Re: two utf-8 questions

[Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>]

Am 29.01.2006 um 05:06 schrieb B. T. Raven:

>>> when I type 'C-x ret f' I see the prompt:
>>>
>>> Coding system for visited file (default, nil) instead of (default,
>>> utf-8)
>>>
>>
>> Maybe you need a: (prefer-coding-system   'utf-8)
>
> I already have that (see below). If I respond to the prompt with a  
> bare
> carriage return the '-u' in the mode line changes to -- and the  
> file won't
> be saved with utf-8 encoding. It seems that shouldn't happen.

Once you've set GNU Emacs to handle file contents as UTF-8 you should  
not need to open files with C-x RET f etc. It should stick to this  
encoding automatically when you open them with v or e in dired-mode  
or with C-x f. For me a header line like

	;;; -*- mode: Text; coding: utf-8; -*-

works fine and converts every stubborn file contents. Another way is  
to use at the file's end:

	%
	% Local Variables:
	% mode: LaTeX
	% fill-column: 160
	% coding-system: utf-8-emacs-dos
	% End:
	%
	%%


--
Greetings

   Pete

"Computers are good at following instructions,
but not at reading your mind."
D. E. Knuth, The TeXbook, Addison-Wesley 1984, 1986, 1996, p. 9