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| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/streams.texi | 17 |
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diff --git a/lispref/streams.texi b/lispref/streams.texi index 5521f74d876..2209a40baf9 100644 --- a/lispref/streams.texi +++ b/lispref/streams.texi @@ -720,6 +720,23 @@ If this variable is non-@code{nil}, then unibyte non-@sc{ASCII} characters in strings are unconditionally printed as backslash sequences by the print functions @code{prin1} and @code{print} that print with quoting. + +Those functions also use backslash sequences for unibyte non-@sc{ASCII} +characters, regardless of the value of this variable, when the output +stream is a multibyte buffer or a marker pointing into one. +@end defvar + +@tindex print-escape-multibyte +@defvar print-escape-multibyte +If this variable is non-@code{nil}, then multibyte non-@sc{ASCII} +characters in strings are unconditionally printed as backslash sequences +by the print functions @code{prin1} and @code{print} that print with +quoting. + +Those functions also use backslash sequences for multibyte +non-@sc{ASCII} characters, regardless of the value of this variable, +when the output stream is a unibyte buffer or a marker pointing into +one. @end defvar @defvar print-length |