Re: default coding system when saving

[Alex Schroeder]

Kenichi Handa <address@hidden> writes:

>> What is the graceful way of getting out of this situation, and
>> examine the offending characters?
>
> There are two ways.
>
> (1) While the minibuffer is active, you can switch to the
>     original bufer by C-x o.  This time the point is surely
>     on the first problematic character.
>
> (2) Even after you type C-g, the *Warning* buffer is still
>     shown.  If you click mouse-2 on the problematic
>     characters (usually then have underline) in the
>     *Warning* buffer, the cursor move to that character in
>     the original buffer.

Now I understand better.

(1) I was unable to do because I customizations that try to prevent
    window splitting -- so when this error happens, the minibuffer
    and the warning message are the only two buffers visible.

(2) I was unable to see because I have customized nearly all faces,
    so perhaps the underlining got lost.

We could improve Emacs by either fixing the message -- eg. "You can
abort the choice of a coding system using \\[keyboard-quit\\], and
use mouse-2 or RET on the problematic character listed above to go to
the correct position.

What do you think?

Alex.