), otherwise as escape sequences. @xref{Single-Byte Character |
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Support}. |
Support}. |
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@vindex show-nonbreak-escape |
@vindex nobreak-char-display |
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@cindex no-break space, display |
@cindex nobreak space, display |
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@cindex no-break hyphen, display |
@cindex nobreak hyphen, display |
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Some character sets define ``no-break'' versions of the space |
Some character sets define ``no-break'' versions of the space and |
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and hyphen characters, which are used where a line should not be |
hyphen characters, which are used where a line should not be broken. |
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broken. Emacs displays these with an escape character in order to |
Emacs normally displays these characters with special faces |
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distinguish them from ordinary spaces and hyphens. For example, a |
(respectively, @code{nobreak-space} and @code{escape-glyph}) to |
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non-breaking space is displayed as @samp{\ }. You can turn off this |
distinguish them from ordinary spaces and hyphens. You can turn off |
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behavior by setting the variable @code{show-nonbreak-escape} to |
this feature by setting the variable @code{nobreak-char-display} to |
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@code{nil}. |
@code{nil}. If you set the variable to any other value, that means to |
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prefix these characters with an escape character. |
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@node Cursor Display |
@node Cursor Display |
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@section Displaying the Cursor |
@section Displaying the Cursor |