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(Coding Systems): Mention the undecided-* coding systems and their aliases.
author Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
date Sat, 20 May 2006 19:19:25 +0000
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677 @code{list-coding-systems} display for brevity, since they are entirely 677 @code{list-coding-systems} display for brevity, since they are entirely
678 predictable. For example, the coding system @code{iso-latin-1} has 678 predictable. For example, the coding system @code{iso-latin-1} has
679 variants @code{iso-latin-1-unix}, @code{iso-latin-1-dos} and 679 variants @code{iso-latin-1-unix}, @code{iso-latin-1-dos} and
680 @code{iso-latin-1-mac}. 680 @code{iso-latin-1-mac}.
681 681
682 @cindex @code{undecided}, coding system
683 The coding systems @code{unix}, @code{dos}, and @code{mac} are
684 aliases for @code{undecided-unix}, @code{undecided-dos}, and
685 @code{undecided-mac}, respectively. These coding systems specify only
686 the end-of-line conversion, and leave the character code conversion to
687 be deduced from the text itself.
688
682 The coding system @code{raw-text} is good for a file which is mainly 689 The coding system @code{raw-text} is good for a file which is mainly
683 @acronym{ASCII} text, but may contain byte values above 127 which are 690 @acronym{ASCII} text, but may contain byte values above 127 which are
684 not meant to encode non-@acronym{ASCII} characters. With 691 not meant to encode non-@acronym{ASCII} characters. With
685 @code{raw-text}, Emacs copies those byte values unchanged, and sets 692 @code{raw-text}, Emacs copies those byte values unchanged, and sets
686 @code{enable-multibyte-characters} to @code{nil} in the current buffer 693 @code{enable-multibyte-characters} to @code{nil} in the current buffer