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changeset 24766:c15dcedcb81c
(syms_of_coding): Doc fix.
| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> |
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| date | Mon, 24 May 1999 09:02:41 +0000 |
| parents | 6c69a507d9bd |
| children | 8f4601c1e4e5 |
| files | src/coding.c |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/src/coding.c Mon May 24 06:45:49 1999 +0000 +++ b/src/coding.c Mon May 24 09:02:41 1999 +0000 @@ -5673,11 +5673,16 @@ DEFVAR_LISP ("coding-system-for-write", &Vcoding_system_for_write, "Specify the coding system for write operations.\n\ -It is useful to bind this variable with `let', but do not set it globally.\n\ -If the value is a coding system, it is used for encoding on write operation.\n\ -If not, an appropriate element is used from one of the coding system alists:\n\ +Programs bind this variable with `let', but you should not set it globally.\n\ +If the value is a coding system, it is used for encoding of output,\n\ +when writing it to a file and when sending it to a file or subprocess.\n\ +\n\ +If this does not specify a coding system, an appropriate element\n\ +is used from one of the coding system alists:\n\ There are three such tables, `file-coding-system-alist',\n\ -`process-coding-system-alist', and `network-coding-system-alist'."); +`process-coding-system-alist', and `network-coding-system-alist'.\n\ +For output to files, if the above procedure does not specify a coding system,\n\ +the value of `buffer-file-coding-system' is used."); Vcoding_system_for_write = Qnil; DEFVAR_LISP ("last-coding-system-used", &Vlast_coding_system_used,