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Hallvard B Furuseth <h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no> writes:

> Sure, but not getting it wrong is still better...  If I have already
> _told_ Emacs which charset I'm using, why should Gnus override that?

Gnus shouldn't, and won't, once someone tells me how to do that.  :-)

> >> Instead we need a
> >> recommended way for the user to tell Emacs to switch character set
> >> (font) - which Gnus can notice.
> >
> > This variable is only used in non-Mule Emacsen, so this shouldn't occur.
> 
> that's what I mean: Even non-Mule Emacsen need that recommended way to
> switch character set.

The assumption when using a non-Mule Emacs is that you're going to
edit text using only a single charset.  

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