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Bjoern <p2@blinker.net> writes:

> But I can't seem to convert my existing files. If I convert them to
> utf-8 (or mule-utf-8 ?) with C-x RET f utf-8 and save them, their
> encoding is still 'undecided-dos' when I reopen them.

The encoding does not need to be decided until you insert non-ASCII
characters into the buffer.