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Re: [PATCH] Unicode Lisp reader escapes


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Unicode Lisp reader escapes
Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 17:03:32 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux)

>> I do not know what those variables mean.  Do they affect the
>> choice of coding system?  Or do they take effect by altering
>> the meaning of a given coding system?

>     They select the target character set.  When Emacs decodes text with
>     Latin or Cyrillic or Greek characters, it could produce either Unicode
>     charset or one of the ISO 8859 charsets.  These variables control
>     that.

> I cannot determine clearly, from your response, the answer to my
> questions.  Do these variables affect the choice of coding system?  Or
> do they take effect by altering the meaning of a given coding system?

> I think perhaps you are saying it is the latter, but I am not sure.

It is the latter (except that they actually affect pretty much all coding
systems).

> If it is the latter, perhaps the best solution is to say
> that every Lisp file should specify these variables, in the -*-
> line or local variables list, if they affect it.

But currently those settings a global AFAICT.


        Stefan




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