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[Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/lispref nonascii.texi
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/lispref nonascii.texi |
Date: |
Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:29:56 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/emacs
Module name: emacs
Changes by: Eli Zaretskii <eliz> 09/01/10 12:29:56
Modified files:
doc/lispref : nonascii.texi
Log message:
(Character Properties): Improve wording.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi?cvsroot=emacs&r1=1.17&r2=1.18
Patches:
Index: nonascii.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.17
retrieving revision 1.18
diff -u -b -r1.17 -r1.18
--- nonascii.texi 10 Jan 2009 12:01:57 -0000 1.17
+++ nonascii.texi 10 Jan 2009 12:29:56 -0000 1.18
@@ -370,9 +370,16 @@
In Emacs, each property has a name, which is a symbol, and a set of
possible values, whose types depend on the property; if a character
-does not have a certain property, the value is @code{nil}. Here's the
-full list of value types for all the character properties that Emacs
-knows about:
+does not have a certain property, the value is @code{nil}. As a
+general rule, the names of character properties in Emacs are produced
+from the corresponding Unicode properties by downcasing them and
+replacing each @samp{_} character with a dash @samp{-}. For example,
address@hidden becomes
address@hidden However, sometimes we shorten the
+names to make their use easier.
+
+ Here's the full list of value types for all the character properties
+that Emacs knows about:
@table @code
@item name
@@ -399,8 +406,9 @@
@code{Decomposition_Value} properties. The value is a list, whose
first element may be a symbol representing a compatibility formatting
tag, such as @address@hidden
-Note that Emacs strips the @samp{<..>} brackets from the corresponding
-Unicode tags; e.g., Unicode specifies @samp{<small>} where Emacs uses
+Note that the Unicode spec writes these tag names inside
address@hidden<..>} brackets. The tag names in Emacs do not include the
+brackets; e.g., Unicode specifies @samp{<small>} where Emacs uses
@samp{small}.
}; the other elements are characters that give the compatibility
decomposition sequence of this character.
@@ -428,7 +436,7 @@
@item mirrored
Corresponds to the Unicode @code{Bidi_Mirrored} property. The value
-of this property is a symbol, either @samp{Y} or @samp{N}.
+of this property is a symbol, either @code{Y} or @code{N}.
@item old-name
Corresponds to the Unicode @code{Unicode_1_Name} property. The value