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1 @c -*-texinfo-*-
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2 @c This is part of the GNU Emacs Lisp Reference Manual.
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3 @c Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004,
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4 @c 2005, 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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5 @c See the file elisp.texi for copying conditions.
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6 @setfilename ../info/characters
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7 @node Non-ASCII Characters, Searching and Matching, Text, Top
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8 @chapter Non-@acronym{ASCII} Characters
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9 @cindex multibyte characters
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10 @cindex characters, multi-byte
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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}
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14 characters and how they are stored in strings and buffers.
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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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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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30 non-ASCII characters without special keyboards.
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31 * Locales:: Interacting with the POSIX locale.
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32 @end menu
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34 @node Text Representations
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35 @section Text Representations
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36 @cindex text representations
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38 Emacs has two @dfn{text representations}---two ways to represent text
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39 in a string or buffer. These are called @dfn{unibyte} and
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41 representations. For most purposes, you can ignore the issue of
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42 representations, because Emacs converts text between them as
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43 appropriate. Occasionally in Lisp programming you will need to pay
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44 attention to the difference.
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46 @cindex unibyte text
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47 In unibyte representation, each character occupies one byte and
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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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51 character set by setting the variable @code{nonascii-insert-offset}).
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53 @cindex leading code
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54 @cindex multibyte text
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55 @cindex trailing codes
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56 In multibyte representation, a character may occupy more than one
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57 byte, and as a result, the full range of Emacs character codes can be
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58 stored. The first byte of a multibyte character is always in the range
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62 0377); these values are @dfn{trailing codes}.
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70 and decoding (@pxref{Explicit Encoding}).
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73 @code{enable-multibyte-characters} specifies the representation used.
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74 The representation for a string is determined and recorded in the string
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75 when the string is constructed.
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77 @defvar enable-multibyte-characters
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78 This variable specifies the current buffer's text representation.
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79 If it is non-@code{nil}, the buffer contains multibyte text; otherwise,
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80 it contains unibyte text.
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82 You cannot set this variable directly; instead, use the function
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83 @code{set-buffer-multibyte} to change a buffer's representation.
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84 @end defvar
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86 @defvar default-enable-multibyte-characters
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94 The @samp{--unibyte} command line option does its job by setting the
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95 default value to @code{nil} early in startup.
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96 @end defvar
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98 @defun position-bytes position
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99 Return the byte-position corresponding to buffer position
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105 @defun byte-to-position byte-position
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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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111 @defun multibyte-string-p string
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112 Return @code{t} if @var{string} is a multibyte string.
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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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120 @end defun
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122 @node Converting Representations
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123 @section Converting Text Representations
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125 Emacs can convert unibyte text to multibyte; it can also convert
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131 Emacs chooses the representation for a string based on the text that
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132 it is constructed from. The general rule is to convert unibyte text to
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134 multibyte representation is more general and can hold whatever
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137 When inserting text into a buffer, Emacs converts the text to the
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140 you insert multibyte text into a unibyte buffer, Emacs converts the text
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142 the characters that might be in the multibyte text. The other natural
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189 @defun string-make-unibyte string
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199 @defun string-make-multibyte string
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206 Emacs primitives will treat the string the same way whether it is
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221 @defun multibyte-char-to-unibyte char
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239 @defun set-buffer-multibyte multibyte
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321 @section Character Sets
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331 Emacs character set can hold at most 9025 characters; therefore, in some
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342 @defun charsetp object
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343 Returns @code{t} if @var{object} is a symbol that names a character set,
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349 @end defvar
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351 @defun charset-list
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352 This function returns the value of @code{charset-list}. It is only
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356 @defun char-charset character
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357 This function returns the name of the character set that @var{character}
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362 @defun charset-plist charset
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363 This function returns the charset property list of the character set
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364 @var{charset}. Although @var{charset} is a symbol, this is not the same
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365 as the property list of that symbol. Charset properties are used for
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366 special purposes within Emacs.
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367 @end defun
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368
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369 @deffn Command list-charset-chars charset
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370 This command displays a list of characters in the character set
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371 @var{charset}.
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372 @end deffn
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375 @section Characters and Bytes
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376 @cindex bytes and characters
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378 @cindex introduction sequence (of character)
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379 @cindex dimension (of character set)
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380 In multibyte representation, each character occupies one or more
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385 the byte sequence for any character in the character set. The rest of
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386 the character's bytes distinguish it from the other characters in the
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387 same character set. Depending on the character set, there are either
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388 one or two distinguishing bytes; the number of such bytes is called the
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389 @dfn{dimension} of the character set.
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390
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391 @defun charset-dimension charset
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392 This function returns the dimension of @var{charset}; at present, the
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394 @end defun
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395
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396 @defun charset-bytes charset
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397 This function returns the number of bytes used to represent a character
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399 @end defun
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401 This is the simplest way to determine the byte length of a character
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402 set's introduction sequence:
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405 (- (charset-bytes @var{charset})
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406 (charset-dimension @var{charset}))
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409 @node Splitting Characters
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410 @section Splitting Characters
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411 @cindex character as bytes
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413 The functions in this section convert between characters and the byte
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418 @defun split-char character
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433 @result{} (eight-bit-control 128)
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438 @defun make-char charset &optional code1 code2
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439 This function returns the character in character set @var{charset} whose
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447 @result{} 2248
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448 @end example
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449
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450 Actually, the eighth bit of both @var{code1} and @var{code2} is zeroed
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451 before they are used to index @var{charset}. Thus you may use, for
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452 instance, an ISO 8859 character code rather than subtracting 128, as
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453 is necessary to index the corresponding Emacs charset.
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454 @end defun
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456 @cindex generic characters
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457 If you call @code{make-char} with no @var{byte-values}, the result is
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458 a @dfn{generic character} which stands for @var{charset}. A generic
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459 character is an integer, but it is @emph{not} valid for insertion in the
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460 buffer as a character. It can be used in @code{char-table-range} to
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461 refer to the whole character set (@pxref{Char-Tables}).
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462 @code{char-valid-p} returns @code{nil} for generic characters.
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463 For example:
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464
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465 @example
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466 (make-char 'latin-iso8859-1)
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467 @result{} 2176
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468 (char-valid-p 2176)
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469 @result{} nil
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470 (char-valid-p 2176 t)
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471 @result{} t
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472 (split-char 2176)
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473 @result{} (latin-iso8859-1 0)
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474 @end example
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475
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476 The character sets @code{ascii}, @code{eight-bit-control}, and
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477 @code{eight-bit-graphic} don't have corresponding generic characters. If
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478 @var{charset} is one of them and you don't supply @var{code1},
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479 @code{make-char} returns the character code corresponding to the
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480 smallest code in @var{charset}.
