From 72bb55c6b2629bd33255e8fa7064cc1a4247f487 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Kim F. Storm" Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 12:30:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (Finsert): Mention `string-make-multibyte' and `string-as-multibyte' in doc string. --- src/editfns.c | 9 +++++++-- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/editfns.c b/src/editfns.c index 28c97c11a6b..1df3326762d 100644 --- a/src/editfns.c +++ b/src/editfns.c @@ -2061,9 +2061,14 @@ Point and before-insertion markers move forward to end up 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) -- 2.39.2