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| author | Colin Walters | 2002-05-21 21:15:43 +0000 |
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| committer | Colin Walters | 2002-05-21 21:15:43 +0000 |
| commit | 1d83df136ee7413f061139d613009df871f3a638 (patch) | |
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(Recognize Coding): Note addition of `auto-coding-functions'.
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/man/mule.texi b/man/mule.texi index 32b7807ccb1..64461a4e6be 100644 --- a/man/mule.texi +++ b/man/mule.texi | |||
| @@ -793,17 +793,19 @@ explicitly in the file, that overrides | |||
| 793 | 793 | ||
| 794 | @vindex auto-coding-alist | 794 | @vindex auto-coding-alist |
| 795 | @vindex auto-coding-regexp-alist | 795 | @vindex auto-coding-regexp-alist |
| 796 | The variables @code{auto-coding-alist} and | 796 | @vindex auto-coding-functions |
| 797 | @code{auto-coding-regexp-alist} are the strongest way to specify the | 797 | The variables @code{auto-coding-alist}, |
| 798 | coding system for certain patterns of file names, or for files | 798 | @code{auto-coding-regexp-alist} and @code{auto-coding-functions} are |
| 799 | containing certain patterns; these variables even override | 799 | the strongest way to specify the coding system for certain patterns of |
| 800 | @samp{-*-coding:-*-} tags in the file itself. Emacs uses | 800 | file names, or for files containing certain patterns; these variables |
| 801 | @code{auto-coding-alist} for tar and archive files, to prevent it | 801 | even override @samp{-*-coding:-*-} tags in the file itself. Emacs |
| 802 | uses @code{auto-coding-alist} for tar and archive files, to prevent it | ||
| 802 | from being confused by a @samp{-*-coding:-*-} tag in a member of the | 803 | from being confused by a @samp{-*-coding:-*-} tag in a member of the |
| 803 | archive and thinking it applies to the archive file as a whole. | 804 | archive and thinking it applies to the archive file as a whole. |
| 804 | Likewise, Emacs uses @code{auto-coding-regexp-alist} to ensure that | 805 | Likewise, Emacs uses @code{auto-coding-regexp-alist} to ensure that |
| 805 | RMAIL files, whose names in general don't match any particular pattern, | 806 | RMAIL files, whose names in general don't match any particular |
| 806 | are decoded correctly. | 807 | pattern, are decoded correctly. One of the builtin |
| 808 | @code{auto-coding-functions} detects the encoding for XML files. | ||
| 807 | 809 | ||
| 808 | If Emacs recognizes the encoding of a file incorrectly, you can | 810 | If Emacs recognizes the encoding of a file incorrectly, you can |
| 809 | reread the file using the correct coding system by typing @kbd{C-x | 811 | reread the file using the correct coding system by typing @kbd{C-x |