Re: lisp/ChangeLog coding system

[Eli Zaretskii]

On Mon, 29 Apr 2002, Richard Stallman wrote:

>     I think we should change save-buffer to pay attention to the coding: 
>     cookie.
> 
> It is supposed to do that indirectly because buffer-file-coding-system
> should get set initially based on the `coding:' specification.
> If something legitimately sets buffer-file-coding-system after that,
> I think it ought to be obeyed, not ignored.

Yes, but if buffer-file-coding-system is changed, the coding: cookie 
should be rewritten to reflect that, probably after warning the user 
about the presence of the cookie and asking for her permission to modify 
it.

This is what I meant by ``pay attention''.