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master 1f6f09c: Explain difference between Unicode and Emacs scripts
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Robert Pluim |
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master 1f6f09c: Explain difference between Unicode and Emacs scripts |
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Mon, 19 Oct 2020 05:50:25 -0400 (EDT) |
branch: master
commit 1f6f09c85bb5ec4d450edac910183345f3fdc500
Author: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
Commit: Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com>
Explain difference between Unicode and Emacs scripts
* nonascii.texi (Character Properties): Document that Emacs'
scripts and Unicode's scripts do not necessarily correspond.
---
doc/lispref/nonascii.texi | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi b/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi
index 8e9d624..97bc85f 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi
@@ -722,7 +722,10 @@ The value of this variable is a char-table that specifies,
for each
character, a symbol whose name is the script to which the character
belongs, according to the Unicode Standard classification of the
Unicode code space into script-specific blocks. This char-table has a
-single extra slot whose value is the list of all script symbols.
+single extra slot whose value is the list of all script symbols. Note
+that Emacs' classification of characters into scripts is not a 1-for-1
+reflection of the Unicode standard, e.g. there is no @samp{symbol}
+script in Unicode.
@end defvar
@defvar char-width-table
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