GNU bug report logs - #33268
26.1.50; Can't decode the utf-8 text file

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Zhang Haijun <ccsmile2008 <at> outlook.com>
Cc: 33268 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#33268: 26.1.50; Can't decode the utf-8 text file
Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2018 18:11:52 +0200

tags 33268 notabug
close 33268
thanks

> From: Zhang Haijun <ccsmile2008 <at> outlook.com>
> Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2018 08:23:15 +0000
> Accept-Language: zh-CN, en-US
> 
> Open the attachment text file with "emacs -Q". There are many 
> unrecognized chars(like \342\200\230). Following is the encoding info of 
> the buffer.

This has been discussed on emacs-devel, see

  http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-devel/2018-11/msg00065.html

As explained there, this is not a bug, but intended behavior, when a
file includes null bytes.

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