2000-04-26 Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.cygnus.argh.org>

	* message.texi (Various Message Variables): Document
	message-default-charset.

diff --git a/texi/message.texi b/texi/message.texi
index 26b7693..4005a23 100644 (file)
--- a/texi/message.texi
+++ b/texi/message.texi
@@ -1028,6 +1028,17 @@ posting a prepared news message.
 @section Various Message Variables
 
 @table @code
+@item message-default-charset
+@vindex message-default-charset
+@cindex charset
+Symbol naming a @sc{mime} charset.  Non-ASCII characters in messages are
+assumed to be encoded using this charset.  The default is @code{nil},
+which means ask the user.  (This variable is used only on non-@sc{mule}
+Emacsen.  
+@xref{Charset Translation, , Charset Translation, emacs-mime, 
+      Emacs MIME Manual}, for details on the @sc{mule}-to-@sc{mime}
+translation process.
+
 @item message-signature-separator
 @vindex message-signature-separator
 Regexp matching the signature separator.  It is @samp{^-- *$} by