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> From: Bjoern <p2@blinker.net>
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> Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2003 01:55:33 +0200
> 
> I'm really confused - how can undecided-dos happen at all, if utf-8 is 
> first in the priority list?

If the buffer doesn't have anything but 7-bit ASCII, Emacs will not
decide about its encoding, as it has no crystal ball to guess what
non-ASCII characters would you wish to insert there.