Re: Emacs-diffs Digest, Vol 2, Issue 28

[Kim F. Storm]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     ! The string argument is normally a multibyte string, except:
>     ! - if the process' input coding system is no-conversion or raw-text,
>     !   it is a unibyte string (the non-converted input), or else
> 
> Is this really the right way for it to work?
> Should the choice of unibyte or multibyte string
> be tied in this way to the choice of coding system?

Maybe provide `set-process-multibyte' analogue to `set-buffer-multibyte'.

> 
> If you want multibyte strings "without decoding", would emacs-mule
> give you that?

That's what string-as-multibyte is for I think.

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Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk