Re: [Mac-emacs-users] ISO to/from Mac format within emacs

[Andrew C. <ak...@sh...>]

> I use mac-emacs (v.20.6) to write and send my mail. As you know,
> when asked to send the mail message, mac-emacs will call Eudora to
> perform the task. This works all right.
> 
> But if I sent text which contains French characters these won't show
> correctly in Eudora.
> 
> Usually, if I type a text using French characters in mac-emacs but
> have to visit it in a different editor, I use a small utility called
> 'Xlator' which will translate ISO formats into a Mac readable file
> and vice versa. Using this software, I can convert emacs file to a
> BBedit readable file, for instance, and back again and characters
> will appear correctly in both editor.
> 
> Is there a way to perform such 'translation' within mac-emacs that
> would allow me to send my French mail from within emacs without the
> extra operations?

Hi,

Is it possible to type your E-mail message using the `mac-roman'
coding system directly?  If you do that, files created should be
readable immediately by other Mac applications.  There should be some
information in the FAQ that comes with version 20.6 or in old mailing
list messages.

I haven't used 20.6 for quite a while; version 21.1 has been
available.  And of course I've been only using and working on the OS X
version.

Andrew.