If you want to use Unicode support included in Mule-UCS package, please put one line as below: (require 'un-define) in your .emacs, site-start.el, or any other start up configuration file. If you want to use auto detection feature on UTF-8/16, add one more: (require 'un-tools) See ${PREFIX}/share/doc/mule-ucs/README.Unicode for details. If you want to use BIG5 conversion support, add the below line either: (require 'big5c-ucs) or (require 'big5c-cns) to your .emacs depends on which conversion methods you would like to use. See ${PREFIX}/share/doc/mule-ucs/README.big5conv for details. If you want to use JIS X 0213 support, add the following line: (require 'jisx0213) to your .emacs. See ${PREFIX}/share/doc/mule-ucs/README.jisx0213 (written in Japanese) for details. Mule-UCS is installed under the following directory: ${PREFIX}/share/emacs/20.x/site-lisp/mule-ucs/ --- Mule-UCS