New USer of Mule ?

["Eytel, Donald" <Donald.Eytel@xxxxxxxx>]

I have had emacs 21.1.2 for HP Unix installed.   I can't seem to get the emacs to switch to the a different language.  I keep getting mini buffer not active on the bottom when I go to the Option menu and set the language environment.     I have a need to view Katakana and Kanji  Double -byte and Single byte characters.   Do I have to set my language environment before I start emacs.   Can I open file and switch from one language to another?  Do I have to have any of the LANG environment variables set before going into emacs?  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Don.

 

Don Eytel

Nike Inc.,

Lead Integration Engineer