Clarified documentation about precedence of color specifications: -[lr]margincolor tag option > -background tag option > -background widget option

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/doc/text.n b/doc/text.n
index e2bb01f..6cd01f0 100644
--- a/doc/text.n
+++ b/doc/text.n
@@ -492,8 +492,9 @@ second and later display lines for a text line.
 contain characters because they are indented by \fB\-lmargin1\fR or
 \fB\-lmargin2\fR. It may have any of the forms accepted by
 \fBTk_GetColor\fR.If \fIcolor\fR has not been specified, or if it is
-specified as an empty string, then the color specified by the
-\fB-background\fR widget option is used.
+specified as an empty string, then the color used is specified by the
+\fB-background\fR tag option (or, if this is also unspecified, by the
+\fB-background\fR widget option).
 .TP
 \fB\-offset \fIpixels\fR
 .
@@ -537,9 +538,10 @@ character of that display line.
 .
 \fIColor\fR specifies the background color to use in regions that do not
 contain characters because they are indented by \fB\-rmargin1\fR. It may
-have any of the forms accepted by \fBTk_GetColor\fR.If \fIcolor\fR has not
+have any of the forms accepted by \fBTk_GetColor\fR. If \fIcolor\fR has not
 been specified, or if it is specified as an empty string, then the color
-specified by the \fB-background\fR widget option is used.
+used is specified by the \fB-background\fR tag option (or, if this is also
+unspecified, by the \fB-background\fR widget option).
 .TP
 \fB\-selectbackground \fIcolor\fR
 \fIColor\fR specifies the background color to use when displaying selected