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diff --git a/doc/ref/api-io.texi b/doc/ref/api-io.texi index 83a2fd79c..a5ffa2319 100644 --- a/doc/ref/api-io.texi +++ b/doc/ref/api-io.texi @@ -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. |