Re: BOM mark from Windows notepad

[Hans Aberg]

On 12 Nov 2009, at 15:22, David Kastrup wrote:

> > On Mac OS X 10.5.8, I can see it using 'less'; it looks like:
> > <U+FEFF>\version "2.12.1"
> >
> > { c }
> >
> > But emacs 23.1.1 does not show it at all.
>
> C-h C RET RET
>
> gives
>
> Coding system for saving this buffer:
>  U -- utf-8-with-signature-unix
>
> Notice the "with-signature" part.

With only one "RET", I get a buffer:
Coding system for saving this buffer:
  U -- utf-8-with-signature-dos

- It's -dos. Perhaps because the file has a \r\l in it.

If I copy make a new UNIX file without the BOM, I get
Coding system for saving this buffer:
  - -- undecided-unix (alias: unix)

Perhaps "undecided" means it has no bytes with the high bit.

  Hans