#2507: quotation characters in error messages -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Reporter: Isaac Dupree | Owner: Type: feature request | Status: new Priority: lowest | Milestone: 7.6.2 Component: Compiler | Version: 6.8.3 Resolution: | Keywords: Operating System: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple Type of failure: None/Unknown | Difficulty: Unknown Test Case: | Blocked By: Blocking: | Related Tickets: #2811,#3398 -------------------------------------+------------------------------------ Comment (by goldfire): It might be worth noting that when I run ghc in a bash shell from within Emacs on my Mac, the Unicode quotes cause formatting codes to be printed in place of the quotes. For example: {{{ The type signature for \342\200\233foo\342\200\231 lacks an accompanying binding (The type signature must be given where \342\200\233foo\342\200\231 is declared) }}} I couldn't seem to disable Unicode printing in this case, which mattered, as I was planning on using ghc in this configuration for a presentation. As it turned out, I found an emacs-specific solution (included below for the curious; I forget the source, sorry), but I can imagine a scenario where there's no easy solution to this problem. Perhaps use something like `-fno-unicode-quotes`? Emacs solution that worked for me, added to my `.emacs` file: {{{ (setq locale-coding-system 'utf-8) (set-terminal-coding-system 'utf-8-unix) (set-keyboard-coding-system 'utf-8) (set-selection-coding-system 'utf-8) (prefer-coding-system 'utf-8) }}} -- Ticket URL: http://ghc.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/2507#comment:27 GHC http://www.haskell.org/ghc/ The Glasgow Haskell Compiler