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@@ -59,6 +59,11 @@ options specified in that file to the option database. If \fIpriority\fR
is specified, it indicates the priority level at which to enter the
options; \fIpriority\fR defaults to \fBinteractive\fR.
.PP
+The file is read through a channel which is in "utf-8" encoding,
+invalid byte sequences are automatically converted to valid
+ones. This means that encodings like ISO 8859-1 or cp1282 with
+high probablility will work as well, but this is not guaranteed.
+.PP
The \fIpriority\fR arguments to the \fBoption\fR command are
normally specified symbolically using one of the following values:
.TP