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| -rw-r--r-- | src/buffer.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c index 9c9653910b1..12468677d4c 100644 --- a/src/buffer.c +++ b/src/buffer.c @@ -4245,10 +4245,16 @@ See also variable `default-enable-multibyte-characters' and Info node\n\ DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("buffer-file-coding-system", ¤t_buffer->buffer_file_coding_system, Qnil, "Coding system to be used for encoding the buffer contents on saving.\n\ -If it is nil, the buffer is saved without any code conversion unless\n\ -some coding system is specified in `file-coding-system-alist'\n\ +This variable applies to saving the buffer, and also to `write-region'\n\ +and other functions that use `write-region'.\n\ +It does not apply to sending output to subprocesses, however.\n\ +\n\ +If this is nil, the buffer is saved without any code conversion\n\ +unless some coding system is specified in `file-coding-system-alist'\n\ for the buffer file.\n\ \n\ +The variable `coding-system-for-write', if non-nil, overrides this variable.\n\ +\n\ This variable is never applied to a way of decoding\n\ a file while reading it."); |