Re: encoding problem in temp-buffer

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Uwe Mayer <merkosh@hadiko.de>
> Date: Sat, 13 May 2006 20:18:25 +0200
> 
> when executing "M-x compile" (which executes "make") and I have an error in
> my sources emacs shows i.e. the following in the compilation temporary
> buffer:
> ...
> pingpong.cpp: In function \342\200\230int main(int, char**)\342\200\231:
> pingpong.cpp:51: error: expected `;' before \342\200\230}\242\200\231 token
> ...
> 
> I am disturbed by the \xxx\yyy\zzz characters. I figured something is wrong
> with my locale settings - I just don't know which screw to tighten.
> 
> locales are set to "en_GB.UTF-8" (LANG, LC_*), the source file in utf-8
> encoding. Any ideas?

Does it help if you type "C-x RET c utf-8 RET" immediately before
invoking "M-x compile"?