Re: Saving when the coding system can't code all buffer characters

[Sascha Wilde]

Lennart Borgman <address@hidden> wrote:
> David Kastrup wrote:
>> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
[...]
>>> You are supposed to type "C-u C-x =" in the buffer you are trying to
>>> save.  To this end, you can type "C-x o" to get out of the
>>> minibuffer and to the buffer being saved, and then type "C-u C-x =".
>>
>> I think that is far too much to suppose from an average user.  How
>> about putting a property on the character that will highlight it and
>> display the information on mouse-over in a tooltip?
>
> Probably. Anyway I did not think of using C-x o here. I had no idea it
> worked from the minibuffer.

As this seems to be the only information missing from the *warning*
buffer for pure tty use (or mousephobics like me), maybe we should
simply add a note on C-x o to the text?

Here is my first try on this:

txtqudGivOX2W.txt
Description: Text Data

cheers
sascha
-- 
>++++++[<+++++++++++>-]<+.>+++[<++++++>-]<.---.---------.++++++.++++.---------
-.+++++++++++.+++++.>+++++++[<-------->-]<-.>++++++[<+++++++>-]<+.--.+++..----
---.-.>++++++[<------>-]<.>++++[<+++++++++++++>-]<.------------.---.>++++++[<-
----->-]<-.>+++++[<+++++++>-]<.--.>+++[<++++++>-]<+.>++++++++[<--------->-]<--.