msbig5iso --------- msbig5iso is an Emacs (on UNIX systems) package to deal with: - using ISO 8859-1 characters in Emacs through a MS-DOS terminal (typing ISO 8859-1 characters through Telnet NCSA on MS-DOS) - using MS-DOS characters in Emacs through a MS-DOS terminal (typing MS-DOS characters through Telnet NCSA on MS-DOS) - using MS-DOS characters in Emacs through a ISO 8859-1 terminal (typing MS-DOS characters on a ISO 8859-1 console) - using Big5 (thus MS-DOS) characters The main issues are: - display the characters correctly - write on the file the right ASCII code ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- How does it work? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- msbig5iso define 5 exclusive minor modes: - ISOMS for ISO 8859-1 on MS-DOS terminal - MSMS for MS-DOS on MS-DOS terminal - MSISO for MS-DOS on ISO 8859-1 terminal - Big5 for Big5 - (normal) for normal behavior (msbig5iso turned off) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- What do they provide? ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Each mode: - modifies the display table to display the correct characters according to the desired encoding and terminal - modifies the syntax table - modifies some keys behavior - provides a consistent way to input ISO 8859-1 / MS-DOS characters