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; Minor wording fix in ELisp reference manual

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* doc/lispref/objects.texi (General Escape Syntax): More accurate
wording.  Avoid non-ASCII characters in Texinfo.  (Bug#62224)
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Eli Zaretskii 2023-03-16 22:05:07 +02:00
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@ -466,19 +466,20 @@ You can specify characters by their Unicode values.
@code{?\u@var{xxxx}} and @code{?\U@var{xxxxxxxx}} represent code @code{?\u@var{xxxx}} and @code{?\U@var{xxxxxxxx}} represent code
points @var{xxxx} and @var{xxxxxxxx}, respectively, where each @var{x} points @var{xxxx} and @var{xxxxxxxx}, respectively, where each @var{x}
is a single hexadecimal digit. For example, @code{?\N@{U+E0@}}, is a single hexadecimal digit. For example, @code{?\N@{U+E0@}},
@code{?\u00e0} and @code{?\U000000E0} are all equivalent to @code{?à} @code{?\u00e0} and @code{?\U000000E0} are all equivalent to
and to @samp{?\N@{LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE@}}. The Unicode @code{?@`a} and to @samp{?\N@{LATIN SMALL LETTER A WITH GRAVE@}}. The
Standard defines code points only up to @samp{U+@var{10ffff}}, so if Unicode Standard defines code points only up to @samp{U+@var{10ffff}},
you specify a code point higher than that, Emacs signals an error. so if you specify a code point higher than that, Emacs signals an
error.
@item @item
You can specify characters by their hexadecimal character You can specify characters by their hexadecimal character
codes. A hexadecimal escape sequence consists of a backslash, codes. A hexadecimal escape sequence consists of a backslash,
@samp{x}, and the hexadecimal character code. Thus, @samp{?\x41} is @samp{x}, and the hexadecimal character code. Thus, @samp{?\x41} is
the character @kbd{A}, @samp{?\x1} is the character @kbd{C-a}, and the character @kbd{A}, @samp{?\x1} is the character @kbd{C-a}, and
@code{?\xe0} is the character @kbd{à} (@kbd{a} with grave accent). @code{?\xe0} is the character @kbd{@`a} (@kbd{a} with grave accent).
You can use any number of hex digits, so you can represent any You can use one or more hex digits after @samp{x}, so you can
character code in this way. represent any character code in this way.
@item @item
@cindex octal character code @cindex octal character code