Re: coding problem char \217 etc

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Uwe Brauer <address@hidden>
> Cc: Uwe Brauer <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 17:35:03 +0100
> 
> But still wondering why 
> 
> (decode-coding-region (region-beginning) (region-end) 'mac-roman)
> 
> Does not work.

In "emacs -Q" or in your customized Emacs?

Besides, you should invoke this after visiting the file literally ,
with find-file-literally.  After "C-x C-f", it's too late, because the
file is already decoded.