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

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Paul Eggert <address@hidden>
> Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2015 01:40:06 -0700
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden>, address@hidden
> 
> 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.

Yes, there are no simple and easy solutions for these issues.  But
that doesn't mean we shouldn't look for them.