>> Placing the cursor on "\344" and `M-x describe-char' results in: >> >> ,---- >> | character: \344 (4194276, #o17777744, #x3fffe4) >> | preferred charset: eight-bit (Raw bytes 0-255) >> | code point: 0xE4 >> | syntax: w which means: word >> | buffer code: #xE4 >> | file code: not encodable by coding system undecided-unix >> | display: no font available >> | >> | Character code properties are not shown: customize what to show >> | >> | There are text properties here: >> | auto-composed t >> `---- >> >> Here is the output of `M-x describe-char' from the ä character in >> second sentence: >> >> ,---- >> | character: ä (228, #o344, #xe4) >> | preferred charset: iso-8859-1 (Latin-1 (ISO/IEC 8859-1)) >> | code point: 0xE4 >> | syntax: w which means: word >> | category: j:Japanese l:Latin >> | buffer code: #xC3 #xA4 >> | file code: #xC3 #xA4 (encoded by coding system utf-8-emacs-unix) >> | display: by this font (glyph code) >> | bitstream vera sans mono:pixelsize=13:foundry=bitstream:weight=regular:slant=roman:width=normal (#x6C) >> `---- >> >> (Don't ask me why the category indicates "j:Japanese") >> >> Concerning (B): >> >> On other occations I noticed that displayed umlauts are deleted or >> replaced by a space. >> >> Here is an example: >> >> ,---- >> | List-Id: Linux >> | To: patrickXXX@XXX.XX >> | From: Linux >> | Date: Mon, 07 Apr 2008 04:02:02 +0200 >> | Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----b007da1ee42" >> | Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >> | MIME-Version: 1.0 >> | Subject: heise online News Linux 07.04.2008 >> | Message-Id: >> | [...] >> | >> | * Nachrichten berblick zum Thema Linux der vergangenen sieben Tage * >> | * >> | Benchmark-Suite f r Linux >> | >> | Phoronix hat eine umfassende Benchmark-Suite f r Linux ver ffentlicht. >> | [...] >> `---- >> >> Can other people using Gnus (not "No Gnus") with current Gnu Emacs >> CVS confirm this behaviour? > > FTR: Gnus 5.13 is the same as "No Gnus", modulo delays in > synchronization. OK, thanks for correcting me. >> Going through the Gnus settings below, the only thing that catches my >> eye is "mm-charset-synonym-alist". Searching the Gnus manual for the >> terms "charset" results in section 3.20 Charsets. But I have trouble >> understanding it. > > `mm-charset-synonym-alist' should be irrelevant. OK. >> Can anybody give me a pointer which variable(s) need to be adopted? >> >> Previous versions of Gnus v5.13 included with Emacs CVS displayed the >> article buffer correctly. > > It would be very good if you could identify the change causing the > problem using bisection (specifying the date to cvs). I have never done this, but I'll give a try this weekend. How do I check out older cvs versions by date? This does not work: --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- cvs -z3 \ -D "2008-02-01 00:00:00" \ -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/cvsroot/emacs \ co emacs --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- Thanks Patrick >> ,----[ Emacs version and settings: ] >> | In GNU Emacs 23.0.60.2 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.8.20) >> | of 2008-04-04 on golem >> | Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.70000000 >> | configured using `configure '--prefix=/home/patrick/prg/stow/emacs-devel' '--with-xft' '--with-x-toolkit=gtk'' >> | >> | Important settings: >> | value of $LC_ALL: nil >> | value of $LC_COLLATE: nil >> | value of $LC_CTYPE: nil >> | value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil >> | value of $LC_MONETARY: nil >> | value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil >> | value of $LC_TIME: nil >> | value of $LANG: de_DE.UTF-8 >> | value of $XMODIFIERS: nil >> | locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix >> | default-enable-multibyte-characters: t >> | >> | Major mode: Message >> | >> | Minor modes in effect: >> | gnus-message-citation-mode: t >> | mml-mode: t >> | delete-selection-mode: