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+;; Emacs startup file for OpenWRT Emacs package
+;;
+;; Copyright (C) 2010 David Kuehling  <dvdkhlng TA gmx TOD de>
+;;
+
+;; load documentation for internal functions.  This is skipped by loadup.el
+;; when not dumping so we do it here.
+(Snarf-documentation "DOC")
+
+;; Allow us to output internatinal characters to the terminal
+(set-terminal-coding-system 'utf-8)