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author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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date | Wed, 09 Jan 2002 07:39:15 +0000 |
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278 (function (lambda () | 278 (function (lambda () |
279 (master-set-slave sql-buffer)))) | 279 (master-set-slave sql-buffer)))) |
280 | 280 |
281 | 281 |
282 * Lisp Changes in Emacs 21.3 | 282 * Lisp Changes in Emacs 21.3 |
283 | |
284 ** Already true in Emacs 21.1, but not emphasized clearly enough: | |
285 | |
286 Multibyte buffers can now faithfully record all 256 character codes | |
287 from 0 to 255. As a result, most of the past reasons to use unibyte | |
288 buffers no longer exist. We only know of three reasons to use them | |
289 now: | |
290 | |
291 1. If you prefer to use unibyte text all of the time. | |
292 | |
293 2. For reading files into temporary buffers, when you want to avoid | |
294 the time it takes to convert the format. | |
295 | |
296 3. For binary files where format conversion would be pointless and | |
297 wasteful. | |
283 | 298 |
284 ** If text has a `keymap' property, that keymap takes precedence | 299 ** If text has a `keymap' property, that keymap takes precedence |
285 over minor mode keymaps. | 300 over minor mode keymaps. |
286 | 301 |
287 ** A hex escape in a string forces the string to be multibyte. | 302 ** A hex escape in a string forces the string to be multibyte. |