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 replace \xxx Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:21:37 +0100 Message-ID: References: <1164311389.206540.68600@j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1164418993 6737 80.91.229.2 (25 Nov 2006 01:43:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2006 01:43:13 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 25 02:43:12 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GnmZO-0003og-N5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2006 02:43:06 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GnmZO-0008SD-9x for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 20:43:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GnmZ8-0008Re-Nl for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 20:42:50 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GnmZ5-0008Q4-3n for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 20:42:50 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GnmZ4-0008Pp-SO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 20:42:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.41.67] (helo=mx20.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GnmZ4-0001U6-O9 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 20:42:46 -0500 Original-Received: from [217.72.192.227] (helo=fmmailgate02.web.de) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GnfgG-0000Jr-W1 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 13:21:45 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp05.web.de (fmsmtp05.dlan.cinetic.de [172.20.4.166]) by fmmailgate02.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9EE7E3BF06A7; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:21:39 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [84.245.179.32] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp05.web.de with asmtp (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (WEB.DE 4.107 #114) id 1GnfgB-0005eV-00; Fri, 24 Nov 2006 19:21:39 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1164311389.206540.68600@j72g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> X-Image-Url: http://homepage.mac.com/sparifankal/.cv/thumbs/me.thumbnail Original-To: harry meyers X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) 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:38947 Archived-At: Am 23.11.2006 um 20:49 schrieb harry meyers: > I have a bunch of old Windows .doc files where the german umlauts are > shown like this (on my Debian) for example: > \201 \267 Try C-q 2 0 1 or C-q 2 6 7 You seem to see four characters, but it is only a helpful =20 presentation of a character that can't be displayed because it's =20 outside the encoding you are using. -- Mit reisefreudigen Gr=FC=DFen Pete Wer nicht wei=DF, wo er oder sie hin will, muss sich nicht wundern, =20 wenn er oder sie nicht ankommt ... (Mark Twain)