encoding problem in temp-buffer

encoding problem in temp-buffer

[Uwe Mayer]

Hi,

when executing "M-x compile" (which executes "make") and I have an error in
my sources emacs shows i.e. the following in the compilation temporary
buffer:
...
pingpong.cpp: In function \342\200\230int main(int, char**)\342\200\231:
pingpong.cpp:51: error: expected `;' before \342\200\230}\242\200\231 token
...

I am disturbed by the \xxx\yyy\zzz characters. I figured something is wrong
with my locale settings - I just don't know which screw to tighten.

locales are set to "en_GB.UTF-8" (LANG, LC_*), the source file in utf-8
encoding. Any ideas?

Thanks,
Uwe
-- 
One picture is worth more than ten thousand words.
                -- Chinese proverb

RE: encoding problem in temp-buffer

[Drew Adams]

    One picture is worth more than ten thousand words.
                    -- Chinese proverb

Hmm. The English proverb is "A picture is worth a thousand words". By simple
arithmetic, a Chinese picture is worth more than ten English pictures ;-).
More megapixels perhaps.

Re: encoding problem in temp-buffer

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Uwe Mayer <merkosh@hadiko.de>
> Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 20:18:25 +0200
> 
> when executing "M-x compile" (which executes "make") and I have an error in
> my sources emacs shows i.e. the following in the compilation temporary
> buffer:
> ...
> pingpong.cpp: In function \342\200\230int main(int, char**)\342\200\231:
> pingpong.cpp:51: error: expected `;' before \342\200\230}\242\200\231 token
> ...
> 
> I am disturbed by the \xxx\yyy\zzz characters. I figured something is wrong
> with my locale settings - I just don't know which screw to tighten.
> 
> locales are set to "en_GB.UTF-8" (LANG, LC_*), the source file in utf-8
> encoding. Any ideas?

Does it help if you type "C-x RET c utf-8 RET" immediately before
invoking "M-x compile"?

Re: encoding problem in temp-buffer

[Uwe Mayer]

Saturday 13 May 2006 21:03 pm Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> Does it help if you type "C-x RET c utf-8 RET" immediately before
> invoking "M-x compile"?

yes! That does the trick.

I did some experimens with what I found on google
(http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/Specify-Coding.html),
but changing any of the variables did not work. Specifically
set-buffer-process-coding-system (interactive) requires 1. process, 2.
encoding, but only accepts an incoding as first input (?!).

Changing LC_ALL to "C" does the trick, too. :/

Ciao
Uwe
-- 
He's dead, Jim.

Re: encoding problem in temp-buffer

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Uwe Mayer <merkosh@hadiko.de>
> Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 22:32:33 +0200
> 
> Saturday 13 May 2006 21:03 pm Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > Does it help if you type "C-x RET c utf-8 RET" immediately before
> > invoking "M-x compile"?
> 
> yes! That does the trick.
> 
> I did some experimens with what I found on google
> (http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/Specify-Coding.html),
> but changing any of the variables did not work. Specifically
> set-buffer-process-coding-system (interactive) requires 1. process, 2.
> encoding, but only accepts an incoding as first input (?!).

What happens if you say "M-x prefer-coding-system RET utf-8 RET" --
does Emacs display output from "M-x compile" correctly then?

Re: encoding problem in temp-buffer

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 13.05.2006 um 22:32 schrieb Uwe Mayer:

> Changing LC_ALL to "C" does the trick, too. :/

I have only set LC_CTYPE and LANG to be "de_DE.UTF-8" and do not do  
'set-language-environment' in .emacs, and most of my buffers are  
UTF-8 encoded.

--
Mit friedvollen Grüßen

   Pete

Alle reden vom Wetter - die Bahn fährt nicht.

Re: encoding problem in temp-buffer

[Uwe Mayer]

Sunday 14 May 2006 05:18 am Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> What happens if you say "M-x prefer-coding-system RET utf-8 RET" --
> does Emacs display output from "M-x compile" correctly then?

That did the trick. Adding
(prefer-coding-system 'utf-8)

to the .emacs solved the problem. 
Thanks for all the replies!

Ciao
Uwe
-- 
Only those who leisurely approach that which the masses are busy about
can be busy about that which the masses take leisurely.
                -- Lao Tsu

Re: encoding problem in temp-buffer

[Cor Gest]

Some entity AKA "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
 wrote this mindboggling stuff:

(selectively-snipped-or-not-p)
>     One picture is worth more than ten thousand words.
>                     -- Chinese proverb
> 
> Hmm. The English proverb is "A picture is worth a thousand words". By simple
> arithmetic, a Chinese picture is worth more than ten English pictures ;-).
> More megapixels perhaps.

No, but some chinese characters take atleast 10 english words to express their
true meaning, and some a lifetime of study. ;-)

Cor

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Re: encoding problem in temp-buffer

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>
> Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 11:07:55 +0200
> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> 
> 
> Am 13.05.2006 um 22:32 schrieb Uwe Mayer:
> 
> > Changing LC_ALL to "C" does the trick, too. :/
> 
> I have only set LC_CTYPE and LANG to be "de_DE.UTF-8" and do not do  
> 'set-language-environment' in .emacs, and most of my buffers are  
> UTF-8 encoded.

Are using the CVS version of Emacs 22?  The OP used 21.x, IIRC.

Re: encoding problem in temp-buffer

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 14.05.2006 um 21:46 schrieb Eli Zaretskii:

>> I have only set LC_CTYPE and LANG to be "de_DE.UTF-8" and do not do
>> 'set-language-environment' in .emacs, and most of my buffers are
>> UTF-8 encoded.
>
> Are using the CVS version of Emacs 22?  The OP used 21.x, IIRC.

This one and 23.0.0, but 21.3.50-20041117 works the same (21.4 is not  
yet available from Fink for Mac OS X, only 22 in the modern  
department, so I'm not using it).

--
Greetings

   Pete

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A programming language.  Related to certain social diseases in
that those who have it will not admit it in polite company.

Re: encoding problem in temp-buffer

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> From: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE>
> Date: Sun, 14 May 2006 23:42:34 +0200
> 
> 
> Am 14.05.2006 um 21:46 schrieb Eli Zaretskii:
> 
> >> I have only set LC_CTYPE and LANG to be "de_DE.UTF-8" and do not do
> >> 'set-language-environment' in .emacs, and most of my buffers are
> >> UTF-8 encoded.
> >
> > Are using the CVS version of Emacs 22?  The OP used 21.x, IIRC.
> 
> This one and 23.0.0, but 21.3.50-20041117 works the same

These both are from CVS (21.3.50-20041117 is from before it was
decided that the next release will be 22.1).  The OP used a released
21.x version, which includes none of the enhancements to text
decoding.