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Proofreading fixes from Tim Sanders <[e-mail]>.

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  The variables @code{auto-coding-alist} and
@code{auto-coding-regexp-alist} are the strongest way to specify the
coding system for certain patterns of file names, or for files
containing certain patterns; these variables even override
@samp{-*-coding:-*-} tags in the file itself.  Emacs uses
@code{auto-coding-alist} for tar and archive files, to prevent Emacs
from being confused by a @samp{-*-coding:-*-} tag in a member of the
archive and thinking it applies to the archive file as a whole.
Likewise, Emacs uses @code{auto-coding-regexp-alist} to ensure that
RMAIL files, whose names in general don't match any particular pattern,
are decoded correctly.

by @kbd{M-x prefer-coding-system} or @kbd{M-x
set-language-environment}), and if that coding system can safely
encode all of the characters in the buffer, Emacs uses it, and stores
its value in @code{buffer-file-coding-system}.  Otherwise, Emacs
displays a list of coding systems suitable for encoding the buffer's
contents, and asks to choose one of those coding systems.

  If you insert the unsuitable characters in a mail message, Emacs
behaves a bit differently.  It additionally checks whether the
most-preferred coding system is recommended for use in MIME messages;
if it isn't, Emacs tells you that the most-preferred coding system is
not recommended and prompts you for another coding system.  This is so
you won't inadvertently send a message encoded in a way that your
recipient's mail software will have difficulty decoding.  (If you do
want to use the most-preferred coding system, you can type its name to
Emacs prompt anyway.)

@vindex sendmail-coding-system
  When you send a message with Mail mode (@pxref{Sending Mail}), Emacs has
four different ways to determine the coding system to use for encoding
the message text.  It tries the buffer's own value of

@itemize @bullet
@cindex 8-bit input
@item
If your keyboard can generate character codes 128 and up, representing
non-ASCII you can type those character codes directly.

On a windowing terminal, you should not need to do anything special to
use these keys; they should simply work.  On a text-only terminal, you
should use the command @code{M-x set-keyboard-coding-system} or the
Custom option @code{keyboard-coding-system} to specify which coding

@cindex ISO Accents mode
@findex iso-accents-mode
@cindex Latin-1, Latin-2 and Latin-3 input mode
For Latin-1, Latin-2 and Latin-3, @kbd{M-x iso-accents-mode} installs
a minor mode which works much like the @code{latin-1-prefix} input
method does not depend on having the input methods installed.  This
mode is buffer-local.  It can be customized for various languages with
@kbd{M-x iso-accents-customize}.
@end itemize

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  The variables @code{auto-coding-alist} and
@code{auto-coding-regexp-alist} are the strongest way to specify the
coding system for certain patterns of file names, or for files
containing certain patterns; these variables even override
@samp{-*-coding:-*-} tags in the file itself.  Emacs uses
@code{auto-coding-alist} for tar and archive files, to prevent it
from being confused by a @samp{-*-coding:-*-} tag in a member of the
archive and thinking it applies to the archive file as a whole.
Likewise, Emacs uses @code{auto-coding-regexp-alist} to ensure that
RMAIL files, whose names in general don't match any particular pattern,
are decoded correctly.

by @kbd{M-x prefer-coding-system} or @kbd{M-x
set-language-environment}), and if that coding system can safely
encode all of the characters in the buffer, Emacs uses it, and stores
its value in @code{buffer-file-coding-system}.  Otherwise, Emacs
displays a list of coding systems suitable for encoding the buffer's
contents, and asks you to choose one of those coding systems.

  If you insert the unsuitable characters in a mail message, Emacs
behaves a bit differently.  It additionally checks whether the
most-preferred coding system is recommended for use in MIME messages;
if it isn't, Emacs tells you that the most-preferred coding system is
not recommended and prompts you for another coding system.  This is so
you won't inadvertently send a message encoded in a way that your
recipient's mail software will have difficulty decoding.  (If you do
want to use the most-preferred coding system, you can still type its
name to Emacs prompt.)

@vindex sendmail-coding-system
  When you send a message with Mail mode (@pxref{Sending Mail}), Emacs has
four different ways to determine the coding system to use for encoding
the message text.  It tries the buffer's own value of

@itemize @bullet
@cindex 8-bit input
@item
If your keyboard can generate character codes 128 and up, representing
non-ASCII characters, you can type those character codes directly.

On a windowing terminal, you should not need to do anything special to
use these keys; they should simply work.  On a text-only terminal, you
should use the command @code{M-x set-keyboard-coding-system} or the
Custom option @code{keyboard-coding-system} to specify which coding

@cindex ISO Accents mode
@findex iso-accents-mode
@cindex Latin-1, Latin-2 and Latin-3 input mode
For Latin-1, Latin-2 and Latin-3, @kbd{M-x iso-accents-mode} installs
a minor mode which works much like the @code{latin-1-prefix} input
method, but does not depend on having the input methods installed.  This
mode is buffer-local.  It can be customized for various languages with
@kbd{M-x iso-accents-customize}.
@end itemize