Re: auto-coding-function for LaTeX

[Arne Jørgensen]

Arne Jørgensen <address@hidden> Nov 9, 2004:

> I have written a function (latex-auto-coding-function) that determines
> a LaTeX files encoding from i.e. a
>
>   \usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}
>
> line (if it is used).

I know I've been silent about this for a while, but I've been busy and
had only limited time to weed out some bugs ...

I received some useful comments on the code. Here is a highlight of
what has changed:

 - the function is added to `file-coding-system-alist' for the
   extensions .tex .ltx .dtx and .drv (where you will normally find
   inpuenc stuff)

 - the encoding is search for in the LaTeX commands
   \inputencoding{...} and \usepackage[...]{inputenc} (in that order)

 - if the above command is in a comment (%) it is ignored

 - if the encoding is not found we load code-pages and tries if that
   make things better 

Since you are all working hard on getting Emacs ready for release I
know it will probably not be added to cvs so I put it up on my website
<http://arnested.dk/filer/latexenc.el> and am just writing here to say
thanks for the comments.

Kind regards,
-- 
Arne Jørgensen
Gammel Kongevej 7, 1. th., DK-1610 Copenhagen V, Denmark
mobile: +45 21 65 01 13
email: address@hidden, <http://arnested.dk/>

latexenc.el
Description: Determine the encoding of a LaTeX buffer