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21006 | 1 @c -*-texinfo-*- |
2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual. | |
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4 @c 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
21006 | 5 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions. |
6 @setfilename ../info/characters | |
7 @node Non-ASCII Characters, Searching and Matching, Text, Top | |
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8 @chapter Non-@acronym{ASCII} Characters |
21006 | 9 @cindex multibyte characters |
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11 @cindex non-@acronym{ASCII} characters |
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13 This chapter covers the special issues relating to non-@acronym{ASCII} |
21006 | 14 characters and how they are stored in strings and buffers. |
15 | |
16 @menu | |
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17 * Text Representations:: Unibyte and multibyte representations |
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18 * Converting Representations:: Converting unibyte to multibyte and vice versa. |
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19 * Selecting a Representation:: Treating a byte sequence as unibyte or multi. |
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20 * Character Codes:: How unibyte and multibyte relate to |
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21 codes of individual characters. |
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22 * Character Sets:: The space of possible character codes |
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23 is divided into various character sets. |
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24 * Chars and Bytes:: More information about multibyte encodings. |
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25 * Splitting Characters:: Converting a character to its byte sequence. |
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26 * Scanning Charsets:: Which character sets are used in a buffer? |
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27 * Translation of Characters:: Translation tables are used for conversion. |
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28 * Coding Systems:: Coding systems are conversions for saving files. |
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29 * Input Methods:: Input methods allow users to enter various |
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31 * Locales:: Interacting with the POSIX locale. |
21006 | 32 @end menu |
33 | |
34 @node Text Representations | |
35 @section Text Representations | |
36 @cindex text representations | |
37 | |
38 Emacs has two @dfn{text representations}---two ways to represent text | |
39 in a string or buffer. These are called @dfn{unibyte} and | |
40 @dfn{multibyte}. Each string, and each buffer, uses one of these two | |
41 representations. For most purposes, you can ignore the issue of | |
42 representations, because Emacs converts text between them as | |
43 appropriate. Occasionally in Lisp programming you will need to pay | |
44 attention to the difference. | |
45 | |
46 @cindex unibyte text | |
47 In unibyte representation, each character occupies one byte and | |
48 therefore the possible character codes range from 0 to 255. Codes 0 | |
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49 through 127 are @acronym{ASCII} characters; the codes from 128 through 255 |
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50 are used for one non-@acronym{ASCII} character set (you can choose which |
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51 character set by setting the variable @code{nonascii-insert-offset}). |
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53 @cindex leading code | |
54 @cindex multibyte text | |
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55 @cindex trailing codes |
21006 | 56 In multibyte representation, a character may occupy more than one |
57 byte, and as a result, the full range of Emacs character codes can be | |
58 stored. The first byte of a multibyte character is always in the range | |
59 128 through 159 (octal 0200 through 0237). These values are called | |
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60 @dfn{leading codes}. The second and subsequent bytes of a multibyte |
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61 character are always in the range 160 through 255 (octal 0240 through |
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62 0377); these values are @dfn{trailing codes}. |
21006 | 63 |
28877 | 64 Some sequences of bytes are not valid in multibyte text: for example, |
32523 | 65 a single isolated byte in the range 128 through 159 is not allowed. But |
66 character codes 128 through 159 can appear in multibyte text, | |
67 represented as two-byte sequences. All the character codes 128 through | |
68 255 are possible (though slightly abnormal) in multibyte text; they | |
28877 | 69 appear in multibyte buffers and strings when you do explicit encoding |
70 and decoding (@pxref{Explicit Encoding}). | |
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21006 | 72 In a buffer, the buffer-local value of the variable |
73 @code{enable-multibyte-characters} specifies the representation used. | |
24952 | 74 The representation for a string is determined and recorded in the string |
75 when the string is constructed. | |
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77 @defvar enable-multibyte-characters |
21006 | 78 This variable specifies the current buffer's text representation. |
79 If it is non-@code{nil}, the buffer contains multibyte text; otherwise, | |
80 it contains unibyte text. | |
81 | |
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83 @code{set-buffer-multibyte} to change a buffer's representation. |
21006 | 84 @end defvar |
85 | |
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86 @defvar default-enable-multibyte-characters |
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87 This variable's value is entirely equivalent to @code{(default-value |
21006 | 88 'enable-multibyte-characters)}, and setting this variable changes that |
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89 default value. Setting the local binding of |
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90 @code{enable-multibyte-characters} in a specific buffer is not allowed, |
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91 but changing the default value is supported, and it is a reasonable |
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92 thing to do, because it has no effect on existing buffers. |
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94 The @samp{--unibyte} command line option does its job by setting the | |
