>>>>> "MAL" == M <mal@lemburg.com> writes: MAL> According to Martin, it is compatible. If it's not we'll make MAL> it so :-) MAL> Barry ? I believe so, although I haven't ever used this trick to specify the file's encoding. In some quick tests, at least XEmacs doesn't bomb out on it (if I stick a real encoding in for <encoding name>). -Barry