Re: [PATCH] Unicode Lisp reader escapes

[Juri Linkov]

>> Another way is that you could specify coding: in a special way,
>> perhaps with ! at the end of the coding system name.
>
> I don't know if that is aesthetically good, but at least
> it's a quite handy way.
>
> ;; xxx.el -- Do XXX.   -*- coding: latin-1!; -*-

Such a notation is not self-evident.  What about

;; xxx.el -- Do XXX.   -*- coding: latin-1; translation: no -*-

or

;; xxx.el -- Do XXX.   -*- coding: latin-1; char-trans: no -*-

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Juri Linkov
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