GNU bug report logs - #35766
emacs saves utf-16 le xml files as utf-16 be

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: J S <jszabo_98 <at> hotmail.com>

Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 17:58:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 8282, 8283

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #41 received at 35766 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: J S <jszabo_98 <at> hotmail.com>
Cc: 35766 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#35766: emacs saves utf-16 le xml files as utf-16 be
Date: Sat, 18 May 2019 08:33:17 +0300

> From: J S <jszabo_98 <at> hotmail.com>
> CC: "npostavs <at> gmail.com" <npostavs <at> gmail.com>, "35766 <at> debbugs.gnu.org"
> 	<35766 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Fri, 17 May 2019 20:16:41 +0000
> 
> For example, if I save this xml file in emacs, it saves it as utf-16 big endian:
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>

This is the Emacs default, which is well documented, and is also
according to what the UTF-16 spec (RFC 2781) says.

> If I do this in powershell (really a .net method), it saves it as utf-16 little endian (osx or windows):

Then PowerShell behaves in violation of RFC 2781.
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