# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 870663988 0
# Node ID 8fe7aa3f4ca29f75bff9a2e30be37f3f0125eea2
# Parent  1ba82399f2b155503b315b3e7388d7a61f3eb2b9
(shell): Doc fix.

diff -r 1ba82399f2b1 -r 8fe7aa3f4ca2 lisp/shell.el
--- a/lisp/shell.el	Mon Aug 04 03:04:24 1997 +0000
+++ b/lisp/shell.el	Mon Aug 04 03:06:28 1997 +0000
@@ -428,6 +428,13 @@
 and controlling the subjobs of the shell.  See `shell-mode'.
 See also the variable `shell-prompt-pattern'.
 
+To specify a coding system for converting non-ASCII characters
+in the input and output to the shell, use \\[universal-coding-system-argument]
+before \\[shell].  You can also specify this with \\[set-buffer-process-coding-system]
+in the shell buffer, after you start the shell.
+The default comes from `process-coding-system-alist' and
+`default-process-coding-system'.
+
 The shell file name (sans directories) is used to make a symbol name
 such as `explicit-csh-args'.  If that symbol is a variable,
 its value is used as a list of arguments when invoking the shell.