Re: Problem with multi-byte text on Windows XP SP3

[Kevin Rodgers]

Robert Inder (on Usenet) wrote:
> A bit of guddling revealed that setting the file coding system to
> utf-16-le-dos lets me see and edit the file OK.  But when I come to
> write it, I get an error message:
>
>     write-region: Symbol's function definition is void: utf-16-le-pre-
> write-conversion
>
> and the write fails.
>
> I'm currently running Emacs 21.3.1, installed as a binary, probably
> from alpha.gnu.org.
>
> I see that emacs-23 is now on offer.  Will that fix the problem?

Probably.

> Do I need to upgrade to that?  Or is there some less drastic solution?

Emacs 23 is in pre-test i.e. beta.  Emacs 22.3 was released on 2008-09-06.

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA