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/* Note: the user cannot manipulate ropes portably by referring
   to the chars of the string, because combining two chars to make a GLYPH
   depends on endianness.  */

DEFUN ("make-rope", Fmake_rope, Smake_rope, 0, MANY, 0,
  "Return a newly created rope containing the arguments of this function.
A rope is a string, except that its contents will be treated as an\n\
array of glyphs, where a glyph is an integer type that may be larger\n\
than a character.  Emacs is normally configured to use 8-bit glyphs,\n\
so ropes are normally no different from strings.  But Emacs may be\n\
configured to use 16-bit glyphs, to allow the use of larger fonts.\n\

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/* Note: the user cannot manipulate ropes portably by referring
   to the chars of the string, because combining two chars to make a GLYPH
   depends on endianness.  */

DEFUN ("make-rope", Fmake_rope, Smake_rope, 0, MANY, 0,
  "Return a newly created rope containing the arguments of this function.\n\
A rope is a string, except that its contents will be treated as an\n\
array of glyphs, where a glyph is an integer type that may be larger\n\
than a character.  Emacs is normally configured to use 8-bit glyphs,\n\
so ropes are normally no different from strings.  But Emacs may be\n\
configured to use 16-bit glyphs, to allow the use of larger fonts.\n\