specifying coding system on the first/second line

specifying coding system on the first/second line

[Radomir Hejl]

On the second line of my file I have the following text:
# -*- coding: utf-8;-*-
The first line is an interpreter command.
Nevertheless when the file is loaded, it preserves its default coding.
Running emacs on unix is ok and putting the construct on the first line
is ok as well.
GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)

What should I fix to remedy this?
Thanks.
-- 
Radek

Re: specifying coding system on the first/second line

[Reiner Steib]

On Tue, Oct 11 2005, Radomir Hejl wrote:

> On the second line of my file I have the following text:
> # -*- coding: utf-8;-*-
> The first line is an interpreter command.
[...]
> What should I fix to remedy this?

,----[ (info "(emacs)File Variables") ]
|    In shell scripts, the first line is used to identify the script
| interpreter, so you cannot put any local variables there.  To
| accommodate for this, when Emacs visits a shell script, it looks for
| local variable specifications in the _second_ line.
| 
|    A "local variables list" goes near the end of the file, in the last
| page.  (It is often best to put it on a page by itself.)  The local
| variables list starts with a line containing the string `Local
| Variables:', and ends with a line containing the string `End:'.  In
| between come the variable names and values, one set per line, as
| `VARIABLE: VALUE'.  The VALUEs are not evaluated; they are used
| literally.  If a file has both a local variables list and a `-*-' line,
| Emacs processes _everything_ in the `-*-' line first, and _everything_
| in the local variables list afterward.
| 
|    Here is an example of a local variables list: [...]
`----

Example:

# Local Variables: 
# coding: utf-8
# End: 

Bye, Reiner.
-- 
       ,,,
      (o o)
---ooO-(_)-Ooo---  |  PGP key available  |  http://rsteib.home.pages.de/

Re: specifying coding system on the first/second line

[Radomir Hejl]

Reiner Steib <reinersteib+from-uce@imap.cc> writes:

>
> ,----[ (info "(emacs)File Variables") ]
> |    In shell scripts, the first line is used to identify the script
> | interpreter, so you cannot put any local variables there.  To
> | accommodate for this, when Emacs visits a shell script, it looks for
> | local variable specifications in the _second_ line.
> | 
> |    A "local variables list" goes near the end of the file, in the last
> | page.  (It is often best to put it on a page by itself.)  The local
> | variables list starts with a line containing the string `Local
> | Variables:', and ends with a line containing the string `End:'.  In
> | between come the variable names and values, one set per line, as
> | `VARIABLE: VALUE'.  The VALUEs are not evaluated; they are used
> | literally.  If a file has both a local variables list and a `-*-' line,
> | Emacs processes _everything_ in the `-*-' line first, and _everything_
> | in the local variables list afterward.
> | 
> |    Here is an example of a local variables list: [...]
> `----
>
Thanks, a "local variables list" works. I expected a '-*-' construct on the
second line will work too.

-- 
Radek

Re: specifying coding system on the first/second line

[Stefan Monnier]

> On the second line of my file I have the following text:
> # -*- coding: utf-8;-*-
> The first line is an interpreter command.
> Nevertheless when the file is loaded, it preserves its default coding.
> Running emacs on unix is ok and putting the construct on the first line
> is ok as well.
> GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)

Presuming that by "interpreter command" you mean that the first line starts
with #!, then it sounds like a bug.  Try M-x report-emacs-bug


        Stefan

Re: specifying coding system on the first/second line

[Radomir Hejl]

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> On the second line of my file I have the following text:
>> # -*- coding: utf-8;-*-
>> The first line is an interpreter command.
>> Nevertheless when the file is loaded, it preserves its default coding.
>> Running emacs on unix is ok and putting the construct on the first line
>> is ok as well.
>> GNU Emacs 21.3.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
>
> Presuming that by "interpreter command" you mean that the first line starts
> with #!, then it sounds like a bug.  Try M-x report-emacs-bug
>
>
>         Stefan
Yes, I will (report a bug).

-- 
Radek