# HG changeset patch
# User Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
# Date 1149876681 0
# Node ID 8f770ba8e00d1c74d9fbe9564d99572f10a482c3
# Parent  ec3903b8cc2e0ccc518cbd19bd35b7ab9a0955ce
(Character Type): Describe the\uABCD and \U00ABCDEF syntax.

diff -r ec3903b8cc2e -r 8f770ba8e00d lispref/objects.texi
--- a/lispref/objects.texi	Fri Jun 09 17:59:29 2006 +0000
+++ b/lispref/objects.texi	Fri Jun 09 18:11:21 2006 +0000
@@ -431,6 +431,19 @@
 bit values are 2**22 for alt, 2**23 for super and 2**24 for hyper.
 @end ifnottex
 
+@cindex unicode character escape
+  Emacs provides a syntax for specifying characters by their Unicode
+code points.  @code{?\u@var{nnnn}} represents a character that maps to
+the Unicode code point @samp{U+@var{nnnn}}.  There is a slightly
+different syntax for specifying characters with code points above
+@code{#xFFFF}; @code{\U00@var{nnnnnn}} represents the character whose
+Unicode code point is @samp{U+@var{nnnnnn}}, if such a character
+is supported by Emacs.
+
+  Unlike in some other programming languages, in Emacs Lisp this
+syntax is available for character literals, and (see later) in
+strings, but not elsewhere.
+
 @cindex @samp{\} in character constant
 @cindex backslash in character constant
 @cindex octal character code