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* syntax.texi (Position Parse): Document rationale for ignored

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arguments to syntax-ppss-flush-cache.

* processes.texi (Input to Processes): Mark PROCESS arg to
process-running-child-p as optional.
(Network Options): Document NO-ERROR arg to
set-network-process-option.

* buffers.texi (Indirect Buffers): Mark clone-indirect-buffer as a
command.

* searching.texi (POSIX Regexps): Mark posix-search-forward and
posix-search-backward as commands.

* os.texi (Killing Emacs): Mark kill-emacs as a command.
(Suspending Emacs): Mark suspend-emacs as a command.
(Processor Run Time): Mark emacs-uptime and emacs-init-time as
commands.
(Terminal Output): Remove obsolete function baud-rate.  Document
TERMINAL arg for send-string-to-terminal.

* nonascii.texi (Terminal I/O Encoding): Document TERMINAL arg for
terminal-coding-system and set-terminal-coding-system.
(Explicit Encoding): Mark DESTINATION arg of decode-coding-region
as optional.
(Character Sets): Document RESTRICTION arg of char-charset.
(Character Codes): Mark POS argument to get-byte as optional.

* minibuf.texi (Minibuffer Misc): Document ARGS arg for
minibuffer-message.

* files.texi (Create/Delete Dirs): Mark make-directory and
delete-directory as commands.

* abbrevs.texi (Abbrev Tables): Fix arglist for make-abbrev-table.

* text.texi (Base 64): Mark base64-decode-string and
base64-encode-string as commands.
(Columns): Mark move-to-column as a command.
(Mode-Specific Indent): Document RIGID arg to
indent-for-tab-command.
(Region Indent): Mark TO-COLUMN arg to indent-region as optional.
Mark indent-code-rigidly as a command.
(Substitution): Mark translate-region as a command.

* frames.texi (Size and Position): Remove obsolete functions
screen-height and screen-width.
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@ -1,3 +1,53 @@
2009-05-20 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
* syntax.texi (Position Parse): Document rationale for ignored
arguments to syntax-ppss-flush-cache.
* processes.texi (Input to Processes): Mark PROCESS arg to
process-running-child-p as optional.
(Network Options): Document NO-ERROR arg to
set-network-process-option.
* buffers.texi (Indirect Buffers): Mark clone-indirect-buffer as a
command.
* searching.texi (POSIX Regexps): Mark posix-search-forward and
posix-search-backward as commands.
* os.texi (Killing Emacs): Mark kill-emacs as a command.
(Suspending Emacs): Mark suspend-emacs as a command.
(Processor Run Time): Mark emacs-uptime and emacs-init-time as
commands.
(Terminal Output): Remove obsolete function baud-rate. Document
TERMINAL arg for send-string-to-terminal.
* nonascii.texi (Terminal I/O Encoding): Document TERMINAL arg for
terminal-coding-system and set-terminal-coding-system.
(Explicit Encoding): Mark DESTINATION arg of decode-coding-region
as optional.
(Character Sets): Document RESTRICTION arg of char-charset.
(Character Codes): Mark POS argument to get-byte as optional.
* minibuf.texi (Minibuffer Misc): Document ARGS arg for
minibuffer-message.
* files.texi (Create/Delete Dirs): Mark make-directory and
delete-directory as commands.
* abbrevs.texi (Abbrev Tables): Fix arglist for make-abbrev-table.
* text.texi (Base 64): Mark base64-decode-string and
base64-encode-string as commands.
(Columns): Mark move-to-column as a command.
(Mode-Specific Indent): Document RIGID arg to
indent-for-tab-command.
(Region Indent): Mark TO-COLUMN arg to indent-region as optional.
Mark indent-code-rigidly as a command.
(Substitution): Mark translate-region as a command.
* frames.texi (Size and Position): Remove obsolete functions
screen-height and screen-width.
2009-05-19 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
* windows.texi (Cyclic Window Ordering, Cyclic Window Ordering)

