Re: how do i reset text coding?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 11:13:59 +0530
> From: "jindam, vani" <jindam.vani@disroot.org>
> 
> i am on debian testing. i have text "ಉಲ್ಲೇಖಗಳು" [kannada language 
> alphabets] on both files: file1 & file2. for some reason it is showing 
> text as series of numbers on file1 only. i have copied text from  file1 
> and created another file [file3]. even file3 is showing same issue. if i 
> hover over "U" [buffer coding system (multi-byte)] on all files [file1, 
> file2, file3], it shows: utf-8-unix. i did ask on irc,  but i am lost. 
> is there anyway to fix it without using commands? why this is not 
> happening on file2?

You didn't tell enough to answer those questions.

  . is this a text-mode (a.k.a. "TTY") frame or a GUI frame?
  . what kind of "numbers" do you see? please show examples
  . what else is in file1 and file2 besides the Kannada text? what are
    the differences between file1 and file2?
  . what happens if you create a file with _only_ the Kannada text?
  . what is the major mode Emacs uses for each of the files?