I thought the short name would be more convenient for ALT users of GNU Emacs.

imz@altlinux.ru, 2002 Feb 23.

--- emacs-21.1.orig/lisp/international/encoded-kb.el	Sun Jul 15 23:53:53 2001

+++ emacs-21.1/lisp/international/encoded-kb.el	Sat Feb 23 13:16:59 2002

@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@

 (put 'encoded-kbd-mode 'permanent-local t)

 (let ((slot (assq 'encoded-kbd-mode minor-mode-alist))

-      (name " Encoded-kbd"))

+      (name " Enc-kb"))

   (if slot

       (setcar (cdr slot) name)

     (setq minor-mode-alist

-	  (cons '(encoded-kbd-mode " Encoded-kbd") minor-mode-alist))))

+	  (cons '(encoded-kbd-mode name) minor-mode-alist))))

 (defconst encoded-kbd-mode-map (make-sparse-keymap)

   "Keymap for Encoded-kbd minor mode.")

@@ -316,7 +316,12 @@

 In Encoded-kbd mode, a text sent from keyboard is accepted

 as a multilingual text encoded in a coding system set by

-\\[set-keyboard-coding-system]."

+\\[set-keyboard-coding-system].

+

+(The indicator string for this mode has been changed by ALT from `Encoded-kbd'

+to a shorter `Enc-kb', because this mode is often used in an ALT system and

+the original GNU Emacs indicator occupied too much space in the modeline 

+without giving much information to the user.)"

   (if encoded-kbd-mode

       ;; We must at first reset input-mode to the original.

       (apply 'set-input-mode saved-input-mode))