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changeset 45451:99b053f1b7f6
(Recognize Coding): Note addition of `auto-coding-functions'.
| author | Colin Walters <walters@gnu.org> |
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| date | Tue, 21 May 2002 21:15:43 +0000 |
| parents | 3b83834d8f74 |
| children | 69d6698c3b56 |
| files | man/mule.texi |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- 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