95 default value to @code{nil} early in startup. | |
96 @end defvar | |
97 | |
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99 Return the byte-position corresponding to buffer position |
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100 @var{position} in the current buffer. This is 1 at the start of the |
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101 buffer, and counts upward in bytes. If @var{position} is out of |
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102 range, the value is @code{nil}. |
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106 Return the buffer position corresponding to byte-position |
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108 out of range, the value is @code{nil}. |
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116 @cindex string, number of bytes |
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117 This function returns the number of bytes in @var{string}. |
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119 @code{(length @var{string})}. |
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21006 | 122 @node Converting Representations |
123 @section Converting Text Representations | |
124 | |
125 Emacs can convert unibyte text to multibyte; it can also convert | |
126 multibyte text to unibyte, though this conversion loses information. In | |
127 general these conversions happen when inserting text into a buffer, or | |
128 when putting text from several strings together in one string. You can | |
129 also explicitly convert a string's contents to either representation. | |
130 | |
131 Emacs chooses the representation for a string based on the text that | |
132 it is constructed from. The general rule is to convert unibyte text to | |
133 multibyte text when combining it with other multibyte text, because the | |
134 multibyte representation is more general and can hold whatever | |
135 characters the unibyte text has. | |
136 | |
137 When inserting text into a buffer, Emacs converts the text to the | |
138 buffer's representation, as specified by | |
139 @code{enable-multibyte-characters} in that buffer. In particular, when | |
140 you insert multibyte text into a unibyte buffer, Emacs converts the text | |
141 to unibyte, even though this conversion cannot in general preserve all | |
142 the characters that might be in the multibyte text. The other natural | |
143 alternative, to convert the buffer contents to multibyte, is not | |
144 acceptable because the buffer's representation is a choice made by the | |
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147 Converting unibyte text to multibyte text leaves @acronym{ASCII} characters |
32523 | 148 unchanged, and likewise character codes 128 through 159. It converts |
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149 the non-@acronym{ASCII} codes 160 through 255 by adding the value |
32523 | 150 @code{nonascii-insert-offset} to each character code. By setting this |
151 variable, you specify which character set the unibyte characters | |
152 correspond to (@pxref{Character Sets}). For example, if | |
153 @code{nonascii-insert-offset} is 2048, which is @code{(- (make-char | |
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154 'latin-iso8859-1) 128)}, then the unibyte non-@acronym{ASCII} characters |
32523 | 155 correspond to Latin 1. If it is 2688, which is @code{(- (make-char |
156 'greek-iso8859-7) 128)}, then they correspond to Greek letters. | |
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158 Converting multibyte text to unibyte is simpler: it discards all but |
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161 set, this conversion is the inverse of the other: converting unibyte |
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162 text to multibyte and back to unibyte reproduces the original unibyte |
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166 This variable specifies the amount to add to a non-@acronym{ASCII} character |
21006 | 167 when converting unibyte text to multibyte. It also applies when |
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168 @code{self-insert-command} inserts a character in the unibyte |
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169 non-@acronym{ASCII} range, 128 through 255. However, the functions |
29265 | 170 @code{insert} and @code{insert-char} do not perform this conversion. |
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21006 | 174 @code{nonascii-insert-offset} is zero, then conversion actually uses the |
175 value for the Latin 1 character set, rather than zero. | |
176 @end defvar | |
177 | |
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178 @defvar nonascii-translation-table |
21006 | 179 This variable provides a more general alternative to |
180 @code{nonascii-insert-offset}. You can use it to specify independently | |
181 how to translate each code in the range of 128 through 255 into a | |
29265 | 182 multibyte character. The value should be a char-table, or @code{nil}. |
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21006 | 184 @end defvar |
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189 @defun string-make-unibyte string |
21006 | 190 This function converts the text of @var{string} to unibyte |
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193 character codes are converted to unibyte according to |
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21006 | 197 @end defun |
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199 @defun string-make-multibyte string |
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21006 | 233 @node Selecting a Representation |
234 @section Selecting a Representation | |
235 | |
236 Sometimes it is useful to examine an existing buffer or string as | |
237 multibyte when it was unibyte, or vice versa. | |
238 | |
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21006 | 240 Set the representation type of the current buffer. If @var{multibyte} |
241 is non-@code{nil}, the buffer becomes multibyte. If @var{multibyte} | |
242 is @code{nil}, the buffer becomes unibyte. | |
243 | |
244 This function leaves the buffer contents unchanged when viewed as a | |
245 sequence of bytes. As a consequence, it can change the contents viewed | |
246 as characters; a sequence of two bytes which is treated as one character | |
247 in multibyte representation will count as two characters in unibyte | |
29265 | 248 representation. Character codes 128 through 159 are an exception. They |
249 are represented by one byte in a unibyte buffer, but when the buffer is | |
250 set to multibyte, they are converted to two-byte sequences, and vice | |
251 versa. | |
21006 | 252 |
