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Improve documentation of decoding into a unibyte buffer

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* doc/lispref/nonascii.texi (Explicit Encoding): Document what
happens when DESTINATION of decoding is a unibyte buffer.

* src/coding.c (Fdecode_coding_region)
(Fdecode_coding_string): Document what happens if DESTINATION
is a unibyte buffer.
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Eli Zaretskii 2019-05-25 22:10:00 +03:00
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@ -1912,7 +1912,10 @@ the command returns the decoded text as a multibyte string without
inserting it.
If decoded text is inserted in some buffer, this command returns the
length of the decoded text.
length of the decoded text. If that buffer is a unibyte buffer
(@pxref{Selecting a Representations}), the internal representation of
the decoded text (@pxref{Text Representations}) is inserted into the
buffer as individual bytes.
This command puts a @code{charset} text property on the decoded text.
The value of the property states the character set used to decode the
@ -1931,7 +1934,9 @@ contains 8-bit bytes in their multibyte form).
If optional argument @var{buffer} specifies a buffer, the decoded text
is inserted in that buffer after point (point does not move). In this
case, the return value is the length of the decoded text.
case, the return value is the length of the decoded text. If that
buffer is a unibyte buffer, the internal representation of the decoded
text is inserted into it as individual bytes.
@cindex @code{charset}, text property
This function puts a @code{charset} text property on the decoded text.

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@ -9398,7 +9398,8 @@ START and END are buffer positions.
Optional 4th arguments DESTINATION specifies where the decoded text goes.
If nil, the region between START and END is replaced by the decoded text.
If buffer, the decoded text is inserted in that buffer after point (point
does not move).
does not move). If that buffer is unibyte, it receives the individual
bytes of the internal representation of the decoded text.
In those cases, the length of the decoded text is returned.
If DESTINATION is t, the decoded text is returned.
@ -9556,7 +9557,9 @@ if the decoding operation is trivial.
Optional fourth arg BUFFER non-nil means that the decoded text is
inserted in that buffer after point (point does not move). In this
case, the return value is the length of the decoded text.
case, the return value is the length of the decoded text. If that
buffer is unibyte, it receives the individual bytes of the internal
representation of the decoded text.
This function sets `last-coding-system-used' to the precise coding system
used (which may be different from CODING-SYSTEM if CODING-SYSTEM is