From 9952f1f86e7f14181914f34afb5cb7efcf836c80 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gerd Moellmann Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 09:11:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add something for auto-coding-regexp-alist. --- man/mule.texi | 20 +++++++++++++------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/mule.texi b/man/mule.texi index 40bf368f1d4..fb94ef986d2 100644 --- a/man/mule.texi +++ b/man/mule.texi @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ @c This is part of the Emacs manual. -@c Copyright (C) 1997, 1999, 2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +@c Copyright (C) 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c See file emacs.texi for copying conditions. @node International, Major Modes, Frames, Top @chapter International Character Set Support @@ -786,12 +786,18 @@ coding system, as well as C mode. If you specify the coding explicitly in the file, that overrides @code{file-coding-system-alist}. @vindex auto-coding-alist - The variable @code{auto-coding-alist} is the strongest way to specify -the coding system for certain patterns of file names; this variable even -overrides @samp{-*-coding:-*-} tags in the file itself. Emacs uses this -feature for tar and archive files, to prevent Emacs from being confused -by a @samp{-*-coding:-*-} tag in a member of the archive and thinking it -applies to the archive file as a whole. +@vindex auto-coding-regexp-alist + The variables @code{auto-coding-alist} and +@code{auto-coding-regexp-alist} are the strongest way to specify the +coding system for certain patterns of file names, or for files +containing certain patterns; these variables even override +@samp{-*-coding:-*-} tags in the file itself. Emacs uses +@code{auto-coding-alist} for tar and archive files, to prevent Emacs +from being confused by a @samp{-*-coding:-*-} tag in a member of the +archive and thinking it applies to the archive file as a whole. +Likewise, Emacs uses @code{auto-coding-regexp-alist} to ensure that +RMAIL files, whose names in general don't match any particular pattern, +are decoded correctly. If Emacs recognizes the encoding of a file incorrectly, you can reread the file using the correct coding system by typing @kbd{C-x -- 2.39.5