SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org&gt; writes: Also, noone has investigated the usage problems. I, for once, don't like the `noconv' stuff in the modeline. Likewise, I don't *want* CRLF to be "autodetected" behind my back (at least not without some thought). Etc etc. Let's remember that file-coding emerged as an integral part of the Mule functionality, which is still a matter of some controversy. Let me try to pretty-print a parsed version: There have been reports of crashes triggered by compiling in the file-coding support, but not caused by file-coding-specific parts of code. I [Andy] have never been able to reproduce these crashes. -- Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic(a)srce.hr&gt; | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia --------------------------------+-------------------------------- Your lucky number today is 29842924728. Look for it everywhere.