From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: More Cyrillic vs UTF-8 Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 00:37:22 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1051504688 10928 80.91.224.249 (28 Apr 2003 04:38:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 04:38:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 28 06:38:05 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 19A0OY-0002oW-00 for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 06:37:38 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19A0WX-0007Jq-00 for ; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 06:45:53 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19A0P9-0003Dt-03 for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 00:38:15 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 19A0Ok-0002uN-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 00:37:50 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 19A0OV-0002cf-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 00:37:39 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 19A0OJ-0002Ni-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 00:37:23 -0400 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 19A0OI-0001n4-00; Mon, 28 Apr 2003 00:37:22 -0400 Original-To: Simon Josefsson In-reply-to: (message from Simon Josefsson on Sat, 26 Apr 2003 16:15:27 +0200) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:13494 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:13494 +* Encoding some characters as Unicode is rejected by Emacs. + +Emacs currently only supports the parts of the BMP whose codepoints +are in the ranges 0000-33ff and e000-ffff. If you try to save a file +containing characters with code points outside this range, Emacs will +suggest other compatible coding systems. That is clearer; it's written in terms of behavior the user sees. I agree with the people who said that the codepoint numbers may not be clear enough.