Re: [Bug-AUCTeX] Re: 11.81; *output* buffer is set to UTF-8

[David Kastrup]

stefan pofahl <address@hidden> writes:

>> Just for the record: what version of Emacs/XEmacs were you trying
>> to butcher into submission in this manner?  XEmacs 21.4 nomule?
>> Because that is pretty much the only system I can think of where
>> the consequences might not lead to disaster rather soon and
>> obviously.
>
> thank you for your quick response :-)
> I'm using the actual debian distribution (sarge). 
> I tried to make an update of auctex from within xemacs(-mule),
> but the response was, I'm up to date.
> First I was not shure, why I can not work with umlauts,
> and than I started a research and found this discussion here.
> As non-elisper I'm very proud how far I get, 
> belive it or not, know it works :-)

For an arbitrary definition of "works".  I can't imagine anything that
would improve.

If you are a non-Elisper, you are presumably not yet set in your
ways.  Given that, I'd recommend removing your .emacs file again, then
do

apt-get install emacs-snapshot-gtk auctex

(after heeding
<URL:http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki/EmacsCvsAndDebian>) and
then use Emacs.  It will give you fewer headaches by far.  Note that
you don't need XEmacs to work with X11.

> (even if it is a crude/disastrous peace of code).
> Please tell me what should I do?

Depends on what your problem is.

> What is the reason? Do I have to install another version
> of auctex? Or can I put something in my init.el.
> (At the moment I can not check the version of auctex and
> xemacs, I'm sitting at another machine at the moment,
> but I will check and report).

You problem will hardly be AUCTeX-related, but more likely due to
wrong locale settings or XEmacs not understanding them.  Stable
XEmacs, even the mule variant, is really lousy with regard to dealing
with utf-8 files and environments.

-- 
David Kastrup