# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1137720649 0
# Node ID 2a5c4effbefd8d3cd69722eca3730a69ef40bcf3
# Parent  a0f25248375804e136e9318ca1f4cafdc6e80225
(Translation of Characters): Search cmds use
translation-table-for-input.  Automatically made local.

diff -r a0f252483758 -r 2a5c4effbefd lispref/nonascii.texi
--- a/lispref/nonascii.texi	Fri Jan 20 01:30:06 2006 +0000
+++ b/lispref/nonascii.texi	Fri Jan 20 01:30:49 2006 +0000
@@ -578,12 +578,14 @@
 
 @defvar translation-table-for-input
 Self-inserting characters are translated through this translation
-table before they are inserted.  This variable automatically becomes
-buffer-local when set.
+table before they are inserted.  Search commands also translate their
+input through this table, so they can compare more reliably with
+what's in the buffer.
 
 @code{set-buffer-file-coding-system} sets this variable so that your
 keyboard input gets translated into the character sets that the buffer
-is likely to contain.
+is likely to contain.  This variable automatically becomes
+buffer-local when set.
 @end defvar
 
 @node Coding Systems