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This is the default external format to use for all newly opened
files. It is also the default format to use for
*standard-input*, *standard-output*, and
*standard-error*. The default value is :iso8859-1.
Setting this will cause the standard streams to start using the new
format immediately. If a stream has been created with external
format :default, then setting *default-external-format*
will cause all subsequent input and output to use the new value of
*default-external-format*.