changeset 64742:ebc7b3a7aa24

(MS-DOS and MULE): Clarify that this section is for the MS-DOS port only.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Sat, 06 Aug 2005 07:17:41 +0000
parents 3cc3ba147685
children f6984193277e
files man/msdog.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/man/msdog.texi	Sat Aug 06 01:11:41 2005 +0000
+++ b/man/msdog.texi	Sat Aug 06 07:17:41 2005 +0000
@@ -583,6 +583,12 @@
 there are several DOS-specific aspects of this support that you should
 be aware of.  This section describes these aspects.
 
+  The description below is largely specific to the MS-DOS port of
+Emacs, especially where it talks about practical implications for
+Emacs users.  For other operating systems, see the @file{code-pages.el}
+package, which implements support for MS-DOS- and MS-Windows-specific
+encodings for all platforms other than MS-DOS.
+
 @table @kbd
 @item M-x dos-codepage-setup
 Set up Emacs display and coding systems as appropriate for the current
@@ -721,7 +727,8 @@
 supports the same character set as Windows codepage 1252; DOS codepage
 855 supports the same character set as Windows codepage 1251, etc.
 The MS-Windows version of Emacs uses the current codepage for display
-when invoked with the @samp{-nw} option.
+when invoked with the @samp{-nw} option.  Support for codepages in the
+Windows port of Emacs is part of the @file{code-pages.el} package.
 
 @node MS-DOS Processes
 @section Subprocesses on MS-DOS