@section URI Encoding
@cindex percent encoding
+@findex url-generic-parse-url
The @code{url-generic-parse-url} parser does not obey RFC 3986 in
one respect: it allows non-@acronym{ASCII} characters in URI strings.
@acronym{ASCII} characters must also be percent encoded when they
appear in URI components.)
+@findex url-encode-url
The function @code{url-encode-url} can be used to convert a URI
string containing arbitrary characters to one that is properly
percent-encoded in accordance with RFC 3986.
previously uppercase.
@end defun
+@findex url-hexify-string
+@findex url-unhex-string
To convert between a string containing arbitrary characters and a
percent-encoded all-@acronym{ASCII} string, use the functions
@code{url-hexify-string} and @code{url-unhex-string}:
argument is @code{nil}, the allowed characters are those specified as
@dfn{unreserved characters} by RFC 3986 (see the variable
@code{url-unreserved-chars}). Otherwise, @var{allowed-chars} should
-be a vector whose @var{n}-th element is non-@code{nil} if character
-@var{n} is allowed.
+be either a list of allowed chars, or a vector whose Nth element is
+non-nil if character N is allowed.
@end defun
@defun url-unhex-string string &optional allow-newlines
The allowed characters are specified by ALLOWED-CHARS. If this
argument is nil, the list `url-unreserved-chars' determines the
-allowed characters. Otherwise, ALLOWED-CHARS should be a vector
-whose Nth element is non-nil if character N is allowed."
- (unless allowed-chars
+allowed characters. Otherwise, ALLOWED-CHARS should be either a
+list of allowed chars, or a vector whose Nth element is non-nil
+if character N is allowed."
+ (if allowed-chars
+ (unless (vectorp allowed-chars)
+ (setq allowed-chars (url--allowed-chars allowed-chars)))
(setq allowed-chars (url--allowed-chars url-unreserved-chars)))
(mapconcat (lambda (byte)
(if (aref allowed-chars byte)