Vcoding_system_alist = Qnil;
DEFVAR_LISP ("coding-category-list", &Vcoding_category_list,
- "List of coding-categories (symbols) ordered by priority.");
+ "List of coding-categories (symbols) ordered by priority.\n\
+\n\
+On detecting a coding system, Emacs tries code detection algorithms\n\
+associated with each coding-category one by one in this order. When\n\
+one algorithm agrees with a byte sequence of source text, the coding\n\
+system bound to the corresponding coding-category is selected.");
{
int i;