Re: emacs 23 - german characters - babel/rdictcc

[B. T. Raven]

Hadron wrote:
> Hadron <hadronquark@googlemail.com> writes:
>
> > I can now type german characters just fine in emacs 23.
> >
> > But when I invoke certain programs which talk to external processes such
> > as rdictcc, I get escaped characters back in the reply. e.g highlighting
> > "bridges" and invoking  rdictcc gives a buffer like:
> >
> > ,----
> > | DE-EN Translations:
> > | ===================
> > | 
> > | EN-DE Translations:
> > | ===================
> > | bridges:
> > |     - Brücken {pl}
> > |     - überbrückt
> > | Don't cross your bridges before you come to them.:

I think native speakers use only the form:
We'll cross that bridge when we come to it.

> > |     - Kümmere dich nicht um ungelegte Eier.

Isn't this "Don't count your chickens before they're hatched?"

> > `----
> >
> > Can anyone suggest to why this is?I am rather confused about emacs
> > localisation. I can type DE  chars  in the *scratch* buffer with no
> > problems.
>
> Hmm. They look alright to me above
>
> the ü was in fact (in the buffer) backslash 374

Looks fine even on mswind98 using Thunderbird.