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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2004-02-17 00:48:44 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2004-02-17 00:48:44 +0000
commita48d10ae570c033391e83eb58773564cfe15e9bb (patch)
tree59eddd8ee737b989f52b776de25cf3f5598dccd9 /lispref
parent2c6d3eef11acac0a260c00b98bde7410b9ea94c7 (diff)
downloademacs-a48d10ae570c033391e83eb58773564cfe15e9bb.tar.gz
(Describing Characters): Fix text-char-description example output.
Diffstat (limited to 'lispref')
-rw-r--r--lispref/help.texi7
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/help.texi b/lispref/help.texi
index dc14b0226b5..9a55ebf6724 100644
--- a/lispref/help.texi
+++ b/lispref/help.texi
@@ -432,7 +432,8 @@ This function returns a string describing @var{character} in the
standard Emacs notation for characters that appear in text---like
@code{single-key-description}, except that control characters are
represented with a leading caret (which is how control characters in
-Emacs buffers are usually displayed).
+Emacs buffers are usually displayed) and character codes 128
+and above are not treated as Meta characters.
@smallexample
@group
@@ -441,11 +442,11 @@ Emacs buffers are usually displayed).
@end group
@group
(text-char-description ?\M-m)
- @result{} "M-m"
+ @result{} "\xed"
@end group
@group
(text-char-description ?\C-\M-m)
- @result{} "M-^M"
+ @result{} "\x8d"
@end group
@end smallexample
@end defun