Re: `decode-coding-string' question

[David Kastrup]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     Say I have a string with various text properties set.  If I then
>     apply `decode-coding-string' to it, all the properties are lost.
>     Is there a way to transfer properties from ``character beginning''
>     (i.e. first character of a number being combined during decoding)
>     to the decoded character?
>
> It would be a nice improvement to make, but not trivial.

I think it would be more important that recoding/encoding/decoding
preserved markers.  Again, likely not trivial.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum