Eli Zaretskii writes: >> From: Sharon Kimble >> Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 00:09:27 +0100 >> >> When copying and pasting some text from a text document into emacs, it starts >> out as - >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- >> Remember, most breast lumps are not cancerous, but >> you don't know if you don't ask. >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- >> >> but appears as - >> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- >> Remember, most breast lumps are not cancerous, but >> you don\u2019t know if you don\u2019t ask >> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- >> >> How can I get it such that I don't have these problems please, as its >> a long-standing problem for me. > > Your Emacs runs in a text-terminal (a.k.a. -nw) mode, right? If so, > try this inside Emacs: > > C-x RET t utf-8 RET I've tried this command in several different buffers [scratch, group, org-mode] but it didn't work in any of them. I've tried changing the font, I like the "Ubuntu" font, but that destroys the layout of the "Summary" buffer, and didn't change the behaviour I already asked about. Sorry Sharon. -- A taste of linux = http://www.sharons.org.uk my git repo = https://bitbucket.org/boudiccas/dots TGmeds = http://www.tgmeds.org.uk Debian testing, Fluxbox 1.3.5, emacs 24.3.90.1