GNU bug report logs - #25108
26.0.50; info node shows octal characters instead of curvy quotes

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 17:41:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 26.0.50

Fixed in version 25.2

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 25108 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 25108 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#25108: 26.0.50; info node shows octal characters instead of
 curvy quotes
Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2016 17:51:41 +0200

> From: Eric Hanchrow <eric.hanchrow <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2016 05:20:20 +0000
> Cc: 25108 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> It read t:%%-; clicking the mouse says it's "t -- raw-text-unix".

That's a clear sign of a problem.

Does the elisp.info file has a Local Variables section at its end
which sets the file's encoding to be UTF-8?
This bug report was last modified 8 years and 222 days ago.

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