I find that when I try to save a file in emacs that contains an accented character, I get "No default coding system to try." Apparently this is why (for some reason) it "suggests" using utf-16-le.
Vineet, Your message was very helpful, for it suggests the above problem may be due to no character set being defined for debian, and to look more closely at locales. $ sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales ... locales not fully installed This may explain why the return from a # locales command does not include a character set. So it seems I must reinstall locales to define a character set (en_US.UTF-8, for ex.). $ sudo aptitude install locales E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages E: Unable to correct dependencies, some packages cannot be installed E: Unable to resolve some dependencies! The following packages have unmet dependencies locals: Depends: glibc-2.2.5-11.5 which is a virtual package I'm new to debian and so naturally this not entirely clear. What does "held" and "broken" mean? What is a "virtual package"? When I run # ldd locales, no executable is listed. Should it be? Suspecting locales needs a different version of glibc, and knowing that one can install multiple versions of glibc, I try: $ sudo aptitude install glibc=2.2.5 ... Unable to find version "2.2.5" for the package "glibc" I can't find glibc at all in /lib, and fear the impossible: I simply don't have glibc. So run: $ sudo aptitude install glibc ... The following packages have been held back: libc6 Again, what does "held back" mean here? I've got libc-2.2.5, but can't find libc6. I fear my continuing to flounder about like this will do some irreparable damage. Sorry for these naive questions. Haines Brown -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
