Re: windows-1251

[Ognyan Kulev]

Richard Stallman wrote:
>     > (require 'codepage)
>     > (codepage-setup 1251)
>     > 
>     > (define-coding-system-alias 'windows-1251 'cp1251)
>     > 
>     > and I reopen the file, all is shown correct.
>     > 
>     > What's the problem?
>
>     See the description of cpNNN coding systems in the Emacs manual: they
>     are not loaded by default.  codepage-setup loads them.
>
> Is there a reason not to have this coding system defined by default?
> Perhaps it would be more useful for users to do that.

Well, CP1251 and windows-1251 should be the same, and 
http://savannah.gnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/emacs/emacs/lisp/language/cyrillic.el.diff?r1=1.42&r2=1.43&diff_format=h 
"proves" it.

Now more information about the problem.

So, we have a file with "coding: windows-1251" and starting "emacs -q 
file" shows cyrillic in boxes.  Changing fonts with Shift-Button1 
reveals that this problem appears only in Fontset/Default and Courier/*. 
 (I have M$ fonts installed too, if this matters.)  For example, when 
changing to Fontset/standard and misc/*, cyrillic characters appear 
correctly.

As I said above, when I eval the above commands and M-x revert-buffer, 
the cyrillic characters appear correctly in Fontset/Default and 
Courier/* too.

I'll try to dive deeper about this.

Regards,
ogi