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636    The four values after @samp{Char:} describe the character that follows    The four values after @samp{Char:} describe the character that follows
637  point, first by showing it and then by giving its character code in  point, first by showing it and then by giving its character code in
638  octal, decimal and hex.  For a non-@acronym{ASCII} multibyte character, these are  octal, decimal and hex.  For a non-@acronym{ASCII} multibyte character, these are
639  followed by @samp{ext} and the character's representation, in hex, in  followed by @samp{file} and the character's representation, in hex, in
640  the buffer's coding system, if that coding system encodes the character  the buffer's coding system, if that coding system encodes the character
641  safely and with a single byte (@pxref{Coding Systems}).  If the  safely and with a single byte (@pxref{Coding Systems}).  If the
642  character's encoding is longer than one byte, Emacs shows @samp{ext ...}.  character's encoding is longer than one byte, Emacs shows @samp{file ...}.
643    
644      However, if the character displayed is in the range 0200 through
645    0377 octal, there's a case that it actually represents an invalid
646    UTF-8 byte.  Emacs represents such a byte in a buffer by a sequence of
647    8-bit characters, but displays only the original invalid byte in octal
648    form.  In such a case, Emacs shows @samp{part of display ...} instead
649    of @samp{file}.
650    
651    @samp{point=} is followed by the position of point expressed as a character    @samp{point=} is followed by the position of point expressed as a character
652  count.  The front of the buffer counts as position 1, one character later  count.  The front of the buffer counts as position 1, one character later

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