From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Barry Margolin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Can emacs pick proper coding system intelligently? Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:04:18 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1209346880 2157 80.91.229.12 (28 Apr 2008 01:41:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:41:20 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 28 03:41:56 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JqINM-00040Y-7A for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:41:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55612 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JqIMf-0003bX-Mp for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:41:09 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local02.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.comcast.com!news.comcast.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 20:04:18 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.5.3b2 (Intel Mac OS X) Original-Lines: 18 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.34.108.171 Original-X-Trace: sv3-GQz2uT4l+t57Ghqpme/wgfqFKKd0VHvuYQVgr8J6Y+zLnUqTt5xOaVP8XpaR9JYLNG30LdAF1eznYK2!GdbWxSprMcGFDVACoNJM2J8ta3RNdhLBAVCA6pdVeDnOimTpAZHYAeud6FuuFBv2cbfKqCRBmJw6!FgOSz5CUJl36z1ggq6c4okGDaUb8Sgh3VCcIHd4= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: dmca@comcast.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.38 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:158222 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:53587 Archived-At: In article , Scott Heftler wrote: > You'd think that, when emacs encounters these \205s, it would KNOW to > pick windows-1252. How would it know that. \205 is not unique to that coding system, it exists in many different coding systems. Think of it like Paint By Numbers. The coding system is the translation from numbers to colors. You can't just look at a picture, and know which translation scheme to use just because it contains the number 10. -- Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu Arlington, MA *** PLEASE post questions in newsgroups, not directly to me *** *** PLEASE don't copy me on replies, I'll read them in the group ***