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Emacs Display

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:		Displaying messages at the bottom of the screen.
• Warnings:		Displaying warning messages for the user.
• Invisible Text:		Hiding part of the buffer text.
• Selective Display:		Hiding part of the buffer text (the old way).
• Temporary Displays:		Displays that go away automatically.
• Overlays:		Use overlays to highlight parts of the buffer.
• Size of Displayed Text:		How large displayed text is.
• Line Height:		Controlling the height of lines.
• Faces:		A face defines a graphics style for text characters: font, colors, etc.
• Fringes:		Controlling window fringes.
• Scroll Bars:		Controlling scroll bars.
• Window Dividers:		Separating windows visually.
• Display Property:		Images, margins, text size, etc.
• Images:		Displaying images in Emacs buffers.
• Xwidgets:		Displaying native widgets in Emacs buffers.
• Buttons:		Adding clickable buttons to Emacs buffers.
• Abstract Display:		Emacs’s Widget for Object Collections.
• Blinking:		How Emacs shows the matching open parenthesis.
• Character Display:		How Emacs displays individual characters.
• Beeping:		Audible signal to the user.
• Window Systems:		Which window system is being used.
• Tooltips:		Tooltip display in Emacs.
• Bidirectional Display:		Display of bidirectional scripts, such as Arabic and Farsi.