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@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ override it. It is the same as @code{(default-value 'abbrev-mode)}.
This section describes how to create and manipulate abbrev tables.
@defun make-abbrev-table &rest props
@defun make-abbrev-table &optional props
This function creates and returns a new, empty abbrev table---an
obarray containing no symbols. It is a vector filled with zeros.
@var{props} is a property list that is applied to the new table

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@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ non-@code{nil}, the initial state is copied from the actual base
buffer, not from @var{base-buffer}.
@end deffn
@defun clone-indirect-buffer newname display-flag &optional norecord
@deffn clone-indirect-buffer newname display-flag &optional norecord
This function creates and returns a new indirect buffer that shares
the current buffer's base buffer and copies the rest of the current
buffer's attributes. (If the current buffer is not indirect, it is
@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ If @var{display-flag} is non-@code{nil}, that means to display the new
buffer by calling @code{pop-to-buffer}. If @var{norecord} is
non-@code{nil}, that means not to put the new buffer to the front of
the buffer list.
@end defun
@end deffn
@defun buffer-base-buffer &optional buffer
This function returns the base buffer of @var{buffer}, which defaults

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@ -2492,24 +2492,24 @@ with @code{delete-file}. These special functions exist to create and
delete directories.
@findex mkdir
@defun make-directory dirname &optional parents
This function creates a directory named @var{dirname}.
If @var{parents} is non-@code{nil}, as is always the case in an
@deffn Command make-directory dirname &optional parents
This command creates a directory named @var{dirname}. If
@var{parents} is non-@code{nil}, as is always the case in an
interactive call, that means to create the parent directories first,
if they don't already exist.
@code{mkdir} is an alias for this fuction.
@end defun
@code{mkdir} is an alias for this.
@end deffn
@defun delete-directory dirname
This function deletes the directory named @var{dirname}. The function
@deffn Command delete-directory dirname
This command deletes the directory named @var{dirname}. The function
@code{delete-file} does not work for files that are directories; you
must use @code{delete-directory} for them. If the directory contains
any files, @code{delete-directory} signals an error.
This function only follows symbolic links at the level of parent
directories.
@end defun
@code{delete-directory} only follows symbolic links at the level of
parent directories.
@end deffn
@node Magic File Names
@section Making Certain File Names ``Magic''

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@ -968,13 +968,6 @@ lines and columns. If you don't supply @var{frame}, they use the
selected frame.
@end defun
@defun screen-height
@defunx screen-width
These functions are old aliases for @code{frame-height} and
@code{frame-width}. When you are using a non-window terminal, the size
of the frame is normally the same as the size of the terminal screen.
@end defun
@defun frame-pixel-height &optional frame
@defunx frame-pixel-width &optional frame
These functions return the height and width of the main display area

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@ -2125,10 +2125,12 @@ windows. If a float, it specifies a fraction of the height of the
frame. If an integer, it specifies a number of lines.
@end defopt
@defun minibuffer-message string
@defun minibuffer-message string &rest args
This function displays @var{string} temporarily at the end of the
minibuffer text, for two seconds, or until the next input event
arrives, whichever comes first.
arrives, whichever comes first. If @var{args} is non-@code{nil}, the
actual message is obtained by passing @var{string} and @var{args}
through @code{format}. @xref{Formatting Strings}.
@end defun
@ignore

