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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Subject: Re: article editing oddity
Date: 01 Dec 1999 15:37:10 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m37liypw15.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5b1z9rlaa2.fsf@giga.cs.rochester.edu>

Shenghuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu> writes:

> I don't think this works, unless press `C-u g C-u W M c', since it
> washes an article in the article buffer, where characters have been
> decoded by (wrong) charset, then the result is double-decoded,
> i.e. `\201's shows.
> 
> Even `C-u g C-u W M c' does not decode subject and other headers.
> 
> *sigh*
> 
> My unofficial solution is advicing gnus-summary-show-article. When
> number argument comes, pick a charset from predefined charsets or
> minibuffer, set gnus-newsgroup-charset and
> gnus-newsgroup-ignored-charsets, then ad-do-it.
> 
> If this solution is acceptable, I can patch the
> gnus-summary-show-article, and maybe a little work let gnus ignored
> all charsets.

Yes, that sounds like a good idea.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen


  reply	other threads:[~1999-12-01 14:37 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
1999-11-12  8:39 Vladimir Volovich
1999-11-15 20:51 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-11-15 21:23   ` Shenghuo ZHU
1999-12-01 14:37     ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
1999-12-01 18:30       ` FAQ: show an article with a specified charset (was: Re: article editing oddity) Shenghuo ZHU
1999-12-01 23:00         ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen

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