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diff --git a/man/custom.texi b/man/custom.texi index e27b295ab4e..efd421fd74e 100644 --- a/man/custom.texi +++ b/man/custom.texi @@ -2088,6 +2088,16 @@ sequences are mandatory. a Meta character, as in @samp{\M-a} for @kbd{Meta-A} or @samp{\M-\C-a} for @kbd{Control-Meta-A}.@refill +@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: -*-} 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 which use +such strings, and Emacs might decode those strings incorrectly. + @item Characters: Lisp character constant syntax consists of a @samp{?} followed by either a character or an escape sequence starting with @samp{\}. |