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@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ codepoint can have.
@end example
@end defun
@defun get-byte pos &optional string
@defun get-byte &optional pos string
This function returns the byte at character position @var{pos} in the
current buffer. If the current buffer is unibyte, this is literally
the byte at that position. If the buffer is multibyte, byte values of
@ -573,10 +573,15 @@ returns a single character set of the highest priority.
This function makes @var{charsets} the highest priority character sets.
@end defun
@defun char-charset character
@defun char-charset character &optional restriction
This function returns the name of the character set of highest
priority that @var{character} belongs to. @acronym{ASCII} characters
are an exception: for them, this function always returns @code{ascii}.
If @var{restriction} is non-@code{nil}, it should be a list of
charsets to search. Alternatively, it can be a coding system, in
which case the returned charset must be supported by that coding
system (@pxref{Coding Systems}).
@end defun
@defun charset-plist charset
@ -1621,7 +1626,7 @@ case the function may return @var{string} itself if the encoding
operation is trivial. The result of encoding is a unibyte string.
@end defun
@deffn Command decode-coding-region start end coding-system destination
@deffn Command decode-coding-region start end coding-system &optional destination
This command decodes the text from @var{start} to @var{end} according
to coding system @var{coding-system}. To make explicit decoding
useful, the text before decoding ought to be a sequence of byte
@ -1706,15 +1711,20 @@ if it is @code{nil}, that means the currently selected frame's
terminal. @xref{Multiple Terminals}.
@end deffn
@defun terminal-coding-system
@defun terminal-coding-system &optional terminal
This function returns the coding system that is in use for encoding
terminal output---or @code{nil} for no encoding.
terminal output from @var{terminal}---or @code{nil} if the output is
not encoded. If @var{terminal} is a frame, it means that frame's
terminal; if it is @code{nil}, that means the currently selected
frame's terminal.
@end defun
@deffn Command set-terminal-coding-system coding-system
@deffn Command set-terminal-coding-system coding-system &optional terminal
This command specifies @var{coding-system} as the coding system to use
for encoding terminal output. If @var{coding-system} is @code{nil},
that means do not encode terminal output.
for encoding terminal output from @var{terminal}. If
@var{coding-system} is @code{nil}, terminal output is not encoded. If
@var{terminal} is a frame, it means that frame's terminal; if it is
@code{nil}, that means the currently selected frame's terminal.
@end deffn
@node MS-DOS File Types

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@ -539,8 +539,8 @@ common.
parent process normally resumes control. The low-level primitive for
killing Emacs is @code{kill-emacs}.
@defun kill-emacs &optional exit-data
This function exits the Emacs process and kills it.
@deffn Command kill-emacs &optional exit-data
This command exits the Emacs process and kills it.
If @var{exit-data} is an integer, then it is used as the exit status
of the Emacs process. (This is useful primarily in batch operation; see
@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ of the Emacs process. (This is useful primarily in batch operation; see
If @var{exit-data} is a string, its contents are stuffed into the
terminal input buffer so that the shell (or whatever program next reads
input) can read them.
@end defun
@end deffn
All the information in the Emacs process, aside from files that have
been saved, is lost when the Emacs process is killed. Because killing
@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ controlling terminal is a graphical terminal.
systems, ``suspension'' actually creates a new shell temporarily as a
subprocess of Emacs. Then you would exit the shell to return to Emacs.
@defun suspend-emacs &optional string
@deffn Command suspend-emacs &optional string
This function stops Emacs and returns control to the superior process.
If and when the superior process resumes Emacs, @code{suspend-emacs}
returns @code{nil} to its caller in Lisp.
@ -676,7 +676,7 @@ lewis@@slug[24] % fg
Resumed!
@end group
@end smallexample
@end defun
@end deffn
@defvar suspend-hook
This variable is a normal hook that Emacs runs before suspending.
@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ done when Emacs starts up, the value actually used is the one saved when
Emacs was dumped. @xref{Building Emacs}.)
@end defvar
@deffn Command getenv var
@deffn Command getenv var &optional frame
@cindex environment variable access
This function returns the value of the environment variable @var{var},
as a string. @var{var} should be a string. If @var{var} is undefined
@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ most-positive-fixnum}).
Emacs provides several functions and primitives that return time,
both elapsed and processor time, used by the Emacs process.
@defun emacs-uptime &optional format
@deffn Command emacs-uptime &optional format
This function returns a string representing the Emacs
@dfn{uptime}---the elapsed wall-clock time this instance of Emacs is
running. The string is formatted by @code{format-seconds} according
@ -1481,7 +1481,9 @@ to the optional argument @var{format}. For the available format
descriptors, see @ref{Time Parsing, format-seconds}. If @var{format}
is @code{nil} or omitted, it defaults to @code{"%Y, %D, %H, %M,
%z%S"}.
@end defun
When called interactively, it prints the uptime in the echo area.
@end deffn
@defun get-internal-run-time
This function returns the processor run time used by Emacs as a list
@ -1508,10 +1510,11 @@ time, @code{get-internal-run-time} returns the same time as
@code{current-time}.
@end defun
@defun emacs-init-time
@deffn Command emacs-init-time
This function returns the duration of the Emacs initialization
(@pxref{Startup Summary}) in seconds, as a string.
@end defun
(@pxref{Startup Summary}) in seconds, as a string. When called
interactively, it prints the duration in the echo area.
@end deffn
@node Time Calculations
@section Time Calculations
@ -1946,15 +1949,12 @@ that Emacs and other programs can get the proper value, but others do
not. If Emacs has the wrong value, it makes decisions that are less
than optimal. To fix the problem, set @code{baud-rate}.
@defun baud-rate
This obsolete function returns the value of the variable
@code{baud-rate}.
@end defun
@defun send-string-to-terminal string
This function sends @var{string} to the terminal without alteration.
@defun send-string-to-terminal string &optional terminal
This function sends @var{string} to @var{terminal} without alteration.
Control characters in @var{string} have terminal-dependent effects.
This function operates only on text terminals.
This function operates only on text terminals. @var{terminal} may be
a terminal object, a frame, or @code{nil} for the selected frame's
terminal.
One use of this function is to define function keys on terminals that
have downloadable function key definitions. For example, this is how (on

