(POSN_STRING): New.

[bpt/emacs.git] / src / buffer.c

diff --git a/src/buffer.c b/src/buffer.c
index 9c96539..f00edb4 100644 (file)
--- a/src/buffer.c
+++ b/src/buffer.c
@@ -4101,7 +4101,7 @@ This is the same as (default-value 'ctl-arrow).");
  
    DEFVAR_LISP_NOPRO ("default-enable-multibyte-characters",
              &buffer_defaults.enable_multibyte_characters,
-     "Default value of `enable-multibyte-characters' for buffers not overriding it.\n\
+     "*Default value of `enable-multibyte-characters' for buffers not overriding it.\n\
 This is the same as (default-value 'enable-multibyte-characters).");
  
    DEFVAR_LISP_NOPRO ("default-buffer-file-coding-system",
@@ -4232,7 +4232,7 @@ in the current display table (if there is one).");
   DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("enable-multibyte-characters",
                     &current_buffer->enable_multibyte_characters,
                     make_number (-1),
-    "*Non-nil means the buffer contents are regarded as multi-byte characters.\n\
+    "Non-nil means the buffer contents are regarded as multi-byte characters.\n\
 Otherwise they are regarded as unibyte.  This affects the display,\n\
 file I/O and the behavior of various editing commands.\n\
 \n\
@@ -4245,10 +4245,16 @@ See also variable `default-enable-multibyte-characters' and Info node\n\
   DEFVAR_PER_BUFFER ("buffer-file-coding-system",
                     &current_buffer->buffer_file_coding_system, Qnil,
     "Coding system to be used for encoding the buffer contents on saving.\n\
-If it is nil, the buffer is saved without any code conversion unless\n\
-some coding system is specified in `file-coding-system-alist'\n\
+This variable applies to saving the buffer, and also to `write-region'\n\
+and other functions that use `write-region'.\n\
+It does not apply to sending output to subprocesses, however.\n\
+\n\
+If this is nil, the buffer is saved without any code conversion\n\
+unless some coding system is specified in `file-coding-system-alist'\n\
 for the buffer file.\n\
 \n\
+The variable `coding-system-for-write', if non-nil, overrides this variable.\n\
+\n\
 This variable is never applied to a way of decoding\n\
 a file while reading it.");