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@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ Sets the character encoding that will be used to interpret all port
I/O. @var{enc} is a string containing the name of an encoding.
@end deffn
+@defvr {Scheme Variable} %default-port-encoding
+A fluid containing containing @code{#f} or the name of the encoding to
+be used by default for newly created ports (@pxref{Fluids and Dynamic
+States}). The value @code{#f} is equivalent to @code{"ISO-8859-1"}.
+@end defvr
+
New ports are created with the encoding appropriate for the current
locale if @code{setlocale} has been called or ISO-8859-1 otherwise,
and this procedure can be used to modify that encoding.