From 553193ea9cde75f0b031fb8809a5c06caafcbf16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Eli Zaretskii Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2005 07:27:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Coding Systems): Rephrase the paragraph about codepages: no need for "M-x codepage-setup" anymore, except on MS-DOS. --- man/mule.texi | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/mule.texi b/man/mule.texi index 7156c814f71..2c34e2861bc 100644 --- a/man/mule.texi +++ b/man/mule.texi @@ -592,12 +592,15 @@ coding systems @code{no-conversion}, @code{raw-text} and @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 -- 2.39.5