"Far" == Far <Far> writes:
>> The next release of the SCL integrates comprehensive support for >> reading a text file character encoding from an Emacs style coding >> attribute. The support was contributed to public domain CMUCL if >> you wish to examine it. This allows 'load and 'compiler, and the >> debugger, and many editors, to also use the correct encoding. >> The new external-format has been named :file-attribute. It has >> not been decided if this will be the :default, but a separate default >> will be provided for lisp source files. I am open to working with >> other vendors on standardising the support, but there has been >> little interest. >> Far> I believe I saw an earlier version of it. Is it in the current version Far> of CMUCL from CVS?
No. The code was checked into git, but backed before the release and hasn't been re-enabled. While it's pretty cool, we wonder if it would not be better handled as an external library.
Ray