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diff man/mule.texi @ 59796:48aa868cde0b
Don't say just "option" when talking about variables.
Other minor cleanups.
author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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date | Sun, 30 Jan 2005 11:20:14 +0000 |
parents | a322009ca3d0 |
children | 06251e15fd5e fa9654493afb |
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--- a/man/mule.texi Sun Jan 30 11:07:54 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/mule.texi Sun Jan 30 11:20:14 2005 +0000 @@ -996,11 +996,11 @@ @findex set-keyboard-coding-system @vindex keyboard-coding-system The command @kbd{C-x @key{RET} k} (@code{set-keyboard-coding-system}) -or the Custom option @code{keyboard-coding-system} -specifies the coding system for keyboard input. Character-code -translation of keyboard input is useful for terminals with keys that -send non-@acronym{ASCII} graphic characters---for example, some terminals designed -for ISO Latin-1 or subsets of it. +or the variable @code{keyboard-coding-system} specifies the coding +system for keyboard input. Character-code translation of keyboard +input is useful for terminals with keys that send non-@acronym{ASCII} +graphic characters---for example, some terminals designed for ISO +Latin-1 or subsets of it. By default, keyboard input is translated based on your system locale setting. If your terminal does not really support the encoding @@ -1276,7 +1276,7 @@ @vindex latin1-display If your terminal can display Latin-1, you can display characters from other European character sets using a mixture of equivalent -Latin-1 characters and @acronym{ASCII} mnemonics. Use the Custom option +Latin-1 characters and @acronym{ASCII} mnemonics. Customize the variable @code{latin1-display} to enable this. The mnemonic @acronym{ASCII} sequences mostly correspond to those of the prefix input methods. @@ -1338,10 +1338,10 @@ On a windowing terminal, you should not need to do anything special to use these keys; they should simply work. On a text-only terminal, you should use the command @code{M-x set-keyboard-coding-system} or the -Custom option @code{keyboard-coding-system} to specify which coding +variable @code{keyboard-coding-system} to specify which coding system your keyboard uses (@pxref{Specify Coding}). Enabling this feature will probably require you to use @kbd{ESC} to type Meta -characters; however, on a Linux console or in @code{xterm}, you can +characters; however, on a console terminal or in @code{xterm}, you can arrange for Meta to be converted to @kbd{ESC} and still be able type 8-bit characters present directly on the keyboard or using @kbd{Compose} or @kbd{AltGr} keys. @xref{User Input}.