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481
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482 @node Scanning Charsets
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483 @section Scanning for Character Sets
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484
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485 Sometimes it is useful to find out which character sets appear in a
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486 part of a buffer or a string. One use for this is in determining which
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487 coding systems (@pxref{Coding Systems}) are capable of representing all
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488 of the text in question.
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489
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490 @defun charset-after &optional pos
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491 This function return the charset of a character in the current buffer
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492 at position @var{pos}. If @var{pos} is omitted or @code{nil}, it
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493 defaults to the current value of point. If @var{pos} is out of range,
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494 the value is @code{nil}.
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495 @end defun
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496
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497 @defun find-charset-region beg end &optional translation
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498 This function returns a list of the character sets that appear in the
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499 current buffer between positions @var{beg} and @var{end}.
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500
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501 The optional argument @var{translation} specifies a translation table to
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502 be used in scanning the text (@pxref{Translation of Characters}). If it
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503 is non-@code{nil}, then each character in the region is translated
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504 through this table, and the value returned describes the translated
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505 characters instead of the characters actually in the buffer.
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506 @end defun
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507
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508 @defun find-charset-string string &optional translation
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509 This function returns a list of the character sets that appear in the
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510 string @var{string}. It is just like @code{find-charset-region}, except
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511 that it applies to the contents of @var{string} instead of part of the
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512 current buffer.
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513 @end defun
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514
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515 @node Translation of Characters
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516 @section Translation of Characters
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517 @cindex character translation tables
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518 @cindex translation tables
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519
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520 A @dfn{translation table} is a char-table that specifies a mapping
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521 of characters into characters. These tables are used in encoding and
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522 decoding, and for other purposes. Some coding systems specify their
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523 own particular translation tables; there are also default translation
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524 tables which apply to all other coding systems.
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525
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526 For instance, the coding-system @code{utf-8} has a translation table
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527 that maps characters of various charsets (e.g.,
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528 @code{latin-iso8859-@var{x}}) into Unicode character sets. This way,
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529 it can encode Latin-2 characters into UTF-8. Meanwhile,
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530 @code{unify-8859-on-decoding-mode} operates by specifying
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531 @code{standard-translation-table-for-decode} to translate
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532 Latin-@var{x} characters into corresponding Unicode characters.
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533
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534 @defun make-translation-table &rest translations
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535 This function returns a translation table based on the argument
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536 @var{translations}. Each element of @var{translations} should be a
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537 list of elements of the form @code{(@var{from} . @var{to})}; this says
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538 to translate the character @var{from} into @var{to}.
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539
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540 The arguments and the forms in each argument are processed in order,
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541 and if a previous form already translates @var{to} to some other
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542 character, say @var{to-alt}, @var{from} is also translated to
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543 @var{to-alt}.
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544
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545 You can also map one whole character set into another character set with
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546 the same dimension. To do this, you specify a generic character (which
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547 designates a character set) for @var{from} (@pxref{Splitting Characters}).
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548 In this case, if @var{to} is also a generic character, its character
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549 set should have the same dimension as @var{from}'s. Then the
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550 translation table translates each character of @var{from}'s character
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551 set into the corresponding character of @var{to}'s character set. If
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552 @var{from} is a generic character and @var{to} is an ordinary
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553 character, then the translation table translates every character of
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554 @var{from}'s character set into @var{to}.
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555 @end defun
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556
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557 In decoding, the translation table's translations are applied to the
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558 characters that result from ordinary decoding. If a coding system has
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559 property @code{translation-table-for-decode}, that specifies the
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560 translation table to use. (This is a property of the coding system,
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561 as returned by @code{coding-system-get}, not a property of the symbol
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562 that is the coding system's name. @xref{Coding System Basics,, Basic
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563 Concepts of Coding Systems}.) Otherwise, if
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564 @code{standard-translation-table-for-decode} is non-@code{nil},
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565 decoding uses that table.
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567 In encoding, the translation table's translations are applied to the
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568 characters in the buffer, and the result of translation is actually
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569 encoded. If a coding system has property
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570 @code{translation-table-for-encode}, that specifies the translation
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571 table to use. Otherwise the variable
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572 @code{standard-translation-table-for-encode} specifies the translation
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573 table.
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574
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575 @defvar standard-translation-table-for-decode
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576 This is the default translation table for decoding, for
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577 coding systems that don't specify any other translation table.
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578 @end defvar
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580 @defvar standard-translation-table-for-encode
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581 This is the default translation table for encoding, for
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582 coding systems that don't specify any other translation table.
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583 @end defvar
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584
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585 @defvar translation-table-for-input
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586 Self-inserting characters are translated through this translation
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587 table before they are inserted. Search commands also translate their
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589 what's in the buffer.
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591 @code{set-buffer-file-coding-system} sets this variable so that your
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592 keyboard input gets translated into the character sets that the buffer
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593 is likely to contain. This variable automatically becomes
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594 buffer-local when set.
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595 @end defvar
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597 @node Coding Systems
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598 @section Coding Systems
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599
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600 @cindex coding system
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601 When Emacs reads or writes a file, and when Emacs sends text to a
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602 subprocess or receives text from a subprocess, it normally performs
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603 character code conversion and end-of-line conversion as specified
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604 by a particular @dfn{coding system}.
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606 How to define a coding system is an arcane matter, and is not
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607 documented here.
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609 @menu
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610 * Coding System Basics:: Basic concepts.
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611 * Encoding and I/O:: How file I/O functions handle coding systems.
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612 * Lisp and Coding Systems:: Functions to operate on coding system names.
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613 * User-Chosen Coding Systems:: Asking the user to choose a coding system.
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614 * Default Coding Systems:: Controlling the default choices.
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615 * Specifying Coding Systems:: Requesting a particular coding system
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616 for a single file operation.
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617 * Explicit Encoding:: Encoding or decoding text without doing I/O.
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618 * Terminal I/O Encoding:: Use of encoding for terminal I/O.
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619 * MS-DOS File Types:: How DOS "text" and "binary" files
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620 relate to coding systems.
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621 @end menu
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623 @node Coding System Basics
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624 @subsection Basic Concepts of Coding Systems
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625
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626 @cindex character code conversion
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627 @dfn{Character code conversion} involves conversion between the encoding
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628 used inside Emacs and some other encoding. Emacs supports many
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629 different encodings, in that it can convert to and from them. For
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630 example, it can convert text to or from encodings such as Latin 1, Latin
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631 2, Latin 3, Latin 4, Latin 5, and several variants of ISO 2022. In some
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632 cases, Emacs supports several alternative encodings for the same
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633 characters; for example, there are three coding systems for the Cyrillic
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634 (Russian) alphabet: ISO, Alternativnyj, and KOI8.
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635
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636 Most coding systems specify a particular character code for
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637 conversion, but some of them leave the choice unspecified---to be chosen
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638 heuristically for each file, based on the data.
