Add set-binary-mode primitive to switch a standard stream to binary I/O.

src/fileio.c: Include binary-io.h.
 (Fset_binary_mode): New function.
 (syms_of_fileio): Defsubr it.
 (syms_of_fileio) <Qstdin, Qstdout, Qstderr>: DEFSYM them.

 admin/unidata/unidata/uvs.el (uvs-print-table-ivd): Call set-binary-mode on
 stdout.

 doc/lispref/streams.texi (Input Functions): Document 'set-binary-mode'.
 (Output Functions): Cross-reference to documentation of
 'set-binary-mode'.

 etc/NEWS: Mention 'set-binary-mode'.

admin/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-01-15  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+	* unidata/uvs.el (uvs-print-table-ivd): Call set-binary-mode on
+	stdout.
+
 2015-01-12  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
 	Say "ELC foo.elc" instead of "GEN foo.elc"

admin/unidata/uvs.el

@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ corresponding number."
 	   (insert-file-contents filename)
 	   (uvs-alist-from-ivd collection-id
 			       sequence-id-to-glyph-func))))
+    (set-binary-mode 'stdout t)
     (princ "/* Automatically generated by uvs.el.  */\n")
     (princ
      (format "static const unsigned char mac_uvs_table_%s_bytes[] =\n  {\n"

doc/lispref/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2015-01-15  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+	* streams.texi (Input Functions): Document 'set-binary-mode'.
+	(Output Functions): Cross-reference to documentation of
+	'set-binary-mode'.
+
 2015-01-04  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
 	batch write-region no longer says "Wrote FOO"

doc/lispref/streams.texi

@@ -339,6 +339,25 @@ shared structures.  @xref{Circular Objects}.  Its default value is
 @code{t}.
 @end defvar
 
+@cindex binary I/O in batch mode
+When reading or writing from the standard input/output streams of the
+Emacs process in batch mode, it is sometimes required to make sure any
+arbitrary binary data will be read/written verbatim, and/or that no
+translation of newlines to or from CR-LF pairs are performed.  This
+issue does not exist on Posix hosts, only on MS-Windows and MS-DOS.
+The following function allows to control the I/O mode of any standard
+stream of the Emacs process.
+
+@defun set-binary-mode stream mode
+Switch @var{stream} into binary or text I/O mode.  If @var{mode} is
+non-@code{nil}, switch to binary mode, otherwise switch to text mode.
+The value of @var{stream} can be one of @code{stdin}, @code{stdout},
+or @code{stderr}.  This function flushes any pending output data of
+@var{stream} as a side effect, and returns the previous value of I/O
+mode for @var{stream}.  On Posix hosts, it always returns a
+non-@code{nil} value and does nothing except flushing pending output.
+@end defun
+
 @node Output Streams
 @section Output Streams
 @cindex stream (for printing)
@@ -686,6 +705,11 @@ This function outputs @var{object} to @var{stream}, just like
 indent and fill the object to make it more readable for humans.
 @end defun
 
+If you need to use binary I/O in batch mode, e.g., use the functions
+described in this section to write out arbitrary binary data or avoid
+conversion of newlines on non-Posix hosts, see @ref{Input Functions,
+set-binary-mode}.
+
 @node Output Variables
 @section Variables Affecting Output
 @cindex output-controlling variables

etc/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2015-01-15  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+	* NEWS: Mention 'set-binary-mode'.
+
 2015-01-11  Paul Eggert  <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
 
 	Default to 'configure --enable-silent-rules'

etc/NEWS

@@ -588,6 +588,10 @@ been obsoleted.
 undocumented integer-pair format.  Instead, they return a list of two
 integers.
 
++++
+** New function `set-binary-mode' allows to switch a standard stream
+of the Emacs process to binary I/O mode.
+
 
 * Changes in Frames and Windows Code in Emacs 25.1
 

src/ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2015-01-15  Eli Zaretskii  <eliz@gnu.org>
+
+	* fileio.c: Include binary-io.h.
+	(Fset_binary_mode): New function.
+	(syms_of_fileio): Defsubr it.
+	(syms_of_fileio) <Qstdin, Qstdout, Qstderr>: DEFSYM them.
+
 2015-01-15  Teodor Zlatanov  <tzz@lifelogs.com>
 
 	* gnutls.c (init_gnutls_functions): Import gnutls_x509_crt_check_issuer.

src/fileio.c

@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
 #include <careadlinkat.h>
 #include <stat-time.h>
 
+#include <binary-io.h>
+
 #ifdef HPUX
 #include <netio.h>
 #endif
@@ -5754,6 +5756,48 @@ before any other event (mouse or keypress) is handled.  */)
   return Qnil;
 }
 
+
+DEFUN ("set-binary-mode", Fset_binary_mode, Sset_binary_mode, 2, 2, 0,
+       doc: /* Switch STREAM to binary I/O mode or text I/O mode.
+STREAM can be one of the symbols `stdin', `stdout', or `stderr'.
+If MODE is non-nil, switch STREAM to binary mode, otherwise switch
+it to text mode.
+
+As a side effect, this function flushes any pending STREAM's data.
+
+Value is the previous value of STREAM's I/O mode, nil for text mode,
+non-nil for binary mode.
+
+On MS-Windows and MS-DOS, binary mode is needed to read or write
+arbitrary binary data, and for disabling translation between CR-LF
+pairs and a single newline character.  Examples include generation
+of text files with Unix-style end-of-line format using `princ' in
+batch mode, with standard output redirected to a file.
+
+On Posix systems, this function always returns non-nil, and has no
+effect except for flushing STREAM's data.  */)
+  (Lisp_Object stream, Lisp_Object mode)
+{
+  FILE *fp = NULL;
+  int binmode;
+
+  CHECK_SYMBOL (stream);
+  if (EQ (stream, Qstdin))
+    fp = stdin;
+  else if (EQ (stream, Qstdout))
+    fp = stdout;
+  else if (EQ (stream, Qstderr))
+    fp = stderr;
+  else
+    xsignal2 (Qerror, build_string ("unsupported stream"), stream);
+
+  binmode = NILP (mode) ? O_TEXT : O_BINARY;
+  if (fp != stdin)
+    fflush (fp);
+
+  return (set_binary_mode (fileno (fp), binmode) == O_BINARY) ? Qt : Qnil;
+}
+
 void
 init_fileio (void)
 {
@@ -6040,6 +6084,10 @@ This includes interactive calls to `delete-file' and
   DEFSYM (Qsubstitute_env_in_file_name, "substitute-env-in-file-name");
   DEFSYM (Qget_buffer_window_list, "get-buffer-window-list");
 
+  DEFSYM (Qstdin, "stdin");
+  DEFSYM (Qstdout, "stdout");
+  DEFSYM (Qstderr, "stderr");
+
   defsubr (&Sfind_file_name_handler);
   defsubr (&Sfile_name_directory);
   defsubr (&Sfile_name_nondirectory);
@@ -6089,6 +6137,8 @@ This includes interactive calls to `delete-file' and
 
   defsubr (&Snext_read_file_uses_dialog_p);
 
+  defsubr (&Sset_binary_mode);
+
 #ifdef HAVE_SYNC
   defsubr (&Sunix_sync);
 #endif