standard Emacs notation for characters that appear in text---like
@code{single-key-description}, except that control characters are
represented with a leading caret (which is how control characters in
-Emacs buffers are usually displayed).
+Emacs buffers are usually displayed) and character codes 128
+and above are not treated as Meta characters.
@smallexample
@group
@end group
@group
(text-char-description ?\M-m)
- @result{} "M-m"
+ @result{} "\xed"
@end group
@group
(text-char-description ?\C-\M-m)
- @result{} "M-^M"
+ @result{} "\x8d"
@end group
@end smallexample
@end defun