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[Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/emacs mule.texi
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/emacs mule.texi |
Date: |
Sun, 04 Oct 2009 08:59:36 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /cvsroot/emacs
Module name: emacs
Changes by: Eli Zaretskii <eliz> 09/10/04 08:59:36
Modified files:
doc/emacs : mule.texi
Log message:
(Unibyte Mode): Emphasize that unibyte-display-via-language-environment
affects only the display.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/doc/emacs/mule.texi?cvsroot=emacs&r1=1.19&r2=1.20
Patches:
Index: mule.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvsroot/emacs/emacs/doc/emacs/mule.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.19
retrieving revision 1.20
diff -u -b -r1.19 -r1.20
--- mule.texi 29 Aug 2009 02:25:03 -0000 1.19
+++ mule.texi 4 Oct 2009 08:59:36 -0000 1.20
@@ -1515,9 +1515,12 @@
The ISO 8859 address@hidden character sets define character codes in
the range 0240 to 0377 octal (160 to 255 decimal) to handle the
accented letters and punctuation needed by various European languages
-(and some non-European ones). If you disable multibyte characters,
-Emacs can still handle @emph{one} of these character codes at a time.
-To specify @emph{which} of these codes to use, invoke @kbd{M-x
+(and some non-European ones). Note that Emacs considers bytes with
+codes in this range as raw bytes, not as characters, even in a unibyte
+session, i.e.@: if you disable multibyte characters. However, Emacs
+can still handle these character codes as if they belonged to
address@hidden of the single-byte character sets at a time. To specify
address@hidden of these codes to use, invoke @kbd{M-x
set-language-environment} and specify a suitable language environment
such as @address@hidden
@@ -1527,13 +1530,16 @@
address@hidden characters.
@vindex unibyte-display-via-language-environment
- Emacs can also display those characters, provided the terminal or font
-in use supports them. This works automatically. Alternatively, on a
-graphical display, Emacs can also display single-byte characters
-through fontsets, in effect by displaying the equivalent multibyte
-characters according to the current language environment. To request
-this, set the variable @code{unibyte-display-via-language-environment}
-to a address@hidden value.
+ Emacs can also display bytes in the range 160 to 255 as readable
+characters, provided the terminal or font in use supports them. This
+works automatically. On a graphical display, Emacs can also display
+single-byte characters through fontsets, in effect by displaying the
+equivalent multibyte characters according to the current language
+environment. To request this, set the variable
address@hidden to a address@hidden
+value. Note that setting this only affects how these bytes are
+displayed, but does not change the fundamental fact that Emacs treats
+them as raw bytes, not as characters.
@cindex @code{iso-ascii} library
If your terminal does not support display of the Latin-1 character
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