# HG changeset patch
# User Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
# Date 974322672 0
# Node ID 797566a752f7e8e7002aca575651977e8c9acb9c
# Parent  9f89f6372d07815513d3809e5d79c1e3be662fd8
Modify about inserting 8-bit.

diff -r 9f89f6372d07 -r 797566a752f7 man/basic.texi
--- a/man/basic.texi	Wed Nov 15 20:54:15 2000 +0000
+++ b/man/basic.texi	Wed Nov 15 21:11:12 2000 +0000
@@ -92,13 +92,12 @@
 @end itemize
 
 @noindent
-When multibyte characters are enabled, octal codes 0200 through 0377 are
-not valid as characters; if you specify a code in this range, @kbd{C-q}
-assumes that you intend to use some ISO Latin-@var{n} character set, and
-converts the specified code to the corresponding Emacs character code.
-@xref{Enabling Multibyte}.  You select @emph{which} ISO Latin character
-set though your choice of language environment (@pxref{Language
-Environments}).
+When multibyte characters are enabled, if you specify a code in the
+range 0200 through 0377 octal, @kbd{C-q} assumes that you intend to use
+some ISO Latin-@var{n} character set, and converts the specified code to
+the corresponding Emacs character code.  @xref{Enabling Multibyte}.  You
+select @emph{which} ISO Latin character set though your choice of
+language environment (@pxref{Language Environments}).
 
 @vindex read-quoted-char-radix
 To use decimal or hexadecimal instead of octal, set the variable