Re: --with-file-coding

Glynn> I suspect that defaulting to "off" on Unix is just the Glynn> usual backward-compatibility issue, where version N+1 Glynn> behaves like version N unless you explicitly ask for the Glynn> new features. That's right, and that's basically Vin's point. However, Python now defaults "universal newlines" (which has basically the same effect as our --enable-file-coding --disable-mule) on. I bet Perl does the same. That's why I'm lukewarm in favor of changing the default now. Glynn> OTOH, it's almost certain that anyone using XEmacs on Glynn> Windows would want it enabled. Which it is. -- School of Systems and Information Engineering http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.