Am 18.04.2005 um 00:16 schrieb Paul Tremblay:
1. Is there an easier way to open a utf-8 file than with:
C-x C-m c utf-8 C-x C-f ?
For example, what if I want to create a new utf-8 file from scratch?
You can set these things in .emacs:
(set-language-environment 'UTF-8)
(set-default-coding-systems 'utf-8)
(setq file-name-coding-system 'utf-8)
(setq default-buffer-file-coding-system 'utf-8)
(setq coding-system-for-write 'utf-8)
(set-keyboard-coding-system 'utf-8)
(set-terminal-coding-system 'utf-8)
; (set-clipboard-coding-system 'utf-8)
; (set-selection-coding-system 'utf-8)
(set-language-environment 'German)
(prefer-coding-system 'iso-8859-15)
(modify-coding-system-alist 'process "\\*shell\\*\\'" 'utf-8-unix)and/or set locales like LC_ALL, LC_CTYPE, LANG to contain UTF-8 as for example: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8. Modern Emacsen, I think 21.3 at least, derive their mode of operation from this.
You can start your text files à la: ;;; -*- mode: Text; coding: utf-8; -*-
Once you've done that you can C-x RET r: revert-buffer-with-coding-system.
And what you might need most are fontsets of fonts that allow you to see these glyphs.
2. How do I enter utf-8 characters directly in emacs? In vim, there is a serier of sequences to do this: control k, and then u to indicate a hexidecimal that has a width of 4, and then something like 201c for a right curly quote.
Happily I can input these with my keyboard, either directly or with simultaneously pressing the alt key. But for the future I'd like to know a more general method too ...
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Pete
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