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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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: J S <jszabo_98 <at> hotmail.com>
Cc: 35766 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#35766: emacs saves utf-16 le xml files as utf-16 be
Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 21:22:19 +0300

> From: J S <jszabo_98 <at> hotmail.com>
> Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 17:11:21 +0000
> 
> Xml files with this tag are saved as utf-16 be by emacs, even if the file was originally utf-16 le.  Using
> "UTF-16LE" instead will break the encoding and remove the BOM.
> 
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>

Did you try using utf-16le-with-signature?

Or maybe I don't understand the scenario: would you please describe a
full reproduction recipe, starting from "emacs -Q"?

Thanks.
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