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authorRichard M. Stallman2008-12-05 03:02:03 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman2008-12-05 03:02:03 +0000
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(Antinews): Minor fixes.
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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
12008-12-05 Richard M Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
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3 * anti.texi (Antinews): Minor fixes.
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12008-12-03 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> 52008-12-03 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
2 6
3 * maintaining.texi (Old Revisions): Fix diff-switches description. 7 * maintaining.texi (Old Revisions): Fix diff-switches description.
diff --git a/doc/emacs/anti.texi b/doc/emacs/anti.texi
index d29011df05f..e281d60b7e1 100644
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@@ -21,21 +21,19 @@ names---are clearly redundant, and have been removed.
21@item 21@item
22We have switched to a character representation specially designed for 22We have switched to a character representation specially designed for
23Emacs. Rather than forcing all the widely used scripts artificially 23Emacs. Rather than forcing all the widely used scripts artificially
24into alignment, like Unicode does, Emacs treats them all equally, 24into alignment, as Unicode does, Emacs treats them all equally, giving
25giving each one a place in the space of character codes. Thus, 25each one a place in the space of character codes. Thus, scripts do
26scripts do not need to fight over characters used in each one of them, 26not need to fight over characters used in each one of them, as each
27as each has its own variant, and they all are different as far as 27has its own variant, and they all are different as far as Emacs is
28Emacs is concerned. For example, there's a Latin-1 c-cedilla 28concerned. For example, there's a Latin-1 c-cedilla character, and
29character, and there's a Latin-2 c-cedilla; searching a buffer for the 29there's a Latin-2 c-cedilla; searching a buffer for the Latin-1
30Latin-1 variant will only find that variant, but not the others. This 30variant will only find that variant, but not the others. This design
31design allows us to get rid of a confusing situation in Emacs 23, 31allows us to eliminate the confusing practice in Emacs 23 whereby one
32whereby a character can simultaneously belong to any number of 32character can simultaneously belong to any number of charsets.
33charsets. 33
34 34@item
35@item 35Emacs now uses its own special internal encoding for non-@acronym{ASCII}
36Emacs now uses an internal encoding, known as @samp{emacs-mule}, which 36characters, known as @samp{emacs-mule}. This was imperative to
37is peculiar to Emacs and does not map easily into any of the existing
38character encodings, including Unicode. This was imperative to
39support several different variants of the same character, each one 37support several different variants of the same character, each one
40belonging to its own script: @samp{emacs-mule} marks each character 38belonging to its own script: @samp{emacs-mule} marks each character
41with its script, to better discern them from one another. 39with its script, to better discern them from one another.
@@ -63,7 +61,7 @@ Emacs can no longer display frames on X windows and text terminals
63(ttys) simultaneously. If you start Emacs as an X application, the 61(ttys) simultaneously. If you start Emacs as an X application, the
64Emacs job can only create X frames; if you start Emacs on a tty, the 62Emacs job can only create X frames; if you start Emacs on a tty, the
65Emacs job can only use that tty. No more confusion about which type 63Emacs job can only use that tty. No more confusion about which type
66of frame will @command{emacsclient} use in any given Emacs session! 64of frame @command{emacsclient} will use in any given Emacs session!
67 65
68@item 66@item
69Emacs can no longer be started as a daemon. We decided that having an 67Emacs can no longer be started as a daemon. We decided that having an