# HG changeset patch
# User Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
# Date 1235484081 0
# Node ID b4a117181d97edf279a804b89436cf952cb72ea4
# Parent  0b297a2cf2d3f7af2a3d3ba1dad8078b34e7345b
(Fontsets): Correction to fontset-standard description.

diff -r 0b297a2cf2d3 -r b4a117181d97 doc/emacs/mule.texi
--- a/doc/emacs/mule.texi	Tue Feb 24 13:42:02 2009 +0000
+++ b/doc/emacs/mule.texi	Tue Feb 24 14:01:21 2009 +0000
@@ -1356,11 +1356,8 @@
 non-@acronym{ASCII} characters and is the default fallback for the
 other two fontsets, and if you set a default font rather than fontset.
 However it does not specify font family names, so results can be
-somewhat random if you use it directly.  The standard fontset merely
-falls back on the default fontset without defining any modifications
-of its own, and is defined for backwards compatibility. You can
-specify use of the standard fontset with the @samp{-fn} option.  For
-example,
+somewhat random if you use it directly.  You can specify use of a
+specific fontset with the @samp{-fn} option.  For example,
 
 @example
 emacs -fn fontset-standard
@@ -1370,6 +1367,11 @@
 You can also specify a fontset with the @samp{Font} resource (@pxref{X
 Resources}).
 
+  If no fontset is specified for use, then Emacs uses an
+@acronym{ASCII} font, with @samp{fontset-default} as a fallback for
+characters the font does not cover.  The standard fontset is only used if
+explicitly requested, despite its name.
+
   A fontset does not necessarily specify a font for every character
 code.  If a fontset specifies no font for a certain character, or if it
 specifies a font that does not exist on your system, then it cannot