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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.

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