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diff --git a/devdocs/elisp/format-conversion-overview.html b/devdocs/elisp/format-conversion-overview.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..c7685d8f --- /dev/null +++ b/devdocs/elisp/format-conversion-overview.html @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ + <h4 class="subsection">Overview</h4> <p>The function <code>insert-file-contents</code>: </p> <ul> <li> initially, inserts bytes from the file into the buffer; </li> +<li> decodes bytes to characters as appropriate; </li> +<li> processes formats as defined by entries in <code>format-alist</code>; and </li> +<li> calls functions in <code>after-insert-file-functions</code>. </li> +</ul> <p>The function <code>write-region</code>: </p> <ul> <li> initially, calls functions in <code>write-region-annotate-functions</code>; </li> +<li> processes formats as defined by entries in <code>format-alist</code>; </li> +<li> encodes characters to bytes as appropriate; and </li> +<li> modifies the file with the bytes. </li> +</ul> <p>This shows the symmetry of the lowest-level operations; reading and writing handle things in opposite order. The rest of this section describes the two facilities surrounding the three variables named above, as well as some related functions. <a href="coding-systems">Coding Systems</a>, for details on character encoding and decoding. </p><div class="_attribution"> + <p class="_attribution-p"> + Copyright © 1990-1996, 1998-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <br>Licensed under the GNU GPL license.<br> + <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Format-Conversion-Overview.html" class="_attribution-link">https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Format-Conversion-Overview.html</a> + </p> +</div> |