(quoted-insert): Handle meta-chars usefully.

diff --git a/lisp/simple.el b/lisp/simple.el
index e96ad86..f1e4de6 100644 (file)
--- a/lisp/simple.el
+++ b/lisp/simple.el
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ this function useful in editing binary files."
                (read-char))))
     (if (eq overwrite-mode 'overwrite-mode-binary)
        (delete-char arg))
+    ;; Turn a meta-character into a character with the 0200 bit set.
+    (if (/= (logand last-input-char (lsh 1 23)) 0)
+       (setq char (logior char 128)))
     (insert-char char arg)))
 
 (defun delete-indentation (&optional arg)