From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Can emacs pick proper coding system intelligently?
Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:20:54 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ubq3uzmuh.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2mynekfox.fsf@mac.com>
> From: Scott Heftler <lovecraftian@mac.com>
> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:04:30 -0500
>
> Is there no way to AUTOMATE emacs' pick of coding system? I thought
> it chose coding systems intelligently, based on file contents?
It does when it can. Unfortunately, with 8-bit encodings, they are
too similar to distinguish between them reliably and efficiently.
However, if you have specific suggestions for improvements in this
area, please feel free to post them to emacs-devel@gnu.org.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-04-28 3:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-04-28 0:04 Can emacs pick proper coding system intelligently? Scott Heftler
2008-04-28 1:04 ` Barry Margolin
2008-04-28 2:40 ` Scott Heftler
2008-04-28 3:20 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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