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Gerald Wildgruber <gwil.remove.this.phrase@lrz.uni-muenchen.de> writes:

> I'm trying to make my emacs (GNU Emacs 21.3.50.1 on linux) auto-recognize
> the right encoding when visiting files with utf-8 encoding.
>
> Can anyone give me a hint on how to make emacs find the correct coding
> system (without setting it explicitly through file variables)?

Does it work if you say `M-x prefer-coding-system utf-8' ?

If it doesn't, you can open a file using a specified coding system with:

    `C-x RET c utf-8 RET C-x C-f'