Emacs charset in compilation (M-x compile)

Emacs charset in compilation (M-x compile)

[gallows]

Hi there,

I have a tedious trouble when I use "compile" command, my output is
something like this:

-*- mode: compilation; default-directory: "/tmp/" -*-
Compilation started at Fri Nov  2 12:41:16

make -s foo
foo.c: In function â\200\230mainâ\200\231:
foo.c:5: error: â\200\230dummyâ\200\231 undeclared (first use in this
function)

My locale use UTF-8 charset. How could I resolve that?

Thanks in advance,

s.

Re: Emacs charset in compilation (M-x compile)

[Xah]

you need to narrow down the prob a bit.

• does this happen in shell without involving emacs at all?
If so, first solve the probe in shell. e.g. check your local, and any
tool's support for the char set.

• if it doesn't happen in shell, but happens in emacs. Then, try to
run it with “M-x shell”. (as opposed to running “M-x compile”) If the
problem happens, then, probably because your emacs's shell env var
isn't the same as your shell. Check it...

• if it doesn't happen in M-x shell but with M-x compile, then we can
discuss further...

  Xah
  xah@xahlee.org
∑ http://xahlee.org/

On Nov 2, 4:49 am, gallows <g4ll...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have a tedious trouble when I use "compile" command, my output is
> something like this:
>
> -*- mode: compilation; default-directory: "/tmp/" -*-
> Compilation started at Fri Nov  2 12:41:16
>
> make -s foo
> foo.c: In function â\200\230mainâ\200\231:
> foo.c:5: error: â\200\230dummyâ\200\231 undeclared (first use in this
> function)
>
> My locale use UTF-8 charset. How could I resolve that?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> s.

Re: Emacs charset in compilation (M-x compile)

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 02.11.2007 um 12:49 schrieb gallows:

> foo.c: In function â\200\230mainâ\200\231:
> foo.c:5: error: â\200\230dummyâ\200\231 undeclared (first use in this
> function)
>
> My locale use UTF-8 charset. How could I resolve that?

Is the *compilation* buffer in UTF-8, too? Starting at the left with  
``-u:%*-  *compilation*´´?

What you see is the three bytes that make the UTF-8 representation of  
the typographical quotes ‘’, i.e. #xE2 #x80 #x98, #xE2 #x80 #x99.  
Could be a

	(prefer-coding-system	 'utf-8)

is just missing in ~/.emacs ... or some customisation for compilation  
mode!

--
Greetings

   Pete

Some day we may discover how to make magnets that can point in any  
direction.

Re: Emacs charset in compilation (M-x compile)

[gallows]

On 2 Nov, 22:01, Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyba...@Web.DE> wrote:
> Am 02.11.2007 um 12:49 schrieb gallows:
>
> > foo.c: In function â\200\230mainâ\200\231:
> > foo.c:5: error: â\200\230dummyâ\200\231 undeclared (first use in this
> > function)
>
> > My locale use UTF-8 charset. How could I resolve that?
>
> Is the *compilation* buffer in UTF-8, too? Starting at the left with
> ``-u:%*-  *compilation*´´?
>
> What you see is the three bytes that make the UTF-8 representation of
> the typographical quotes '', i.e. #xE2 #x80 #x98, #xE2 #x80 #x99.
> Could be a
>
>         (prefer-coding-system    'utf-8)
>
> is just missing in ~/.emacs ... or some customisation for compilation
> mode!
>

I found an error in my ~/.emacs, there was a '(current-language-
environment "Latin-1")', which was obviously incorrect for my env
setup. Now it's okay and works smoothly.

Thanks,

s.