Hi,

if I use 

(insert (string-make-multibyte "Umlaut: ü"))

it now works with Emacs 23.2 (Windows). However, the question remains why "string-make-multibyte" is apparently not required when using Aquamacs 2.0 (Emacs 23.2) and with Emacs 23.1 (Ubuntu). The Windows version assumes a different encoding for the insert text?

Warm regards,
 Stefan


On 07.06.2010, at 10:30, Stefan Vollmar wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I am using an elisp insert statement to put text into a newly generated buffer, this text contains a German Umlaut. The text is displayed correctly in my .emacs-file, I also have a (prefer-coding-system 'utf-8) statement.
> 
> With Emacs 23.2 (Windows) the Umlaut is not displayed correctly (in the newly generated buffer), with Aquamacs 2.0 it works just fine. With both Emacsen, the .emacs-file yields "utf-8-unix" in the modeline and "utf-8" for the newly created buffer.
> 
> Is this a bug or is it a coincidence that this works in Aquamacs?
> 
> Many thanks in advance.
> Warm regards,
> Stefan

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