Subject: Re: bug#13029: 24.3.50; coding system from .dir-locals.el doesn't work

From: Glenn Morris <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 12:51:59 -0500

Helmut Eller wrote:

> Specifying the coding system in a .dir-locals.el doesn't seem to have
> the same effect as when adding a file local variable. 

You can't specify coding via dir-locals.

http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=7169

I've thought about it a few times, but it seems hard to make it work.