changeset 49293:41213ea7b9d6

(Finsert): Mention `string-make-multibyte' and `string-as-multibyte' in doc string.
author Kim F. Storm <storm@cua.dk>
date Fri, 17 Jan 2003 12:30:34 +0000
parents 22acf8859243
children d85a11253dd2
files src/editfns.c
diffstat 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/src/editfns.c	Fri Jan 17 12:30:22 2003 +0000
+++ b/src/editfns.c	Fri Jan 17 12:30:34 2003 +0000
@@ -2061,9 +2061,14 @@
 Any other markers at the point of insertion remain before the text.
 
 If the current buffer is multibyte, unibyte strings are converted
-to multibyte for insertion (see `unibyte-char-to-multibyte').
+to multibyte for insertion (see `string-make-multibyte').
 If the current buffer is unibyte, multibyte strings are converted
-to unibyte for insertion.
+to unibyte for insertion (see `string-make-unibyte').
+
+When operating on binary data, it may be necessary to preserve the
+original bytes of a unibyte string when inserting it into a multibyte
+buffer; to accomplish this, apply `string-as-multibyte' to the string
+and insert the result.
 
 usage: (insert &rest ARGS)  */)
      (nargs, args)