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Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28] |
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Thu, 23 Jan 2003 20:48:22 +0300 |
> From: Richard Stallman <address@hidden>
> Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 06:38:17 -0500
>
> These functions, per se, are straightforward--but would the difference
> between the various proposed coding systems be equally
> straightforward?
I'm not sure what are you asking. If you are concerned that people
would not grasp the effects of encoding/decoding text with ``obscure''
coding systems like no-conversion and raw-text, then I agree with
Stefan: these conversions are well-defined and can be understood upon
careful reading. (If the current docs doesn't do a good job
explaining those coding systems, we could improve that.)
The important point, to me, is that using en/decode-coding-*, you know
_exactly_ what will happen, since you specify the encoding. The
string-*-uni/multibyte functions, by contrast, make complicated
decisions about the encoding, so you need to memorize those decisions
to use the functions in a predictable manner. I find myself unable to
remember that; perhaps it's just me and my failing memory.
- Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28], (continued)
- Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28], Stefan Monnier, 2003/01/20
- Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28], Kenichi Handa, 2003/01/20
- Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28], Stefan Monnier, 2003/01/20
- Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28], Eli Zaretskii, 2003/01/21
- Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28], Richard Stallman, 2003/01/22
- Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28], Stefan Monnier, 2003/01/22
- Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28], Eli Zaretskii, 2003/01/22
- Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28], Richard Stallman, 2003/01/23
- Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28], Stefan Monnier, 2003/01/23
- Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28], Richard Stallman, 2003/01/24
- Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28],
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28], Richard Stallman, 2003/01/24
- Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28], Stefan Monnier, 2003/01/25
- Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28], Richard Stallman, 2003/01/26
- Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28], Kenichi Handa, 2003/01/27
- Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28], Stefan Monnier, 2003/01/27
- Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28], Kenichi Handa, 2003/01/29
- Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28], Kenichi Handa, 2003/01/20
- Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28], Stefan Monnier, 2003/01/20
- Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28], Eli Zaretskii, 2003/01/21
- Re: unibyte<->multibyte conversion [Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28], Kenichi Handa, 2003/01/21