Re: should mbox be opened in unibyte mode

[Vladimir Volovich <vvv@vvv.vsu.ru>]

"JSB" == Janusz S Bien writes:

 VV> i thought a bit on this, and it seems that mbox MUST be opened in
 VV> unibyte mode, otherwise the results will be broken.
 SZ> I think unibyte mode does not really matter how mbox is opened,
 SZ> but the coding-system does. Have you tried
 SZ> 
 SZ> (setq nnmbox-file-coding-system 'binary) (setq
 SZ> nnmbox-active-file-coding-system 'binary)

 JSB> You both are right.
[...]
 JSB> It, too, sets `enable-multibyte-characters' to `nil'.
 JSB> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

i've tried the above settings of nnmbox-file-coding-system and
nnmbox-active-file-coding-system but nevertheless mbox is still opened
in multibyte mode (in violation with the above).

and why the defaults are not 'binary but 'raw-text (if the former is
considered to be the Right Thing anyway)?

	Best regards, -- Vladimir.