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(Coding Systems): Mention the undecided-* coding systems and their aliases.
author | Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> |
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date | Sat, 20 May 2006 19:19:25 +0000 |
parents | e3782515d3ea |
children | 926ae2520213 a8190f7e546e |
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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 |