write file with coding-system utf-16 doesnt work

write file with coding-system utf-16 doesnt work

[Dirk Zabel]

Hi,
if i try to save a file with coding-system utf-16-le, i keep getting the 
message
   symbol's function definition is void: utf16-le-pre-write-conversation
With tuf-16-be, i get the corresponding message:
   symbol's function definition is void: utf16- be-pre-write-conversation

On the other hand utf-8 works fine.

M-x emacs-version gives:
   GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-mingw-windows98.2222) of 2004-03-10 on NYAUMO

As far as i can see, this is the current binary package available for win32.

I would be grateful for any hint.

Thanks in advance
   Dirk

Re: write file with coding-system utf-16 doesnt work

[Andy Moreton]

On Thu, 13 Oct 2005 07:26:43 GMT, Dirk Zabel wrote:

> Hi,
> if i try to save a file with coding-system utf-16-le, i keep getting the 
> message
>    symbol's function definition is void: utf16-le-pre-write-conversation
> With tuf-16-be, i get the corresponding message:
>    symbol's function definition is void: utf16- be-pre-write-conversation
> 
> On the other hand utf-8 works fine.
> 
> M-x emacs-version gives:
>    GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-mingw-windows98.2222) of 2004-03-10 on NYAUMO
> 
> As far as i can see, this is the current binary package available for 
win32.
> 
> I would be grateful for any hint.
> 
> Thanks in advance
>    Dirk

Add the following to your .emacs file:

;; Detect endianness of UTF-16 containing a Byte Order Mark U+FEFF 
(add-to-list 'auto-coding-regexp-alist '("^\xFF\xFE" . utf-16-le) t)
(add-to-list 'auto-coding-regexp-alist '("^\xFE\xFF" . utf-16-be) t)

;; Add missing support functions
(defun utf-16-le-pre-write-conversion (start end) nil)
(defun utf-16-be-pre-write-conversion (start end) nil)


HTH

    	AndyM

Re: write file with coding-system utf-16 doesnt work

[Dirk Zabel]

Thank you Andy!
Your code works fine. I'm feeling not so smart... should have done this 
by myself. But the question remains: why are this support functions 
missing from the standard distribution?
Regards
   Dirk