changeset 31077:172cd577cca0

mention iso-acc. tweaks.

--- a/man/mule.texi	Tue Aug 22 18:38:47 2000 +0000
+++ b/man/mule.texi	Tue Aug 22 18:41:50 2000 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 @c This is part of the Emacs manual.
-@c Copyright (C) 1997, 1999 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+@c Copyright (C) 1997, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions.
 @node International, Major Modes, Frames, Top
 @chapter International Character Set Support
@@ -133,11 +133,11 @@
   Multibyte strings are not created during initialization from the
 values of environment variables, @file{/etc/passwd} entries etc.@: that
 contain non-ASCII 8-bit characters.  However, the initialization file is
-normally read as multibyte---like Lisp files in general---even with
-@samp{--unibyte}.  To avoid multibyte strings being generated by
-non-ASCII characters in it, put @samp{-*-unibyte: t;-*-} in a comment on
-the first line.  Do the same for initialization files for packages like
-Gnus.
+normally read as multibyte---like Lisp files in general when they are
+loaded for running---even with @samp{--unibyte}.  To avoid multibyte
+strings being generated by non-ASCII characters in it, put
+@samp{-*-unibyte: t;-*-} in a comment on the first line.  Do the same
+for initialization files for packages like Gnus.
 
   The mode line indicates whether multibyte character support is enabled
 in the current buffer.  If it is, there are two or more characters (most
@@ -334,6 +334,10 @@
 characters to type next is displayed in the echo area (but not when you
 are in the minibuffer).
 
+@cindex Leim package
+Input methods are implemented in the separate Leim package, which must
+be installed with Emacs.
+
 @node Select Input Method
 @section Selecting an Input Method
 
@@ -1097,8 +1101,8 @@
 @cindex 8-bit input
 @item
 If your keyboard can generate character codes 128 and up, representing
-non-ASCII characters, execute the following expression to enable Emacs to
-understand them:
+non-ASCII characters, you can execute the following expression to enable
+Emacs to understand them:
 
 @example
 (set-input-mode (car (current-input-mode))
@@ -1121,6 +1125,8 @@
 
 @kindex C-x 8
 @cindex @code{iso-transl} library
+@cindex compose character
+@cindex dead character
 @item
 For Latin-1 only, you can use the
 key @kbd{C-x 8} as a ``compose character'' prefix for entry of
@@ -1137,9 +1143,12 @@
 Use @kbd{C-x 8 C-h} to list the available translations as mnemonic
 command names.
 
+@item
 @cindex @code{iso-acc} library
-@item
-Also for Latin-1 only, @kbd{M-x iso-aacents-mode} installs a minor mode
+@cindex ISO Accents mode
+@findex iso-accents-mode
+@cindex Latin-1 input mode
+Also for Latin-1 only, @kbd{M-x iso-accents-mode} installs a minor mode
 which provides a facility like the @code{latin-1-prefix} input method
-but independent of the Leim package.
+but independent of the Leim package.  This mode is buffer-local.
 @end itemize