253 This function sets @code{enable-multibyte-characters} to record which | |
254 representation is in use. It also adjusts various data in the buffer | |
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21006 | 264 This function returns a string with the same bytes as @var{string} but |
265 treating each byte as a character. This means that the value may have | |
266 more characters than @var{string} has. | |
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33912 | 269 @var{string} itself. Otherwise it is a newly created string, with no |
270 text properties. If @var{string} is multibyte, any characters it | |
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33912 | 272 are converted to the corresponding single byte. |
21006 | 273 @end defun |
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21006 | 276 This function returns a string with the same bytes as @var{string} but |
277 treating each multibyte sequence as one character. This means that the | |
278 value may have fewer characters than @var{string} has. | |
279 | |
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33912 | 281 @var{string} itself. Otherwise it is a newly created string, with no |
282 text properties. If @var{string} is unibyte and contains any individual | |
283 8-bit bytes (i.e.@: not part of a multibyte form), they are converted to | |
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285 or @code{eight-bit-graphic}. |
21006 | 286 @end defun |
287 | |
288 @node Character Codes | |
289 @section Character Codes | |
290 @cindex character codes | |
291 | |
292 The unibyte and multibyte text representations use different character | |
293 codes. The valid character codes for unibyte representation range from | |
294 0 to 255---the values that can fit in one byte. The valid character | |
295 codes for multibyte representation range from 0 to 524287, but not all | |
28877 | 296 values in that range are valid. The values 128 through 255 are not |
32523 | 297 entirely proper in multibyte text, but they can occur if you do explicit |
28877 | 298 encoding and decoding (@pxref{Explicit Encoding}). Some other character |
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32523 | 300 0 through 127 are completely legitimate in both representations. |
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306 @example | |
307 (char-valid-p 65) | |
308 @result{} t | |
309 (char-valid-p 256) | |
310 @result{} nil | |
311 (char-valid-p 2248) | |
312 @result{} t | |
313 @end example | |
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21006 | 318 @end defun |
319 | |
320 @node Character Sets | |
321 @section Character Sets | |
322 @cindex character sets | |
323 | |
324 Emacs classifies characters into various @dfn{character sets}, each of | |
325 which has a name which is a symbol. Each character belongs to one and | |
326 only one character set. | |
327 | |
328 In general, there is one character set for each distinct script. For | |
329 example, @code{latin-iso8859-1} is one character set, | |
330 @code{greek-iso8859-7} is another, and @code{ascii} is another. An | |
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28900 | 339 @code{eight-bit-control}, and codes 160 through 255 are in character set |
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375 @section Characters and Bytes | |
376 @cindex bytes and characters | |
377 | |
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29265 | 384 introduction sequence.) The introduction sequence is the beginning of |
385 the byte sequence for any character in the character set. The rest of | |
386 the character's bytes distinguish it from the other characters in the | |
387 same character set. Depending on the character set, there are either | |
388 one or two distinguishing bytes; the number of such bytes is called the | |
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427 (split-char 2248) | |
428 @result{} (latin-iso8859-1 72) | |
429 (split-char 65) | |
430 @result{} (ascii 65) | |
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432 @result{} (eight-bit-control 128) | |
21006 | 433 @end example |
434 @end defun | |
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437 This function returns the character in character set @var{charset} whose | |
438 position codes are @var{code1} and @var{code2}. This is roughly the | |
439 inverse of @code{split-char}. Normally, you should specify either one | |
440 or both of @var{code1} and @var{code2} according to the dimension of | |
441 @var{charset}. For example, | |
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443 @example | |
444 (make-char 'latin-iso8859-1 72) | |
445 @result{} 2248 | |
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477 @code{make-char} returns the character code corresponding to the | |
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596 @section Coding Systems | |
597 | |
598 @cindex coding system | |
599 When Emacs reads or writes a file, and when Emacs sends text to a | |
600 subprocess or receives text from a subprocess, it normally performs | |
601 character code conversion and end-of-line conversion as specified | |
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626 used inside Emacs and some other encoding. Emacs supports many | |
627 different encodings, in that it can convert to and from them. For | |
628 example, it can convert text to or from encodings such as Latin 1, Latin | |
629 2, Latin 3, Latin 4, Latin 5, and several variants of ISO 2022. In some | |
630 cases, Emacs supports several alternative encodings for the same | |
631 characters; for example, there are three coding systems for the Cyrillic | |
632 (Russian) alphabet: ISO, Alternativnyj, and KOI8. | |
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667 @cindex variant coding system | |
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669 conversion unspecified, to be chosen based on the data. @dfn{Variant | |
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742 overriding @code{buffer-file-coding-system}). Note that it is not used | |
743 for @code{write-region}. | |
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21006 | 795 This function returns a list of all coding system names (symbols). If |
796 @var{base-only} is non-@code{nil}, the value includes only the | |
29265 | 797 base coding systems. Otherwise, it includes alias and variant coding |
798 systems as well. | |
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21006 | 807 This function checks the validity of @var{coding-system}. |
808 If that is valid, it returns @var{coding-system}. | |
809 Otherwise it signals an error with condition @code{coding-system-error}. | |
810 @end defun | |
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941 alternatives described above. |
