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| -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 6b4a620a7d..aea463bfaa 100644 --- a/src/coding.c +++ b/src/coding.c @@ -6358,8 +6358,11 @@ highest priority. */) DEFUN ("detect-coding-string", Fdetect_coding_string, Sdetect_coding_string, 1, 2, 0, - doc: /* Detect coding system of the text in STRING. -Return a list of possible coding systems ordered by priority. + doc: /* Detect how the byte sequence in STRING is encoded. +Return a list of possible coding systems used on decoding a byte +sequence containing the bytes in STRING 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 |