From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Alexandre Oberlin" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Single unrecognized character wrecks entire display Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:36:21 +0200 Organization: TeraNews.com Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: Quoted-Printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1345628428 20991 80.91.229.3 (22 Aug 2012 09:40:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:40:28 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Aug 22 11:40:25 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1T47QA-0001s9-QY for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:40:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37873 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1T47Q9-0006Ma-As for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 22 Aug 2012 05:40:17 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.glorb.com!npeer02.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!post01.iad.highwinds-media.com!newsfe04.iad.POSTED!6712a1ff!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.00 (Linux) Original-Lines: 67 Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@teranews.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 09:36:27 UTC X-Received-Bytes: 2250 Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:194098 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:86463 Archived-At: Thank you Peter for your answer. > Yes! When you try save a faulty "text" in UTF-8 then GNU Emacs will na= me = > the faulty codes. The problem is that it names a full list as bad characters, when only on= e. utf-8-mac cannot encode these: \351 \350 \351 \342 \351 \234 \350 \3= 50 \311 \240 How can I spot the true non utf-8 without trying them all? Windows, c'est un peu comme le beaujolais nouveau: =C3=A0 chaque nouvell= e cuv=C3=A9e on sait que ce sera d=C3=A9gueulasse, mais on en prend quand = m=C3=AAme, par masochisme. Masochisme ou obligation ? Alexandre On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:33:25 +0200, Peter Dyballa = = wrote: > > Am 18.08.2012 um 18:35 schrieb Alexandre Oberlin: > >> Is there a way to quickly spot the offending character within emacs i= n >> such cases ? > > Yes! When you try save a faulty "text" in UTF-8 then GNU Emacs will na= me = > the faulty codes. \234 is such a faulty code. In HEX it's (U+00)9C =E2= =80=93 = > obviously an 8-bit control character. With \240 or U+00A0 you have aga= in = > a text character. > > =C5=93 is U+0153 or \523. You need to update your translator. > > -- > Greetings > > Pete > > Windows, c'est un peu comme le beaujolais nouveau: =C3=A0 chaque nouve= lle = > cuv=C3=A9e on sait que ce sera d=C3=A9gueulasse, mais on en prend quan= d m=C3=AAme, par = > masochisme. > > -- = Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/