GNU bug report logs - #19393
25.0.50; Emacs cannot determine coding system of ISO-8859 encoded files

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Message #43 received at 19393 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tassilo Horn <tsdh <at> gnu.org>
To: Wolfgang Jenkner <wjenkner <at> inode.at>
Cc: 19393 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19393: 25.0.50;
 Emacs cannot determine coding system of ISO-8859 encoded files
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2014 16:46:37 +0100

Wolfgang Jenkner <wjenkner <at> inode.at> writes:

>> Indeed.  How did you search for it?  I guess you didn't just scroll the
>> file with open eye.
>
> Bisecting (to base 10 ;-)
>
> $ cp movies.list /tmp/bad && cd /tmp
>
> Then repeat the following 5 or 6 times.
>
> $ split -n10 bad
> $ emacs -Q x*
> $ cp x... bad
> $ rm x*
>
> Just look for the indication of the buffer coding system in the mode
> line to find the first bad file at each step.

Ah, I see.  I hoped for some emacs command that lets me search for
characters displayed "in red", e.g., characters displayed as ^J or \374.

Bye,
Tassilo

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