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"Ben Bullock" <benkasminbullock@gmail.com> writes:

> In fact the problems with the Japanese were solved by adding some
> things to .emacs:
>
> (prefer-coding-system 'shift_jis)
> (setq default-buffer-file-coding-system 'shift_jis)
> (setq file-name-coding-system 'shift_jis)
>
> (set-default-coding-systems 'shift_jis)
> (set-terminal-coding-system 'shift_jis)
>
> (set-keyboard-coding-system 'shift_jis)
> (set-language-environment 'Japanese)
>
> Now it works, although I'm not sure which bits are necessary and which
> aren't.

Sorry for that.  If you want to pin down, a good idea is to look at the
help of those functions (put your cursor on the function name in .emacs
and press "C-h f") and variables (this time "C-h v").

Evan