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> Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2024 17:54:43 +0000
> From: Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> 
> > > When visiting existing files it attempts to
> > > detect the encoding, and maintain it while editing.
> > 
> > That is correct.
> 
> Does this mean that we should not worry when we use UTF-8?   Would
> UTF-* be supported, and detected.  With the appropriate symbols showing
> as they should.

I was talking about Emacs.  Your original question was about other
editors.  I'm not familiar with other modern editors enough to tell
whether you should or should not worry.  In particular, I don't know
how they recognize UTF-8, and am not sure that Emacs coding cookies
are supported by them.