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Oliver Scholz <alkibiades@gmx.de> writes:

> Not 100% if this really makes a difference --
>
> (set-coding-priority (list 'coding-category-utf-8))
>
> maybe?

Thanks!

> If you want UTF-8 to be the default for new files:
> (prefer-coding-system 'utf-8)
>
> [...]
>>> 1. Cannot I tell to a buffer (after the load of a file) that interpet it
>>> as binary, and save exactly the same bytes what it did read into the
>>> buffer (i.e. transparent buffer)?
>>
>> It's not a good idea.  The buffer contents might already be munged at
>> that point.
> [...]
>
> Maybe the OP wants to visit files with `M-x find-file-literally'?

Gnah :-(
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