Variable: print-escape-multibyte

print-escape-multibyte is a variable defined in print.c.

Value

nil

Documentation

Non-nil means print multibyte characters in strings as \xXXXX.

(XXXX is the hex representation of the character code.)
This affects only prin1.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 20.3.

Source Code

// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/print.c
  DEFVAR_BOOL ("print-escape-multibyte", print_escape_multibyte,
	       doc: /* Non-nil means print multibyte characters in strings as \\xXXXX.
\(XXXX is the hex representation of the character code.)