Re: emacs 23 - german characters - babel/rdictcc

[Hadron <hadronquark@googlemail.com>]

Hadron <hadronquark@googlemail.com> writes:

> I can now type german characters just fine in emacs 23.
>
> But when I invoke certain programs which talk to external processes such
> as rdictcc, I get escaped characters back in the reply. e.g highlighting
> "bridges" and invoking  rdictcc gives a buffer like:
>
> ,----
> | DE-EN Translations:
> | ===================
> | 
> | EN-DE Translations:
> | ===================
> | bridges:
> |     - Brücken {pl}
> |     - überbrückt
> | Don't cross your bridges before you come to them.:
> |     - Kümmere dich nicht um ungelegte Eier.
> `----
>
> Can anyone suggest to why this is?I am rather confused about emacs
> localisation. I can type DE  chars  in the *scratch* buffer with no
> problems.

Hmm. They look alright to me above

the ü was in fact (in the buffer) backslash 374

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