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diff --git a/lisp/international/mule.el b/lisp/international/mule.el index 6fb078486d5..f37c3704cf2 100644 --- a/lisp/international/mule.el +++ b/lisp/international/mule.el @@ -1513,14 +1513,18 @@ and the contents of `file-coding-system-alist'." sgml-html-meta-auto-coding-function) "A list of functions which attempt to determine a coding system. -Each function in this list should be written to operate on the current -buffer, but should not modify it in any way. It should take one -argument SIZE, past which it should not search. If a function -succeeds in determining a coding system, it should return that coding -system. Otherwise, it should return nil. - -Any `coding:' tags present have a higher priority than the -functions in this list." +Each function in this list should be written to operate on the +current buffer, but should not modify it in any way. The buffer +will contain undecoded text of parts of the file. Each function +should take one argument, SIZE, which says how many +characters (starting from point) it should look at. + +If one of these functions succeeds in determining a coding +system, it should return that coding system. Otherwise, it +should return nil. + +If a file has a `coding:' tag, that takes precedence over these +functions, so they won't be called at all." :group 'files :group 'mule :type '(repeat function)) |