Re: unicode files created with windows notepad

[Kevin Rodgers]

David Ellis wrote:
> I am trying to edit a unicode file created with Windows NotePad.
>
> What encoding method should I use?
>
> I have tried the following
>     utf-16-le
>     utf-16-le-dos
>     mule-utf-16-le-dos
>
> I am trying to read an xml file. I have the psgml-1.2.5 package installed.
>
> When I open the file with any of the above encoding, I either get an error 
> when the psgml package loads or an error when I try to save the file.

My crystal ball is at the shop, getting buffed.  Perhaps you could set
debug-on-error and post the resulting *Backtrace* buffers.

> If I save the same file with UTF-8 encoding in NotePad and open it with 
> emacs with UTF-8 encoding, I have no problems. So, it appears that I do not 
> have the correct encoding when I am trying to read the unicode file.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?

Perhaps it is an issue with the presence or absence of the Byte Order
Mark.  Does the UTF-16-LE file written by NotePad include a BOM, and
is it correct (FF FE)?  If so, there could be a bug in Emacs and/or
PSGML.

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Kevin Rodgers