66.6.6 Detection of Textual Encoding

Function: coding-category-list

This function returns a list of all recognized coding categories.

Function: set-coding-priority-list list

This function changes the priority order of the coding categories. list should be a list of coding categories, in descending order of priority. Unspecified coding categories will be lower in priority than all specified ones, in the same relative order they were in previously.

Function: coding-priority-list

This function returns a list of coding categories in descending order of priority.

Function: set-coding-category-system coding-category coding-system

This function changes the coding system associated with a coding category.

Function: coding-category-system coding-category

This function returns the coding system associated with a coding category.

Function: detect-coding-region start end &optional buffer

This function detects coding system of the text in the region between start and end. Returned value is a list of possible coding systems ordered by priority. If only ASCII characters are found, it returns autodetect or one of its subsidiary coding systems according to a detected end-of-line type. Optional arg buffer defaults to the current buffer.