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positional codes instead of just 2.

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*** The functions `encode-char' and `decode-char' now accept any character sets.

*** The function `define-charset' now accepts a completely different
form of arguments (old-style arguments still work).

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*** The value of the function `char-charset' depends on the current
priorities of charsets.

*** The function get-char-code-property now accepts many Unicode base
character properties.  They are `name', `general-category',
`canonical-combining-class', `bidi-class', `decomposition',
`decimal-digit-value', `digit-value', `numeric-value', `mirrored',
`old-name', `iso-10646-comment', `uppercase', `lowercase', and

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**** `characterp' returns t if and only if the argument is a character.
This replaces `char-valid-p', which is now obsolete.

**** `max-char' returns the maximum character code (currently #x3FFFFF).

**** `define-charset-alias' defines an alias of a charset.

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**** `set-charset-priority' sets priorities of charsets.

**** `charset-priority-list' returns a prioritized list of charsets.

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**** `unibyte-string' makes a unibyte string from bytes.

**** `define-char-code-property' defines a character code property.

**** `char-code-property-description' returns the description string of
a character code property.

*** New variables:

**** `find-word-boundary-function-table' is a char-table of functions to
search for a word boundary.

**** `char-script-table' is a char-table of script names.

**** `char-width-table' is a char-table of character widths.

**** `print-charset-text-property' controls how to handle `charset' text
property on printing a string.

**** `printable-chars' is a char-table of printable characters.

** Code conversion changes

*** The new function `define-coding-system' should be used to define a
coding system instead of `make-coding-system' (which is now obsolete).

*** The functions `encode-coding-region' and `decode-coding-region'
have an optional 4th argument to specify where the result of
conversion should go.

*** The functions `encode-coding-string' and `decode-coding-string'
have an optional 4th argument specifying a buffer to store the result
of conversion.

*** The functions `set-coding-priority' and `make-coding-system' are obsolete.

*** New functions:

**** `with-coding-priority' executes Lisp code using the specified
coding system priority order.

**** `check-coding-systems-region' checks if the text in the region is
encodable by the specified coding systems.

**** `coding-system-aliases' returns a list of aliases of a coding system.

**** `coding-system-charset-list' returns a list of charsets supported
by a coding system.

**** `coding-system-priority-list' returns a list of coding systems
ordered by their priorities.

**** `set-coding-system-priority' sets priorities of coding systems.

** There is a new input method, Robin, different from Quail.
It has three functionalities:
 i) a simple input method (converts an ASCII sequence into a string).

100043:40a45069dd91

positional codes instead of just 2.

+++
*** The functions `encode-char' and `decode-char' now accept any character sets.

---
*** The function `define-charset' now accepts a completely different
form of arguments (old-style arguments still work).

+++
*** The value of the function `char-charset' depends on the current
priorities of charsets.

+++
*** The function get-char-code-property now accepts many Unicode base
character properties.  They are `name', `general-category',
`canonical-combining-class', `bidi-class', `decomposition',
`decimal-digit-value', `digit-value', `numeric-value', `mirrored',
`old-name', `iso-10646-comment', `uppercase', `lowercase', and

+++
**** `characterp' returns t if and only if the argument is a character.
This replaces `char-valid-p', which is now obsolete.

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**** `max-char' returns the maximum character code (currently #x3FFFFF).

---
**** `define-charset-alias' defines an alias of a charset.

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**** `set-charset-priority' sets priorities of charsets.

**** `charset-priority-list' returns a prioritized list of charsets.

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**** `unibyte-string' makes a unibyte string from bytes.

---
**** `define-char-code-property' defines a character code property.

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**** `char-code-property-description' returns the description string of
a character code property.

*** New variables:

**** `find-word-boundary-function-table' is a char-table of functions to
search for a word boundary.

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**** `char-script-table' is a char-table of script names.

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**** `char-width-table' is a char-table of character widths.

---
**** `print-charset-text-property' controls how to handle `charset' text
property on printing a string.

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**** `printable-chars' is a char-table of printable characters.

** Code conversion changes

---
*** The new function `define-coding-system' should be used to define a
coding system instead of `make-coding-system' (which is now obsolete).

+++
*** The functions `encode-coding-region' and `decode-coding-region'
have an optional 4th argument to specify where the result of
conversion should go.

+++
*** The functions `encode-coding-string' and `decode-coding-string'
have an optional 4th argument specifying a buffer to store the result
of conversion.

---
*** The functions `set-coding-priority' and `make-coding-system' are obsolete.

*** New functions:

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**** `with-coding-priority' executes Lisp code using the specified
coding system priority order.

+++
**** `check-coding-systems-region' checks if the text in the region is
encodable by the specified coding systems.

+++
**** `coding-system-aliases' returns a list of aliases of a coding system.

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**** `coding-system-charset-list' returns a list of charsets supported
by a coding system.

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**** `coding-system-priority-list' returns a list of coding systems
ordered by their priorities.

+++
**** `set-coding-system-priority' sets priorities of coding systems.

** There is a new input method, Robin, different from Quail.
It has three functionalities:
 i) a simple input method (converts an ASCII sequence into a string).