changeset 64744:f0a26f676016

(Coding Systems): Rephrase the paragraph about codepages: no need for "M-x codepage-setup" anymore, except on MS-DOS.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Sat, 06 Aug 2005 07:27:33 +0000
parents f6984193277e
children cd4c4b49a4c2
files man/mule.texi
diffstat 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/man/mule.texi	Sat Aug 06 07:18:18 2005 +0000
+++ b/man/mule.texi	Sat Aug 06 07:27:33 2005 +0000
@@ -592,12 +592,15 @@
 @cindex international files from DOS/Windows systems
   A special class of coding systems, collectively known as
 @dfn{codepages}, is designed to support text encoded by MS-Windows and
-MS-DOS software.  To use any of these systems, you need to create it
-with @kbd{M-x codepage-setup}.  @xref{MS-DOS and MULE}.  After
-creating the coding system for the codepage, you can use it as any
-other coding system.  For example, to visit a file encoded in codepage
-850, type @kbd{C-x @key{RET} c cp850 @key{RET} C-x C-f @var{filename}
-@key{RET}}.
+MS-DOS software.  The names of these coding systems are
+@code{cp@var{nnnn}}, where @var{nnnn} is a 3- or 4-digit number of the
+codepage.  You can use these encodings just like any other coding
+system; for example, to visit a file encoded in codepage 850, type
+@kbd{C-x @key{RET} c cp850 @key{RET} C-x C-f @var{filename}
+@key{RET}}@footnote{
+In the MS-DOS port of Emacs, you need to create a @code{cp@var{nnn}}
+coding system with @kbd{M-x codepage-setup}, before you can use it.
+@xref{MS-DOS and MULE}.}.
 
   In addition to converting various representations of non-@acronym{ASCII}
 characters, a coding system can perform end-of-line conversion.  Emacs