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639
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640 In general, a coding system doesn't guarantee roundtrip identity:
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641 decoding a byte sequence using coding system, then encoding the
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642 resulting text in the same coding system, can produce a different byte
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643 sequence. However, the following coding systems do guarantee that the
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644 byte sequence will be the same as what you originally decoded:
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645
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646 @quotation
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647 chinese-big5 chinese-iso-8bit cyrillic-iso-8bit emacs-mule
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648 greek-iso-8bit hebrew-iso-8bit iso-latin-1 iso-latin-2 iso-latin-3
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649 iso-latin-4 iso-latin-5 iso-latin-8 iso-latin-9 iso-safe
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650 japanese-iso-8bit japanese-shift-jis korean-iso-8bit raw-text
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651 @end quotation
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652
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653 Encoding buffer text and then decoding the result can also fail to
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654 reproduce the original text. For instance, if you encode Latin-2
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655 characters with @code{utf-8} and decode the result using the same
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656 coding system, you'll get Unicode characters (of charset
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657 @code{mule-unicode-0100-24ff}). If you encode Unicode characters with
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658 @code{iso-latin-2} and decode the result with the same coding system,
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659 you'll get Latin-2 characters.
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660
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661 @cindex EOL conversion
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662 @cindex end-of-line conversion
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663 @cindex line end conversion
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664 @dfn{End of line conversion} handles three different conventions used
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665 on various systems for representing end of line in files. The Unix
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666 convention is to use the linefeed character (also called newline). The
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667 DOS convention is to use a carriage-return and a linefeed at the end of
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668 a line. The Mac convention is to use just carriage-return.
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670 @cindex base coding system
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671 @cindex variant coding system
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672 @dfn{Base coding systems} such as @code{latin-1} leave the end-of-line
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673 conversion unspecified, to be chosen based on the data. @dfn{Variant
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674 coding systems} such as @code{latin-1-unix}, @code{latin-1-dos} and
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675 @code{latin-1-mac} specify the end-of-line conversion explicitly as
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676 well. Most base coding systems have three corresponding variants whose
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677 names are formed by adding @samp{-unix}, @samp{-dos} and @samp{-mac}.
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679 The coding system @code{raw-text} is special in that it prevents
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680 character code conversion, and causes the buffer visited with that
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681 coding system to be a unibyte buffer. It does not specify the
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682 end-of-line conversion, allowing that to be determined as usual by the
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683 data, and has the usual three variants which specify the end-of-line
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684 conversion. @code{no-conversion} is equivalent to @code{raw-text-unix}:
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685 it specifies no conversion of either character codes or end-of-line.
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686
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687 The coding system @code{emacs-mule} specifies that the data is
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688 represented in the internal Emacs encoding. This is like
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689 @code{raw-text} in that no code conversion happens, but different in
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690 that the result is multibyte data.
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691
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692 @defun coding-system-get coding-system property
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693 This function returns the specified property of the coding system
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694 @var{coding-system}. Most coding system properties exist for internal
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695 purposes, but one that you might find useful is @code{mime-charset}.
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696 That property's value is the name used in MIME for the character coding
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697 which this coding system can read and write. Examples:
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698
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699 @example
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700 (coding-system-get 'iso-latin-1 'mime-charset)
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701 @result{} iso-8859-1
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702 (coding-system-get 'iso-2022-cn 'mime-charset)
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703 @result{} iso-2022-cn
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704 (coding-system-get 'cyrillic-koi8 'mime-charset)
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705 @result{} koi8-r
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706 @end example
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707
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708 The value of the @code{mime-charset} property is also defined
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709 as an alias for the coding system.
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710 @end defun
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711
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712 @node Encoding and I/O
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713 @subsection Encoding and I/O
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715 The principal purpose of coding systems is for use in reading and
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716 writing files. The function @code{insert-file-contents} uses
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717 a coding system for decoding the file data, and @code{write-region}
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718 uses one to encode the buffer contents.
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719
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720 You can specify the coding system to use either explicitly
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721 (@pxref{Specifying Coding Systems}), or implicitly using a default
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722 mechanism (@pxref{Default Coding Systems}). But these methods may not
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723 completely specify what to do. For example, they may choose a coding
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724 system such as @code{undefined} which leaves the character code
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725 conversion to be determined from the data. In these cases, the I/O
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726 operation finishes the job of choosing a coding system. Very often
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727 you will want to find out afterwards which coding system was chosen.
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729 @defvar buffer-file-coding-system
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730 This buffer-local variable records the coding system that was used to visit
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731 the current buffer. It is used for saving the buffer, and for writing part
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732 of the buffer with @code{write-region}. If the text to be written
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733 cannot be safely encoded using the coding system specified by this
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734 variable, these operations select an alternative encoding by calling
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735 the function @code{select-safe-coding-system} (@pxref{User-Chosen
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736 Coding Systems}). If selecting a different encoding requires to ask
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737 the user to specify a coding system, @code{buffer-file-coding-system}
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738 is updated to the newly selected coding system.
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739
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740 @code{buffer-file-coding-system} does @emph{not} affect sending text
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741 to a subprocess.
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742 @end defvar
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743
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744 @defvar save-buffer-coding-system
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745 This variable specifies the coding system for saving the buffer (by
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746 overriding @code{buffer-file-coding-system}). Note that it is not used
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747 for @code{write-region}.
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748
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749 When a command to save the buffer starts out to use
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750 @code{buffer-file-coding-system} (or @code{save-buffer-coding-system}),
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751 and that coding system cannot handle
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752 the actual text in the buffer, the command asks the user to choose
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753 another coding system (by calling @code{select-safe-coding-system}).
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754 After that happens, the command also updates
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755 @code{buffer-file-coding-system} to represent the coding system that
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756 the user specified.
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757 @end defvar
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758
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759 @defvar last-coding-system-used
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760 I/O operations for files and subprocesses set this variable to the
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761 coding system name that was used. The explicit encoding and decoding
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762 functions (@pxref{Explicit Encoding}) set it too.
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763
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764 @strong{Warning:} Since receiving subprocess output sets this variable,
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765 it can change whenever Emacs waits; therefore, you should copy the
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766 value shortly after the function call that stores the value you are
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767 interested in.
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768 @end defvar
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769
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770 The variable @code{selection-coding-system} specifies how to encode
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771 selections for the window system. @xref{Window System Selections}.
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772
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773 @defvar file-name-coding-system
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774 The variable @code{file-name-coding-system} specifies the coding
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775 system to use for encoding file names. Emacs encodes file names using
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776 that coding system for all file operations. If
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777 @code{file-name-coding-system} is @code{nil}, Emacs uses a default
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778 coding system determined by the selected language environment. In the
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779 default language environment, any non-@acronym{ASCII} characters in
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780 file names are not encoded specially; they appear in the file system
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781 using the internal Emacs representation.
