(translation-table-for-input): Mark as obsolete.

diff --git a/doc/lispref/commands.texi b/doc/lispref/commands.texi
index 45435e2..bf52b77 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/lispref/commands.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/commands.texi
@@ -2419,9 +2419,7 @@ such as @code{recent-keys} and dribble files record the characters after
 translation.
 
 Note also that this translation is done before the characters are
-supplied to input methods (@pxref{Input Methods}).  Use
-@code{translation-table-for-input} (@pxref{Translation of Characters}),
-if you want to translate characters after input methods operate.
+supplied to input methods (@pxref{Input Methods}).
 @end defvar
 
 @defun keyboard-translate from to

diff --git a/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi b/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi
index 08967a3..576a02f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/keymaps.texi
@@ -739,10 +739,6 @@ that string instead of the buffer.
 The function finally found may be remapped
 (@pxref{Remapping Commands}).
 
-@item
-Characters that are bound to @code{self-insert-command} are translated
-according to @code{translation-table-for-input} before insertion.
-
 @item
 @code{current-active-maps} returns a list of the
 currently active keymaps at point.

diff --git a/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi b/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi
index 0e98667..b972d73 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi
@@ -582,12 +582,6 @@ This is the default translation table for encoding, for
 coding systems that don't specify any other translation table.
 @end defvar
 
-@defvar translation-table-for-input
-Self-inserting characters are translated through this translation
-table before they are inserted.  Search commands also translate their
-input through this table, so they can compare more reliably with
-what's in the buffer.
-
 @code{set-buffer-file-coding-system} sets this variable so that your
 keyboard input gets translated into the character sets that the buffer
 is likely to contain.  This variable automatically becomes

diff --git a/doc/lispref/text.texi b/doc/lispref/text.texi
index 0a43781..b1a8653 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/lispref/text.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/text.texi
@@ -487,9 +487,6 @@ it except to install it on a keymap.
 
 In an interactive call, @var{count} is the numeric prefix argument.
 
-Self-insertion translates the input character through
-@code{translation-table-for-input}.  @xref{Translation of Characters}.
-
 This command calls @code{auto-fill-function} whenever that is
 non-@code{nil} and the character inserted is in the table
 @code{auto-fill-chars} (@pxref{Auto Filling}).

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 58930e7..cbcd8d2 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -911,6 +911,8 @@ character is printable or not.
 *** The functions `modify-syntax-entry' and `modify-category-entry' now
 accepts a cons of characters as the first argument, and modify all
 entries in that range of characters.
++++
+*** `translation-table-for-input' is now obsolete.
 
 ** Code conversion changes
 

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index ddb6b68..4801ef0 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 2008-04-24  Stefan Monnier  <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
 
+       * subr.el (translation-table-for-input): Mark as obsolete.
+
        * isearch.el (isearch-search-string): Avoid string-bytes and aset.
 
        * international/quail.el (quail-build-decode-map): Avoid string-bytes.

diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index 1f6d558..6629589 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -1041,6 +1041,9 @@ to reread, so it now uses nil to mean `no event', instead of -1."
 (defvaralias 'x-sent-selection-hooks 'x-sent-selection-functions)
 (make-obsolete-variable 'x-sent-selection-hooks
                        'x-sent-selection-functions "22.1")
+;; This was introduced in 21.4 for pre-unicode unification and was rendered
+;; obsolete by the use of Unicode internally in 23.1.
+(make-obsolete-variable 'translation-table-for-input nil "23.1")
 
 (defvaralias 'messages-buffer-max-lines 'message-log-max)
 \f