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@ -979,8 +979,8 @@ The function returns @var{process}.
@end smallexample
@end defun
@defun process-running-child-p process
This function will tell you whether a subprocess has given control of
@defun process-running-child-p &optional process
This function will tell you whether a @var{process} has given control of
its terminal to its own child process. The value is @code{t} if this is
true, or if Emacs cannot tell; it is @code{nil} if Emacs can be certain
that this is not so.
@ -1074,7 +1074,6 @@ it the signal @code{SIGCONT}. This presumes that @var{process} was
stopped previously.
@end defun
@c Emacs 19 feature
@defun signal-process process signal
This function sends a signal to process @var{process}. The argument
@var{signal} specifies which signal to send; it should be an integer.
@ -2240,10 +2239,13 @@ process on the host), where it is not possible to make a new server on
that port.
@end table
@defun set-network-process-option process option value
@defun set-network-process-option process option value &optional no-error
This function sets or modifies a network option for network process
@var{process}. See @code{make-network-process} for details of options
@var{option} and their corresponding values @var{value}.
@var{option} and their corresponding values @var{value}. If
@var{no-error} is non-@code{nil}, this function returns @code{nil}
instead of signaling an error if @var{option} is not a supported
option. If the function successfully completes, it returns @code{t}.
The current setting of an option is available via the
@code{process-contact} function.

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@ -1182,17 +1182,17 @@ non-greedy repetition operators (@pxref{Regexp Special, non-greedy}).
This is because POSIX backtracking conflicts with the semantics of
non-greedy repetition.
@defun posix-search-forward regexp &optional limit noerror repeat
@deffn Command posix-search-forward regexp &optional limit noerror repeat
This is like @code{re-search-forward} except that it performs the full
backtracking specified by the POSIX standard for regular expression
matching.
@end defun
@end deffn
@defun posix-search-backward regexp &optional limit noerror repeat
@deffn Command posix-search-backward regexp &optional limit noerror repeat
This is like @code{re-search-backward} except that it performs the full
backtracking specified by the POSIX standard for regular expression
matching.
@end defun
@end deffn
@defun posix-looking-at regexp
This is like @code{looking-at} except that it performs the full

