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author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Tue, 14 Oct 2008 12:53:29 +0000
parents 6d37ed9d93e0
children b325d07ef76d
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1284 1284
1285 The character code space is now 0x0..0x3FFFFF with no gap. 1285 The character code space is now 0x0..0x3FFFFF with no gap.
1286 Characters of code 0x0..0x10FFFF are Unicode characters of the same code points. 1286 Characters of code 0x0..0x10FFFF are Unicode characters of the same code points.
1287 Characters of code 0x3FFF80..0x3FFFFF are raw 8-bit bytes. 1287 Characters of code 0x3FFF80..0x3FFFFF are raw 8-bit bytes.
1288 1288
1289 +++
1289 Generic characters no longer exist. 1290 Generic characters no longer exist.
1290 1291
1291 In buffers and strings, characters are represented by UTF-8 byte 1292 In buffers and strings, characters are represented by UTF-8 byte
1292 sequences in a multibyte buffer/string. 1293 sequences in a multibyte buffer/string.
1293 1294
1294 The concept of a charset has changed. A single character may belong 1295 The concept of a charset has changed. A single character may belong
1295 to multiple charsets (e.g. a-grave, U+00E0, belongs to charsets 1296 to multiple charsets (e.g. a-grave, U+00E0, belongs to charsets
1296 unicode, iso-8859-1, iso-8859-3, etc). 1297 unicode, iso-8859-1, iso-8859-3, etc).
1298
1299 *** The functions `split-char' and `make-char' now accept up to 4
1300 positional codes instead of just 2.
1297 1301
1298 *** The functions `encode-char' and `decode-char' now accept any character sets. 1302 *** The functions `encode-char' and `decode-char' now accept any character sets.
1299 1303
1300 *** The function `define-charset' now accepts a completely different 1304 *** The function `define-charset' now accepts a completely different
1301 form of arguments (old-style arguments still work). 1305 form of arguments (old-style arguments still work).