Re: [emacs] utf-8 files?

[Andreas Roehler <andreas.roehler@online.de>]

Maybe have a look at 

emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org

report from

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 10:12:15 

ID: 4510F929.8050003@easy-emacs.de


As your operating-system is different, it might be
helpful to know.


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Andreas Roehler

> Well,
> 
> I figured it out:
> 
> ctrl-x ctrl-m c
> 
> -Dan
> 
> 
> On 10/2/06, Dan Bikle <dan.bikle@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm running GNU emacs 22.0.50.1 on OS X 10.4.8
>>
>> When I open a file with utf-8 characters in it,
>> they don't look right.
>>
>> Does emacs have a command I can run which tells
>> the buffer to change its self so that it displays utf-8
>> characters correctly?
>>
>> The way I work around this is sort of convoluted:
>>
>> 1. open a new and blank buffer
>> 2. paste some utf-8 text [ from a browser usually ]
>> 3. save
>>
>> At this point, emacs asks me:
>>
>> select coding system (default mule-utf-8)
>>
>> The buffer behaves well until I shutdown emacs
>> and open the file a week later.
>>
>> TIA,
>> -Dan
>>
> 
>