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782 @end defvar
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783
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784 @strong{Warning:} if you change @code{file-name-coding-system} (or
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785 the language environment) in the middle of an Emacs session, problems
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786 can result if you have already visited files whose names were encoded
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787 using the earlier coding system and are handled differently under the
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788 new coding system. If you try to save one of these buffers under the
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789 visited file name, saving may use the wrong file name, or it may get
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790 an error. If such a problem happens, use @kbd{C-x C-w} to specify a
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791 new file name for that buffer.
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792
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793 @node Lisp and Coding Systems
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794 @subsection Coding Systems in Lisp
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795
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796 Here are the Lisp facilities for working with coding systems:
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797
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798 @defun coding-system-list &optional base-only
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799 This function returns a list of all coding system names (symbols). If
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800 @var{base-only} is non-@code{nil}, the value includes only the
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801 base coding systems. Otherwise, it includes alias and variant coding
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802 systems as well.
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803 @end defun
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804
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805 @defun coding-system-p object
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806 This function returns @code{t} if @var{object} is a coding system
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807 name or @code{nil}.
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808 @end defun
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809
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810 @defun check-coding-system coding-system
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811 This function checks the validity of @var{coding-system}.
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812 If that is valid, it returns @var{coding-system}.
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813 Otherwise it signals an error with condition @code{coding-system-error}.
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814 @end defun
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815
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816 @defun coding-system-eol-type coding-system
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817 This function returns the type of end-of-line (a.k.a.@: @dfn{eol})
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818 conversion used by @var{coding-system}. If @var{coding-system}
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819 specifies a certain eol conversion, the return value is an integer 0,
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820 1, or 2, standing for @code{unix}, @code{dos}, and @code{mac},
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821 respectively. If @var{coding-system} doesn't specify eol conversion
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822 explicitly, the return value is a vector of coding systems, each one
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823 with one of the possible eol conversion types, like this:
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824
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825 @lisp
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826 (coding-system-eol-type 'latin-1)
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827 @result{} [latin-1-unix latin-1-dos latin-1-mac]
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828 @end lisp
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829
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830 @noindent
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831 If this function returns a vector, Emacs will decide, as part of the
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832 text encoding or decoding process, what eol conversion to use. For
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833 decoding, the end-of-line format of the text is auto-detected, and the
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834 eol conversion is set to match it (e.g., DOS-style CRLF format will
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835 imply @code{dos} eol conversion). For encoding, the eol conversion is
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836 taken from the appropriate default coding system (e.g.,
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837 @code{default-buffer-file-coding-system} for
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838 @code{buffer-file-coding-system}), or from the default eol conversion
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839 appropriate for the underlying platform.
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840 @end defun
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841
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842 @defun coding-system-change-eol-conversion coding-system eol-type
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843 This function returns a coding system which is like @var{coding-system}
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844 except for its eol conversion, which is specified by @code{eol-type}.
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845 @var{eol-type} should be @code{unix}, @code{dos}, @code{mac}, or
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846 @code{nil}. If it is @code{nil}, the returned coding system determines
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847 the end-of-line conversion from the data.
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848
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849 @var{eol-type} may also be 0, 1 or 2, standing for @code{unix},
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850 @code{dos} and @code{mac}, respectively.
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851 @end defun
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852
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853 @defun coding-system-change-text-conversion eol-coding text-coding
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854 This function returns a coding system which uses the end-of-line
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855 conversion of @var{eol-coding}, and the text conversion of
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856 @var{text-coding}. If @var{text-coding} is @code{nil}, it returns
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857 @code{undecided}, or one of its variants according to @var{eol-coding}.
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858 @end defun
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859
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860 @defun find-coding-systems-region from to
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861 This function returns a list of coding systems that could be used to
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862 encode a text between @var{from} and @var{to}. All coding systems in
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863 the list can safely encode any multibyte characters in that portion of
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864 the text.
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865
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866 If the text contains no multibyte characters, the function returns the
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867 list @code{(undecided)}.
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868 @end defun
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869
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870 @defun find-coding-systems-string string
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871 This function returns a list of coding systems that could be used to
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872 encode the text of @var{string}. All coding systems in the list can
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873 safely encode any multibyte characters in @var{string}. If the text
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874 contains no multibyte characters, this returns the list
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875 @code{(undecided)}.
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876 @end defun
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877
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878 @defun find-coding-systems-for-charsets charsets
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879 This function returns a list of coding systems that could be used to
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880 encode all the character sets in the list @var{charsets}.
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881 @end defun
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882
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883 @defun detect-coding-region start end &optional highest
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884 This function chooses a plausible coding system for decoding the text
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885 from @var{start} to @var{end}. This text should be a byte sequence
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886 (@pxref{Explicit Encoding}).
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887
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888 Normally this function returns a list of coding systems that could
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889 handle decoding the text that was scanned. They are listed in order of
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890 decreasing priority. But if @var{highest} is non-@code{nil}, then the
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891 return value is just one coding system, the one that is highest in
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892 priority.
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893
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894 If the region contains only @acronym{ASCII} characters except for such
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895 ISO-2022 control characters ISO-2022 as @code{ESC}, the value is
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896 @code{undecided} or @code{(undecided)}, or a variant specifying
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897 end-of-line conversion, if that can be deduced from the text.
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898 @end defun
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899
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900 @defun detect-coding-string string &optional highest
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901 This function is like @code{detect-coding-region} except that it
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902 operates on the contents of @var{string} instead of bytes in the buffer.
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903 @end defun
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904
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905 @xref{Coding systems for a subprocess,, Process Information}, in
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906 particular the description of the functions
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907 @code{process-coding-system} and @code{set-process-coding-system}, for
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908 how to examine or set the coding systems used for I/O to a subprocess.
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909
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910 @node User-Chosen Coding Systems
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911 @subsection User-Chosen Coding Systems
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912
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913 @cindex select safe coding system
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914 @defun select-safe-coding-system from to &optional default-coding-system accept-default-p file
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915 This function selects a coding system for encoding specified text,
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916 asking the user to choose if necessary. Normally the specified text
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917 is the text in the current buffer between @var{from} and @var{to}. If
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918 @var{from} is a string, the string specifies the text to encode, and
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919 @var{to} is ignored.
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920
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921 If @var{default-coding-system} is non-@code{nil}, that is the first
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parents: 35752
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922 coding system to try; if that can handle the text,
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parents: 35752
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923 @code{select-safe-coding-system} returns that coding system. It can
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parents: 35752
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924 also be a list of coding systems; then the function tries each of them
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925 one by one. After trying all of them, it next tries the current
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926 buffer's value of @code{buffer-file-coding-system} (if it is not
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927 @code{undecided}), then the value of
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928 @code{default-buffer-file-coding-system} and finally the user's most
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929 preferred coding system, which the user can set using the command
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930 @code{prefer-coding-system} (@pxref{Recognize Coding,, Recognizing
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931 Coding Systems, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}).
