Re: nntp servers with multibyte group names?

[Eric Abrahamsen <eric@ericabrahamsen.net>]

Adam Sjøgren <asjo@koldfront.dk> writes:

> Eric writes:
>
>>> I was curious to find the answer, as I apparently have a hobby of
>>> implementing an nntp-interface on average every half a decade :-)
>>
>> Sounds like... fun. But it also sounds like you might be able to answer
>> some of my questions!
>
> It is (I like using nntp for e.g. RSS/Atom feeds, and the nntp-model
> fits a suprising number of things)! But I have just been either ignoring
> the problem or assuming that everything is utf-8.
>
>>> Why not assume utf-8 (of which ascii is a subset, I believe)?
>>
>> I am miserable at encoding-related programming, it's something I've
>> never really had to deal with, and I don't grok it.
>
> I don't understand encoding it works in Emacs at all, so I will have to
> defer to someone/where who does.
>
> Having an ø in my last name used to be a challenge. These days things
> are converging on "utf-8 or broken" as far as I can tell.
>
>> Thanks for any light you're willing to shed!
>
> Sorry I can't be of any help...

No worries, I really should just float this on emacs.help...

Thanks,
Eric