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(Translation of Characters): Search cmds use translation-table-for-input. Automatically made local.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Fri, 20 Jan 2006 01:30:49 +0000
parents a0f252483758
children e5161cb0ad69
files lispref/nonascii.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/lispref/nonascii.texi	Fri Jan 20 01:30:06 2006 +0000
+++ b/lispref/nonascii.texi	Fri Jan 20 01:30:49 2006 +0000
@@ -578,12 +578,14 @@
 
 @defvar translation-table-for-input
 Self-inserting characters are translated through this translation
-table before they are inserted.  This variable automatically becomes
-buffer-local when set.
+table before they are inserted.  Search commands also translate their
+input through this table, so they can compare more reliably with
+what's in the buffer.
 
 @code{set-buffer-file-coding-system} sets this variable so that your
 keyboard input gets translated into the character sets that the buffer
-is likely to contain.
+is likely to contain.  This variable automatically becomes
+buffer-local when set.
 @end defvar
 
 @node Coding Systems