From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bruce Korb Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: I do not want to select a coding system Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 14:41:10 -0800 Message-ID: <668c430c1002041441y22f55b43o9796ee26faef20b@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1265324890 21899 80.91.229.12 (4 Feb 2010 23:08:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 23:08:10 +0000 (UTC) To: GNU Emacs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 05 00:08:07 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NdAnv-0008RP-1o for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:08:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45318 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NdAnu-0003yK-Ij for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:08:06 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NdAOE-0001cM-Vd for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:41:35 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41162 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NdAOE-0001bz-GA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:41:34 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NdAOC-0004Tr-8L for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:41:33 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-yx0-f202.google.com ([209.85.210.202]:38867) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NdAOB-0004Te-AA for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:41:31 -0500 Original-Received: by yxe40 with SMTP id 40so3043096yxe.27 for ; Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:41:30 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:from:date:message-id :subject:to:content-type; bh=U9l6A1gQ2JOp6H1s0IZgJyxxGdvuocNyLoHGQkWtYs4=; b=aLAefGsmKD6hI4KtywsJkEYjF/Z40x9kKwzHzZtS9iCNKSwH6Fy4z2oIHDoUa5wPBJ ZshMZIZwIXNhqn/MSBKgApO5NT7mPQ75l3xr72JZ5DL5hkYcERgx32LV8RHCWpWhdcHr 7yz25oWVBV9kpLmMGQyPmlVdbrSQuWuZTMYjU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; b=GKCHLTgYpJaRZK1Xfx8gbl7XKDmIogdhV/achihqoq5OHqZ9PoX/qySMed094HPFvV pyfFiDF+26pP+VhezO+DOXITqVLZ3iat2QZCRrBqrZubedEVmymg+fd3jS8djN7iGwav iPmXb9LlXV5stVaSrH0ZRJWDrclmvamWAEM0c= Original-Received: by 10.101.197.19 with SMTP id z19mr2624619anp.84.1265323290119; Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:41:30 -0800 (PST) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:71690 Archived-At: Hi, Every now and then, it becomes completely impossible to save the contents of a new file I am creating. Emacs demands I select a coding system and none of them are plain old vanilla ASCII text.. It seems really nice and clever and egalitarian to allow for so many coding systems. It is really wonderful. But compilers want ASCII and I cannot get plain ascii. In the end, I go into a shell and type: cat > myfile.c <<\_EOF_ <> _EOF_ and revisit "myfile.c". Works like a charm, but is an incredible hassle. I only want ASCII. I've waded through the bazillion lines of configurable stuff, too, and there is no obvious to me selection to say, "I always, always, always edit ASCII text". What is the magic? Thanks. Regards, Bruce