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diff --git a/doc/emacs/mule.texi b/doc/emacs/mule.texi index 98713c79227..663011d6f32 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/mule.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/mule.texi @@ -269,14 +269,10 @@ Coding}. Unlike @code{find-file-literally}, finding a file as auto mode selection. @vindex enable-multibyte-characters -@vindex default-enable-multibyte-characters @cindex environment variables, and non-@acronym{ASCII} characters To turn off multibyte character support by default, start Emacs with the @samp{--unibyte} option (@pxref{Initial Options}), or set the -environment variable @env{EMACS_UNIBYTE}. You can also customize -@code{enable-multibyte-characters} or, equivalently, directly set the -variable @code{default-enable-multibyte-characters} to @code{nil} in -your init file to have basically the same effect as @samp{--unibyte}. +environment variable @env{EMACS_UNIBYTE}. With @samp{--unibyte}, multibyte strings are not created during initialization from the values of environment variables, @file{/etc/passwd} entries etc., even if those contain @@ -307,12 +303,8 @@ are not enabled, nothing precedes the colon except a single dash. @xref{Mode Line}, for more details about this. @findex toggle-enable-multibyte-characters - To convert a unibyte session to a multibyte session, set -@code{default-enable-multibyte-characters} to @code{t}. Buffers which -were created in the unibyte session before you turn on multibyte -support will stay unibyte. You can turn on multibyte support in a -specific buffer by invoking the command -@code{toggle-enable-multibyte-characters} in that buffer. +You can turn on multibyte support in a specific buffer by invoking the +command @code{toggle-enable-multibyte-characters} in that buffer. @node Language Environments @section Language Environments @@ -1058,12 +1050,11 @@ immediately following command does not use the coding system, then An easy way to visit a file with no conversion is with the @kbd{M-x find-file-literally} command. @xref{Visiting}. -@vindex default-buffer-file-coding-system - The variable @code{default-buffer-file-coding-system} specifies the -choice of coding system to use when you create a new file. It applies -when you find a new file, and when you create a buffer and then save it -in a file. Selecting a language environment typically sets this -variable to a good choice of default coding system for that language + The default value of the variable @code{buffer-file-coding-system} +specifies the choice of coding system to use when you create a new file. +It applies when you find a new file, and when you create a buffer and +then save it in a file. Selecting a language environment typically sets +this variable to a good choice of default coding system for that language environment. @kindex C-x RET r |