From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Sam Steingold Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: cannot encode a buffer?? Date: 24 Jun 2003 10:52:26 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: Reply-To: sds@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=shift_jis Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1056469115 29152 80.91.224.249 (24 Jun 2003 15:38:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 15:38:35 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 24 17:38:31 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 19Upok-0007Dd-00 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 17:34:46 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 19UpsL-00012v-00 for ; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 17:38:30 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19UpcC-00009z-MJ for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 11:21:48 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19UpQM-0004zD-VP for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 11:09:34 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.20) id 19UpMq-0003rJ-Ts for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 11:05:57 -0400 Original-Received: from fw-ext.alphatech.com ([198.112.236.6] helo=alphatech.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 19Up9n-0000Z1-Mf; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:52:27 -0400 Original-Received: from WINSTEINGOLDLAP (winsteingoldlap-dock.alphatech.com [10.0.19.22])h5OEqQO28622; Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:52:26 -0400 (EDT) X-Spam-Filter: check_local@alphatech.com 4.4(020923:1754) http://digitalanswers.org/ Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Attribution: Sam X-Disclaimer: You should not expect anyone to agree with me. Mail-Copies-To: never Original-Lines: 45 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3.50 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:15212 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:15212 GNU Emacs 21.3.50.1 (i386-msvc-nt5.0.2195) of 2003-06-16 on WINSTEINGOLDLAP --with-msvc (12.00) I have a file which starts with ";;; -*- coding: utf-8-unix -*-" when I try to save it, I get this: These default coding systems were tried to encode text in the buffer `.bbdb': utf-8-unix However, each of them encountered these problematic characters: utf-8-unix: =8ER =96{ =98a =95F The first problematic character is at point in the displayed buffer, and C-u C-x =3D will give information about it. Select one of the following safe coding systems, or edit the buffer: iso-2022-7bit compound-text-with-extensions Or specify any other coding system on your risk of losing the problematic characters. clicking on the "problematic characters" gives; character: =8ER (0156663, 56755, 0xddb3) charset: japanese-jisx0208 (JISX0208.1983/1990 Japanese Kanji: ISO-IR-8= 7.) code point: 59 51 syntax: w which means: word category: C:Chinese (Han) characters of 2-byte character sets j:Japane= se=20=20 |:While filling, we can break a line at this character.=20=20 buffer code: 0x92 0xBB 0xB3 file code: not encodable by coding system utf-8-unix font: -outline-MS Mincho-normal-r-normal-normal-13-97-96-96-c-70-jis= x0208-sjis now, when I type "utf-8-unix" at the "Select coding system (default iso-2022-7bit):" prompt, the file is saved, but the next time I have to save the file, the problem repeats, i.e., I am asked to enter "utf-8-unix" &c. --=20 Sam Steingold (http://www.podval.org/~sds) running RedHat9 GNU/Linux Those who value Life above Freedom are destined to lose both.