Re: [emacs] utf-8 files?

["Dan Bikle" <dan.bikle@gmail.com>]

Well,

I figured it out:

ctrl-x ctrl-m c

-Dan


On 10/2/06, Dan Bikle <dan.bikle@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm running GNU emacs 22.0.50.1 on OS X 10.4.8
>
> When I open a file with utf-8 characters in it,
> they don't look right.
>
> Does emacs have a command I can run which tells
> the buffer to change its self so that it displays utf-8 characters correctly?
>
> The way I work around this is sort of convoluted:
>
> 1. open a new and blank buffer
> 2. paste some utf-8 text [ from a browser usually ]
> 3. save
>
> At this point, emacs asks me:
>
> select coding system (default mule-utf-8)
>
> The buffer behaves well until I shutdown emacs
> and open the file a week later.
>
> TIA,
> -Dan
>


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