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diff --git a/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi b/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi index 4d75d6a1f14..9fb5587521d 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi @@ -829,18 +829,18 @@ two functions support these conversions. This function decodes a character that is assigned a @var{code-point} in @var{charset}, to the corresponding Emacs character, and returns it. If @var{charset} doesn't contain a character of that code point, -the value is @code{nil}. If @var{code-point} doesn't fit in a Lisp -integer (@pxref{Integer Basics, most-positive-fixnum}), it can be +the value is @code{nil}. + +For backward compatibility, if @var{code-point} doesn't fit in a Lisp +fixnum (@pxref{Integer Basics, most-positive-fixnum}), it can be specified as a cons cell @code{(@var{high} . @var{low})}, where @var{low} are the lower 16 bits of the value and @var{high} are the -high 16 bits. +high 16 bits. This usage is obsolescent. @end defun @defun encode-char char charset This function returns the code point assigned to the character -@var{char} in @var{charset}. If the result does not fit in a Lisp -integer, it is returned as a cons cell @code{(@var{high} . @var{low})} -that fits the second argument of @code{decode-char} above. If +@var{char} in @var{charset}. If @var{charset} doesn't have a codepoint for @var{char}, the value is @code{nil}. @end defun |