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945 without user interaction is acceptable. @code{select-safe-coding-system} |
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947 selected coding system. If @var{accept-default-p} returns @code{nil}, |
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948 @code{select-safe-coding-system} rejects the silently selected coding |
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954 non-@code{nil}, its value overrides the value of |
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955 @var{accept-default-p}. |
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957 As a final step, before returning the chosen coding system, |
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958 @code{select-safe-coding-system} checks whether that coding system is |
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961 a file subsequently re-visited and edited.) Normally, |
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963 file for this purpose, but if @var{file} is non-@code{nil}, it uses |
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964 that file instead (this can be relevant for @code{write-region} and |
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965 similar functions). If it detects an apparent inconsistency, |
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966 @code{select-safe-coding-system} queries the user before selecting the |
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967 coding system. |
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968 @end defun |
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970 Here are two functions you can use to let the user specify a coding |
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971 system, with completion. @xref{Completion}. |
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973 @defun read-coding-system prompt &optional default |
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974 This function reads a coding system using the minibuffer, prompting with |
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975 string @var{prompt}, and returns the coding system name as a symbol. If |
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976 the user enters null input, @var{default} specifies which coding system |
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977 to return. It should be a symbol or a string. |
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980 @defun read-non-nil-coding-system prompt |
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981 This function reads a coding system using the minibuffer, prompting with |
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982 string @var{prompt}, and returns the coding system name as a symbol. If |
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983 the user tries to enter null input, it asks the user to try again. |
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984 @xref{Coding Systems}. |
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985 @end defun |
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992 function that I/O operations use to access them. |
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1005 @var{regexp} is decoded with @var{coding-system} when its contents are |
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1055 the end of line conversion---that is, one like @code{latin-1-unix}, |
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1058 @defvar network-coding-system-alist |
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1059 This variable is an alist that specifies the coding system to use for |
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1060 network streams. It works much like @code{file-coding-system-alist}, |
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1068 This variable specifies the coding systems to use for subprocess (and |
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1079 coding system for a file based on its undecoded contents. |
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1094 This function returns the coding system to use (by default) for | |
1095 performing @var{operation} with @var{arguments}. The value has this | |
1096 form: | |
1097 | |
1098 @example | |
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21006 | 1100 @end example |
1101 | |
1102 The first element, @var{decoding-system}, is the coding system to use | |
1103 for decoding (in case @var{operation} does decoding), and | |
1104 @var{encoding-system} is the coding system for encoding (in case | |
1105 @var{operation} does encoding). | |
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21006 | 1116 @var{operation} does file I/O, whichever argument specifies the file |
1117 name is the target. For subprocess primitives, the process name is the | |
1118 target. For @code{open-network-stream}, the target is the service name | |
1119 or port number. | |
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1137 | |
1138 @node Specifying Coding Systems | |
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1141 You can specify the coding system for a specific operation by binding | |
1142 the variables @code{coding-system-for-read} and/or | |
1143 @code{coding-system-for-write}. | |
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21006 | 1146 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, it specifies the coding system to |
1147 use for reading a file, or for input from a synchronous subprocess. | |
1148 | |
1149 It also applies to any asynchronous subprocess or network stream, but in | |
1150 a different way: the value of @code{coding-system-for-read} when you | |
1151 start the subprocess or open the network stream specifies the input | |
1152 decoding method for that subprocess or network stream. It remains in | |
1153 use for that subprocess or network stream unless and until overridden. | |
1154 | |
1155 The right way to use this variable is to bind it with @code{let} for a | |
1156 specific I/O operation. Its global value is normally @code{nil}, and | |
1157 you should not globally set it to any other value. Here is an example | |
1158 of the right way to use the variable: | |
1159 | |
1160 @example | |
1161 ;; @r{Read the file with no character code conversion.} | |
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21006 | 1164 (insert-file-contents filename)) |
1165 @end example | |
1166 | |
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21006 | 1169 input, including @code{file-coding-system-alist}, |
1170 @code{process-coding-system-alist} and | |
1171 @code{network-coding-system-alist}. | |
1172 @end defvar | |
