From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28 Date: 18 Jan 2003 13:35:16 +0100 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <5x8yxiiqkb.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1042890064 18501 80.91.224.249 (18 Jan 2003 11:41:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 11:41:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18ZrLT-0004oH-00 for ; Sat, 18 Jan 2003 12:41:03 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18ZrVM-0001SV-00 for ; Sat, 18 Jan 2003 12:51:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ZrJb-00017k-03 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Sat, 18 Jan 2003 06:39:07 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ZrIj-0000jj-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Jan 2003 06:38:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ZrH1-0007Ox-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 18 Jan 2003 06:36:28 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.filanet.dk ([195.215.206.179]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18ZrGX-00075g-00; Sat, 18 Jan 2003 06:35:57 -0500 Original-Received: from kfs2.cua.dk.cua.dk (unknown [10.1.82.3]) by mail.filanet.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 78B127C012; Sat, 18 Jan 2003 12:35:54 +0100 (CET) Original-To: rms@gnu.org In-Reply-To: Original-Lines: 20 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:10844 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:10844 Richard Stallman writes: > ! The string argument is normally a multibyte string, except: > ! - if the process' input coding system is no-conversion or raw-text, > ! it is a unibyte string (the non-converted input), or else > > Is this really the right way for it to work? > Should the choice of unibyte or multibyte string > be tied in this way to the choice of coding system? Maybe provide `set-process-multibyte' analogue to `set-buffer-multibyte'. > > If you want multibyte strings "without decoding", would emacs-mule > give you that? That's what string-as-multibyte is for I think. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk