From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/67962
Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail
From: jidanni@jidanni.org
Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general
Subject: Re: Wash 0xA0 nbsp
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:07:13 +0800
Message-ID: <87r644eose.fsf@jidanni.org>
References: <b4m3agk4w2s.fsf@jpl.org>
NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1229663730 27463 80.91.229.12 (19 Dec 2008 05:15:30 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org
NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 05:15:30 +0000 (UTC)
Cc: ding@gnus.org
To: yamaoka@jpl.org
Original-X-From: ding-owner+M16408@lists.math.uh.edu Fri Dec 19 06:16:37 2008
Return-path: <ding-owner+M16408@lists.math.uh.edu>
Envelope-to: ding-account@gmane.org
Original-Received: from util0.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.18])
	by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50)
	id 1LDXj1-0001S5-I7
	for ding-account@gmane.org; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:16:35 +0100
Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.math.uh.edu)
	by util0.math.uh.edu with smtp (Exim 4.63)
	(envelope-from <ding-owner+M16408@lists.math.uh.edu>)
	id 1LDXhV-00072A-DM; Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:15:01 -0600
Original-Received: from mx1.math.uh.edu ([129.7.128.32])
	by util0.math.uh.edu with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256)
	(Exim 4.63)
	(envelope-from <jidanni@jidanni.org>)
	id 1LDXhU-00071u-5h
	for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:15:00 -0600
Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51])
	by mx1.math.uh.edu with esmtp (Exim 4.69)
	(envelope-from <jidanni@jidanni.org>)
	id 1LDXhR-0005hf-AY
	for ding@lists.math.uh.edu; Thu, 18 Dec 2008 23:15:00 -0600
Original-Received: from mailbigip.dreamhost.com ([208.97.132.5] helo=homiemail-a4.dreamhost.com)
	by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian))
	id 1LDXhe-0005lL-00
	for <ding@gnus.org>; Fri, 19 Dec 2008 06:15:10 +0100
Original-Received: from jidanni.org (122-127-37-70.dynamic.hinet.net [122.127.37.70])
	(using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits))
	(No client certificate requested)
	by homiemail-a4.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ACAA4093D;
	Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:14:54 -0800 (PST)
X-Spam-Score: -2.6 (--)
List-ID: <ding.gnus.org>
Precedence: bulk
Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:67962
Archived-At: <http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/67962>

KY> I have no idea to add it to the Gnus wash functions.

OK, but I was thinking that since W C-h shows about 100 different wash
functions, there certainly should be some that do some of these functions:

Usage: uni2ascii [flags]
       -c Convert circled and parenthesized characters.
       -e Convert to approximate ASCII equivalents.
       -f Convert formal equivalents to ASCII.
       -x Expand certain single characters to equivalent sequences.
       -y Convert certain characters to approximate single-characters.
       -d Strip diacritics.
       -n Convert newlines.
       -s Convert space characters.
       -B Best ASCII. Transform to ASCII if possible. Combines cdefx.

But it seems it would be best for the user to just use
(shell-command-on-region (region-beginning) (region-end) "uni2ascii
-e" ...

OK, I thought a Wash to ASCII group would be a common need (for me I
only encountered that one message with the need though)... OK, never
mind. Thanks anyway for your trouble.