From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: Re: Languages again Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:44:31 +0100 Message-ID: References: <2AF10E75-89F8-49A9-BD07-F50E394C401F@gmail.com> <87zlk7q0ps.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v929.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kzdck-0002ZB-Dj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:44:38 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Kzdci-0002Yz-KE for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:44:37 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33629 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Kzdci-0002Yw-H8 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:44:36 -0500 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.175]:45720) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Kzdci-00054Y-0t for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:44:36 -0500 Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 36so637671uga.17 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:44:35 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <87zlk7q0ps.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Paul R Cc: Org-mode Org-Mode On Nov 10, 2008, at 12:28 PM, Paul R wrote: > Carsten> Dear foreign friends, Since the coding system issues in Emacs > Carsten> drive me mad, I have decided to switch to HTML entities for > Carsten> writing foreign characters in the few special words we need. > > French is ok, thank you Carsten. > > Could you be more specific on the coding system issues you face with > emacs ? It might be worth a bug report, since emacs even in it stable > version, should not cause trouble with internationalization to a > skilled > developper. Hi Paul, the problem is this: The different words I am using for different languages are defined in an Emacs lisp file. That file has a certain coding system, and since I want to be compatible with older versions of Emacs, I do not want this file in a modern utf-8 encoding, but simply in plain ASCII. Now, when I publish HTML files, I need to insert into these files something that is compatible with the coding system of that HTML file. All the possible combinations here drive me crazy and I find this boring, so that is why I am settling for HTML entities. Path of lowest resistance. If the whole world was using Emacs 23, this probably would not be an issue, but another decade at least will pass until we are there. - Carsten