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xemacs: dotemacs config so that one can paste without getting "funny" chars

Copying text from websites via browser, paste into xemacs (21.4) buffer, and tildes, quotes, etc. don't copy correctly.

Example: he’s a dummy -> he\222s a dummy.

Can YOU copy & paste it without problems? If so, please help - how to config my .emacs to solve this. Thanks.

Solution

  • This isn’t a clipboard or cygwin problem. If you save a UTF-8 text file with curly quotes in notepad and open it in XEmacs 21.4, you’ll get junk. According to the XEmacs reference documentation, Unicode is not supported before version 21.5.6. Maybe try a later version?