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authorEli Zaretskii2000-08-22 08:36:51 +0000
committerEli Zaretskii2000-08-22 08:36:51 +0000
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@@ -52,15 +52,15 @@ have been merged from the modified version of Emacs known as MULE (for
52@node International Intro 52@node International Intro
53@section Introduction to International Character Sets 53@section Introduction to International Character Sets
54 54
55 The users of these scripts have established many more-or-less standard 55 The users of international character sets and scripts have established
56coding systems for storing files. Emacs internally uses a single 56many more-or-less standard coding systems for storing files. Emacs
57multibyte character encoding, so that it can intermix characters from 57internally uses a single multibyte character encoding, so that it can
58all these scripts in a single buffer or string. This encoding 58intermix characters from all these scripts in a single buffer or string.
59represents each non-ASCII character as a sequence of bytes in the range 59This encoding represents each non-ASCII character as a sequence of bytes
600200 through 0377. Emacs translates between the multibyte character 60in the range 0200 through 0377. Emacs translates between the multibyte
61encoding and various other coding systems when reading and writing 61character encoding and various other coding systems when reading and
62files, when exchanging data with subprocesses, and (in some cases) in 62writing files, when exchanging data with subprocesses, and (in some
63the @kbd{C-q} command (@pxref{Multibyte Conversion}). 63cases) in the @kbd{C-q} command (@pxref{Multibyte Conversion}).
64 64
65@kindex C-h h 65@kindex C-h h
66@findex view-hello-file 66@findex view-hello-file
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ This illustrates various scripts. If the font you're using doesn't have
70characters for all those different languages, you will see some hollow 70characters for all those different languages, you will see some hollow
71boxes instead of characters; see @ref{Fontsets}. 71boxes instead of characters; see @ref{Fontsets}.
72 72
73@findex list-charset-chars
74@cindex characters in a certain charset
75 The command @kbd{M-x list-charset-chars} prompts for a name of a
76character set, and displays all the characters in that character set.
77
73 Keyboards, even in the countries where these character sets are used, 78 Keyboards, even in the countries where these character sets are used,
74generally don't have keys for all the characters in them. So Emacs 79generally don't have keys for all the characters in them. So Emacs
75supports various @dfn{input methods}, typically one for each script or 80supports various @dfn{input methods}, typically one for each script or