# HG changeset patch # User Eli Zaretskii # Date 974391009 0 # Node ID 82d0163f6fb7df9bb28ac4e98b11e787273f3f15 # Parent dd42fdd51753955f2b908cd354353f28844dad10 Say "ISO 8859" instead of "ISO Latin", to cover non-Latin ISO-8859 character sets. Fix a typo. Add an index entry. diff -r dd42fdd51753 -r 82d0163f6fb7 man/basic.texi --- a/man/basic.texi Thu Nov 16 16:07:01 2000 +0000 +++ b/man/basic.texi Thu Nov 16 16:10:09 2000 +0000 @@ -91,13 +91,15 @@ overwriting with it.) @end itemize +@cindex 8-bit character codes @noindent 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 +some ISO 8859-@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}). +select to @emph{which} of the ISO 8859 character sets should Emacs +convert the 8-bit code through your choice of language environment +(@pxref{Language Environments}). @vindex read-quoted-char-radix To use decimal or hexadecimal instead of octal, set the variable