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From: "W. Greenhouse" via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Unicode and text editors
Date: Sun, 08 Dec 2024 15:15:31 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <s0rseqyryss.fsf@tilde.club> (raw)
In-Reply-To: z9SMaPjhd1MYl-O-VeHnIoH-VhBnPrpIftjSfb4G4WfrVLNAt1S_ONyxly9qqlf5IIuXpeAxBz2-sQgeTc6dSCiM6EYSWRC1aQSCn5D1DV8=@protonmail.com

Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:

>
> Is this becoming the norm?  What about emacs?
>  
> Does emacs encourage use of unicode characters (UTF-8) in code comments
> and documentation?  
>

UTF-8 represents Emacs' internal text encoding and also its default
preference for new files. When visiting existing files it attempts to
detect the encoding, and maintain it while editing.




  reply	other threads:[~2024-12-08 15:15 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2024-12-08 13:16 Unicode and text editors Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-12-08 13:29 ` Jean Louis
2024-12-08 13:31 ` Basile Starynkevitch
2024-12-08 14:02   ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-12-08 15:15     ` W. Greenhouse via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]
2024-12-08 16:32       ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-12-08 17:54         ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-12-08 18:44           ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-12-08 18:55             ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-12-08 19:07               ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-12-08 19:39                 ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-12-08 20:43                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-12-08 20:48                     ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-12-09  3:24                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2024-12-09  3:35                   ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-12-08 16:06 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor

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