Re: how to change file coding system

[Jason Rumney]

Martin Monsorno <monsorno@gmx.de> writes:

> Sure!  I should have said that I tried many ways /including/ the one
> suggested by you.  When emacs asks me what coding system to use after
> pressing C-x <RET> c, the default it suggests (in parentheses on the
> modeline) is "mule-utf-8".  After opening it your way,
> buffer-file-coding-system's value is raw-text-unix, nevertheless.

In the Options menu, there is a submenu "Mule (Multilingual
Environment)". At the bottom of that submenu is "Show All of Mule Status".

If you select that, what does the "Multibyte character awareness"
under the General Information section near the top say?