Re: Problems with 8-bit headers

[Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann)]

jsbien@mimuw.edu.pl (Janusz S. Bien) writes:

> Could you please elaborate? When you save or write a buffer, Emacs
> can decide whether the buffer content (e.g. input directly from the
> keyboard) can be represented in the default buffer coding system; if
> not, Emacs offers the choice of appropriate coding systems.  

If you use the input method `latin-2-prefix' and then type `" a',
you'll get a letter which looks like ä.  If you then use the input
method `latin-1-prefix' and type `" a', you'll also get a letter which
looks like ä.

But these two characters are not the same, as far as Emacs is
concerned!  Ie, Emacs will not be able to save this file as either
Latin-1 or Latin-2.

It has been decided to use Unicode as the internal character encoding
in Emacs (possibly slightly modified to compensate for Han
unification).  When that happens, the two ä characters will be the
same (unified), but until then, they are different.

At least that's my understanding of the whole issue.

kai
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