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Eli Zaretskii 2022-01-30 09:40:12 +02:00
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;;; latin1-disp.el --- display tables for other ISO 8859 on Latin-1 terminals -*- lexical-binding: t; -*- ;;; latin1-disp.el --- display tables for non-ASCII on Latin-1 terminals -*- lexical-binding: t; -*-
;; Copyright (C) 2000-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. ;; Copyright (C) 2000-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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;;; Commentary: ;;; Commentary:
;; This package sets up display of ISO 8859-n for n>1 by substituting ;; This package sets up display of many non-ASCII characters by
;; Latin-1 characters and sequences of them for characters which can't ;; substituting ASCII and Latin-1 characters and sequences of them for
;; be displayed, either because we're on a tty or because we don't ;; characters which can't be displayed, either because we're on a tty
;; have the relevant window system fonts available. For instance, ;; or because we don't have the relevant window system fonts
;; Latin-9 is very similar to Latin-1, so we can display most Latin-9 ;; available. For instance, Latin-9 is very similar to Latin-1, so we
;; characters using the Latin-1 characters at the same code point and ;; can display most Latin-9 characters using the Latin-1 characters at
;; fall back on more-or-less mnemonic ASCII sequences for the rest. ;; the same code point and fall back on more-or-less mnemonic ASCII
;; sequences for the rest.
;; For the Latin charsets the ASCII sequences are mostly consistent ;; For the Latin charsets the ASCII sequences are mostly consistent
;; with the Quail prefix input sequences. Latin-4 uses the Quail ;; with the Quail prefix input sequences. Latin-4 uses the Quail
;; postfix sequences since a prefix method isn't defined for Latin-4. ;; postfix sequences since a prefix method isn't defined for Latin-4.
;; Non-Latin non-ASCII characters are generally displayed as ASCII
;; strings remotely reminiscent of the original characters, as best as
;; possible. See `latin1-display-ucs-per-lynx'.
;; [A different approach is taken in the DOS display tables in ;; [A different approach is taken in the DOS display tables in
;; term/internal.el, and the relevant ASCII sequences from there are ;; term/internal.el, and the relevant ASCII sequences from there are
;; available as an alternative; see `latin1-display-mnemonic'. Only ;; available as an alternative; see `latin1-display-mnemonic'. Only