# HG changeset patch
# User Gerd Moellmann <gerd@gnu.org>
# Date 958209102 0
# Node ID ac620ff5fd5d073942fca0e83fda9c6eca0b6abf
# Parent  133a92b8094d6a57974d45655febf01c8f263d49
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diff -r 133a92b8094d -r ac620ff5fd5d lispref/nonascii.texi
--- a/lispref/nonascii.texi	Sat May 13 00:37:45 2000 +0000
+++ b/lispref/nonascii.texi	Sat May 13 09:11:42 2000 +0000
@@ -275,6 +275,11 @@
 characters, generally known as Big 5, is divided into two Emacs
 character sets, @code{chinese-big5-1} and @code{chinese-big5-2}.
 
+  @sc{ascii} characters are in character set @code{ascii}.  The
+non-@sc{ascii} characters 128 through 159 are in character set
+@code{eight-bit-control}, and codes 160 through 255 are in character set
+@code{eight-bit-graphic}.
+
 @defun charsetp object
 Returns @code{t} if @var{object} is a symbol that names a character set,
 @code{nil} otherwise.
@@ -411,10 +416,6 @@
 is non-@code{nil}, then each character in the region is translated
 through this table, and the value returned describes the translated
 characters instead of the characters actually in the buffer.
-
-When a buffer contains non-@sc{ascii} characters, codes 128 through 255,
-they are assigned the character set @code{unknown}.  @xref{Explicit
-Encoding}.
 @end defun
 
 @defun find-charset-string string &optional translation