GNU bug report logs - #2317
emacs silently ignores buffer file encoding?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Miles Bader <miles <at> gnu.org>

Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2009 02:25:04 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Miles Bader <miles.bader <at> necel.com>
Cc: 2317 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs silently ignores buffer file encoding?
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:12:57 -0400

> (1) Start emacs -Q
> (2) Visit "/tmp/fff"
> (3) Insert the following chars: "θϑΘ"
> (4) Set the buffer file encoding to latin1 with: C-x C-m f latin-1 RET
> (5) Save the buffer: C-x C-s
>
> For me, "/tmp/fff" is saved sucessfully, with no error or prompt, using
> an encoding of utf-8 -- despite my having explicitly requested latin-1.

I think this bug may have been fixed.  ISTR seeing the same result when
I tested with your recipe a few weeks ago.  With latest CVS, however, I
get a "Select coding system" prompt.  Can you confirm?
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