From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Peter Dyballa Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: umlaute not recognized Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:59:39 +0100 Message-ID: References: <4D0E5477.9030608@gmx.net> <1a59bab4-472c-493f-a531-ef2c87c8583a@g26g2000vbi.googlegroups.com> <4D0F52A1.4000600@mousecar.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1292853614 2800 80.91.229.12 (20 Dec 2010 14:00:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:00:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: GNU Emacs List To: gebser@mousecar.com Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 20 15:00:08 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1PUgHX-0007Eg-Kg for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 15:00:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54966 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PUgHX-0002GH-0J for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 09:00:07 -0500 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=54920 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1PUgH9-0002GB-C6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:59:44 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PUgH7-0005FS-K3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:59:43 -0500 Original-Received: from fmmailgate03.web.de ([217.72.192.234]:44939) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1PUgH7-0005FL-Ct for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:59:41 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp03.web.de ( [172.20.0.65]) by fmmailgate03.web.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 650091801C697; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:59:40 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [91.35.184.129] (helo=[192.168.1.2]) by smtp03.web.de with asmtp (WEB.DE 4.110 #2) id 1PUgH6-0001Ot-00; Mon, 20 Dec 2010 14:59:40 +0100 In-Reply-To: <4D0F52A1.4000600@mousecar.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-Sender: Peter_Dyballa@web.de X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+L5uJWxz4CYfrWcBaL9Zc/RQ1xKdoxnvI6o8pA vKRDXYtmjsHSWsAKaUEasZAE4qkxL6KrYvBQVBl5O+X4W0YcD6 unpUKxv8KRZ++I2cQnPw== X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:77701 Archived-At: Am 20.12.2010 um 13:57 schrieb ken: > I then see a 'U' in the second column of the status line. Sometimes > there are characters in the file which are not UTF-8 and so which =20 > don't > display properly; they appear as '\366' or suchlike... a backslash =20 > and a > three-digit number. Attempting to save the file, I'm queried about > them. But I do a search-and-replace on these and when they're all > removed, the file is properly saved in UTF-8. You could as well undo all editing or kill that buffer at once without =20= saving, reopen it in the correct encoding, add the "header line" with =20= the local variable settings, and then choose an UTF-8 encoding for =20 saving! (Try it!) Or you could use recode or iconv to change the file's encoding... -- Mit friedvollen Gr=FC=DFen Pete I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've =20= always worked for me. =96 Hunter S. Thompson