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Diffstat (limited to 'lisp')
| -rw-r--r-- | lisp/international/mule-cmds.el | 13 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/international/mule-cmds.el b/lisp/international/mule-cmds.el index 193465dbae0..8a32a9f4c19 100644 --- a/lisp/international/mule-cmds.el +++ b/lisp/international/mule-cmds.el @@ -149,8 +149,17 @@ ;;; (define-key global-map [?\S- ] 'toggle-input-method) (defun toggle-enable-multibyte-characters (&optional arg) - "Change whether this buffer enables multibyte characters. -With arg, make them enable iff arg is positive." + "Change whether this buffer uses multibyte characters. +With arg, use multibyte characters if the arg is positive. + +Note that this command does not convert the byte contents of +the buffer; it only changes the way those bytes are interpreted. +In general, therefore, this command *changes* the sequence of +characters that the current buffer contains. + +We suggest you avoid using use this command unless you know what you +are doing. If you use it by mistake, and the buffer is now displayed +wrong, use this command again to toggle back to the right mode." (interactive "P") (setq enable-multibyte-characters (if (null arg) (null enable-multibyte-characters) |