# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 901435213 0
# Node ID 6323b7754a76ffce80a5e40f074e1eb9e83695c6
# Parent  06cce6ea9dd0292aa6eb838eedabaf8424696178
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diff -r 06cce6ea9dd0 -r 6323b7754a76 lispref/streams.texi
--- a/lispref/streams.texi	Sun Jul 26 04:24:47 1998 +0000
+++ b/lispref/streams.texi	Sun Jul 26 06:40:13 1998 +0000
@@ -720,6 +720,23 @@
 characters in strings are unconditionally printed as backslash sequences
 by the print functions @code{prin1} and @code{print} that print with
 quoting.
+
+Those functions also use backslash sequences for unibyte non-@sc{ASCII}
+characters, regardless of the value of this variable, when the output
+stream is a multibyte buffer or a marker pointing into one.
+@end defvar
+
+@tindex print-escape-multibyte
+@defvar print-escape-multibyte
+If this variable is non-@code{nil}, then multibyte non-@sc{ASCII}
+characters in strings are unconditionally printed as backslash sequences
+by the print functions @code{prin1} and @code{print} that print with
+quoting.
+
+Those functions also use backslash sequences for multibyte
+non-@sc{ASCII} characters, regardless of the value of this variable,
+when the output stream is a unibyte buffer or a marker pointing into
+one.
 @end defvar
 
 @defvar print-length