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Re: [h-e-w] Displaying Latin characters
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: [h-e-w] Displaying Latin characters |
Date: |
Tue, 05 Jan 2010 06:05:21 +0200 |
> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 16:14:06 -0500
> From: "John J. Xenakis" <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
>
> > What encoding was that file in originally? What does Emacs
> > display in the left edge of the mode line?
>
> "-t\---"
That's "raw-text", a clear sign that Emacs treats the file as raw
8-bit bytes, not as text encoded in some known encoding.
> This helps. I tried using "windows-1252" as the codepage and it gave
> the result that I wanted.
>
> Any suggestions for the best macro/form to make that the default?
Put this in your .emacs file:
(prefer-coding-system 'windows-1252)