From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [Emacs-diffs] master db828f6: Don't rely on defaults in decoding UTF-8 encoded Lisp files Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 10:50:34 +0200 Message-ID: <87zj08p7ol.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <20150921165211.20434.28114@vcs.savannah.gnu.org> <83fv23hr0z.fsf@gnu.org> <5605CB6B.4000102@cs.ucla.edu> <83twqhhf0g.fsf@gnu.org> <5606AC48.7090801@cs.ucla.edu> <83zj09fbzp.fsf@gnu.org> <5606C140.6090309@cs.ucla.edu> <878u7trwlb.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <5606E995.2000102@cs.ucla.edu> <83si61ezxd.fsf@gnu.org> <2FCA0DAD-831B-4B0A-B948-9F31DE52B6F0@gmail.com> <87twqgrgtv.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <56077423.6030800@cs.ucla.edu> <83lhbsfgzs.fsf@gnu.org> <5607A028.90807@cs.ucla.edu> <83k2rcffwe.fsf@gnu.org> <5607A905.3030501@cs.ucla.edu> <874migqmv7.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <5607AB66.2020807@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1443343853 29370 80.91.229.3 (27 Sep 2015 08:50:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 08:50:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Eli Zaretskii , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Sep 27 10:50:52 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1Zg7fO-0001lb-Q3 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 Sep 2015 10:50:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56616 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zg7fO-00039z-8u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 27 Sep 2015 04:50:42 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33631) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zg7fK-00039f-PB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Sep 2015 04:50:39 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zg7fJ-0006Pr-So for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 27 Sep 2015 04:50:38 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:55163) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Zg7fH-0006PY-J0; Sun, 27 Sep 2015 04:50:35 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:40749 helo=lola) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1Zg7fG-0002jf-SJ; Sun, 27 Sep 2015 04:50:35 -0400 Original-Received: by lola (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 07DADDF4A9; Sun, 27 Sep 2015 10:50:34 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <5607AB66.2020807@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Sun, 27 Sep 2015 01:40:06 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:190393 Archived-At: Paul Eggert writes: > David Kastrup wrote: >> why not set a directory-wide variable for >> the Emacs project (namely in the repository) for making the >> Emacs-internal Elisp files default to utf-8? > > Great idea! One that has been suggested multiple times. > Unfortunately it's a bit trickier to implement than one might think. "Well, I can't seem to find them either. Did you really lose your keys over here?" "No, down that alley. But I'd rather search here since the light is much better." So because the right solution for Emacs is a bit trickier to implement than one might think, we pick something else making life harder for everybody else? -- David Kastrup