# HG changeset patch # User Richard M. Stallman # Date 1078421004 0 # Node ID 7232ffdd33ddcd7ef5f8d8be0654482ac997d4df # Parent 3f4d59c8c90dd9ec690ecb2753ccdace4ae1aab1 (Specify Coding): Doc C-x RET F. diff -r 3f4d59c8c90d -r 7232ffdd33dd man/mule.texi --- a/man/mule.texi Thu Mar 04 17:21:42 2004 +0000 +++ b/man/mule.texi Thu Mar 04 17:23:24 2004 +0000 @@ -917,6 +917,12 @@ Use coding system @var{coding} for transferring selections to and from other programs through the window system. +@item C-x @key{RET} F @var{coding} @key{RET} +Use coding system @var{coding} for encoding and decoding file +@emph{names}. This affects the use of non-ASCII characters in file +names. It has no effect on reading and writing the @emph{contents} of +files. + @item C-x @key{RET} X @var{coding} @key{RET} Use coding system @var{coding} for transferring @emph{one} selection---the next one---to or from the window system. @@ -1044,12 +1050,16 @@ @vindex file-name-coding-system @cindex file names with non-@acronym{ASCII} characters - The variable @code{file-name-coding-system} specifies a coding system -to use for encoding file names. If you set the variable to a coding -system name (as a Lisp symbol or a string), Emacs encodes file names -using that coding system for all file operations. This makes it -possible to use non-@acronym{ASCII} characters in file names---or, at least, those -non-@acronym{ASCII} characters which the specified coding system can encode. +@findex set-file-name-coding-system +@kindex C-x @key{RET} F + The variable @code{file-name-coding-system} specifies a coding +system to use for encoding file names. If you set the variable to a +coding system name (as a Lisp symbol or a string), Emacs encodes file +names using that coding system for all file operations. This makes it +possible to use non-@acronym{ASCII} characters in file names---or, at +least, those non-@acronym{ASCII} characters which the specified coding +system can encode. Use @kbd{C-x @key{RET} F} +(@code{set-file-name-coding-system}) to specify this interactively. If @code{file-name-coding-system} is @code{nil}, Emacs uses a default coding system determined by the selected language environment. In the