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21006 | 1175 This works much like @code{coding-system-for-read}, except that it |
1176 applies to output rather than input. It affects writing to files, | |
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1179 When a single operation does both input and output, as do | |
1180 @code{call-process-region} and @code{start-process}, both | |
1181 @code{coding-system-for-read} and @code{coding-system-for-write} | |
1182 affect it. | |
1183 @end defvar | |
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1187 no matter which coding system is specified. This applies to all the | |
1188 Emacs I/O and subprocess primitives, and to the explicit encoding and | |
1189 decoding functions (@pxref{Explicit Encoding}). | |
1190 @end defvar | |
1191 | |
1192 @node Explicit Encoding | |
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21006 | 1194 @cindex encoding text |
1195 @cindex decoding text | |
1196 | |
1197 All the operations that transfer text in and out of Emacs have the | |
1198 ability to use a coding system to encode or decode the text. | |
1199 You can also explicitly encode and decode text using the functions | |
1200 in this section. | |
1201 | |
1202 The result of encoding, and the input to decoding, are not ordinary | |
28877 | 1203 text. They logically consist of a series of byte values; that is, a |
1204 series of characters whose codes are in the range 0 through 255. In a | |
1205 multibyte buffer or string, character codes 128 through 159 are | |
1206 represented by multibyte sequences, but this is invisible to Lisp | |
1207 programs. | |
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28877 | 1209 The usual way to read a file into a buffer as a sequence of bytes, so |
1210 you can decode the contents explicitly, is with | |
1211 @code{insert-file-contents-literally} (@pxref{Reading from Files}); | |
1212 alternatively, specify a non-@code{nil} @var{rawfile} argument when | |
1213 visiting a file with @code{find-file-noselect}. These methods result in | |
1214 a unibyte buffer. | |
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1217 encoding text is to copy it to a file or process---for example, to write | |
1218 it with @code{write-region} (@pxref{Writing to Files}), and suppress | |
1219 encoding by binding @code{coding-system-for-write} to | |
1220 @code{no-conversion}. | |
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28877 | 1230 original text in the buffer. The result of encoding is logically a |
1231 sequence of bytes, but the buffer remains multibyte if it was multibyte | |
1232 before. | |
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21006 | 1238 This function encodes the text in @var{string} according to coding |
1239 system @var{coding-system}. It returns a new string containing the | |
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1248 original text in the buffer. To make explicit decoding useful, the text | |
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1250 multibyte and unibyte buffers are acceptable. | |
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1257 system @var{coding-system}. It returns a new string containing the | |
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1266 This function decodes the text from @var{from} to @var{to} as if |
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1276 @node Terminal I/O Encoding |
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1277 @subsection Terminal I/O Encoding |
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1279 Emacs can decode keyboard input using a coding system, and encode |
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1285 @defun keyboard-coding-system |
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1286 This function returns the coding system that is in use for decoding |
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1287 keyboard input---or @code{nil} if no coding system is to be used. |
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1288 @end defun |
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1290 @deffn Command set-keyboard-coding-system coding-system |
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1291 This command specifies @var{coding-system} as the coding system to |
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1296 @defun terminal-coding-system |
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1297 This function returns the coding system that is in use for encoding |
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1308 @subsection MS-DOS File Types |
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1309 @cindex DOS file types |
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1311 @cindex Windows file types |
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1312 @cindex file types on MS-DOS and Windows |
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1313 @cindex text files and binary files |
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1317 end-of-line conversion for a file by looking at the file's name. This |
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1321 and no character code conversion for them. On the other hand, the bytes |
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1323 new file whose name implies that it is a text file, Emacs uses DOS |
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1324 end-of-line conversion. |
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1330 used to determine which coding system to use when writing the contents |
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1331 of the buffer. It should be @code{nil} for text, @code{t} for binary. |
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1332 If it is @code{t}, the coding system is @code{no-conversion}. |
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1335 Normally this variable is set by visiting a file; it is set to |
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1336 @code{nil} if the file was visited without any actual conversion. |
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1340 This variable holds an alist for recognizing text and binary files. |
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1382 This variable holds the name of the input method now active in the |
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1383 current buffer. (It automatically becomes local in each buffer when set |
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1389 This variable holds the default input method for commands that choose an |
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1390 input method. Unlike @code{current-input-method}, this variable is |
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1391 normally global. |
