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Minor clarification.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Thu, 06 Sep 2001 19:50:20 +0000
parents 9f3e1a8c8870
children ad4839873265
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3512 @node Base 64 3512 @node Base 64
3513 @section Base 64 Encoding 3513 @section Base 64 Encoding
3514 @cindex base 64 encoding 3514 @cindex base 64 encoding
3515 3515
3516 Base 64 code is used in email to encode a sequence of 8-bit bytes as a 3516 Base 64 code is used in email to encode a sequence of 8-bit bytes as
3517 longer sequence of @sc{ascii} graphic characters. It is defined in RFC 3517 a longer sequence of @sc{ascii} graphic characters. It is defined in
3518 2045. This section describes the functions for converting to and from 3518 Internet RFC 2045. This section describes the functions for
3519 this code. 3519 converting to and from this code.
3520 3520
3521 @defun base64-encode-region beg end &optional no-line-break 3521 @defun base64-encode-region beg end &optional no-line-break
3522 @tindex base64-encode-region 3522 @tindex base64-encode-region
3523 This function converts the region from @var{beg} to @var{end} into base 3523 This function converts the region from @var{beg} to @var{end} into base
3524 64 code. It returns the length of the encoded text. An error is 3524 64 code. It returns the length of the encoded text. An error is