38. Emacs Display

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

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