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Re: [AUCTeX] wrong encoding for *output* buffer


From: Werner LEMBERG
Subject: Re: [AUCTeX] wrong encoding for *output* buffer
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 2018 12:56:28 +0100 (CET)

>> My question was probably not precise enough: I wonder why auctex
>> doesn't set the buffer encoding also (derived from the master
>> file's local variables), given that auctex itself generates the
>> *xxx output* buffer.
> 
> Because the output buffer *xxx output* rarely needs to be saved in a
> file.  That buffer is only used for receiving outputs from TeX (and
> some related programs such as makeindex), so AUCTeX just sets the
> coding system for the process communication explicitly, leaving
> `buffer-file-coding-system' of *xxx output* untouched.

OK, thanks.


    Werner



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