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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2006-10-03 17:48:44 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>2006-10-03 17:48:44 +0000
commit1bae538c50335313b8227c40a81eee843872bfbe (patch)
treec944c168a647667f96429c360838a6951ac29ead /lispref
parent8a47936ad27d3ebdd5511684c019a6719f5cbaf2 (diff)
downloademacs-1bae538c50335313b8227c40a81eee843872bfbe.tar.gz
(Char Classes): Document :multibyte: and :unibyte:.
Clarify :ascii: and :nonascii:.
Diffstat (limited to 'lispref')
-rw-r--r--lispref/searching.texi8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/searching.texi b/lispref/searching.texi
index e730d3b29ec..204cfa1d319 100644
--- a/lispref/searching.texi
+++ b/lispref/searching.texi
@@ -515,7 +515,7 @@ and what they mean:
@table @samp
@item [:ascii:]
-This matches any @acronym{ASCII} (unibyte) character.
+This matches any @acronym{ASCII} character (codes 0--127).
@item [:alnum:]
This matches any letter or digit. (At present, for multibyte
characters, it matches anything that has word syntax.)
@@ -535,8 +535,10 @@ characters, space, and the delete character.
@item [:lower:]
This matches any lower-case letter, as determined by
the current case table (@pxref{Case Tables}).
+@item [:multibyte:]
+This matches any multibyte character (@pxref{Text Representations}).
@item [:nonascii:]
-This matches any non-@acronym{ASCII} (multibyte) character.
+This matches any non-@acronym{ASCII} character.
@item [:print:]
This matches printing characters---everything except @acronym{ASCII} control
characters and the delete character.
@@ -546,6 +548,8 @@ characters, it matches anything that has non-word syntax.)
@item [:space:]
This matches any character that has whitespace syntax
(@pxref{Syntax Class Table}).
+@item [:unibyte:]
+This matches any unibyte character (@pxref{Text Representations}).
@item [:upper:]
This matches any upper-case letter, as determined by
the current case table (@pxref{Case Tables}).