From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Cc: handa@etl.go.jp, emacs-devel@gnu.org, Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Setting file-name/process coding system from LANG
Date: Sat, 16 Oct 2004 20:14:33 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20041017001433.GA32553@fencepost> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1CIozV-00037e-K4@fencepost.gnu.org>
On Sat, Oct 16, 2004 at 09:53:01AM -0400, Richard Stallman wrote:
> The problem is that setting the Emacs language-environment (with
> `set-language-environment') _overrides_ the initial settings made based on
> LANG. That's wrong in this case, I think.
>
> So you're suggesting that set-language-environment simply not change
> these settings? That might be ok; however, in other cases
> we might want different behavior.
I think the values for these settings that set-language-environment uses
might provide useful _defaults_ (if there is no more specific setting in
force).
Currently set-language-environment sets `default-file-name-coding-system',
which is overridden by `file-name-coding-system'. Startup also apparently
sets `default-file-name-coding-system' using LANG. If startup set
`file-name-coding-system' from LANG instead, then I think that would provide
the proper semantics in this case.
> What precisely are these settings?
I'm thinking about file-name-coding-system (and
default-file-name-coding-system); I don't know where the process I/O coding
system is stored.
-Miles
--
"Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that
you do it." Mahatma Ghandi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-10-17 0:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-10-13 8:44 Setting file-name/process coding system from LANG Miles Bader
2004-10-15 0:25 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-15 0:51 ` Miles Bader
2004-10-16 13:53 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-17 0:14 ` Miles Bader [this message]
2004-10-25 13:13 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-18 13:04 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-10-19 6:13 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-19 13:13 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-10-19 13:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-10-20 6:02 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-10-20 10:34 ` Richard Stallman
2004-10-19 21:51 ` Miles Bader
2004-10-20 6:21 ` Kenichi Handa
2004-10-20 8:50 ` Miles Bader
2004-10-20 13:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2004-10-20 10:34 ` Richard Stallman
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