bug#1456: Cannot Put Non-ASCII Characters in Init Files

[Chong Yidong]

> See for example the files buff-menu.el and ibuffer.el in the Emacs
> distribution (you can use M-x locate-library) for the two ways to
> specify coding. Don't forget it must be a comment line in the "first
> line in file" method.
>
> Beyond that, any problem may be specific to your init file. Start with
> an empty one and see that works. Then remove a half at a time from the
> real file until you narrow down the problem. Starting with
> "--debug-init" can also help.

Did you manage to track down the problem?