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| author | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1999-05-24 09:02:41 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org> | 1999-05-24 09:02:41 +0000 |
| commit | 928aedd8b487bb4658d6c2c29fba4f02e617d6f4 (patch) | |
| tree | 352bc0b1623637f2be030a90f94c1dc754cd302c | |
| parent | 37dbcd5cf3ea4b2a09e361daff32f690de22534f (diff) | |
| download | emacs-928aedd8b487bb4658d6c2c29fba4f02e617d6f4.tar.gz | |
(syms_of_coding): Doc fix.
| -rw-r--r-- | src/coding.c | 13 |
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diff --git a/src/coding.c b/src/coding.c index 9b6ff07b255..1e2e2406ab7 100644 --- a/src/coding.c +++ b/src/coding.c @@ -5673,11 +5673,16 @@ There are three such tables, `file-coding-system-alist',\n\ 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, |