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Re: what coding system to select when I insert a unicode character
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tomas |
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Re: what coding system to select when I insert a unicode character |
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Wed, 26 Dec 2018 11:47:54 +0100 |
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On Wed, Dec 26, 2018 at 10:38:37AM +0000, Angus Comber wrote:
> I sometimes need to insert mathematical symbols into my emacs text files
> and when I do I get prompted for a coding system. And the default is
> japanese-shift-jis which seems strange when less than half the population
> of the world is Japanese. I am in the UK, what coding system should I use?
Almost always utf-8. Select utf-8-unix, utf-8-dos or utf-8-mac depending
on your preferred platform (they differ in the line endings).
Cheers
-- tomás
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