From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Leo Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: What are 'mode' and 'coding'? Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 13:31:47 +0000 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1164411507 22560 80.91.229.2 (24 Nov 2006 23:38:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 23:38:27 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 25 00:38:24 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gnkcb-0003Ji-6M for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 00:38:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Gnkca-0003hg-OJ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:38:16 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GnkcP-0003h9-Oe for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:38:05 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GnkcO-0003g3-8l for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:38:05 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GnkcO-0003fn-2l for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:38:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.41.67] (helo=mx20.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GnkcO-00014z-6H for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 18:38:04 -0500 Original-Received: from [80.91.229.2] (helo=ciao.gmane.org) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GnEjg-0000Ic-Ez for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Nov 2006 08:35:29 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1GnEgQ-0006FW-J1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:32:06 +0100 Original-Received: from sl392.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk ([131.111.223.202]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:32:06 +0100 Original-Received: from sdl.web by sl392.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:32:06 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-Lines: 11 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sl392.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAGFBMVEUzRVhbQj4eZqO6SjnT eWpxnMetm5b6/PmidmqrAAAACXBIWXMAAAsTAAALEwEAmpwYAAAAB3RJTUUH1gsWAg0l9z8SpAAA AdxJREFUOMvFlMGO2jAQhs1WTa6NssDVHSnttVpHyQOA8BVZTbluNoCvJGDP63fGdmAPu9fWUqzY n2d+zz8EgZ8M8c/AUONte9/zSs9AqZ3iVRxXVSdwVWHYBDZKMTgi1pdSFUq1KdOvRQBls9FYtH7B 54Kg7SPgjKNGX1IIhY89qROgNanu6GSv1LbxeLPog3i/orSsS0JKb7ak5Jv5uscwk74Pt/btDLiE QfvCXlSD7wBn2oWtseCk41z5GfHW8+XSIP0I1ohbXz7ANZlIKY8aFw8wJDDWx4bnOzgnMIT0lwdY J8BedDA2937oBKh2I+Vr7IdPPsQCjXjLfGxHGy8VgZP2Tx4PcprxDqTFLK2vs3MMpiwkeeZp9R7I qNrOdq4TmH6iOUTn4tQmYAA4pqRnt72HEqD9dezaLfxQQhSDN5mHPrE32hGwDl1IReeNfz6YQ1G7 HwROspNWoFuQvhxfOsh2J2ksXuSJChNIrw6qL08SBmus5AyvAirBwfsnUcMSfk/ZBOQPoj2DmHJ0 X833F+mqJeRd5UzF7oGg2qSTpckn+AaHCaoOoCOXRAWQT6KWdpJLaY0kgdUeBBLIcN9rcn3tM7be x24Jw1rlB99gaM/qs49T/89/hg/GXy7PwxSMlwaBAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/23.0.0 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:pSrTDQMAl4q032gND8or9RDuTGA= X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:38942 Archived-At: Hi there, One can write "-*-mode:emacs-lisp;coding:utf-8;-*-" on the head of a file to force emacs to use emacs-lisp-mode and utf-8 coding. I am wondering what are `mode' and `coding'. I use 'C-h v' on them and there are no such variables. Thank you for your help. -- Leo