Re: 0x0a converted to 0x0d when saving attachments

[Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof@math.ethz.ch>]

Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@peorth.gweep.net> writes:

> `binary' means that the buffer should be treated as "raw" data.
> `no-conversion' does EOLN conversion, I think, contradicting the idea of
> performing no conversion.

no-conversion means no _characterset conversion_ (or at least in
XEmacs it does). However I agree raw-text is a much better name.

> Both FSF Emacs and XEmacs are rock-stupid and broken about this.

In fact in FSF Emacs no-conversion == binary. IIRC correctly in XEmacs
the meaning on no-conversion ping-ponged around in order to stay
compatible with the then unreleased "New Mule API". Now it has the
current meaning because that is what the 20.x XEmacs series had.

no-conversion should really be banished to obscurity where it belongs
to give way to the more meaningful terms 'binary and 'raw-text.
However the fact that 'no-conversion seems to be the preferred name
for binary on FSF Emacs and the fact that not all previous versions of
the Emacsen had all three doesn't help.

Jan