# HG changeset patch
# User Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
# Date 1112044054 0
# Node ID f49b6692433d57e5f53f5b1203223632e1daac73
# Parent  a45405053cb1817a7a67698de95a941380b5a3cb
(Specify Coding): Document recode-region and recode-file-name.

diff -r a45405053cb1 -r f49b6692433d man/mule.texi
--- a/man/mule.texi	Mon Mar 28 21:05:54 2005 +0000
+++ b/man/mule.texi	Mon Mar 28 21:07:34 2005 +0000
@@ -928,6 +928,9 @@
 @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.
+
+@item M-x recode-region
+Convert the region from a previous coding system to a new one.
 @end table
 
 @kindex C-x RET f
@@ -1056,6 +1059,12 @@
   The default for translation of process input and output depends on the
 current language environment.
 
+@findex recode-region
+  If a piece of text has already been inserted into a buffer using the
+wrong coding system, you can decode it again using @kbd{M-x
+recode-region}.  This prompts you for the old coding system and the
+desired coding system, and acts on the text in the region.
+
 @vindex file-name-coding-system
 @cindex file names with non-@acronym{ASCII} characters
 @findex set-file-name-coding-system
@@ -1084,6 +1093,12 @@
 name, or it may get an error.  If such a problem happens, use @kbd{C-x
 C-w} to specify a new file name for that buffer.
 
+@findex recode-file-name
+  If a mistake occurs when encoding a file name, use the command
+command @kbd{M-x recode-file-name} to change the file name's coding
+system.  This prompts for an existing file name, its old coding
+system, and the coding system to which you wish to convert.
+
 @vindex locale-coding-system
 @cindex decoding non-@acronym{ASCII} keyboard input on X
   The variable @code{locale-coding-system} specifies a coding system