From: Nick Roberts Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 22:05:31 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (Coding Systems, Specify Coding): Link descriptions of character translation. X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-22.0.90~1706 X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=770148e63f76fba1dd430ba6e64503e686bb8b1f;p=emacs.git (Coding Systems, Specify Coding): Link descriptions of character translation. --- diff --git a/man/mule.texi b/man/mule.texi index 9cd2995502a..a49478dfe02 100644 --- a/man/mule.texi +++ b/man/mule.texi @@ -721,6 +721,7 @@ handles end-of-line conversion based on the data encountered, and has the usual three variants to specify the kind of end-of-line conversion. @findex unify-8859-on-decoding-mode +@anchor{Character Translation} The @dfn{character translation} feature can modify the effect of various coding systems, by changing the internal Emacs codes that decoding produces. For instance, the command @@ -885,12 +886,11 @@ the coding explicitly in the file, that overrides @code{file-coding-system-alist}. If you add the character @samp{!} at the end of the coding system -name in @code{coding}, it disables any character translation while -decoding the file. For instance, it effectively cancels the effect of -@code{unify-8859-on-decoding-mode}. This is useful when you need to -make sure that the character codes in the Emacs buffer will not vary -due to changes in user settings; for instance, for the sake of strings -in Emacs Lisp source files. +name in @code{coding}, it disables any character translation +(@pxref{Character Translation}) while decoding the file. This is +useful when you need to make sure that the character codes in the +Emacs buffer will not vary due to changes in user settings; for +instance, for the sake of strings in Emacs Lisp source files. @node Output Coding @section Choosing Coding Systems for Output