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authorRichard M. Stallman2007-04-07 01:52:16 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman2007-04-07 01:52:16 +0000
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(Case Tables): Improve last change.
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@@ -1117,17 +1117,18 @@ of an abnormal exit via @code{throw} or error (@pxref{Nonlocal
1117Exits}). 1117Exits}).
1118@end defmac 1118@end defmac
1119 1119
1120 Some language environments may modify the case conversions of ASCII 1120 Some language environments may modify the case conversions of
1121characters; for example, in the Turkish language environment, the 1121@acronym{ASCII} characters; for example, in the Turkish language
1122ASCII character ``I'' is downcased into a Turkish ``dotless i''. This 1122environment, the @acronym{ASCII} character @samp{I} is downcased into
1123can interfere with code that requires ordinary ASCII case conversion, 1123a Turkish ``dotless i''. This can interfere with code that requires
1124such as implementations of ASCII-based network protocols. In that 1124ordinary ASCII case conversion, such as implementations of
1125case, use the @code{with-case-table} macro with the variable 1125@acronym{ASCII}-based network protocols. In that case, use the
1126@var{ascii-case-table}, which stores the unmodified case table for the 1126@code{with-case-table} macro with the variable @var{ascii-case-table},
1127ASCII character set. 1127which stores the unmodified case table for the @acronym{ASCII}
1128character set.
1128 1129
1129@defvar ascii-case-table 1130@defvar ascii-case-table
1130The case table for the ASCII character set. This should not be 1131The case table for the @acronym{ASCII} character set. This should not be
1131modified by any language environment settings. 1132modified by any language environment settings.
1132@end defvar 1133@end defvar
1133 1134