Re: insert umlaut

[Kevin Rodgers <kevin.d.rodgers@gmail.com>]

Stefan Vollmar wrote:
 > I am using an elisp insert statement to put text into a newly
 > generated buffer, this text contains a German Umlaut. The text is
 > displayed correctly in my .emacs-file, I also have a
 > (prefer-coding-system 'utf-8) statement.

Please show us the insert statement.

When visiting ~/.emacs, what does `C-h C RET' display?

When point is before the umlaut character in the insert statement,
what does `C-u C-x =' display?

 > With Emacs 23.2 (Windows) the Umlaut is not displayed correctly (in
 > the newly generated buffer), with Aquamacs 2.0 it works just
 > fine. With both Emacsen, the .emacs-file yields "utf-8-unix" in the
 > modeline and "utf-8" for the newly created buffer.
 >
 > Is this a bug or is it a coincidence that this works in Aquamacs?

There are a lot of variables to account for between the 2 platforms and
the 2 Emacs versions.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA