From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Yuri Khan Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Casting as wide a net as possible Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 21:01:46 +0600 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1450105371 17369 80.91.229.3 (14 Dec 2015 15:02:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 15:02:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Emacs developers , John Yates To: Filipp Gunbin Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 14 16:02:36 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1a8Udy-0002wQ-Tl for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 16:02:31 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60459 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8Udy-0006ib-BX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 10:02:30 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47745) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8Udf-0006i0-Q6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 10:02:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8Udb-0005lY-Sk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 10:02:11 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-lf0-x22f.google.com ([2a00:1450:4010:c07::22f]:33428) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a8Udb-0005lG-MD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 10:02:07 -0500 Original-Received: by lfap203 with SMTP id p203so53736814lfa.0 for ; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 07:02:06 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=k1ZHKkbnz6i46mTTPJvymQq6exIC0UVLoK9UvhXwV/g=; b=nCXyPXqWpEG2SjP9q+WxIJF1PJCQKlAb3GydOJV7XMteVv6lPtqPAa6brrEiV7twyo egr+HjQvBvSsYTEfWCFsXQ/6krggMjNsQch24OIfPEn7zYENL9fSJ1QkRBsKIoFhG8TR EEUL2Kau0LwlFaozR1uFEn5KPoDIb2HH6S54bwZIqrSocrd0/EUWUhyNNZLW2hj7bXOr fH5M7XbXDxAOYsblfBTOY6Hntfv1RsPxOnxTwt3jnqRWP8AoFDeB9W+idvppP9TrCSrW +hZZRCXUxXi9a1iMeuOotsoaF88qsi8YZncSKxV8CdyUD2+xB1i/Zxiswcfzc5wuQ2Yu lxdg== X-Received: by 10.25.207.205 with SMTP id f196mr13401339lfg.124.1450105326421; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 07:02:06 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: by 10.112.129.163 with HTTP; Mon, 14 Dec 2015 07:01:46 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: h9IEZgzSZig3DKA7JnaEGWVbBq4 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:4010:c07::22f X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:196242 Archived-At: On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 8:41 PM, Filipp Gunbin wrote: > When I started using Emacs, it attracted me with the ease of working > with codings. I've tried some editors at that time, of course > (including well-known IDEs, for years), but never before it was so easy > to just open a file in a given coding, or re-open it in another. We, > non-English-natives, still have problems with different encodings (yes, > KOI8-R, CP-1251 and CP-866 for Russian are still here) and Emacs helped > me to learn more clearly what the encoding is. English natives have worse problems with encodings. When we screw up the encoding, it is at least visible immediately.