From ebe4d555dcf8dac99947dd5a75ae50727964ccd3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Richard M. Stallman" Date: Mon, 4 Aug 1997 03:06:28 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (shell): Doc fix. --- lisp/shell.el | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/lisp/shell.el b/lisp/shell.el index 0fa5462ab8a..144bafec08e 100644 --- a/lisp/shell.el +++ b/lisp/shell.el @@ -428,6 +428,13 @@ The buffer is put in Shell mode, giving commands for sending input and controlling the subjobs of the shell. See `shell-mode'. See also the variable `shell-prompt-pattern'. +To specify a coding system for converting non-ASCII characters +in the input and output to the shell, use \\[universal-coding-system-argument] +before \\[shell]. You can also specify this with \\[set-buffer-process-coding-system] +in the shell buffer, after you start the shell. +The default comes from `process-coding-system-alist' and +`default-process-coding-system'. + The shell file name (sans directories) is used to make a symbol name such as `explicit-csh-args'. If that symbol is a variable, its value is used as a list of arguments when invoking the shell. -- 2.39.2