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932
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933 If one of those coding systems can safely encode all the specified
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parents: 35752
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934 text, @code{select-safe-coding-system} chooses it and returns it.
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parents: 35752
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935 Otherwise, it asks the user to choose from a list of coding systems
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parents: 35752
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936 which can encode all the text, and returns the user's choice.
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937
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938 @var{default-coding-system} can also be a list whose first element is
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parents: 52978
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939 t and whose other elements are coding systems. Then, if no coding
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parents: 52978
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940 system in the list can handle the text, @code{select-safe-coding-system}
04d2bf306bd2 Various small changes in addition to the following.
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parents: 52978
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941 queries the user immediately, without trying any of the three
04d2bf306bd2 Various small changes in addition to the following.
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parents: 52978
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942 alternatives described above.
04d2bf306bd2 Various small changes in addition to the following.
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943
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944 The optional argument @var{accept-default-p}, if non-@code{nil},
53291
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parents: 52978
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945 should be a function to determine whether a coding system selected
04d2bf306bd2 Various small changes in addition to the following.
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parents: 52978
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946 without user interaction is acceptable. @code{select-safe-coding-system}
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parents: 52978
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947 calls this function with one argument, the base coding system of the
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parents: 52978
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948 selected coding system. If @var{accept-default-p} returns @code{nil},
04d2bf306bd2 Various small changes in addition to the following.
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parents: 52978
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949 @code{select-safe-coding-system} rejects the silently selected coding
04d2bf306bd2 Various small changes in addition to the following.
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parents: 52978
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950 system, and asks the user to select a coding system from a list of
04d2bf306bd2 Various small changes in addition to the following.
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parents: 52978
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951 possible candidates.
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952
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953 @vindex select-safe-coding-system-accept-default-p
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parents: 35752
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954 If the variable @code{select-safe-coding-system-accept-default-p} is
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
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955 non-@code{nil}, its value overrides the value of
8f8df4d24f48 (User-Chosen Coding Systems) <select-safe-coding-system>: Document
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parents: 35752
diff changeset
956 @var{accept-default-p}.
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957
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958 As a final step, before returning the chosen coding system,
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959 @code{select-safe-coding-system} checks whether that coding system is
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960 consistent with what would be selected if the contents of the region
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parents: 52978
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961 were read from a file. (If not, this could lead to data corruption in
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962 a file subsequently re-visited and edited.) Normally,
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963 @code{select-safe-coding-system} uses @code{buffer-file-name} as the
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964 file for this purpose, but if @var{file} is non-@code{nil}, it uses
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965 that file instead (this can be relevant for @code{write-region} and
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966 similar functions). If it detects an apparent inconsistency,
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967 @code{select-safe-coding-system} queries the user before selecting the
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968 coding system.
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969 @end defun
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970
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971 Here are two functions you can use to let the user specify a coding
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972 system, with completion. @xref{Completion}.
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973
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974 @defun read-coding-system prompt &optional default
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975 This function reads a coding system using the minibuffer, prompting with
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976 string @var{prompt}, and returns the coding system name as a symbol. If
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977 the user enters null input, @var{default} specifies which coding system
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978 to return. It should be a symbol or a string.
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979 @end defun
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980
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981 @defun read-non-nil-coding-system prompt
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982 This function reads a coding system using the minibuffer, prompting with
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983 string @var{prompt}, and returns the coding system name as a symbol. If
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984 the user tries to enter null input, it asks the user to try again.
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985 @xref{Coding Systems}.
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986 @end defun
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987
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988 @node Default Coding Systems
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989 @subsection Default Coding Systems
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990
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991 This section describes variables that specify the default coding
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992 system for certain files or when running certain subprograms, and the
22252
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993 function that I/O operations use to access them.
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994
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995 The idea of these variables is that you set them once and for all to the
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996 defaults you want, and then do not change them again. To specify a
d4ac295a98b3 *** empty log message ***
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997 particular coding system for a particular operation in a Lisp program,
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998 don't change these variables; instead, override them using
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999 @code{coding-system-for-read} and @code{coding-system-for-write}
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1000 (@pxref{Specifying Coding Systems}).
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1001
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1002 @defvar auto-coding-regexp-alist
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1003 This variable is an alist of text patterns and corresponding coding
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1004 systems. Each element has the form @code{(@var{regexp}
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1005 . @var{coding-system})}; a file whose first few kilobytes match
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1006 @var{regexp} is decoded with @var{coding-system} when its contents are
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1007 read into a buffer. The settings in this alist take priority over
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1008 @code{coding:} tags in the files and the contents of
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1009 @code{file-coding-system-alist} (see below). The default value is set
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1010 so that Emacs automatically recognizes mail files in Babyl format and
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1011 reads them with no code conversions.
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1012 @end defvar
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1013
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1014 @defvar file-coding-system-alist
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1015 This variable is an alist that specifies the coding systems to use for
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1016 reading and writing particular files. Each element has the form
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1017 @code{(@var{pattern} . @var{coding})}, where @var{pattern} is a regular
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1018 expression that matches certain file names. The element applies to file
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1019 names that match @var{pattern}.
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1020
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1021 The @sc{cdr} of the element, @var{coding}, should be either a coding
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1022 system, a cons cell containing two coding systems, or a function name (a
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1023 symbol with a function definition). If @var{coding} is a coding system,
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1024 that coding system is used for both reading the file and writing it. If
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1025 @var{coding} is a cons cell containing two coding systems, its @sc{car}
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1026 specifies the coding system for decoding, and its @sc{cdr} specifies the
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1027 coding system for encoding.
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1028
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1029 If @var{coding} is a function name, the function should take one
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1030 argument, a list of all arguments passed to
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1031 @code{find-operation-coding-system}. It must return a coding system
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1032 or a cons cell containing two coding systems. This value has the same
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1033 meaning as described above.
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1034 @end defvar
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1035
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1036 @defvar process-coding-system-alist
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1037 This variable is an alist specifying which coding systems to use for a
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1038 subprocess, depending on which program is running in the subprocess. It
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1039 works like @code{file-coding-system-alist}, except that @var{pattern} is
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1040 matched against the program name used to start the subprocess. The coding
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1041 system or systems specified in this alist are used to initialize the
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1042 coding systems used for I/O to the subprocess, but you can specify
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1043 other coding systems later using @code{set-process-coding-system}.
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1044 @end defvar
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1045
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1046 @strong{Warning:} Coding systems such as @code{undecided}, which
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1047 determine the coding system from the data, do not work entirely reliably
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1048 with asynchronous subprocess output. This is because Emacs handles
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1049 asynchronous subprocess output in batches, as it arrives. If the coding
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1050 system leaves the character code conversion unspecified, or leaves the
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1051 end-of-line conversion unspecified, Emacs must try to detect the proper
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1052 conversion from one batch at a time, and this does not always work.
