riccardo.murri@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> from time to time, a buffer gets some spurious character in and Emacs
> refuses to save it in the correct encoding. So I am presented with the
> choice of other different encodings.
>
> However, in most of the cases, I know that the file *should* be UTF-8
> encoded. So I would rather like to find out where the offending
> character is and correct it, instead of choosing a different encoding.
>
> Is there any function/package/elisp hack to find/highlight characters
> in a buffer that Emacs could not encode as UTF-8?
>
I think someone said there was, but I have never seen it though I have
had these problem quite often. Can't remember the details now.
Which platform are you on? I am using MS Windows (2000 or XP).