# HG changeset patch
# User Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
# Date 893038312 0
# Node ID 70c5f2b7e3a835e16af78f1c9fdd0ad5a3125e33
# Parent  d8a81542dbf9b0dd599510c5376c14017a147f07
(quail-start-translation): Bind
prefix-arg to current-prefix-arg.
(quail-mode): Doc-string modified.

diff -r d8a81542dbf9 -r 70c5f2b7e3a8 lisp/international/quail.el
--- a/lisp/international/quail.el	Sun Apr 19 22:26:42 1998 +0000
+++ b/lisp/international/quail.el	Mon Apr 20 02:11:52 1998 +0000
@@ -537,12 +537,16 @@
   "Toggle Quail minor mode.
 With arg, turn Quail mode on if and only if arg is positive.
 
-You should not turn on and off Quail mode manually, instead use
-the commands `toggle-input-method' or `set-input-method' (which
-see).  They automatically turn on or off this mode.
-
-Try \\[describe-bindings] in Quail mode to see the available key bindings.
-The command \\[describe-input-method] describes the current Quail package."
+In Quail mode, all printable characters are bound to
+`quail-start-translation'.  This function checks if the current input
+method will translate the last input key.  If not, the key is handled
+out of Quail mode, i.e, in another activated minor mode or in the
+current major mode.
+\\{quail-mode-map}
+Unlike the other minor modes, this is not an interactive function.
+Use the commands \\[toggle-input-method] (`toggle-input-method') or
+\\[set-input-method] (`set-input-method') which automatically turn on
+Quail mode with an appropriate Quail package, or turn it off."
   (setq quail-mode
 	(if (null arg) (null quail-mode)
 	  (> (prefix-numeric-value arg) 0)))
@@ -988,7 +992,7 @@
 (defun quail-start-translation (arg)
   "Start translating the typed character in Quail mode."
   (interactive "*p")
-  (setq prefix-arg arg)
+  (setq prefix-arg current-prefix-arg)
   (setq quail-prefix-arg arg)
   (setq unread-command-events
 	(cons last-command-event unread-command-events))