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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1997-07-22 20:40:29 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1997-07-22 20:40:29 +0000
commit0819f40f85725f751f972a0b3d0b6f149b1acb20 (patch)
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parent68e5ad2d2248a323eb75e0003368c1f325469244 (diff)
downloademacs-0819f40f85725f751f972a0b3d0b6f149b1acb20.tar.gz
(syms_of_coding): Doc fix.
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/coding.c b/src/coding.c
index feae107298e..bd824bceee2 100644
--- a/src/coding.c
+++ b/src/coding.c
@@ -3761,17 +3761,21 @@ syms_of_coding ()
DEFVAR_LISP ("coding-system-for-read", &Vcoding_system_for_read,
"A variable of internal use only.\n\
If the value is a coding system, it is used for decoding on read operation.\n\
-If not, an appropriate element in `coding-system-alist' (which see) is used.");
+If not, an appropriate element is used from one of the coding system alists:\n\
+There are three of such tables, `file-coding-system-alist',\n\
+`process-coding-system-alist', and `network-coding-system-alist'.");
Vcoding_system_for_read = Qnil;
DEFVAR_LISP ("coding-system-for-write", &Vcoding_system_for_write,
"A variable of internal use only.\n\
If the value is a coding system, it is used for encoding on write operation.\n\
-If not, an appropriate element in `coding-system-alist' (which see) is used.");
+If not, an appropriate element is used from one of the coding system alists:\n\
+There are three of such tables, `file-coding-system-alist',\n\
+`process-coding-system-alist', and `network-coding-system-alist'.");
Vcoding_system_for_write = Qnil;
DEFVAR_LISP ("last-coding-system-used", &Vlast_coding_system_used,
- "Coding-system used in the latest file or process I/O.");
+ "Coding system used in the latest file or process I/O.");
Vlast_coding_system_used = Qnil;
DEFVAR_BOOL ("inhibit-eol-conversion", &inhibit_eol_conversion,