From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: how to change file coding system Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 12:48:24 +0200 Message-ID: <911ce259564f9cb1985c351febfebb16@Web.DE> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1125079121 17828 80.91.229.2 (26 Aug 2005 17:58:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 17:58:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 26 19:58:35 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E8iRf-0006bZ-3O for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:56:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E8iVb-0004j9-Al for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 14:00:55 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E8iUN-000430-5l for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:59:39 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1E8iUJ-0003ze-Kw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:59:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E8iUJ-0003y7-HJ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:59:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [217.72.192.209] (helo=smtp05.web.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.34) id 1E8iR2-00076b-8h for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 13:56:12 -0400 Original-Received: from [84.245.189.47] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp05.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.105 #314) id 1E8iPS-00046g-01; Fri, 26 Aug 2005 19:54:34 +0200 In-Reply-To: X-Image-Url: http://homepage.mac.com/sparifankal/.cv/thumbs/me.thumbnail Original-To: Martin Monsorno X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:29009 Archived-At: Am 26.08.2005 um 11:52 schrieb Martin Monsorno: > locale says: I don't know what this command ``locale=B4=B4 is doing, what I recommend=20= and what is documented in GNU Emacs is the use of environment=20 variables. Those are set in Bourne Shell alikes (sh, bash, ksh, zsh) =E0=20= la: LANG=3Dde_DE.UTF-8 export LANG and in csh alikes (csh, tcsh, zsh) =E0 la: set LANG=3Dde_DE.UTF-8 > > It seems to me my emacs installation is /not/ capable of handling > multibyte characters, right? So what to do? > Check what the difference between the info from locale and an=20 environment variable in a shell is! Check, if necessary, whether GNU Emacs understands the values returned=20= from locale! If all fails: get yourself GNU Emacs 22 from CVS or GNU Emacs 23 from a=20= not working server? If Miles Bader or any other from the Unicode Emacs=20= team is reading: how can the source be accessed nowadays? -- Mit friedvollen Gr=FC=DFen Pete "Specifications are for the weak and timid!"