From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "B. T. Raven" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: I do not want to select a coding system Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:02:58 -0600 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1265326934 28791 80.91.229.12 (4 Feb 2010 23:42:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 23:42:14 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Feb 05 00:42:12 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 1NdBKZ-0004j6-Ev for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:42:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45919 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NdBKQ-00017a-7x for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:41:42 -0500 Original-Path: news.stanford.edu!usenet.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!news2.glorb.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local2.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.sysmatrix.net!news.sysmatrix.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:02:58 -0600 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Windows/20090812) Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help In-Reply-To: X-No-Archive: yes Original-Lines: 31 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.73.132.101 Original-X-Trace: sv3-vDysqY3TYxiYn85F58unp2NUdg99DP3pKZWHesuGjJ3HKs9ekKR+PR+Ai29cefG+AxZawWdoxA5iMSZ!Z1oNBkKnBOljyXXFuTn9aqdEEcVFa6U1xVwiRBOa1273rhq1dGyg7qYhM0a0NOV1BwiFmaOwJ8dh!EYgnshuG8bt7VntxUMaUyrAqzHCqGWk= Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@sysmatrix.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Original-Xref: news.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:176622 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 X-Gmane-Expiry: 2010-02-19 Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:71692 Archived-At: Bruce Korb wrote: > Hi, > > Every now and then, it becomes completely impossible to save the > contents of a new file I am creating. Emacs demands I select a > coding system and none of them are plain old vanilla ASCII text.. > It seems really nice and clever and egalitarian to allow for so many > coding systems. It is really wonderful. But compilers want ASCII and > I cannot get plain ascii. In the end, I go into a shell and type: > > cat > myfile.c <<\_EOF_ > <> > _EOF_ > > and revisit "myfile.c". Works like a charm, but is an incredible hassle. > > I only want ASCII. I've waded through the bazillion lines of configurable > stuff, too, and there is no obvious to me selection to say, "I always, > always, always edit ASCII text". What is the magic? Thanks. > > Regards, Bruce > > us-ascii and iso-safe are coding systems. Maybe putting ;; -*- coding: iso-safe -*- at the top of your files would work.