From b25e2fb558c52c5635f9b518fce2d10ae8faa614 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Love Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 15:24:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] base64 tweaks --- lispref/text.texi | 17 ++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/lispref/text.texi b/lispref/text.texi index 736b2dfe18f..8ca521c3224 100644 --- a/lispref/text.texi +++ b/lispref/text.texi @@ -3508,13 +3508,18 @@ all markers unrelocated. @cindex base 64 encoding Base 64 code is used in email to encode a sequence of 8-bit bytes as a -longer sequence of @sc{ascii} graphic characters. This section -describes the functions for converting to and from this code. +longer sequence of @sc{ascii} graphic characters. It is defined in RFC +2045. This section describes the functions for converting to and from +this code. @defun base64-encode-region beg end &optional no-line-break @tindex base64-encode-region -This function converts the region from @var{beg} to @var{end} -into base 64 code. It returns the length of the encoded text. +This function converts the region from @var{beg} to @var{end} into base +64 code. It returns the length of the encoded text. An error is +signaled if a character in the region is multibyte, i.e.@: in a +multibyte buffer the region must contain only characters from the +charsets @code{ascii}, @code{eight-bit-control} and +@code{eight-bit-graphic}. Normally, this function inserts newline characters into the encoded text, to avoid overlong lines. However, if the optional argument @@ -3525,7 +3530,9 @@ the output is just one long line. @defun base64-encode-string string &optional no-line-break @tindex base64-encode-string This function converts the string @var{string} into base 64 code. It -returns a string containing the encoded text. +returns a string containing the encoded text. As for +@code{base64-encode-region}, an error is signaled if a character in the +string is multibyte. Normally, this function inserts newline characters into the encoded text, to avoid overlong lines. However, if the optional argument -- 2.39.2