modeline charset indicator differences in X vs. non X windows

modeline charset indicator differences in X vs. non X windows

[Dan Jacobson]

I notice the modeline says BBB if I use emacs -nw, and -B if I use
emacs, all meaning big5 I presume.  It's bad that this differs.

Re: modeline charset indicator differences in X vs. non X windows

[Miles Bader]

Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org> writes:
> I notice the modeline says BBB if I use emacs -nw, and -B if I use
> emacs, all meaning big5 I presume.  It's bad that this differs.

The extra letters indicate additional coding-systems that are used on
ttys, namely the `terminal' (for output) and `keyboard' coding systems
(for input).

-Miles
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