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Diffstat (limited to 'src/coding.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/coding.c | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/coding.c b/src/coding.c index aea463bfaa0..b192f984489 100644 --- a/src/coding.c +++ b/src/coding.c @@ -6314,8 +6314,11 @@ detect_coding_system (src, src_bytes, highest, multibytep) DEFUN ("detect-coding-region", Fdetect_coding_region, Sdetect_coding_region, 2, 3, 0, - doc: /* Detect coding system of the text in the region between START and END. -Return a list of possible coding systems ordered by priority. + doc: /* Detect how the byte sequence in the region is encoded. +Return a list of possible coding systems used on decoding a byte +sequence containing the bytes in the region between START and END when +the coding system `undecided' is specified. The list is ordered by +priority decided in the current language environment. If only ASCII characters are found, it returns a list of single element `undecided' or its subsidiary coding system according to a detected |