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authorDave Love <fx@gnu.org>2002-07-24 22:22:47 +0000
committerDave Love <fx@gnu.org>2002-07-24 22:22:47 +0000
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(set-auto-coding): Doc fix.
-rw-r--r--lisp/international/mule.el14
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diff --git a/lisp/international/mule.el b/lisp/international/mule.el
index e5fdf415e1e..346133053cd 100644
--- a/lisp/international/mule.el
+++ b/lisp/international/mule.el
@@ -1541,18 +1541,18 @@ This is used for loading and byte-compiling Emacs Lisp files.")
These bytes should include at least the first 1k of the file
and the last 3k of the file, but the middle may be omitted.
-It checks FILENAME against the variable `auto-coding-alist'. If
-FILENAME doesn't match any entries in the variable, it checks the
+The function checks FILENAME against the variable `auto-coding-alist'.
+If FILENAME doesn't match any entries in the variable, it checks the
contents of the current buffer following point against
`auto-coding-regexp-alist'. If no match is found, it checks for a
`coding:' tag in the first one or two lines following point. If no
-`coding:' tag is found, it checks for local variables list in the last
+`coding:' tag is found, it checks any local variables list in the last
3K bytes out of the SIZE bytes. Finally, if none of these methods
-succeed, then it checks to see if any function in
-`auto-coding-functions' gives a match.
+succeed, it checks to see if any function in `auto-coding-functions'
+gives a match.
-The return value is the specified coding system,
-or nil if nothing specified.
+The return value is the specified coding system, or nil if nothing is
+specified.
The variable `set-auto-coding-function' (which see) is set to this
function by default."