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# Line 75  your keyboard can produce non-ASCII char Line 75  your keyboard can produce non-ASCII char
75  appropriate keyboard coding system (@pxref{Specify Coding}), and Emacs  appropriate keyboard coding system (@pxref{Specify Coding}), and Emacs
76  will accept those characters.  Latin-1 characters can also be input by  will accept those characters.  Latin-1 characters can also be input by
77  using the @kbd{C-x 8} prefix, see @ref{Single-Byte Character Support,  using the @kbd{C-x 8} prefix, see @ref{Single-Byte Character Support,
78  C-x 8}.  C-x 8}.  On X Window systems, your locale should be set to an
79    appropriate value to make sure keyboard input is interpreted
80    correctly by Emacs, see @ref{Language Environments, locales}.
81  @end itemize  @end itemize
82    
83    The rest of this chapter describes these issues in detail.    The rest of this chapter describes these issues in detail.
# Line 278  against entries in the value of the vari Line 280  against entries in the value of the vari
280  @code{locale-charset-language-names} and @code{locale-language-names},  @code{locale-charset-language-names} and @code{locale-language-names},
281  and selects the corresponding language environment if a match is found.  and selects the corresponding language environment if a match is found.
282  (The former variable overrides the latter.)  It also adjusts the display  (The former variable overrides the latter.)  It also adjusts the display
283  table and terminal coding system, the locale coding system, and the  table and terminal coding system, the locale coding system, the
284  preferred coding system as needed for the locale.  preferred coding system as needed for the locale, and---last but not
285    least---the way Emacs decodes non-ASCII characters sent by your keyboard.
286    
287    If you modify the @env{LC_ALL}, @env{LC_CTYPE}, or @env{LANG}    If you modify the @env{LC_ALL}, @env{LC_CTYPE}, or @env{LANG}
288  environment variables while running Emacs, you may want to invoke the  environment variables while running Emacs, you may want to invoke the
# Line 1037  name, or it may get an error.  If such a Line 1040  name, or it may get an error.  If such a
1040  C-w} to specify a new file name for that buffer.  C-w} to specify a new file name for that buffer.
1041    
1042  @vindex locale-coding-system  @vindex locale-coding-system
1043    @cindex decoding non-ASCII characters on X
1044    The variable @code{locale-coding-system} specifies a coding system    The variable @code{locale-coding-system} specifies a coding system
1045  to use when encoding and decoding system strings such as system error  to use when encoding and decoding system strings such as system error
1046  messages and @code{format-time-string} formats and time stamps.  You  messages and @code{format-time-string} formats and time stamps.  That
1047  should choose a coding system that is compatible with the underlying  coding system is also used for decoding non-ASCII keyboard input on X
1048  system's text representation, which is normally specified by one of  Window systems.  You should choose a coding system that is compatible
1049  the environment variables @env{LC_ALL}, @env{LC_CTYPE}, and  with the underlying system's text representation, which is normally
1050  @env{LANG}.  (The first one, in the order specified above, whose value  specified by one of the environment variables @env{LC_ALL},
1051  is nonempty is the one that determines the text representation.)  @env{LC_CTYPE}, and @env{LANG}.  (The first one, in the order
1052    specified above, whose value is nonempty is the one that determines
1053    the text representation.)
1054    
1055  @node Fontsets  @node Fontsets
1056  @section Fontsets  @section Fontsets

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