From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Paul Tremblay Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: how to work with utf-8 Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:16:12 -0400 Message-ID: <20050417221611.GA20478@localhost.localdomain> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1113776164 25749 80.91.229.2 (17 Apr 2005 22:16:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 22:16:04 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 18 00:16:00 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DNI3T-0000nZ-3S for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Apr 2005 00:15:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DNI7S-0008Rh-3y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:19:58 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DNI7D-0008Qz-Mg for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:19:43 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1DNI78-0008OT-3K for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:19:42 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DNI76-0008Na-LV for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:19:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.107.41.63] (helo=rdsmtp.iglou.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1DNI45-0004CU-Vk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:16:30 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.107.41.3] (helo=iglou1.iglou.com) by rdsmtp.iglou.com with esmtp (8.12.5/8.12.5) id 1DNI2g-0001hu-9Z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:15:02 -0400 Original-Received: from [64.253.97.143] (helo=localhost.localdomain) by iglou1.iglou.com with esmtp (8.12.5/8.12.5) id 1DNI2g-0002O2-5S for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:15:02 -0400 Original-Received: by localhost.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 501) id 3CCF31BBC1; Sun, 17 Apr 2005 18:16:12 -0400 (EDT) Original-To: emacs help Mail-Followup-To: emacs help Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i 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:25759 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:25759 I'm a vim user who is trying out emacs. One of the things that really impresses me with emacs is its multi-lingual (utf-8) support. I have read throug the tutorial, and I have also tried playing with the multi-linual mule, but can't quite figure out how to get started with two basic tasks: 1. Is there an easier way to open a utf-8 file than with: C-x C-m c utf-8 C-x C-f ? For example, what if I want to create a new utf-8 file from scratch? 2. How do I enter utf-8 characters directly in emacs? In vim, there is a serier of sequences to do this: control k, and then u to indicate a hexidecimal that has a width of 4, and then something like 201c for a right curly quote. Thanks Paul -- ************************ *Paul Tremblay * *phthenry@iglou.com * ************************