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1053
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1054 Therefore, with an asynchronous subprocess, if at all possible, use a
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1055 coding system which determines both the character code conversion and
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1056 the end of line conversion---that is, one like @code{latin-1-unix},
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1057 rather than @code{undecided} or @code{latin-1}.
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1058
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1059 @defvar network-coding-system-alist
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1060 This variable is an alist that specifies the coding system to use for
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1061 network streams. It works much like @code{file-coding-system-alist},
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1062 with the difference that the @var{pattern} in an element may be either a
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1063 port number or a regular expression. If it is a regular expression, it
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1064 is matched against the network service name used to open the network
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1065 stream.
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1066 @end defvar
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1067
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1068 @defvar default-process-coding-system
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1069 This variable specifies the coding systems to use for subprocess (and
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1070 network stream) input and output, when nothing else specifies what to
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1071 do.
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1072
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1073 The value should be a cons cell of the form @code{(@var{input-coding}
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1074 . @var{output-coding})}. Here @var{input-coding} applies to input from
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1075 the subprocess, and @var{output-coding} applies to output to it.
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1076 @end defvar
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1077
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1078 @defvar auto-coding-functions
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1079 This variable holds a list of functions that try to determine a
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1080 coding system for a file based on its undecoded contents.
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1081
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1082 Each function in this list should be written to look at text in the
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1083 current buffer, but should not modify it in any way. The buffer will
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1084 contain undecoded text of parts of the file. Each function should
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1085 take one argument, @var{size}, which tells it how many characters to
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1086 look at, starting from point. If the function succeeds in determining
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1087 a coding system for the file, it should return that coding system.
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1088 Otherwise, it should return @code{nil}.
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1089
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1090 If a file has a @samp{coding:} tag, that takes precedence, so these
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1091 functions won't be called.
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1092 @end defvar
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1093
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1094 @defun find-operation-coding-system operation &rest arguments
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1095 This function returns the coding system to use (by default) for
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1096 performing @var{operation} with @var{arguments}. The value has this
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1097 form:
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1098
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1099 @example
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1100 (@var{decoding-system} . @var{encoding-system})
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1101 @end example
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1102
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1103 The first element, @var{decoding-system}, is the coding system to use
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1104 for decoding (in case @var{operation} does decoding), and
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1105 @var{encoding-system} is the coding system for encoding (in case
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1106 @var{operation} does encoding).
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1107
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1108 The argument @var{operation} is a symbol, one of @code{write-region},
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1109 @code{start-process}, @code{call-process}, @code{call-process-region},
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1110 @code{insert-file-contents}, or @code{open-network-stream}. These are
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1111 the names of the Emacs I/O primitives that can do character code and
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1112 eol conversion.
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1113
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1114 The remaining arguments should be the same arguments that might be given
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1115 to the corresponding I/O primitive. Depending on the primitive, one
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1116 of those arguments is selected as the @dfn{target}. For example, if
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1117 @var{operation} does file I/O, whichever argument specifies the file
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1118 name is the target. For subprocess primitives, the process name is the
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1119 target. For @code{open-network-stream}, the target is the service name
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1120 or port number.
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1121
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1122 Depending on @var{operation}, this function looks up the target in
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1123 @code{file-coding-system-alist}, @code{process-coding-system-alist},
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1124 or @code{network-coding-system-alist}. If the target is found in the
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1125 alist, @code{find-operation-coding-system} returns its association in
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1126 the alist; otherwise it returns @code{nil}.
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1127
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1128 If @var{operation} is @code{insert-file-contents}, the argument
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1129 corresponding to the target may be a cons cell of the form
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1130 @code{(@var{filename} . @var{buffer})}). In that case, @var{filename}
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1131 is a file name to look up in @code{file-coding-system-alist}, and
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1132 @var{buffer} is a buffer that contains the file's contents (not yet
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1133 decoded). If @code{file-coding-system-alist} specifies a function to
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1134 call for this file, and that function needs to examine the file's
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1135 contents (as it usually does), it should examine the contents of
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1136 @var{buffer} instead of reading the file.
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1137 @end defun
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1139 @node Specifying Coding Systems
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1140 @subsection Specifying a Coding System for One Operation
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1141
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1142 You can specify the coding system for a specific operation by binding
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1143 the variables @code{coding-system-for-read} and/or
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1144 @code{coding-system-for-write}.
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1145
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1146 @defvar coding-system-for-read
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1147 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, it specifies the coding system to
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1148 use for reading a file, or for input from a synchronous subprocess.
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1149
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1150 It also applies to any asynchronous subprocess or network stream, but in
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1151 a different way: the value of @code{coding-system-for-read} when you
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1152 start the subprocess or open the network stream specifies the input
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1153 decoding method for that subprocess or network stream. It remains in
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1154 use for that subprocess or network stream unless and until overridden.
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1155
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1156 The right way to use this variable is to bind it with @code{let} for a
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1157 specific I/O operation. Its global value is normally @code{nil}, and
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1158 you should not globally set it to any other value. Here is an example
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1159 of the right way to use the variable:
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1160
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1161 @example
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1162 ;; @r{Read the file with no character code conversion.}
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1163 ;; @r{Assume @acronym{crlf} represents end-of-line.}
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1164 (let ((coding-system-for-read 'emacs-mule-dos))
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1165 (insert-file-contents filename))
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1166 @end example
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1167
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1168 When its value is non-@code{nil}, this variable takes precedence over
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1169 all other methods of specifying a coding system to use for input,
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1170 including @code{file-coding-system-alist},
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1171 @code{process-coding-system-alist} and
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1172 @code{network-coding-system-alist}.
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1173 @end defvar
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1174
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1175 @defvar coding-system-for-write
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1176 This works much like @code{coding-system-for-read}, except that it
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1178 as well as sending output to subprocesses and net connections.
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1179
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1180 When a single operation does both input and output, as do
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1181 @code{call-process-region} and @code{start-process}, both
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1182 @code{coding-system-for-read} and @code{coding-system-for-write}
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1183 affect it.
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1184 @end defvar
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1185
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1186 @defvar inhibit-eol-conversion
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1187 When this variable is non-@code{nil}, no end-of-line conversion is done,
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1188 no matter which coding system is specified. This applies to all the
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1189 Emacs I/O and subprocess primitives, and to the explicit encoding and
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1190 decoding functions (@pxref{Explicit Encoding}).
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1191 @end defvar
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1192
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1193 @node Explicit Encoding
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1194 @subsection Explicit Encoding and Decoding
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1195 @cindex encoding in coding systems
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1196 @cindex decoding in coding systems
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1197
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1198 All the operations that transfer text in and out of Emacs have the
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1199 ability to use a coding system to encode or decode the text.
