From 98c271ebeda49e58b4eaed4c9b4c1da87ec8b559 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Love Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2000 18:41:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] mention iso-acc. tweaks. --- man/mule.texi | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++----------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/mule.texi b/man/mule.texi index 34fe0b8e918..775672ff41d 100644 --- a/man/mule.texi +++ b/man/mule.texi @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @c This is part of the Emacs manual. -@c Copyright (C) 1997, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +@c Copyright (C) 1997, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. @node International, Major Modes, Frames, Top @chapter International Character Set Support @@ -133,11 +133,11 @@ have basically the same effect as @samp{--unibyte}. Multibyte strings are not created during initialization from the values of environment variables, @file{/etc/passwd} entries etc.@: that contain non-ASCII 8-bit characters. However, the initialization file is -normally read as multibyte---like Lisp files in general---even with -@samp{--unibyte}. To avoid multibyte strings being generated by -non-ASCII characters in it, put @samp{-*-unibyte: t;-*-} in a comment on -the first line. Do the same for initialization files for packages like -Gnus. +normally read as multibyte---like Lisp files in general when they are +loaded for running---even with @samp{--unibyte}. To avoid multibyte +strings being generated by non-ASCII characters in it, put +@samp{-*-unibyte: t;-*-} in a comment on the first line. Do the same +for initialization files for packages like Gnus. The mode line indicates whether multibyte character support is enabled in the current buffer. If it is, there are two or more characters (most @@ -334,6 +334,10 @@ the partial sequence is highlighted in the buffer. If characters to type next is displayed in the echo area (but not when you are in the minibuffer). +@cindex Leim package +Input methods are implemented in the separate Leim package, which must +be installed with Emacs. + @node Select Input Method @section Selecting an Input Method @@ -1097,8 +1101,8 @@ characters: @cindex 8-bit input @item If your keyboard can generate character codes 128 and up, representing -non-ASCII characters, execute the following expression to enable Emacs to -understand them: +non-ASCII characters, you can execute the following expression to enable +Emacs to understand them: @example (set-input-mode (car (current-input-mode)) @@ -1121,6 +1125,8 @@ the non-ASCII character you specify with it is converted to unibyte. @kindex C-x 8 @cindex @code{iso-transl} library +@cindex compose character +@cindex dead character @item For Latin-1 only, you can use the key @kbd{C-x 8} as a ``compose character'' prefix for entry of @@ -1137,9 +1143,12 @@ compose with the following character, once @code{iso-transl} is loaded. Use @kbd{C-x 8 C-h} to list the available translations as mnemonic command names. -@cindex @code{iso-acc} library @item -Also for Latin-1 only, @kbd{M-x iso-aacents-mode} installs a minor mode +@cindex @code{iso-acc} library +@cindex ISO Accents mode +@findex iso-accents-mode +@cindex Latin-1 input mode +Also for Latin-1 only, @kbd{M-x iso-accents-mode} installs a minor mode which provides a facility like the @code{latin-1-prefix} input method -but independent of the Leim package. +but independent of the Leim package. This mode is buffer-local. @end itemize -- 2.11.4.GIT