Re: [Emacs-diffs] master db828f6: Don't rely on defaults in decoding UTF-8 encoded Lisp files

[David Kastrup]

Paul Eggert <address@hidden> writes:

> David Kastrup wrote:
>> why not set a directory-wide variable for
>> the Emacs project (namely in the repository) for making the
>> Emacs-internal Elisp files default to utf-8?
>
> Great idea!  One that has been suggested multiple times.
> Unfortunately it's a bit trickier to implement than one might think.

"Well, I can't seem to find them either.  Did you really lose your keys
over here?"  "No, down that alley.  But I'd rather search here since the
light is much better."

So because the right solution for Emacs is a bit trickier to implement
than one might think, we pick something else making life harder for
everybody else?

-- 
David Kastrup