GNU bug report logs - #13936
Default to UTF-8 for most Emacs source files

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 13936 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: bug#13936: Default to UTF-8 for most Emacs source files
Date: Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:27:44 -0400

>> 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)

We could indeed do something like that in those cases where the
preferred charset is the same for the whole file.
[ Tho with only 2 semi-colons on each line, please.  ]

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

That can easily be changed if we decide it's a good solution.


        Stefan

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