utf-8-dos files on Linux

utf-8-dos files on Linux

[Bostjan Vilfan]

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Hello,
I am using Emacs 22.3.1 on a SUSE Linux 11.0 system, and I am encountering the following problem: I would like to edit a file encoded with utf-8-dos; however, I can't get rid of the <inverted_v>M characters at the end of lines in the display. I placed 
-*- coding: utf-8-dos-*-
in the first line; but it didn't help. Is there any way to get rid of the offending characters?
Regards,
bostjanv



      

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Re: utf-8-dos files on Linux

[Christian Herenz]

Bostjan Vilfan schrieb:
> Hello,
> I am using Emacs 22.3.1 on a SUSE Linux 11.0 system, and I am 
> encountering the following problem: I would like to edit a file encoded 
> with utf-8-dos; however, I can't get rid of the <inverted_v>M characters 
> at the end of lines in the display. I placed
> -*- coding: utf-8-dos-*-
> in the first line; but it didn't help. Is there any way to get rid of 
> the offending characters?
> Regards,
> bostjanv
> 

 From the Emacs Manual:

`C-x <RET> r CODING <RET>'
      Revisit the current file using the coding system CODING.

Chapter 27 "International Character Support" has an extensive, well written 
section on encodings.

Greetings,
Christian

Re: utf-8-dos files on Linux

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 07.06.2009 um 13:17 schrieb Bostjan Vilfan:

>> I can't get rid of the <inverted_v>M characters at the end of  
>> lines in the display. I placed
>> -*- coding: utf-8-dos-*-


This inverted v is the CARET character ^ or CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT at U 
+005E, which, in combination with other characters, stands in a GNU  
Emacs buffer for display (presentation) of Control-<something>.

The correct syntax would be:

	-*- coding: utf-8-dos; -*-

Notice the final ``;´´ which actually ends the assignment.

--
Greetings

   Pete

Almost anything is easier to get into than out of.
				– Allen's Law

Re: utf-8-dos files on Linux

[bostjanv]

On Jun 7, 3:12 pm, Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyba...@Web.DE> wrote:
> Am 07.06.2009 um 13:17 schrieb Bostjan Vilfan:
>
> >> I can't get rid of the <inverted_v>M characters at the end of  
> >> lines in the display. I placed
> >> -*- coding: utf-8-dos-*-
>
> This inverted v is the CARET character ^ or CIRCUMFLEX ACCENT at U
> +005E, which, in combination with other characters, stands in a GNU  
> Emacs buffer for display (presentation) of Control-<something>.
>
> The correct syntax would be:
>
>         -*- coding: utf-8-dos; -*-
>
> Notice the final ``;´´ which actually ends the assignment.
>
> --
> Greetings
>
>    Pete
>
> Almost anything is easier to get into than out of.
>                                 – Allen's Law

Thanks for your help with my Emacs problem. To repeat: The problem was
that it seemed that the "-*- coding: utf-8-dos; -*-" specification in
the first line of a file had no effect. After receiving your posts I
went back to the manual, and it turned out that the Emacs variable
inhibit-eol-conversion was set to a non nil value on my system. After
setting it to the value nil in my .gnu-emacs-custom file, the editing
of dos text files was possible.
Regards,
bostjanv