Automatically becomes buffer-local when set in any fashion.\n\
The display table is a vector created with `make-display-table'.\n\
The first 256 elements control how to display each possible text character.\n\
-The value should be a \"rope\" (see `make-rope') or nil;\n\
+Each value should be a vector of characters or nil;\n\
nil means display the character in the default fashion.\n\
-The remaining five elements are ropes that control the display of\n\
- the end of a truncated screen line (element 256);\n\
- the end of a continued line (element 257);\n\
- the escape character used to display character codes in octal (element 258);\n\
- the character used as an arrow for control characters (element 259);\n\
- the decoration indicating the presence of invisible lines (element 260).\n\
+The remaining five elements control the display of\n\
+ the end of a truncated screen line (element 256, a single character);\n\
+ the end of a continued line (element 257, a single character);\n\
+ the escape character used to display character codes in octal\n\
+ (element 258, a single character);\n\
+ the character used as an arrow for control characters (element 259,\n\
+ a single character);\n\
+ the decoration indicating the presence of invisible lines (element 260,\n\
+ a vector of characters).\n\
If this variable is nil, the value of `standard-display-table' is used.\n\
Each window can have its own, overriding display table.");