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elisp: Format Conversion

 
 24.12 File Format Conversion
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 Emacs performs several steps to convert the data in a buffer (text, text
 properties, and possibly other information) to and from a representation
 suitable for storing into a file.  This section describes the
 fundamental functions that perform this “format conversion”, namely
 ‘insert-file-contents’ for reading a file into a buffer, and
 ‘write-region’ for writing a buffer into a file.
 

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· Overview Format Conversion Overview.     ‘insert-file-contents’ and ‘write-region’.
· Round-Trip Format Conversion Round-Trip. Using ‘format-alist’.
· Piecemeal Format Conversion Piecemeal.   Specifying non-paired conversion.
 

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