- To reproduce the behavior: 1. copy this sequence into a new file, e.g. emacs -Q ~/tmp/exampleOfProblemWithEmacs23AndAccents.txt 2. insert a new line with an accented character in it, e.g. é 3. save it, receive the warning, choose raw-mode 4. close emacs and reopen the file with emacs -Q ~/tmp/exampleOfProblemWithEmacs23AndAccents.txt 5. repeat from step 2: each time the file is loaded, various characters including the previously added accentuated one are replaced by a longer sequence of (unicode?) characters. - The full error message is > These default coding systems were tried to encode text > in the buffer `exampleOfProblemWithEmacs23AndAccents.txt': > (in-is13194-devanagari-unix (1 . 233) (4 . 2341) (5 . 2314) (8 > . 2374) (9 . 2309) (10 . 2310) (11 . 2374) (12 . 2309) (13 > . 4194186) (16 . 2374) (17 . 2310)) (utf-8-unix (13 . 4194186) (18 > . 4194182) (21 . 4194181) (24 . 4194182) (27 . 4194182) (30 > . 4194181) (31 . 4194186)) > However, each of them encountered characters it couldn't encode: > in-is13194-devanagari-unix cannot encode these: é थ à¤