t >> | show-paren-mode: t >> | savehist-mode: t >> | pc-selection-mode: t >> | iswitchb-mode: t >> | display-time-mode: t >> | which-function-mode: t >> | shell-dirtrack-mode: t >> | tooltip-mode: t >> | mouse-wheel-mode: t >> | menu-bar-mode: t >> | file-name-shadow-mode: t >> | global-font-lock-mode: t >> | font-lock-mode: t >> | blink-cursor-mode: t >> | global-auto-composition-mode: t >> | auto-composition-mode: t >> | auto-compression-mode: t >> | column-number-mode: t >> | line-number-mode: t >> | transient-mark-mode: t >> | abbrev-mode: t >> `---- >> >> ,----[ Gnus settings ] >> | (setq gnus-default-nntp-server "") >> | (setq gnus-select-method >> | '(nntp "news.myserver.foo")) >> | (setq gnus-message-archive-group >> | '((if >> | (message-news-p) >> | "nnimap+mail.mymailserver.bla:INBOX.sent.news" "nnimap+mail.mymailserver.bla:INBOX.Sent"))) >> | (setq gnus-secondary-select-methods >> | '((nnml "private") >> | (nntp "news.gmane.org") >> | (nnimap "mail.mymailserver.bla" >> | (nnimap-list-pattern >> | ("*"))))) >> | (setq gnus-group-change-level-function 'gnus-topic-change-level) >> | (setq gnus-summary-expunge-below -999) >> | (setq gnus-summary-mode-hook >> | '(gnus-agent-mode)) >> | (setq gnus-exit-group-hook >> | '(gnus-uu-delete-work-dir gnus-uu-clean-up)) >> | (setq gnus-group-line-format "%M%S%p%P%5y:%B%(%G%)%l %O\n") >> | (setq gnus-group-catchup-group-hook >> | '(gnus-topic-update-topic)) >> | (setq gnus-exit-gnus-hook >> | '(mm-destroy-postponed-undisplay-list)) >> | (setq gnus-visible-headers "^From:\\|^Newsgroups:\\|^Subject:\\|^Date:\\|^Followup-To:\\|^Reply-To:\\|^Organization:\\|^Summary:\\|^Keywords:\\|^To:\\|^[BGF]?Cc:\\|^Posted-To:\\|^Mail-Copies-To:\\|^Mail-Followup-To:\\|^Apparently-To:\\|^Gnus-Warning:\\|^Resent-From:\\|^X-Sent:\\|^X-Newsreader:\\|^X-Mailer:\\|^User-Agent:\\|^X-User-Agent:\\|^X-Injected-Via-Gmane:\\|^Message-ID:") >> | (setq gnus-saved-headers "^From:\\|^Newsgroups:\\|^Subject:\\|^Date:\\|^Followup-To:\\|^Reply-To:\\|^Organization:\\|^Summary:\\|^Keywords:\\|^To:\\|^[BGF]?Cc:\\|^Posted-To:\\|^Mail-Copies-To:\\|^Mail-Followup-To:\\|^Apparently-To:\\|^Gnus-Warning:\\|^Resent-From:\\|^X-Sent:") >> | (setq gnus-article-prepare-hook >> | '(bbdb/gnus-pop-up-bbdb-buffer)) >> | (setq gnus-init-file "~/.emacs.d/.gnus") >> | (setq gnus-startup-hook >> | '(bbdb-insinuate-gnus)) >> | (setq gnus-setup-news-hook >> | '(gnus-agent-queue-setup gnus-fixup-nnimap-unread-after-getting-new-news)) >> | (setq gnus-save-newsrc-hook >> | '(bbdb-offer-save)) >> | (setq gnus-group-mode-hook >> | '(gnus-agent-mode gnus-topic-mode)) >> | (setq gnus-posting-styles >> | '((".*" >> | (organization "none") >> | (Face >> | '(gnus-convert-png-to-face "~/.emacs.d/faces/ant.png"))) >> | (".*gmane.comp.lang.r.general" >> | (signature-file "~/.emacs.d/mailsignature/sig-workcam-r") >> | (Face >> | '(gnus-convert-png-to-face "~/.emacs.d/faces/ant.png"))))) >> | (setq gnus-home-score-file "~/.emacs.d/total-score-file.SCORE") >> | (setq gnus-server-mode-hook >> | '(gnus-agent-mode)) >> | (setq mm-charset-synonym-alist >> | '((ibm866 . cp866) >> | (unicode . utf-16-le) >> | (ks_c_5601-1987 . cp949) >> | (windows-31j . cp932) >> | (iso8859-1 . iso-8859-1))) >> | (setq message-send-mail-function 'smtpmail-send-it) >> | (setq message-post-method >> | '(nntp "news")) >> | (setq message-setup-hook >> | '(bbdb-define-all-aliases bbdb-insinuate-message)) >> | (setq message-mode-hook >> | '(#[nil "\302\030\303 !)\207" >> | [gnus-article-copy gnus-setup-message-group nil gnus-configure-posting-styles] >> | 2] >> | #[nil "\302 \211\020\211\021\207" >> | [message-mailer message-newsreader gnus-extended-version] >> | 2])) >> | (setq message-header-setup-hook >> | '(gnus-inews-insert-archive-gcc gnus-inews-insert-gcc)) >> | (setq message-signature 'randomsig-signature) >> `---- Footnotes: [1] Archived-At: -- For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. (Terry Pratchett, Equal Rites)