How to enforce utf8 for all file without an override

How to enforce utf8 for all file without an override

[Tom Browder]

I need to make my emacs interpret and display text files of all kinds as
utf8. At the moment I get mixed results depending on the file extension.

How can I make utf8 the default in my init.el file?

Thanks.

Best regards,

-Tom

Re: How to enforce utf8 for all file without an override

[Emanuel Berg]

Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> writes:

> How can I make utf8 the default in my
> init.el file?

Emacs always did this automagically for me, but
this should force a certain encoding for read
and write operations. See the help for
`file-coding-system-alist' to understand how it
works. You might want to try with a test
".txtt" extention if it needs experimentation
to get right. It sure beats littering each file
with instructions how to align the editor!

(setq file-coding-system-alist
      (cons
       '("\\.txt\\'" . utf8)
       file-coding-system-alist) )

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Re: How to enforce utf8 for all file without an override

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 08:42:10 -0500
> From: Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com>
> 
> I need to make my emacs interpret and display text files of all kinds as
> utf8. At the moment I get mixed results depending on the file extension.

Please tell the details, it's hard to give you advice without that.

Re: How to enforce utf8 for all file without an override

[Tom Browder]

On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> wrote:
> Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> How can I make utf8 the default in my
>> init.el file?
>
> Emacs always did this automagically for me, but
> this should force a certain encoding for read
> and write operations. See the help for
> `file-coding-system-alist' to understand how it
> works. You might want to try with a test
> ".txtt" extention if it needs experimentation
> to get right. It sure beats littering each file
> with instructions how to align the editor!
>
> (setq file-coding-system-alist
>       (cons
>        '("\\.txt\\'" . utf8)
>        file-coding-system-alist) )

Hm, maybe that's part of my problem.  When I use the help describe
function for "file-coding-system-alist" I get in the mini-buffer:

  Describe function: file-coding-system-alist [No match]

Maybe I'm missing some el files.  I'm using Emacs 24.4.1 (from a
Debian 8 package).

Thanks, Emanuel.

-Tom

Re: How to enforce utf8 for all file without an override

[Rusi]

On Saturday, June 11, 2016 at 9:59:42 PM UTC+5:30, Tom Browder wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 9:47 AM, Emanuel Berg  wrote:
> > Tom Browder  writes:
> >
> >> How can I make utf8 the default in my
> >> init.el file?
> >
> > Emacs always did this automagically for me, but
> > this should force a certain encoding for read
> > and write operations. See the help for
> > `file-coding-system-alist' to understand how it
> > works. You might want to try with a test
> > ".txtt" extention if it needs experimentation
> > to get right. It sure beats littering each file
> > with instructions how to align the editor!
> >
> > (setq file-coding-system-alist
> >       (cons
> >        '("\\.txt\\'" . utf8)
> >        file-coding-system-alist) )
> 
> Hm, maybe that's part of my problem.  When I use the help describe
> function for "file-coding-system-alist" I get in the mini-buffer:
> 
>   Describe function: file-coding-system-alist [No match]
> 
> Maybe I'm missing some el files.  I'm using Emacs 24.4.1 (from a
> Debian 8 package).

Its a variable not a function -- ie see it with C-h v not C-h f

And the details that Eli is asking for should include:
OS
If *nix then env value of $LANG, etc

Re: How to enforce utf8 for all file without an override

[Tom Browder]

On Sat, Jun 11, 2016 at 11:00 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>> Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 08:42:10 -0500
>> From: Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com>
>>
>> I need to make my emacs interpret and display text files of all kinds as
>> utf8. At the moment I get mixed results depending on the file extension.
>
> Please tell the details, it's hard to give you advice without that.

Okay, fair enough, Eli:
...

Great idea, Eli, when I tried to get a detailed description of the
problem I nailed down (I think) that the problem in another diff
editor that seems to be munging the characters.

Sorry for the noise.

Best regards,

-Tom

Re: How to enforce utf8 for all file without an override

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2016 09:42:52 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com>
> 
> And the details that Eli is asking for should include:
> OS
> If *nix then env value of $LANG, etc

Most importantly, the details should describe the problems.  Up till
now, we know nothing about the problems that the OP is experiencing,
so it's hard to give any practical advice on how to overcome them.