format-encode-run-method

format-encode-run-method is a compiled Lisp function in `format.el'.

(format-encode-run-method METHOD FROM TO &optional BUFFER)

Translate using METHOD the text from FROM to TO.
If METHOD is a string, it is a shell command (including options);
otherwise, it should be a Lisp function.
BUFFER should be the buffer that the output originally came from.