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1200 You can also explicitly encode and decode text using the functions
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1201 in this section.
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1202
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1203 The result of encoding, and the input to decoding, are not ordinary
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1204 text. They logically consist of a series of byte values; that is, a
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1205 series of characters whose codes are in the range 0 through 255. In a
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1206 multibyte buffer or string, character codes 128 through 159 are
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1207 represented by multibyte sequences, but this is invisible to Lisp
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1208 programs.
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1209
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1210 The usual way to read a file into a buffer as a sequence of bytes, so
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1211 you can decode the contents explicitly, is with
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1212 @code{insert-file-contents-literally} (@pxref{Reading from Files});
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1213 alternatively, specify a non-@code{nil} @var{rawfile} argument when
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1214 visiting a file with @code{find-file-noselect}. These methods result in
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1215 a unibyte buffer.
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1216
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1217 The usual way to use the byte sequence that results from explicitly
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1218 encoding text is to copy it to a file or process---for example, to write
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1219 it with @code{write-region} (@pxref{Writing to Files}), and suppress
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1220 encoding by binding @code{coding-system-for-write} to
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1221 @code{no-conversion}.
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1222
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1223 Here are the functions to perform explicit encoding or decoding. The
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1224 encoding functions produce sequences of bytes; the decoding functions
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1225 are meant to operate on sequences of bytes. All of these functions
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1226 discard text properties.
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1227
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1228 @deffn Command encode-coding-region start end coding-system
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1229 This command encodes the text from @var{start} to @var{end} according
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1230 to coding system @var{coding-system}. The encoded text replaces the
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1231 original text in the buffer. The result of encoding is logically a
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1232 sequence of bytes, but the buffer remains multibyte if it was multibyte
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1233 before.
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1234
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1235 This command returns the length of the encoded text.
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1236 @end deffn
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1237
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1238 @defun encode-coding-string string coding-system &optional nocopy
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1239 This function encodes the text in @var{string} according to coding
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1240 system @var{coding-system}. It returns a new string containing the
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1241 encoded text, except when @var{nocopy} is non-@code{nil}, in which
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1242 case the function may return @var{string} itself if the encoding
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1243 operation is trivial. The result of encoding is a unibyte string.
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1244 @end defun
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1245
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1246 @deffn Command decode-coding-region start end coding-system
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1247 This command decodes the text from @var{start} to @var{end} according
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1248 to coding system @var{coding-system}. The decoded text replaces the
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1249 original text in the buffer. To make explicit decoding useful, the text
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1251 multibyte and unibyte buffers are acceptable.
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1252
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1253 This command returns the length of the decoded text.
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1254 @end deffn
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1255
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1256 @defun decode-coding-string string coding-system &optional nocopy
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1257 This function decodes the text in @var{string} according to coding
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1258 system @var{coding-system}. It returns a new string containing the
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1259 decoded text, except when @var{nocopy} is non-@code{nil}, in which
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1260 case the function may return @var{string} itself if the decoding
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1261 operation is trivial. To make explicit decoding useful, the contents
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1263 string is acceptable.
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1264 @end defun
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1265
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1266 @defun decode-coding-inserted-region from to filename &optional visit beg end replace
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1267 This function decodes the text from @var{from} to @var{to} as if
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1268 it were being read from file @var{filename} using @code{insert-file-contents}
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1269 using the rest of the arguments provided.
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1270
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1271 The normal way to use this function is after reading text from a file
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1272 without decoding, if you decide you would rather have decoded it.
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1273 Instead of deleting the text and reading it again, this time with
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1274 decoding, you can call this function.
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1275 @end defun
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1276
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1277 @node Terminal I/O Encoding
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1278 @subsection Terminal I/O Encoding
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1279
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1280 Emacs can decode keyboard input using a coding system, and encode
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1281 terminal output. This is useful for terminals that transmit or display
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1282 text using a particular encoding such as Latin-1. Emacs does not set
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1283 @code{last-coding-system-used} for encoding or decoding for the
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1284 terminal.
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1285
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1286 @defun keyboard-coding-system
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1287 This function returns the coding system that is in use for decoding
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1288 keyboard input---or @code{nil} if no coding system is to be used.
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1289 @end defun
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1290
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1291 @deffn Command set-keyboard-coding-system coding-system
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1292 This command specifies @var{coding-system} as the coding system to
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1293 use for decoding keyboard input. If @var{coding-system} is @code{nil},
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1294 that means do not decode keyboard input.
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1295 @end deffn
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1296
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1297 @defun terminal-coding-system
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1298 This function returns the coding system that is in use for encoding
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1299 terminal output---or @code{nil} for no encoding.
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1300 @end defun
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1301
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1302 @deffn Command set-terminal-coding-system coding-system
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1303 This command specifies @var{coding-system} as the coding system to use
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1304 for encoding terminal output. If @var{coding-system} is @code{nil},
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1305 that means do not encode terminal output.
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1306 @end deffn
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1307
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1308 @node MS-DOS File Types
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1309 @subsection MS-DOS File Types
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1310 @cindex DOS file types
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1311 @cindex MS-DOS file types
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1312 @cindex Windows file types
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1313 @cindex file types on MS-DOS and Windows
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1314 @cindex text files and binary files
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1315 @cindex binary files and text files
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1316
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1317 On MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows, Emacs guesses the appropriate
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1318 end-of-line conversion for a file by looking at the file's name. This
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1319 feature classifies files as @dfn{text files} and @dfn{binary files}. By
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1320 ``binary file'' we mean a file of literal byte values that are not
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1321 necessarily meant to be characters; Emacs does no end-of-line conversion
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1322 and no character code conversion for them. On the other hand, the bytes
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1323 in a text file are intended to represent characters; when you create a
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1324 new file whose name implies that it is a text file, Emacs uses DOS
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1325 end-of-line conversion.
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1326
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1327 @defvar buffer-file-type
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1328 This variable, automatically buffer-local in each buffer, records the
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1329 file type of the buffer's visited file. When a buffer does not specify
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1330 a coding system with @code{buffer-file-coding-system}, this variable is
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1331 used to determine which coding system to use when writing the contents
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1332 of the buffer. It should be @code{nil} for text, @code{t} for binary.
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1333 If it is @code{t}, the coding system is @code{no-conversion}.
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1334 Otherwise, @code{undecided-dos} is used.
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1335
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1336 Normally this variable is set by visiting a file; it is set to
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1337 @code{nil} if the file was visited without any actual conversion.
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1338 @end defvar
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1339
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1340 @defopt file-name-buffer-file-type-alist
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1341 This variable holds an alist for recognizing text and binary files.
