GNU bug report logs - #23595
25.1.50; file with chinese/japanse chars, vc-diff fails (HG, Git, RCS)

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Uwe Brauer <oub <at> mat.ucm.es>

Date: Sat, 21 May 2016 13:03:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.1.50

Done: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #104 received at 23595 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Uwe Brauer <oub <at> mat.ucm.es>
To: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
Cc: oub <at> mat.ucm.es, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu,
 23595 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23595: 25.1.50;
 file with chinese/japanse chars, vc-diff fails (HG, Git, RCS)
Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 10:44:09 +0000

   > On 05/25/2016 07:22 PM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:

   > OK, that makes sense.


   > Taking a step back, I'm not sure it's really necessary to fix this.
   > Because Uwe, the only person to complain about diffing UTF-16 files so
   > far, can solve it much easier by switching the file to UTF-8.

Correct and I already did. :-D so for me the situation is fine.

I would however suggest to add some short information, maybe in the
docstring of vc-diff, to mention the problem with UTF-16.
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