From: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann)
Subject: Re: file coding for ChangeLog?
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 11:19:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vafbsgwvnj6.fsf@INBOX.auto.gnus.tok.lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <878zc54if3.fsf@paradoxical.net> (Josh Huber's message of "Fri, 14 Dec 2001 16:10:24 -0500")
Josh Huber <huber@alum.wpi.edu> writes:
> Hey, at the bottom of the lisp/ChangeLog file, there is this:
>
> ;; Local Variables:
> ;; coding: iso-2022-7bit
> ;; End:
>
> This seems to only work in GNU Emacs, but not with XEmacs. Would
> anyone object to me changing this to:
>
> ;; Local Variables:
> ;; buffer-file-coding-system: iso-2022-7bit
> ;; End:
In Emacs, this means that the file is opened and decoded using the
default coding system, and only later is the coding system set to
what you specify. And if Emacs decides to use UTF-8 (say) for
decoding, then you lose.
Please use "coding" with Emacs.
kai
--
Simplification good! Oversimplification bad! (Larry Wall)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-12-18 10:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-12-14 21:10 Josh Huber
2001-12-15 6:25 ` ShengHuo ZHU
2001-12-16 4:23 ` Josh Huber
2001-12-18 10:19 ` Kai Großjohann [this message]
2001-12-18 15:04 ` Josh Huber
2001-12-18 15:36 ` Kai Großjohann
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