DEFVAR_BOOL ("unibyte-display-via-language-environment",
&unibyte_display_via_language_environment,
doc: /* *Non-nil means display unibyte text according to language environment.
-Specifically this means that unibyte non-ASCII characters
+Specifically, this means that raw bytes in the range 160-255 decimal
are displayed by converting them to the equivalent multibyte characters
according to the current language environment. As a result, they are
-displayed according to the current fontset. */);
+displayed according to the current fontset.
+
+Note that this variable affects only how these bytes are displayed,
+but does not change the fact they are interpreted as raw bytes. */);
unibyte_display_via_language_environment = 0;
DEFVAR_LISP ("max-mini-window-height", &Vmax_mini_window_height,