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@ -728,9 +728,12 @@ buffer is modified without obeying the hook, such as when using
@code{inhibit-modification-hooks}. For this reason, it is sometimes
necessary to flush the cache manually.
@defun syntax-ppss-flush-cache beg
This function flushes the cache used by @code{syntax-ppss}, starting at
position @var{beg}.
@defun syntax-ppss-flush-cache beg &rest ignored-args
This function flushes the cache used by @code{syntax-ppss}, starting
at position @var{beg}. The remaining arguments, @var{ignored-args},
are ignored; this function accepts them so that it can be directly
used on hooks such as @code{before-change-functions} (@pxref{Change
Hooks}).
@end defun
Major modes can make @code{syntax-ppss} run faster by specifying

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@ -2129,14 +2129,17 @@ For an example of using @code{current-column}, see the description of
@code{count-lines} in @ref{Text Lines}.
@end defun
@defun move-to-column column &optional force
@deffn Command move-to-column column &optional force
This function moves point to @var{column} in the current line. The
calculation of @var{column} takes into account the widths of the
displayed representations of the characters between the start of the
line and point.
If column @var{column} is beyond the end of the line, point moves to the
end of the line. If @var{column} is negative, point moves to the
When called interactively, @var{column} is the value of prefix numeric
argument. If @var{column} is not an integer, an error is signaled.
If column @var{column} is beyond the end of the line, point moves to
the end of the line. If @var{column} is negative, point moves to the
beginning of the line.
If it is impossible to move to column @var{column} because that is in
@ -2151,10 +2154,8 @@ The argument @var{force} also has an effect if the line isn't long
enough to reach column @var{column}; if it is @code{t}, that means to
add whitespace at the end of the line to reach that column.
If @var{column} is not an integer, an error is signaled.
The return value is the column number actually moved to.
@end defun
@end deffn
@node Indentation
@section Indentation
@ -2235,15 +2236,17 @@ This command calls the function in @code{indent-line-function} to
indent the current line in a way appropriate for the current major mode.
@end deffn
@deffn Command indent-for-tab-command
This command calls the function in @code{indent-line-function} to indent
the current line; however, if that function is
@code{indent-to-left-margin}, @code{insert-tab} is called instead. (That
is a trivial command that inserts a tab character.)
@deffn Command indent-for-tab-command &optional rigid
This command calls the function in @code{indent-line-function} to
indent the current line; however, if that function is
@code{indent-to-left-margin}, @code{insert-tab} is called instead.
(That is a trivial command that inserts a tab character.) If
@var{rigid} is non-@code{nil}, this function also rigidly indents the
entire balanced expression that starts at the beginning of the current
line, to reflect change in indentation of the current line.
@end deffn
@deffn Command newline-and-indent
@comment !!SourceFile simple.el
This function inserts a newline, then indents the new line (the one
following the newline just inserted) according to the major mode.
@ -2274,7 +2277,7 @@ by @code{left-margin}.
This section describes commands that indent all the lines in the
region. They return unpredictable values.
@deffn Command indent-region start end to-column
@deffn Command indent-region start end &optional to-column
This command indents each nonblank line starting between @var{start}
(inclusive) and @var{end} (exclusive). If @var{to-column} is
@code{nil}, @code{indent-region} indents each nonblank line by calling
@ -2312,7 +2315,6 @@ a different meaning and does not use this variable.
@end defvar
@deffn Command indent-rigidly start end count
@comment !!SourceFile indent.el
This command indents all lines starting between @var{start}
(inclusive) and @var{end} (exclusive) sideways by @var{count} columns.
This ``preserves the shape'' of the affected region, moving it as a
@ -2328,13 +2330,13 @@ In Mail mode, @kbd{C-c C-y} (@code{mail-yank-original}) uses
replied to.
@end deffn
@defun indent-code-rigidly start end columns &optional nochange-regexp
@deffn Command indent-code-rigidly start end columns &optional nochange-regexp
This is like @code{indent-rigidly}, except that it doesn't alter lines
that start within strings or comments.
In addition, it doesn't alter a line if @var{nochange-regexp} matches at
the beginning of the line (if @var{nochange-regexp} is non-@code{nil}).
