From 7e61e74da7ee3fe5eaa5ca76d23be84831c394c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glenn Morris Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2017 19:59:11 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] * doc/emacs/mule.texi (Output Coding): Clarify sendmail coding. --- doc/emacs/mule.texi | 15 +++++++-------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/emacs/mule.texi b/doc/emacs/mule.texi index 9ef31102455..78f77cb3003 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/mule.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/mule.texi @@ -1002,16 +1002,15 @@ its name at the prompt.) @vindex sendmail-coding-system When you send a mail message (@pxref{Sending Mail}), Emacs has four different ways to determine the coding system to use -for encoding the message text. It tries the buffer's own value of +for encoding the message text. It first tries the buffer's own value of @code{buffer-file-coding-system}, if that is non-@code{nil}. Otherwise, it uses the value of @code{sendmail-coding-system}, if that -is non-@code{nil}. The third way is to use the default coding system -for new files, which is controlled by your choice of language -@c i.e., default-sendmail-coding-system -environment, if that is non-@code{nil}. If all of these three values -are @code{nil}, Emacs encodes outgoing mail using the Latin-1 coding -system. -@c FIXME? Where does the Latin-1 default come in? +is non-@code{nil}. Thirdly, it uses the value of +@code{default-sendmail-coding-system}. +If all of these three values are @code{nil}, Emacs encodes outgoing +mail using the default coding system for new files (i.e., the +default value of @code{buffer-file-coding-system}), which is +controlled by your choice of language environment. @node Text Coding @section Specifying a Coding System for File Text -- 2.39.5