@defun send-string-to-terminal string &optional terminal
This function sends @var{string} to @var{terminal} without alteration.
Control characters in @var{string} have terminal-dependent effects.
+(If you need to display non-ASCII text on the terminal, encode it
+using one of the functions described in @ref{Explicit Encoding}.)
This function operates only on text terminals. @var{terminal} may be
a terminal object, a frame, or @code{nil} for the selected frame's
terminal. In batch mode, @var{string} is sent to @code{stdout} when
calls @var{function} with no arguments, or @samp{--eval @var{form}}.
Any Lisp program output that would normally go to the echo area,
-either using @code{message}, or using @code{prin1}, etc., with @code{t}
-as the stream, goes instead to Emacs's standard error descriptor when
-in batch mode. Similarly, input that would normally come from the
-minibuffer is read from the standard input descriptor.
-Thus, Emacs behaves much like a noninteractive
-application program. (The echo area output that Emacs itself normally
-generates, such as command echoing, is suppressed entirely.)
+either using @code{message}, or using @code{prin1}, etc., with
+@code{t} as the stream, goes instead to Emacs's standard descriptors
+when in batch mode: @code{message} writes to the standard error
+descriptor, while @code{prin1} and other print functions write to the
+standard output. Similarly, input that would normally come from the
+minibuffer is read from the standard input descriptor. Thus, Emacs
+behaves much like a noninteractive application program. (The echo
+area output that Emacs itself normally generates, such as command
+echoing, is suppressed entirely.)
+
+Non-ASCII text written to the standard output or error descriptors is
+by default encoded using @code{locale-coding-system} (@pxref{Locales})
+if it is non-@code{nil}; this can be overridden by binding
+@code{coding-system-for-write} to a coding system of you choice
+(@pxref{Explicit Encoding}).
@defvar noninteractive
This variable is non-@code{nil} when Emacs is running in batch mode.