@end defun
@end deffn
@node Relative Indent
@subsection Indentation Relative to Previous Lines
@ -3867,7 +3869,7 @@ ThXs Xs the contents of the buffer before.
@end example
@end defun
@defun translate-region start end table
@deffn Command translate-region start end table
This function applies a translation table to the characters in the
buffer between positions @var{start} and @var{end}.
@ -3881,7 +3883,7 @@ The return value of @code{translate-region} is the number of
characters that were actually changed by the translation. This does
not count characters that were mapped into themselves in the
translation table.
@end defun
@end deffn
@node Registers
@section Registers
@ -3956,27 +3958,6 @@ expect only certain data types. The return value is @var{value}.
This command displays what is contained in register @var{reg}.
@end deffn
@ignore
@deffn Command point-to-register reg
This command stores both the current location of point and the current
buffer in register @var{reg} as a marker.
@end deffn
@deffn Command jump-to-register reg
@deffnx Command register-to-point reg
@comment !!SourceFile register.el
This command restores the status recorded in register @var{reg}.
If @var{reg} contains a marker, it moves point to the position stored in
the marker. Since both the buffer and the location within the buffer
are stored by the @code{point-to-register} function, this command can
switch you to another buffer.
If @var{reg} contains a window configuration or a frame configuration.
@code{jump-to-register} restores that configuration.
@end deffn
@end ignore
@deffn Command insert-register reg &optional beforep
This command inserts contents of register @var{reg} into the current
buffer.
@ -3996,43 +3977,6 @@ a rectangle (a list), currently useless things happen. This may be
changed in the future.
@end deffn
@ignore
@deffn Command copy-to-register reg start end &optional delete-flag
This command copies the region from @var{start} to @var{end} into
register @var{reg}. If @var{delete-flag} is non-@code{nil}, it deletes
the region from the buffer after copying it into the register.
@end deffn
@deffn Command prepend-to-register reg start end &optional delete-flag
This command prepends the region from @var{start} to @var{end} into
register @var{reg}. If @var{delete-flag} is non-@code{nil}, it deletes
the region from the buffer after copying it to the register.
@end deffn
@deffn Command append-to-register reg start end &optional delete-flag
This command appends the region from @var{start} to @var{end} to the
text already in register @var{reg}. If @var{delete-flag} is
non-@code{nil}, it deletes the region from the buffer after copying it
to the register.
@end deffn
@deffn Command copy-rectangle-to-register reg start end &optional delete-flag
This command copies a rectangular region from @var{start} to @var{end}
into register @var{reg}. If @var{delete-flag} is non-@code{nil}, it
deletes the region from the buffer after copying it to the register.
@end deffn
@deffn Command window-configuration-to-register reg
This function stores the window configuration of the selected frame in
register @var{reg}.
@end deffn
@deffn Command frame-configuration-to-register reg
This function stores the current frame configuration in register
@var{reg}.
@end deffn
@end ignore
@node Transposition
@section Transposition of Text
@ -4067,7 +4011,7 @@ manner.
}2045. This section describes the functions for
converting to and from this code.
@defun base64-encode-region beg end &optional no-line-break
@deffn Command base64-encode-region beg end &optional no-line-break
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
@ -4079,9 +4023,9 @@ Normally, this function inserts newline characters into the encoded
text, to avoid overlong lines. However, if the optional argument
@var{no-line-break} is non-@code{nil}, these newlines are not added, so
the output is just one long line.
@end defun
@end deffn
@defun base64-encode-string string &optional no-line-break
@deffn Command base64-encode-string string &optional no-line-break
This function converts the string @var{string} into base 64 code. It
returns a string containing the encoded text. As for
@code{base64-encode-region}, an error is signaled if a character in the
@ -4091,7 +4035,7 @@ Normally, this function inserts newline characters into the encoded
text, to avoid overlong lines. However, if the optional argument
@var{no-line-break} is non-@code{nil}, these newlines are not added, so
the result string is just one long line.
@end defun
@end deffn
@defun base64-decode-region beg end
This function converts the region from @var{beg} to @var{end} from base