@table @code
@item name
-This property corresponds to the Unicode @code{Name} property. The
-value is a string consisting of upper-case Latin letters A to Z,
-digits, spaces, and hyphen @samp{-} characters.
+Corresponds to the @code{Name} Unicode property. The value is a
+string consisting of upper-case Latin letters A to Z, digits, spaces,
+and hyphen @samp{-} characters.
@cindex unicode general category
@item general-category
-This property corresponds to the Unicode @code{General_Category}
-property. The value is a symbol whose name is a 2-letter abbreviation
-of the character's classification.
+Corresponds to the @code{General_Category} Unicode property. The
+value is a symbol whose name is a 2-letter abbreviation of the
+character's classification.
@item canonical-combining-class
-Corresponds to the Unicode @code{Canonical_Combining_Class} property.
+Corresponds to the @code{Canonical_Combining_Class} Unicode property.
The value is an integer number.
@item bidi-class
@result{} Nd
@end group
@group
-(get-char-code-property ?\u2084 'digit-value) ; subscript 4
+;; subscript 4
+(get-char-code-property ?\u2084 'digit-value)
@result{} 4
@end group
@group
-(get-char-code-property ?\u2155 'numeric-value) ; one fifth
+;; one fifth
+(get-char-code-property ?\u2155 'numeric-value)
@result{} 0.2
@end group
@group
-(get-char-code-property ?\u2163 'numeric-value) ; Roman IV
+;; Roman IV
+(get-char-code-property ?\u2163 'numeric-value)
@result{} 4
@end group
@end example
@var{encoding-system} is the coding system for encoding (in case
@var{operation} does encoding).
-The argument @var{operation} is a symbol, one of @code{write-region},
-@code{start-process}, @code{call-process}, @code{call-process-region},
-@code{insert-file-contents}, or @code{open-network-stream}. These are
-the names of the Emacs I/O primitives that can do character code and
-eol conversion.
+The argument @var{operation} is a symbol; it should be one of
+@code{write-region}, @code{start-process}, @code{call-process},
+@code{call-process-region}, @code{insert-file-contents}, or
+@code{open-network-stream}. These are the names of the Emacs I/O
+primitives that can do character code and eol conversion.
The remaining arguments should be the same arguments that might be given
to the corresponding I/O primitive. Depending on the primitive, one