# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1111673160 0 # Node ID 3d8f9fc6a5e8e51e7a3459ac89b2fc2a567edaf6 # Parent 36bf159e960210d2fcaf541d743c7ade1e459fc4 (Single-Byte Character Support): Delete mention of iso-acc.el and iso-transl.el. diff -r 36bf159e9602 -r 3d8f9fc6a5e8 man/mule.texi --- a/man/mule.texi Thu Mar 24 14:04:40 2005 +0000 +++ b/man/mule.texi Thu Mar 24 14:06:00 2005 +0000 @@ -1333,62 +1333,31 @@ non-standard ``extended'' versions of ISO-8859 character sets by using the function @code{standard-display-8bit} in the @code{disp-table} library. - There are several ways you can input single-byte non-@acronym{ASCII} + There are two ways to input single-byte non-@acronym{ASCII} characters: @itemize @bullet @cindex 8-bit input @item -If your keyboard can generate character codes 128 (decimal) and up, -representing non-@acronym{ASCII} characters, you can type those character codes -directly. - -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 -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 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}. - -@item You can use an input method for the selected language environment. @xref{Input Methods}. When you use an input method in a unibyte buffer, the non-@acronym{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 -non-@acronym{ASCII} Latin-1 printing characters. @kbd{C-x 8} is good for -insertion (in the minibuffer as well as other buffers), for searching, -and in any other context where a key sequence is allowed. +If your keyboard can generate character codes 128 (decimal) and up, +representing non-@acronym{ASCII} characters, you can type those character codes +directly. -@kbd{C-x 8} works by loading the @code{iso-transl} library. Once that -library is loaded, the @key{ALT} modifier key, if you have one, serves -the same purpose as @kbd{C-x 8}; use @key{ALT} together with an accent -character to modify the following letter. In addition, if you have keys -for the Latin-1 ``dead accent characters,'' they too are defined to -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. - -@item -@cindex @code{iso-acc} library -@cindex ISO Accents mode -@findex iso-accents-mode -@cindex Latin-1, Latin-2 and Latin-3 input mode -For Latin-1, Latin-2 and Latin-3, @kbd{M-x iso-accents-mode} enables -a minor mode that works much like the @code{latin-1-prefix} input -method, but does not depend on having the input methods installed. This -mode is buffer-local. It can be customized for various languages with -@kbd{M-x iso-accents-customize}. +On a window system, 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 +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 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}. @end itemize @node Charsets