From ba2cf799f915ab3f4816c4e6def8b5607a19ec70 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Sun, 7 Jul 2002 11:22:29 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document unify-8859-on-decoding-mode. --- man/mule.texi | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/man/mule.texi b/man/mule.texi index 64461a4e6be..e819e186a7e 100644 --- a/man/mule.texi +++ b/man/mule.texi @@ -814,6 +814,15 @@ reread the file using the correct coding system by typing @kbd{C-x the file, look at the coding system mnemonic letter near the left edge of the mode line (@pxref{Mode Line}), or type @kbd{C-h C @key{RET}}. +@findex unify-8859-on-decoding-mode + The command @code{unify-8859-on-decoding-mode} enables a mode that +``unifies'' the Latin alphabets when decoding text. This works by +converting all non-ASCII Latin-@var{n} characters to either Latin-1 or +Unicode characters. This way it is easier to use various +Latin-@var{n} alphabets together. In a future Emacs version we hope +to move towards full Unicode support and complete unification of +character sets. + @vindex buffer-file-coding-system Once Emacs has chosen a coding system for a buffer, it stores that coding system in @code{buffer-file-coding-system} and uses that coding -- 2.39.5