From: Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: More confusion about multibyte vs unibyte strings
Date: Fri, 06 May 2022 09:45:01 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87h762fw4y.fsf@ericabrahamsen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: jwvtua3bc7t.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org
Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:
>> If the search string is multibyte (in my mind this means "multiple bytes
>> per character", I guess that's where I went wrong), you have to encode
>
> In ELisp, "multibyte" means "a sequence of characters", whereas
> "unibyte" means "a sequence of bytes".
Okay, thanks. I'd thought that distinction was covered by "encoded" vs
"decoded" strings. Maybe the lesson will stick this time.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-05-06 16:45 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-05-05 16:58 More confusion about multibyte vs unibyte strings Eric Abrahamsen
2022-05-05 17:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-05 18:44 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2022-05-05 19:23 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-06 0:45 ` Eric Abrahamsen
2022-05-06 2:58 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-05-06 16:45 ` Eric Abrahamsen [this message]
2022-05-06 17:39 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-05-06 18:02 ` Eric Abrahamsen
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