From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: PATCH to add euro symbol to French-{postfix, alt-postfix, prefix} input methods Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:24:37 +0900 Message-ID: <87ejav5zwq.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <1203936672.22517.5.camel@Argo.Styx> <87k5ktuf7d.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87mypo5x1e.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <1204070698.4334.39.camel@Argo.Styx> <878x14lw94.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87ejawam2n.fsf@catnip.gol.com> <87k5kn6eh6.fsf@catnip.gol.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204313166 7637 80.91.229.12 (29 Feb 2008 19:26:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 19:26:06 +0000 (UTC) Cc: cyd@stupidchicken.com, emacs-devel@gnu.org, handa@m17n.org, nick.steeves@uleth.ca To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 29 20:26:31 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JVAsB-0004Wx-LQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:26:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JVArf-0006Bg-6Y for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:25:51 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JVAqh-0005nZ-Ga for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:24:51 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JVAqf-0005ml-F1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:24:50 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JVAqe-0005mX-UD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:24:48 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp11.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.73]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JVAqX-0006VR-Aa; Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:24:41 -0500 Original-Received: from 203-216-97-013.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.97.13] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp11.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1JVAqU-0007DK-DL; Sat, 01 Mar 2008 04:24:38 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 427922FF7; Sat, 1 Mar 2008 04:24:37 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:20:42 +0200") Original-Lines: 17 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:90903 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: >> Actually I was wrong about the input methods to which the patch applies >> (I mis-counted line numbers): it only changes various french input >> methods which are all in the "French" language, not the "Latin-1" >> language. > > Well, anyway: what encoding would users of latin-alt.el et al expect > for their files? If they expect Latin-1, the euro will thwart that. Either latin-9 (which as I understand it, was more or less supposed to replace latin-1...) or utf-8, presumably. [In my experience utf-8 seems to be mentioned most often these days.] -Miles -- Optimist, n. A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.