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1342 Each element has the form (@var{regexp} . @var{type}), where
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1343 @var{regexp} is matched against the file name, and @var{type} may be
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1344 @code{nil} for text, @code{t} for binary, or a function to call to
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1345 compute which. If it is a function, then it is called with a single
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1346 argument (the file name) and should return @code{t} or @code{nil}.
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1347
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1348 When running on MS-DOS or MS-Windows, Emacs checks this alist to decide
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1349 which coding system to use when reading a file. For a text file,
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1350 @code{undecided-dos} is used. For a binary file, @code{no-conversion}
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1351 is used.
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1352
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1353 If no element in this alist matches a given file name, then
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1354 @code{default-buffer-file-type} says how to treat the file.
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1355 @end defopt
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1356
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1357 @defopt default-buffer-file-type
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1358 This variable says how to handle files for which
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1359 @code{file-name-buffer-file-type-alist} says nothing about the type.
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1360
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1361 If this variable is non-@code{nil}, then these files are treated as
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1362 binary: the coding system @code{no-conversion} is used. Otherwise,
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1363 nothing special is done for them---the coding system is deduced solely
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1364 from the file contents, in the usual Emacs fashion.
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1365 @end defopt
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1366
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1367 @node Input Methods
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1368 @section Input Methods
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1369 @cindex input methods
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1370
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1371 @dfn{Input methods} provide convenient ways of entering non-@acronym{ASCII}
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1372 characters from the keyboard. Unlike coding systems, which translate
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1373 non-@acronym{ASCII} characters to and from encodings meant to be read by
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1374 programs, input methods provide human-friendly commands. (@xref{Input
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1375 Methods,,, emacs, The GNU Emacs Manual}, for information on how users
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1376 use input methods to enter text.) How to define input methods is not
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1377 yet documented in this manual, but here we describe how to use them.
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1378
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1379 Each input method has a name, which is currently a string;
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1380 in the future, symbols may also be usable as input method names.
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1381
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1382 @defvar current-input-method
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1383 This variable holds the name of the input method now active in the
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1384 current buffer. (It automatically becomes local in each buffer when set
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1385 in any fashion.) It is @code{nil} if no input method is active in the
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1386 buffer now.
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1387 @end defvar
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1388
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1389 @defopt default-input-method
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1390 This variable holds the default input method for commands that choose an
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1391 input method. Unlike @code{current-input-method}, this variable is
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1392 normally global.
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1393 @end defopt
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1394
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1395 @deffn Command set-input-method input-method
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1396 This command activates input method @var{input-method} for the current
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1397 buffer. It also sets @code{default-input-method} to @var{input-method}.
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1398 If @var{input-method} is @code{nil}, this command deactivates any input
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1399 method for the current buffer.
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1400 @end deffn
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1401
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1402 @defun read-input-method-name prompt &optional default inhibit-null
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1403 This function reads an input method name with the minibuffer, prompting
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1404 with @var{prompt}. If @var{default} is non-@code{nil}, that is returned
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1405 by default, if the user enters empty input. However, if
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1406 @var{inhibit-null} is non-@code{nil}, empty input signals an error.
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1407
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1408 The returned value is a string.
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1409 @end defun
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1410
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1411 @defvar input-method-alist
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1412 This variable defines all the supported input methods.
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1413 Each element defines one input method, and should have the form:
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1414
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1415 @example
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1416 (@var{input-method} @var{language-env} @var{activate-func}
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1417 @var{title} @var{description} @var{args}...)
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1418 @end example
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1419
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1420 Here @var{input-method} is the input method name, a string;
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1421 @var{language-env} is another string, the name of the language
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1422 environment this input method is recommended for. (That serves only for
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1423 documentation purposes.)
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1424
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1425 @var{activate-func} is a function to call to activate this method. The
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1426 @var{args}, if any, are passed as arguments to @var{activate-func}. All
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1427 told, the arguments to @var{activate-func} are @var{input-method} and
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1428 the @var{args}.
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1429
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1430 @var{title} is a string to display in the mode line while this method is
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1431 active. @var{description} is a string describing this method and what
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1432 it is good for.
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1433 @end defvar
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1434
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1435 The fundamental interface to input methods is through the
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1436 variable @code{input-method-function}. @xref{Reading One Event},
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1437 and @ref{Invoking the Input Method}.
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1438
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1439 @node Locales
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1440 @section Locales
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1441 @cindex locale
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1442
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1443 POSIX defines a concept of ``locales'' which control which language
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1444 to use in language-related features. These Emacs variables control
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1445 how Emacs interacts with these features.
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1446
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1447 @defvar locale-coding-system
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1448 @cindex keyboard input decoding on X
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1449 This variable specifies the coding system to use for decoding system
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1450 error messages and---on X Window system only---keyboard input, for
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1451 encoding the format argument to @code{format-time-string}, and for
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1452 decoding the return value of @code{format-time-string}.
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1453 @end defvar
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1454
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1455 @defvar system-messages-locale
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1456 This variable specifies the locale to use for generating system error
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1457 messages. Changing the locale can cause messages to come out in a
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1458 different language or in a different orthography. If the variable is
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1459 @code{nil}, the locale is specified by environment variables in the
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1460 usual POSIX fashion.
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1461 @end defvar
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1462
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1463 @defvar system-time-locale
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1464 This variable specifies the locale to use for formatting time values.
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1465 Changing the locale can cause messages to appear according to the
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1466 conventions of a different language. If the variable is @code{nil}, the
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1467 locale is specified by environment variables in the usual POSIX fashion.
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1468 @end defvar
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1469
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1470 @defun locale-info item
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1471 This function returns locale data @var{item} for the current POSIX
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1472 locale, if available. @var{item} should be one of these symbols:
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1473
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1474 @table @code
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1475 @item codeset
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1476 Return the character set as a string (locale item @code{CODESET}).
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1477
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1478 @item days
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1479 Return a 7-element vector of day names (locale items
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1480 @code{DAY_1} through @code{DAY_7});
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1481
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1482 @item months
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1483 Return a 12-element vector of month names (locale items @code{MON_1}
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1484 through @code{MON_12}).
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1485
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1486 @item paper
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1487 Return a list @code{(@var{width} @var{height})} for the default paper
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1488 size measured in millimeters (locale items @code{PAPER_WIDTH} and
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1489 @code{PAPER_HEIGHT}).
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1490 @end table
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1491
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1492 If the system can't provide the requested information, or if
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1493 @var{item} is not one of those symbols, the value is @code{nil}. All
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1494 strings in the return value are decoded using
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1495 @code{locale-coding-system}. @xref{Locales,,, libc, The GNU Libc Manual},
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1496 for more information about locales and locale items.
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1497 @end defun
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1498
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1499 @ignore
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1500 arch-tag: be705bf8-941b-4c35-84fc-ad7d20ddb7cb
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1501 @end ignore