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> From: Scott Heftler <lovecraftian@mac.com>
> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:04:30 -0500
> 
> Is there no way to AUTOMATE emacs' pick of coding system?  I thought
> it chose coding systems intelligently, based on file contents?

It does when it can.  Unfortunately, with 8-bit encodings, they are
too similar to distinguish between them reliably and efficiently.

However, if you have specific suggestions for improvements in this
area, please feel free to post them to emacs-devel@gnu.org.