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> From: Leo <sdl.web@gmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 13:31:47 +0000
> 
> 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.

See the node "File Variables" in the Emacs manual, it explains all
that.