changeset 60884:3d8f9fc6a5e8

(Single-Byte Character Support): Delete mention of iso-acc.el and iso-transl.el.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:06:00 +0000
parents 36bf159e9602
children d4cec5499047
files man/mule.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 45 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/man/mule.texi	Thu Mar 24 14:04:40 2005 +0000
+++ b/man/mule.texi	Thu Mar 24 14:06:00 2005 +0000
@@ -1333,62 +1333,31 @@
 non-standard ``extended'' versions of ISO-8859 character sets by using the
 function @code{standard-display-8bit} in the @code{disp-table} library.
 
-  There are several ways you can input single-byte non-@acronym{ASCII}
+  There are two ways to input single-byte non-@acronym{ASCII}
 characters:
 
 @itemize @bullet
 @cindex 8-bit input
 @item
-If your keyboard can generate character codes 128 (decimal) and up,
-representing non-@acronym{ASCII} characters, you can type those character codes
-directly.
-
-On a windowing terminal, you should not need to do anything special to
-use these keys; they should simply work.  On a text-only terminal, you
-should use the command @code{M-x set-keyboard-coding-system} or the
-variable @code{keyboard-coding-system} to specify which coding
-system your keyboard uses (@pxref{Specify Coding}).  Enabling this
-feature will probably require you to use @kbd{ESC} to type Meta
-characters; however, on a console terminal or in @code{xterm}, you can
-arrange for Meta to be converted to @kbd{ESC} and still be able type
-8-bit characters present directly on the keyboard or using
-@kbd{Compose} or @kbd{AltGr} keys.  @xref{User Input}.
-
-@item
 You can use an input method for the selected language environment.
 @xref{Input Methods}.  When you use an input method in a unibyte buffer,
 the non-@acronym{ASCII} character you specify with it is converted to unibyte.
 
-@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
-non-@acronym{ASCII} Latin-1 printing characters.  @kbd{C-x 8} is good for
-insertion (in the minibuffer as well as other buffers), for searching,
-and in any other context where a key sequence is allowed.
+If your keyboard can generate character codes 128 (decimal) and up,
+representing non-@acronym{ASCII} characters, you can type those character codes
+directly.
 
-@kbd{C-x 8} works by loading the @code{iso-transl} library.  Once that
-library is loaded, the @key{ALT} modifier key, if you have one, serves
-the same purpose as @kbd{C-x 8}; use @key{ALT} together with an accent
-character to modify the following letter.  In addition, if you have keys
-for the Latin-1 ``dead accent characters,'' they too are defined to
-compose with the following character, once @code{iso-transl} is loaded.
-Use @kbd{C-x 8 C-h} to list the available translations as mnemonic
-command names.
-
-@item
-@cindex @code{iso-acc} library
-@cindex ISO Accents mode
-@findex iso-accents-mode
-@cindex Latin-1, Latin-2 and Latin-3 input mode
-For Latin-1, Latin-2 and Latin-3, @kbd{M-x iso-accents-mode} enables
-a minor mode that works much like the @code{latin-1-prefix} input
-method, but does not depend on having the input methods installed.  This
-mode is buffer-local.  It can be customized for various languages with
-@kbd{M-x iso-accents-customize}.
+On a window system, you should not need to do anything special to use
+these keys; they should simply work.  On a text-only terminal, you
+should use the command @code{M-x set-keyboard-coding-system} or the
+variable @code{keyboard-coding-system} to specify which coding system
+your keyboard uses (@pxref{Specify Coding}).  Enabling this feature
+will probably require you to use @kbd{ESC} to type Meta characters;
+however, on a console terminal or in @code{xterm}, you can arrange for
+Meta to be converted to @kbd{ESC} and still be able type 8-bit
+characters present directly on the keyboard or using @kbd{Compose} or
+@kbd{AltGr} keys.  @xref{User Input}.
 @end itemize
 
 @node Charsets