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Re: [h-e-w] How can I edit Windows Unicode files with Emacs?
From: |
Jason Rumney |
Subject: |
Re: [h-e-w] How can I edit Windows Unicode files with Emacs? |
Date: |
Wed, 12 May 2004 22:20:08 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.110002 (No Gnus v0.2) Emacs/21.3.50 (windows-nt) |
Martin Stemplinger <address@hidden> writes:
> Windows XP uses some Unicode variant internally (I think it is some
> kind of multibyte representation). When I open such a file I only
> get random junk. Is there a way to display those files? It's a
> shame to have to use Notepad for those :-)
The following key sequence will tell Emacs to use utf-16 (Unicode with
16 bit characters) for the following command:
C-x RET c utf-16
If you use that immediately before opening the file does it decode the
file correctly?
If open a lot of such files, you can give utf-16 high priority by
adding the following to your .emacs:
(prefer-coding-system 'utf-16)