(defun list-character-sets (&optional arg)
"Display a list of all character sets.
-The ID column contains a charset identification number for internal use.
-The B column contains a number of bytes occupied in a buffer.
-The W column contains a number of columns occupied in a screen.
+The ID column contains a charset identification number for internal Emacs use.
+The B column contains a number of bytes occupied in a buffer
+ by any character in this character set.
+The W column contains a number of columns occupied on the screen
+ by any character in this character set.
-With prefix arg, the output format gets more cryptic
-but contains full information about each character sets."
+With prefix arg, the output format gets more cryptic,
+but still shows the full information."
(interactive "P")
(sort-charset-list)
(with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Help*"
;;;###autoload
(defun describe-coding-system (coding-system)
- "Display information of CODING-SYSTEM."
+ "Display information about CODING-SYSTEM."
(interactive "zDescribe coding system (default, current choices): ")
(if (null coding-system)
(describe-current-coding-system)
The format is \"F[..],K[..],T[..],P>[..],P<[..], default F[..],P<[..],P<[..]\",
where mnemonics of the following coding systems come in this order
at the place of `..':
- buffer-file-coding-system (of the current buffer)
+ `buffer-file-coding-system` (of the current buffer)
eol-type of buffer-file-coding-system (of the current buffer)
- (keyboard-coding-system)
+ Value returned by `keyboard-coding-system'
eol-type of (keyboard-coding-system)
- (terminal-coding-system)
+ Value returned by `terminal-coding-system.
eol-type of (terminal-coding-system)
- process-coding-system for read (of the current buffer, if any)
+ `process-coding-system' for read (of the current buffer, if any)
eol-type of process-coding-system for read (of the current buffer, if any)
- process-coding-system for write (of the current buffer, if any)
+ `process-coding-system' for write (of the current buffer, if any)
eol-type of process-coding-system for write (of the current buffer, if any)
- default-buffer-file-coding-system
+ `default-buffer-file-coding-system'
eol-type of default-buffer-file-coding-system
- default-process-coding-system for read
+ `default-process-coding-system' for read
eol-type of default-process-coding-system for read
- default-process-coding-system for write
+ `default-process-coding-system' for write
eol-type of default-process-coding-system"
(interactive)
(let* ((proc (get-buffer-process (current-buffer)))
(coding-system-eol-type-mnemonic (cdr default-process-coding-system))
)))
-;; Print symbol name and mnemonic letter of CODING-SYSTEM by `princ'.
+;; Print symbol name and mnemonic letter of CODING-SYSTEM with `princ'.
(defun print-coding-system-briefly (coding-system &optional doc-string)
(if (not coding-system)
(princ "nil\n")
;;;###autoload
(defun describe-current-coding-system ()
- "Display coding systems currently used in a detailed format."
+ "Display coding systems currently used, in detail."
(interactive)
(with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Help*"
(let* ((proc (get-buffer-process (current-buffer)))
;;;###autoload
(defun list-coding-systems (&optional arg)
"Display a list of all coding systems.
-It prints mnemonic letter, name, and description of each coding systems.
+This shows the mnemonic letter, name, and description of each coding system.
With prefix arg, the output format gets more cryptic,
-but contains full information about each coding systems."
+but still contains full information about each coding system."
(interactive "P")
(with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Help*"
(if (null arg)
;;;###autoload
(defun describe-fontset (fontset)
"Display information of FONTSET.
-
-It prints name, size, and style of FONTSET, and lists up fonts
+This shows the name, size, and style of FONTSET, and the list of fonts
contained in FONTSET.
The column WDxHT contains width and height (pixels) of each fontset
column means that the corresponding fontset is not yet used in any
frame.
-The O column of each font contains one of the following letters.
+The O column for each font contains one of the following letters:
o -- font already opened
- -- font not yet opened
x -- font can't be opened
? -- no font specified
-The Charset column of each font contains a name of character set
-displayed by the font."
+The Charset column for each font contains a name of character set
+displayed (for this fontset) using that font."
(interactive
(if (not (and window-system (boundp 'global-fontset-alist)))
(error "No fontsets being used")
;;;###autoload
(defun list-fontsets (arg)
"Display a list of all fontsets.
-
-It prints name, size, and style of each fontset.
-With prefix arg, it also lists up fonts contained in each fontset.
-See the function `describe-fontset' for the format of the list."
+This shows the name, size, and style of each fontset.
+With prefix arg, it also list the fonts contained in each fontset;
+see the function `describe-fontset' for the format of the list."
(interactive "P")
(if (not (and window-system (boundp 'global-fontset-alist)))
(error "No fontsets being used")
\f
;;;###autoload
(defun list-input-methods ()
- "Print information of all input methods."
+ "Display information about all input methods."
(interactive)
(with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Help*"
(if (not input-method-alist)
(defun mule-diag ()
"Display diagnosis of the multilingual environment (MULE).
-It prints various information related to the current multilingual
+This shows various information related to the current multilingual
environment, including lists of input methods, coding systems,
-character sets, and fontsets (if Emacs running under some window
+character sets, and fontsets (if Emacs is running under a window
system which uses fontsets)."
(interactive)
(with-output-to-temp-buffer "*Mule-Diagnosis*"
;;;###autoload
(defun dump-charsets ()
- "Dump information of all charsets into the file \"CHARSETS\".
+ "Dump information about all charsets into the file `CHARSETS'.
The file is saved in the directory `data-directory'."
(let ((file (expand-file-name "CHARSETS" data-directory))
buf)
;;;###autoload
(defun dump-codings ()
- "Dump information of all coding systems into the file \"CODINGS\".
+ "Dump information about all coding systems into the file `CODINGS'.
The file is saved in the directory `data-directory'."
(let ((file (expand-file-name "CODINGS" data-directory))
buf)