@cindex international characters in @file{.emacs}
@cindex non-ASCII characters in @file{.emacs}
If you want to include non-ASCII characters in strings in your init
-file, you should consider putting a @samp{-*-coding:
-@var{coding-system}-*-} tag on the first line which states the coding
+file, you should consider putting a @w{@samp{-*-coding:
+@var{coding-system}-*-}} tag on the first line which states the coding
system used to save your @file{.emacs}, as explained in @ref{Recognize
Coding}. This is because the defaults for decoding non-ASCII text might
not yet be set up by the time Emacs reads those parts of your init file
strings and characters are not interchangeable in Lisp; some contexts
require one and some contexts require the other.
+@xref{Non-ASCII Rebinding}, for information about binding commands to
+keys which send non-ASCII characters.
+
@item True:
@code{t} stands for `true'.
Here an absolute file name is used, so no searching is done.
+@item
+@cindex loading Lisp libraries automatically
+@cindex autoload Lisp libraries
+Tell Emacs to automatically load a Lisp library named @file{mypackage}
+(i.e.@: a file @file{mypackage.elc} or @file{mypackage.el}) when you
+the function @code{myfunction} in that library is called:
+
+@example
+(autoload 'myfunction "mypackage" "Do what I say." t)
+@end example
+
+@noindent
+Here the string @code{"Do what I say."} is the function's documentation
+string made available to Emacs even when the package is not loaded
+(e.g., for commands such as @kbd{C-h a}), and @code{t} tells Emacs this
+function is interactive, that is, it can be invoked interactively by
+typing @kbd{M-x myfunction @key{RET}} or by binding it to a key.
+
@item
Rebind the key @kbd{C-x l} to run the function @code{make-symbolic-link}.