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1395 This command activates input method @var{input-method} for the current |
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1397 If @var{input-method} is @code{nil}, this command deactivates any input |
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1401 @defun read-input-method-name prompt &optional default inhibit-null |
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1402 This function reads an input method name with the minibuffer, prompting |
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1403 with @var{prompt}. If @var{default} is non-@code{nil}, that is returned |
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1404 by default, if the user enters empty input. However, if |
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1405 @var{inhibit-null} is non-@code{nil}, empty input signals an error. |
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1407 The returned value is a string. |
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1408 @end defun |
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1410 @defvar input-method-alist |
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1411 This variable defines all the supported input methods. |
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1412 Each element defines one input method, and should have the form: |
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1414 @example |
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1415 (@var{input-method} @var{language-env} @var{activate-func} |
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1416 @var{title} @var{description} @var{args}...) |
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1417 @end example |
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1419 Here @var{input-method} is the input method name, a string; |
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1420 @var{language-env} is another string, the name of the language |
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1421 environment this input method is recommended for. (That serves only for |
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1422 documentation purposes.) |
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1424 @var{activate-func} is a function to call to activate this method. The |
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1425 @var{args}, if any, are passed as arguments to @var{activate-func}. All |
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1426 told, the arguments to @var{activate-func} are @var{input-method} and |
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1427 the @var{args}. |
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1429 @var{title} is a string to display in the mode line while this method is | |
1430 active. @var{description} is a string describing this method and what | |
1431 it is good for. | |
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1432 @end defvar |
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1435 variable @code{input-method-function}. @xref{Reading One Event}, |
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1436 and @ref{Invoking the Input Method}. |
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1438 @node Locales |
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1439 @section Locales |
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1440 @cindex locale |
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1442 POSIX defines a concept of ``locales'' which control which language |
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1443 to use in language-related features. These Emacs variables control |
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1444 how Emacs interacts with these features. |
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1446 @defvar locale-coding-system |
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1448 This variable specifies the coding system to use for decoding system |
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1449 error messages and---on X Window system only---keyboard input, for |
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1450 encoding the format argument to @code{format-time-string}, and for |
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1452 @end defvar |
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1454 @defvar system-messages-locale |
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1455 This variable specifies the locale to use for generating system error |
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1456 messages. Changing the locale can cause messages to come out in a |
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1458 @code{nil}, the locale is specified by environment variables in the |
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1459 usual POSIX fashion. |
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1460 @end defvar |
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1462 @defvar system-time-locale |
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1463 This variable specifies the locale to use for formatting time values. |
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1464 Changing the locale can cause messages to appear according to the |
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1465 conventions of a different language. If the variable is @code{nil}, the |
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1466 locale is specified by environment variables in the usual POSIX fashion. |
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1467 @end defvar |
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1469 @defun locale-info item |
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1470 This function returns locale data @var{item} for the current POSIX |
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1473 @table @code |
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1474 @item codeset |
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1477 @item days |
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1478 Return a 7-element vector of day names (locale items |
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1479 @code{DAY_1} through @code{DAY_7}); |
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1485 @item paper |
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1494 @code{locale-coding-system}. @xref{Locales,,, libc, The GNU Libc Manual}, |
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1495 for more information about locales and locale items. |
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1496 @end defun |
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1500 @end ignore |