default-buffer-file-coding-system

default-buffer-file-coding-system

[Helmut Richter]

I have the statement

  setq default-buffer-file-coding-system 'iso-8859-1

in my startup file, and it seems to work as the variable value can be 
shown with ctrl-h v. It has, however, no effect at all. When I open a 
new buffer for a non-existing file, it has no associated coding (as would 
be seen in the left corner of the status line), and as soon as I store the 
file, the coding is set to utf-8. I expected that setting the variable 
default-buffer-file-coding-system to iso-8859-1 would change this behaviour.

Interestingly, I observed this behaviour already in the past, then it was gone
after a system upgrade, now it is back after a system upgrade. The system is
Linux 2.6.16.54-0.2.5-smp (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 (x86_64); VERSION
= 10; PATCHLEVEL = 1), Emacs version is 21.3.1.

Another question, less important: can I change the window size and the font
used once and for all? At the moment, I change it after the window has been
opened.

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Helmut Richter

Re: default-buffer-file-coding-system

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 25.06.2008 um 09:36 schrieb Helmut Richter:

> I have the statement
>
>   setq default-buffer-file-coding-system 'iso-8859-1
>
> in my startup file, and it seems to work as the variable value can be
> shown with ctrl-h v. It has, however, no effect at all. When I open a
> new buffer for a non-existing file, it has no associated coding (as  
> would
> be seen in the left corner of the status line), and as soon as I  
> store the
> file, the coding is set to utf-8. I expected that setting the variable
> default-buffer-file-coding-system to iso-8859-1 would change this  
> behaviour.

You could try to add

	(prefer-coding-system 'iso-8859-1)

The environment variable LC_CTYPE plays an important role.

>
> Another question, less important: can I change the window size and  
> the font
> used once and for all? At the moment, I change it after the window  
> has been
> opened.


	(setq initial-frame-alist
	  (append (list
	    '(border-color      . "#4e3832")
	    '(foreground-color  . "grey10")
	    '(background-color  . "AliceBlue")
	    '(active-alpha      . 0.875)
	    '(inactive-alpha    . 0.75)
	    '(font		. "fontset-10pt_lucidatypewriter")
	    '(top . 136) '(left . 666) '(width . 100) '(height . 57)
	  ) initial-frame-alist))

There is also default-frame-alist.

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