--- a/src/mule-charset.c	Mon Aug 13 11:22:24 2007 +0200
+++ b/src/mule-charset.c	Mon Aug 13 11:23:13 2007 +0200
@@ -1105,27 +1105,33 @@
 			(CHAR_LEADING_BYTE (XCHAR (ch))));
 }
 
-DEFUN ("char-octet", Fchar_octet, 1, 2, 0, /*
-Return the octet numbered N (should be 0 or 1) of char CH.
-N defaults to 0 if omitted.
+DEFUN ("split-char", Fsplit_char, 1, 1, 0, /*
+Return list of charset and one or two position-codes of CHAR.
 */
-       (ch, n))
+       (character))
 {
-  Lisp_Object charset;
-  int c1, c2, int_n;
+  /* This function can GC */
+  struct gcpro gcpro1, gcpro2;
+  Lisp_Object charset = Qnil;
+  Lisp_Object rc = Qnil;
+  int c1, c2;
 
-  CHECK_CHAR_COERCE_INT (ch);
-  if (NILP (n))
-    int_n = 0;
+  GCPRO2 (charset, rc);
+  CHECK_CHAR_COERCE_INT (character);
+
+  BREAKUP_CHAR (XCHAR (character), charset, c1, c2);
+
+  if (XCHARSET_DIMENSION (Fget_charset (charset)) == 2)
+    {
+      rc = list3 (XCHARSET_NAME (charset), make_int (c1), make_int (c2));
+    }
   else
     {
-      CHECK_INT (n);
-      int_n = XINT (n);
-      if (int_n != 0 && int_n != 1)
-	signal_simple_error ("Octet number must be 0 or 1", n);
+      rc = list2 (XCHARSET_NAME (charset), make_int (c1));
     }
-  BREAKUP_CHAR (XCHAR (ch), charset, c1, c2);
-  return make_int (int_n == 0 ? c1 : c2);
+  UNGCPRO;
+
+  return rc;
 }
 
 
@@ -1230,7 +1236,7 @@
 
   DEFSUBR (Fmake_char);
   DEFSUBR (Fchar_charset);
-  DEFSUBR (Fchar_octet);
+  DEFSUBR (Fsplit_char);
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_COMPOSITE_CHARS
   DEFSUBR (Fmake_composite_char);