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Emacs Display
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   This chapter describes a number of features related to the display
that Emacs presents to the user.

Refresh Screen
Clearing the screen and redrawing everything on it.
Forcing Redisplay
Forcing redisplay.
Truncation
Folding or wrapping long text lines.
The Echo Area
Where messages are displayed.
Invisible Text
Hiding part of the buffer text.
Selective Display
Hiding part of the buffer text (the old way).
Overlay Arrow
Display of an arrow to indicate position.
Temporary Displays
Displays that go away automatically.
Overlays
Use overlays to highlight parts of the buffer.
Width
How wide a character or string is on the screen.
Faces
A face defines a graphics style for text characters:
font, colors, etc.
Display Property
Enabling special display features.
Images
Displaying images in Emacs buffers.
Blinking
How Emacs shows the matching open parenthesis.
Inverse Video
Specifying how the screen looks.
Usual Display
The usual conventions for displaying nonprinting chars.
Display Tables
How to specify other conventions.
Beeping
Audible signal to the user.
Window Systems
Which window system is being used.

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