display of ancient Greek chars (after: Re: set UTF-8 for a file (HTML))

[ken <gebser@speakeasy.net>]

On 02/10/2008 04:04 AM Harald Hanche-Olsen wrote:
> + ken <gebser@speakeasy.net>:
> 
>> I'm editing an HTML file (in emacs, of course) and want to preserve
>> the utf-8 encoding when the file is opened in subsequent sessions.  I
>> know I can put a line at the top of the file which will set a variable
>> in emacs whenever the file is opened.  So what should this line say to
>> specify that the file is encoded in utf-8?
> 
> If you're using HTML mode, just specifying
> 
>   <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
> 
> in the head element of the file should do it.
> 
> Otherwise, a generic method for specifying the coding to emacs is
> having -*- coding: utf-8 -*- in the first line of the file.  You should
> typically protect that by putting in a comment, as follows:
> 
> <!-- -*- coding: utf-8 -*- -->
> 

Thanks, Harald and Peter,

The above is perfect.  On to the subsequent issue....

Prior to doing the above I somehow managed to figure out how to insert a 
word in Greek into my HTML file and have it display properly both in 
emacs and in the web browser.  (This required (1) setting the keyboard 
for inputting Greek and (2) setting some emacs display variable, which I 
no longer recall, also to Greek.)  Though both the Greek and the English 
displayed correctly in emacs when first typed in, after reloading the 
file specifying utf-8, the Greek characters now display in emacs as a 
series of little rectangles.  (They still display fine in the web browser.)

Is there another variable:value pair I can include in the first line 
(specified above) to make the Greek characters display correctly in emacs?


Much appreciated.


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