Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr&gt; writes: But decode-coding-region basically changes where `characters' begin and end, right?. If I create an extent in an iso8859-1 buffer (however it got there) but then realize 'oh shit, that is really shift-jis encoded goo' and decode the coding region, isn't it possible that the extent could start or end in the _middle_ of a shift-his sequence, and it would then be in the middle of the new character? Would the open/closed start/end-ness be of use there? -Bill P.