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authorKenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>2005-03-29 02:02:44 +0000
committerKenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>2005-03-29 02:02:44 +0000
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(Position Info): Update the description about the
command C-u C-x =.
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@cindex character set of character at point
@cindex font of character at point
@cindex text properties at point
- @w{@kbd{C-u C-x =}} displays additional information about a
-character, including the character set name and the codes that
-identify the character within that character set; @acronym{ASCII} characters are
-identified as belonging to the @code{ascii} character set. It also
-shows the character's syntax, categories, and encodings both
-internally in the buffer and externally if you save the file. It also
-shows the character's text properties (@pxref{Text Properties,,,
+ @w{@kbd{C-u C-x =}} displays these additional information about a
+character.
+
+@itemize @bullet
+@item
+The character set name and the codes that identify the character
+within that character set; @acronym{ASCII} characters are identified
+as belonging to the @code{ascii} character set.
+
+@item
+The character's syntax and categories.
+
+@item
+The cahracter's encodings both internally in the buffer and externally
+if you save the file.
+
+@item
+What to type to input the character if an input method is activated
+and it supports the character.
+
+@item
+If you are running Emacs on a window system, the font name and glyph
+code for the character. If you are running Emacs on a terminal, the
+code(s) sent to the terminal.
+
+@item
+The character's text properties (@pxref{Text Properties,,,
elisp, the Emacs Lisp Reference Manual}), and any overlays containing it
(@pxref{Overlays,,, elisp, the same manual}).
+@end itemize
+
Here's an example showing the Latin-1 character A with grave accent,
-in a buffer whose coding system is @code{iso-2022-7bit}, whose
+in a buffer whose coding system is @code{iso-latin-1}, whose
terminal coding system is @code{iso-latin-1} (so the terminal actually
displays the character as @samp{@`A}), and which has font-lock-mode
(@pxref{Font Lock}) enabled:
@smallexample
- character: @`A (04300, 2240, 0x8c0)
- charset: latin-iso8859-1
- (Right-Hand Part of Latin Alphabet 1@dots{}
- code point: 64
- syntax: w which means: word
- category: l:Latin
- buffer code: 0x81 0xC0
- file code: ESC 2C 41 40 (encoded by coding system iso-2022-7bit)
-terminal code: C0
-
-Text properties
- font-lock-face: font-lock-variable-name-face
- fontified: t
+ character: @`A (04300, 2240, 0x8c0, U+00C0)
+ charset: latin-iso8859-1
+ (Right-Hand Part of Latin Alphabet 1@dots{}
+ code point: 64
+ syntax: w which means: word
+ category: l:Latin
+ to input: type "`A"
+buffer code: 0x81 0xC0
+ file code: ESC 2C 41 40 (encoded by coding system iso-2022-7bit)
+ display: terminal code 0xC0
+
+There are text properties here:
+ fontified t
@end smallexample
@node Arguments