bug#14596: 24.3.50; Error: Invalid read syntax: ". in wrong context" when compiling AUCTeX's tex-jp.el

[Tassilo Horn]

Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> writes:

>> tex-jp.el:483:1:Error: Invalid read syntax: ". in wrong context"
>
> I imagine it is the recent "Use utf-8 as default for Elisp files"
> (which might need a NEWS entry?).

IMHO, yes.

> Anyway, it seems to work if you give the file an explicit coding:
> cookie (iso-2022-7bit-unix?).

Indeed, that solves the issue.  Thanks for the hint!

Bye,
Tassilo