Re: Is it possible to use new Emacsen with non-ASCII?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Ilya Zakharevich <nospam-abuse@ilyaz.org>
> Date: Thu, 22 May 2008 20:23:25 +0000 (UTC)
> Bcc: ilya@gnu.org
> Originator: ilya@powdermilk.math.berkeley.edu
> 
> > Well, then just remember that whenever they decide to upgrade to 22,
> > you should switch to `(set-locale-environment "koi8-r")', although
> > what worked with 21.x should also continue working.
> 
> Now I'm completely confused...  Would the invocation which works with
> 21 work also with 22?

I just said (see above) that it should also work in 22.x.  I just
didn't try it, so I don't know for sure.

> If so, why would I want to switch from code which works with two
> versions of Emacs to code which works only with one?

Because (1) it's shorter, and (2) the 22.x method is The Right Way,
whereas the 21.x method is a kludgy approximation.