From: Martin Rudalics Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2007 07:38:58 +0000 (+0000) Subject: (Encoding and I/O): Reword to avoid saying X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-23.0.90~8932 X-Git-Url: https://code.delx.au/gnu-emacs/commitdiff_plain/e2e3f1d7ee4564a4ac3f3c45045f9671d6ad6e60 (Encoding and I/O): Reword to avoid saying "visit the current buffer". --- diff --git a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog index 14d8190385..bfeb88f783 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/lispref/ChangeLog @@ -1,5 +1,8 @@ 2007-12-14 Martin Rudalics + * nonascii.texi (Encoding and I/O): Reword to avoid saying + "visit the current buffer". + * os.texi (System Interface): Fix typo. 2007-12-04 Richard Stallman diff --git a/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi b/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi index 7c504aef2c..16f70f57b9 100644 --- a/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi +++ b/doc/lispref/nonascii.texi @@ -727,15 +727,15 @@ operation finishes the job of choosing a coding system. Very often you will want to find out afterwards which coding system was chosen. @defvar buffer-file-coding-system -This buffer-local variable records the coding system that was used to visit -the current buffer. It is used for saving the buffer, and for writing part -of the buffer with @code{write-region}. If the text to be written -cannot be safely encoded using the coding system specified by this -variable, these operations select an alternative encoding by calling -the function @code{select-safe-coding-system} (@pxref{User-Chosen -Coding Systems}). If selecting a different encoding requires to ask -the user to specify a coding system, @code{buffer-file-coding-system} -is updated to the newly selected coding system. +This buffer-local variable records the coding system used for saving the +buffer and for writing part of the buffer with @code{write-region}. If +the text to be written cannot be safely encoded using the coding system +specified by this variable, these operations select an alternative +encoding by calling the function @code{select-safe-coding-system} +(@pxref{User-Chosen Coding Systems}). If selecting a different encoding +requires to ask the user to specify a coding system, +@code{buffer-file-coding-system} is updated to the newly selected coding +system. @code{buffer-file-coding-system} does @emph{not} affect sending text to a subprocess.