Re: strange error

[Daniel Pittman]

Rajinder Yadav <devguy.ca@gmail.com> writes:
> On 10-11-13 11:01 PM, Daniel Pittman wrote:
>> Rajinder Yadav<devguy.ca@gmail.com>  writes:
>>> On 10-11-13 08:05 PM, Daniel Pittman wrote:
>>>> Rajinder Yadav<devguy.ca@gmail.com>   writes:
>>>>
>>>>> Is there a way to force emacs to save in utf-8 ? I was cutting and pasting
>>>>> code out of emacs and getting strange errors. I then opened up another
>>>>> editor, pasted in there and then copied out of 2nd editor and pasted the
>>>>> code and everything was fine, strange error gone!
>>>>
>>>> You can change the encoding of a buffer with 'C-x RET f', which invokes
>>>> `set-buffer-file-coding-system' - that will allow you to set the buffer to
>>>> UTF-8 or any other supported encoding.
>>>
>>> Thanks Daniel, just a follow up, is there a way to show what encoding is 
>>> being
>>> used along the bottom status bar?
>>
>> It should, by default, in the bottom left.  Usually just a one character
>> indicator, like the 'U' I see for this UTF-8 buffer. :)
>>
>> See Info node `(emacs) Mode Line' for details on the interpretation of that.
>
> hmm not seeing that? i am using a ruby on rails setup with ecb and cedet, i
> wonder if one of those are doing something with the mode line.

I would guess; the indicators are the defaults, not something that gets turned
on post-hoc, so it /should/ be there.

        Daniel

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