(quoted-insert): Handle meta-chars usefully.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index e96ad8643a9..f1e4de6891a 100644
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ this function useful in editing binary files."
                 (read-char))))
     (if (eq overwrite-mode 'overwrite-mode-binary)
         (delete-char arg))
+    ;; Turn a meta-character into a character with the 0200 bit set.
+    (if (/= (logand last-input-char (lsh 1 23)) 0)
+        (setq char (logior char 128)))
     (insert-char char arg)))
 
 (defun delete-indentation (&optional arg)