# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1149936152 0
# Node ID 50bf1e82432f2775b6775b081a4f048a9224f3b2
# Parent  b4f82229f064f0190d17c60f054948c19a94c628
(Recognize Coding): Clarify previous change.

diff -r b4f82229f064 -r 50bf1e82432f man/mule.texi
--- a/man/mule.texi	Sat Jun 10 10:34:35 2006 +0000
+++ b/man/mule.texi	Sat Jun 10 10:42:32 2006 +0000
@@ -824,10 +824,13 @@
 explicitly in the file, that overrides
 @code{file-coding-system-alist}.
 
-  In that construct, you can add the character ``!'' at the end of the
-coding system name.  With that, as Emacs disables any character
-translation while decoding the file, for instance, you can effectively
-cancel the effect of @code{unify-8859-on-decoding-mode}.
+  If you add the character @samp{!} at the end of the coding system
+name, it disables any character translation while decoding the file.
+For instance, it effectively cancels the effect of
+@code{unify-8859-on-decoding-mode}.  This is useful when you need to
+make sure that the character codes in the Emacs buffer will not
+according to user settings; for instance, for the sake of strings in
+Emacs Lisp source files.
 
 @vindex auto-coding-alist
 @vindex auto-coding-regexp-alist