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Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:59:00 -0000
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: "coding: utf-8" emacs local variable in ChangeLog (?)
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To: Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl>
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> Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:25:36 +0100 (CET)
> From: Mark Kettenis <mark.kettenis@xs4all.nl>
> CC: brobecker@adacore.com, gdb@sourceware.org, ludo@gnu.org
> 
> This is what C-u C-x says about the funny character in Ludo's name:
> 
>     character: Ã (0303, 195, 0xc3)
>       charset: eight-bit-graphic (8-bit graphic char (0xA0..0xFF))

That's again because your defaults are set to interpret this as
something other than UTF-8.

> I'm not saying that adding the `coding' cookie is a problem.  I'm
> arguing that turning ChangeLog into a UTF-8 encoded file was a bad
> decision, since there are enough systems where it will not be properly
> displayed.

And I'm arguing that adding the coding cookie will cause this to be
displayed properly in Emacs.