From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13936: Default to UTF-8 for most Emacs source files Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:54:05 +0200 Message-ID: <83boaojncy.fsf@gnu.org> References: <513F9B3F.8010607@cs.ucla.edu> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1363130735 23443 80.91.229.3 (12 Mar 2013 23:25:35 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:25:35 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 13936@debbugs.gnu.org To: Paul Eggert , Kenichi Handa Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Mar 13 00:25:59 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UFYZu-0007TP-Is for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:25:54 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57267 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFYZY-00017y-7N for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:25:32 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:50243) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFYZT-00017W-0S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:25:29 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFYZP-0003Ah-TR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 19:25:26 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:45429) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UFX9w-0000WM-PC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:55:00 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UFXAw-0007vO-Ca for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:56:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:56:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13936 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 13936-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13936.136312532030408 (code B ref 13936); Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:56:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13936) by debbugs.gnu.org; 12 Mar 2013 21:55:20 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49538 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UFXAF-0007uO-Db for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:55:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout21.012.net.il ([80.179.55.169]:38490) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1UFXAD-0007uB-B3 for 13936@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:55:18 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout21.012.net.il by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0MJK00000I5W1M00@a-mtaout21.012.net.il> for 13936@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:54:09 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.69.4.28]) by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0MJK000YWI681810@a-mtaout21.012.net.il>; Tue, 12 Mar 2013 23:54:09 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <513F9B3F.8010607@cs.ucla.edu> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:72402 Archived-At: > Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2013 14:16:47 -0700 > From: Paul Eggert > > Attached is a proposed patch to change the encoding to UTF-8 for most Emacs > source files that contain non-ASCII characters. This shouldn't affect > the Emacs build or maintenance procedures, as Emacs itself can use > either UTF-8 or non-UTF-8 encodings. Switching to UTF-8 does make it > easier to use non-Emacs tools, such as 'grep -r'. > > This patch is a followon to Bug#13880 but is a bit more ambitious as > it affects more files. Like the patch in Bug#13880, the patch is a > bit tricky to view, since it contains mixed encodings. > > A few files remain in non-UTF-8 encodings, for technical reasons; see > admin/notes/unicode. Perhaps some of these can be converted to UTF-8 > some day, but they'll need more work. I'm not sure converting etc/HELLO is a good idea. Perhaps Handa-san could chime in and comment on that matter.