Re: Customizing default-buffer-file-coding-system

[Aaron Davies]

Thanks, but I'm not sure those have anything to do with what I want.
They seem to be ways to specify the coding system to use when reading
existing files; I want to specify the coding system for new files.

martin <nospam@nospam.net> wrote:

> hi,
> 
> i didn't do this before myself. i just found the variables
> auto-coding-regexp-alist and auto-coding-alist by
> 
> M-x apropos-variable RET -coding- RET
> 
> martin
> 
> "AD" == Aaron Davies <aaron@avalon.pascal-central.com> writes:
>  AD> Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help
>  AD> Organization: Columbia University
>  AD> Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 17:56:48 -0500
>  AD> 
>  AD> How do I specify unix as the default coding system for new files? I'm
>  AD> running emacs 21 under cygwin, and I want new files to be created
>  AD> unix-mode, not dos-mode. I can't figure out how to change the variable
>  AD> though.
>  AD> -- 
>  AD> Aaron Davies
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>  AD> 
>  AD> 


-- 
Aaron Davies
Opinions expressed are solely those of a random number generator.
"I don't know if it's real or not but it is a myth."
-Jami JoAnne of alt.folklore.urban, showing her grasp on reality.