# HG changeset patch
# User Colin Walters <walters@gnu.org>
# Date 1022015743 0
# Node ID 99b053f1b7f6568f746e468f5f73f3bf7f743db1
# Parent  3b83834d8f74cc3bf6fb23ae90c734abd419a456
(Recognize Coding): Note addition of `auto-coding-functions'.

diff -r 3b83834d8f74 -r 99b053f1b7f6 man/mule.texi
--- a/man/mule.texi	Tue May 21 21:14:03 2002 +0000
+++ b/man/mule.texi	Tue May 21 21:15:43 2002 +0000
@@ -793,17 +793,19 @@
 
 @vindex auto-coding-alist
 @vindex auto-coding-regexp-alist
-  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
+@vindex auto-coding-functions
+  The variables @code{auto-coding-alist},
+@code{auto-coding-regexp-alist} and @code{auto-coding-functions} 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.
+RMAIL files, whose names in general don't match any particular
+pattern, are decoded correctly.  One of the builtin
+@code{auto-coding-functions} detects the encoding for XML files.
 
   If Emacs recognizes the encoding of a file incorrectly, you can
 reread the file using the correct coding system by typing @kbd{C-x