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Default to UTF-8 for most Emacs source files

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: handa <handa <at> gnu.org>, 13936 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13936: Default to UTF-8 for most Emacs source files
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 10:43:36 +0100

Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> writes:

> For a file like TUTORIAL.ja, the Local Variables: section
> can specify a preferred charset.  Wouldn't this address the issue for
> non-Japanese users?  Something like this, say:
>
> ;;; Local Variables:
> ;;; coding: utf-8
> ;;; eval: (set-charset-priority 'japanese-jisx0208)

That relies on enable-local-eval.  The default is to query, which is not
a good thing for a tutorial.

Andreas.

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