# HG changeset patch # User Dave Love # Date 974901324 0 # Node ID 67204e92850a0597058c74b796f1c6520b3238dc # Parent fb9bb620d52a138a0d9f7729bce944029997c461 Tweak non-ASCII display. diff -r fb9bb620d52a -r 67204e92850a man/display.texi --- a/man/display.texi Wed Nov 22 12:59:03 2000 +0000 +++ b/man/display.texi Wed Nov 22 13:55:24 2000 +0000 @@ -324,12 +324,15 @@ (@samp{^}) followed by the non-control version of the character; thus, control-A is displayed as @samp{^A}. - Non-ASCII characters 0200 through 0377 are displayed with octal escape -sequences; thus, character code 0243 (octal) is displayed as -@samp{\243}. However, if you enable European display, most of these -characters become non-ASCII printing characters, and are displayed using -their graphics (assuming your terminal supports them). -@xref{Single-Byte Character Support}. + Non-ASCII characters 0200 through 0237 (octal) are displayed with +octal escape sequences; thus, character code 0230 (octal) is displayed +as @samp{\230}. The display of character codes 0240 through 0377 +(octal) may be either as escape sequences or as graphics. They do not +normally occur in multibyte buffers but if they do, they are displayed +as Latin-1 graphics. In unibyte mode, if you enable European display +they are displayed using their graphics (assuming your terminal supports +them), otherwise as escape sequences. @xref{Single-Byte Character +Support}. @node Display Vars @section Variables Controlling Display