the file, look at the coding system mnemonic letter near the left edge
of the mode line (@pxref{Mode Line}), or type @kbd{C-h C @key{RET}}.
+@findex unify-8859-on-decoding-mode
+ The command @code{unify-8859-on-decoding-mode} enables a mode that
+``unifies'' the Latin alphabets when decoding text. This works by
+converting all non-ASCII Latin-@var{n} characters to either Latin-1 or
+Unicode characters. This way it is easier to use various
+Latin-@var{n} alphabets together. In a future Emacs version we hope
+to move towards full Unicode support and complete unification of
+character sets.
+
@vindex buffer-file-coding-system
Once Emacs has chosen a coding system for a buffer, it stores that
coding system in @code{buffer-file-coding-system} and uses that coding