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author | Dave Love <fx@gnu.org> | 2000-11-27 15:24:43 +0000 |
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committer | Dave Love <fx@gnu.org> | 2000-11-27 15:24:43 +0000 |
commit | b25e2fb558c52c5635f9b518fce2d10ae8faa614 (patch) | |
tree | f0c3cdbd20017ffd49c7ce4d48a1161d559eef5e /lispref | |
parent | 902ae620321aa2fadae916091a441e603a1cb8a4 (diff) | |
download | emacs-b25e2fb558c52c5635f9b518fce2d10ae8faa614.tar.gz |
base64 tweaks
Diffstat (limited to 'lispref')
-rw-r--r-- | lispref/text.texi | 17 |
1 files 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 |