From: Simon Josefsson <jas@extundo.com>
Cc: Gnus List <ding@gnus.org>
Subject: Re: detecting encoding for Japanese
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 12:43:01 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <iluit1smxu2.fsf@latte.josefsson.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <873csxws40.fsf@ghidra.vail> (Hal Snyder's message of "Thu, 29 Aug 2002 11:24:15 -0500")
Hal Snyder <hal@vailsys.com> writes:
>> Aha, then you can use g-g-c-a to set the default for each group.
>>
>> If more than one untagged encodings is used within a single group,
>> you must use 1 g or the menubar to input the desired encoding
>> manually.
>
> Yes, multiple untagged encodings appear (sometimes UTF-8, but I guess
> I have to wait for Emacs 22 for that). All sorts of users show up on
> the list.
Another solution would be to tell them to use a standards compliant
MUA. (UTF-8 should work in released Emacs 21's too, I think.)
>> Or where you asking for a new feature where Gnus used Emacs' builtin
>> AI to guess what encoding untagged data? That could perhaps work,
>> but I don't know how to implement it.
>
> Probably that is indeed what I was asking for. GNU Emacs indeed seems
> to know how to guess encoding when a file is visited. The 1g command
> suggested by you (and Kai, thanks) helps, but presumes I know the
> encoding before switching. As time permits, I'll have a look at the
> "builtin AI".
Yes, using the builtin AI for untagged messages seems like the best
compromise.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-08-30 10:43 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 22+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-08-29 5:48 Hal Snyder
2002-08-29 10:00 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-08-29 12:04 ` Simon Josefsson
2002-08-29 14:08 ` Hal Snyder
2002-08-29 16:01 ` Simon Josefsson
2002-08-29 16:24 ` Hal Snyder
2002-08-29 16:59 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-08-30 0:05 ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2002-08-30 12:23 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-09-02 12:16 ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2002-09-02 17:31 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-09-02 22:38 ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2002-09-03 1:52 ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2002-09-03 2:03 ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2002-09-03 6:19 ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2002-09-03 6:43 ` Katsumi Yamaoka
2002-09-03 21:43 ` Hal Snyder
2002-09-03 22:09 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-08-30 10:43 ` Simon Josefsson [this message]
2002-08-30 12:25 ` Kai Großjohann
2002-08-30 22:58 ` Hal Snyder
2002-09-11 10:40 ` Yoshiki Hayashi
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