From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Dan Bikle" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: [emacs] utf-8 files? Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2006 22:24:36 -0700 Message-ID: <74252ed10610022224t28938b0er7232a29b35504670@mail.gmail.com> References: <74252ed10610021945x575d9030idc9c8486e71532b2@mail.gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1159853110 30831 80.91.229.2 (3 Oct 2006 05:25:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 05:25:10 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 03 07:25:07 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GUcm1-00018M-0R for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Oct 2006 07:24:57 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GUcm0-0008P1-BM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:24:56 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GUcli-0008ND-PW for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:24:38 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GUclh-0008LE-B2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:24:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GUclh-0008L5-3r for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:24:37 -0400 Original-Received: from [66.249.82.224] (helo=wx-out-0506.google.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GUcrp-0001eu-Nz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 03 Oct 2006 01:30:57 -0400 Original-Received: by wx-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id i26so2238595wxd for ; Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:24:36 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=lHd0TNoRMY5OvTpPk8l+dcsUEKxyHMWB3xOH8fS1ZhKhlxDnO+UY1EPf7Qthq0o7MO9ts/8yW8C8ch9XYjviVWT9RjFEcgdhQdqCxukkRTPNrH3cWOZAYJ0wfvdGMmNcLXNIWem8neNyuwLJtMlNWFb1sDDXBst6z3tGKBk2J2Q= Original-Received: by 10.90.65.11 with SMTP id n11mr146331aga; Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:24:36 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.90.100.1 with HTTP; Mon, 2 Oct 2006 22:24:36 -0700 (PDT) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <74252ed10610021945x575d9030idc9c8486e71532b2@mail.gmail.com> Content-Disposition: inline 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:37770 Archived-At: Well, I figured it out: ctrl-x ctrl-m c -Dan On 10/2/06, Dan Bikle 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 > -- bikle@bikle.com http://bikle.com