Seiji Zenitani
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Thu Aug 17 07:56:03 JST 2006
Hi, On 2006/08/17, at 2:17, Mahn-Soo Choi wrote: > BTW, what is 'set-default-coding-systems' for when we have > 'prefer-coding-system'? Only confusing to simple end-users like me, > isn't it? > I'm not sure. Emacs is too confusing to me, too. On 2006/08/17, at 2:22, Peter Dyballa wrote: > Am 16.08.2006 um 16:57 schrieb Seiji Zenitani: >>> Among your suggestions (which are also >>> great tips for me), I like this best: >>> (prefer-coding-system 'utf-8m) >> >> If possible, use >> (prefer-coding-system 'utf-8) >> instead. Since utf-8m is a fake coding system based on utf-8, I don't >> recommend utf-8m in such usual situations. > > Wasn't utf-8m created for Carbon Emacs Package (and probably also > useful in Aquamacs Emacs) to overcome limitations in the GNU Emacs > 22.0.50 code? To serve the UTF-8 file name encoding in HFS+? > Yes. We use utf-8m for HFS+ filenames, but in this case of file encodings, utf-8 is better. -- Seiji
