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jsbien@mimuw.edu.pl (Janusz S. Bien) writes:

> Could you please elaborate? When you save or write a buffer, Emacs
> can decide whether the buffer content (e.g. input directly from the
> keyboard) can be represented in the default buffer coding system; if
> not, Emacs offers the choice of appropriate coding systems.=20=20

Try the following: Insert an ISO-8859-1 "=E4" and an ISO-8859-2 "=E4" i=
nto
a buffer and save it.  Emacs should allow you to save the buffer in
either charset, but currently, neither is possible.

> Why do you think that an analogical treatment of the preferred MIME
> charset it is impossible? What is wrong with such Emacs functions as
> `select-safe-coding-system-function', `detect-coding-with-priority',
> `detect-coding-region', `prefer-coding-system' etc.?

I still think these functions aren't useful for this kind of job at
the moment.