Mule bugs: misidentification (Latin-1 vs. Chinese), revert issues

[Aidan Kehoe]

 Ar an seacht? l? is fiche de m? Deireadh F?mhair, scr?obh Michael Sperber: 

 > >  >  >  > I open a file with UTF-8 coding-system. I touch that file
 > >  >  >  > outside of XEmacs and then do M-x revert-buffer RET. The
 > >  >  >  > non-ASCII characters get mangled.
 > >  >  > 
 > >  >  > There?s a comment from Ben in the sources about this problem: 
 > >  > 
 > >  > What does Ben's comment have to do with coding systems, other than
 > >  > that they reduce the utility of replace-mode to zero?
 > >
 > > The comment doesn?t mention the replacement algorithm not being
 > > followed for any content whatsoever; I find it misleading. But you?re
 > > right, and Michael?s problem is a separate issue--this code isn?t even
 > > buggy, despite what I thought.
 > >
 > > Mike, I can?t reproduce your problem locally, but does this patch eliminate
 > > it for you? 
 > >
 > > --- lisp/files.el~	2005-11-18 12:12:07.000000000 +0100
 > > +++ lisp/files.el	2006-10-24 20:48:22.000000000 +0200
 > > [...]
 > 
 > Yes, it does.  Thanks!  Will you commit this change?

Yes--I?ll get to it this evening, and update Ben?s comment at the same time.
 > > 

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