If it is nil, `default-file-name-coding-system' (which see) is used.
On MS-Windows, the value of this variable is largely ignored if
-\`w32-unicode-filenames' (which see) is non-nil. */);
+\`w32-unicode-filenames' (which see) is non-nil. Emacs on Windows
+behaves as if file names were encoded in `utf-8'. */);
Vfile_name_coding_system = Qnil;
DEFVAR_LISP ("default-file-name-coding-system",
of file names regardless of the current language environment.
On MS-Windows, the value of this variable is largely ignored if
-\`w32-unicode-filenames' (which see) is non-nil. */);
+\`w32-unicode-filenames' (which see) is non-nil. Emacs on Windows
+behaves as if file names were encoded in `utf-8'. */);
Vdefault_file_name_coding_system = Qnil;
DEFSYM (Qformat_decode, "format-decode");