Re: non-ASCII characters in auto-save files

[grivet]

    - Is there a systematic way to convert #myfile# to iso-latin-9 (or
iso-latin-1) code, other than painstakingly searching and replacing
offending chars ?

> Just open the file with the right coding-system (typically, opening
> "myfile" and then hitting M-x recover-this-file RET should do the
> trick).
>
>
>          Stefan
#myfile# c&n be opened in this way but cannot be saved, as the coding 
system is not recognized.
JP Grivet