From: Jesper Harder <harder@myrealbox.com>
Subject: Re: Gnus: UTF-8 and compatibility with other MUAs
Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2003 02:35:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3ptj630dw.fsf@defun.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <plop87zniadbjf.fsf@gnu-rox.org>
Xavier Maillard <zedek@gnu-rox.org> writes:
> Jesper Harder <harder@myrealbox.com> writes:
>
>> Xavier Maillard <zedek@gnu-rox.org> writes:
>>
>> > Would you recommend your users to use utf-8 as a default
>> > encoding system ?
>>
>> No, because there's no reason to use UTF-8 if a more widely supported
>> charset is sufficient.
>
> Ok for that. So what would be the default charset to recommend to
> people ?
I would just leave the default setting in Gnus as it is.
> Why the hell was utf-8 invented so ?
To extend the repertoire of available glyphs and allow people to mix
glyphs from different scripts.
UTF-8 is excellent if you need it. But most people usually don't need
to mix Vietnamese and Thai words, write hieroglyphics or runes and so
on.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-08-16 0:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-08-14 15:48 Xavier Maillard
2003-08-14 22:39 ` Frank Schmitt
2003-08-15 18:22 ` Xavier Maillard
2003-08-14 23:01 ` Jesper Harder
2003-08-15 13:50 ` Oliver Scholz
2003-08-15 16:48 ` Jesper Harder
2003-08-15 18:10 ` Oliver Scholz
2003-08-16 0:23 ` Jesper Harder
2003-08-16 9:48 ` Oliver Scholz
2003-08-16 13:01 ` Jesper Harder
2003-08-16 15:36 ` Oliver Scholz
2003-08-16 17:14 ` Reiner Steib
2003-08-16 19:29 ` Oliver Scholz
2003-08-19 14:54 ` Miles Bader
2003-08-20 15:24 ` Reiner Steib
2003-08-21 0:20 ` Miles Bader
2003-08-16 17:23 ` Simon Josefsson
2003-08-16 19:18 ` Oliver Scholz
2003-08-16 22:24 ` Simon Josefsson
2003-08-17 12:30 ` Benjamin Riefenstahl
2003-08-17 16:40 ` Oliver Scholz
2003-08-18 2:20 ` James H. Cloos Jr.
2003-08-18 15:58 ` Benjamin Riefenstahl
2003-08-18 2:16 ` James H. Cloos Jr.
2003-08-18 2:09 ` James H. Cloos Jr.
2003-08-28 13:38 ` Jens Müller
2003-08-28 13:35 ` Jens Müller
2003-08-17 0:57 ` Jesper Harder
2003-08-17 17:24 ` Oliver Scholz
2003-08-17 18:21 ` Matthias Andree
2003-08-15 18:24 ` Xavier Maillard
2003-08-16 0:35 ` Jesper Harder [this message]
2003-08-14 23:05 ` Simon Josefsson
2003-08-15 17:00 ` Oliver Scholz
2003-08-16 7:43 ` Ivan Boldyrev
2003-08-17 17:27 ` Oliver Scholz
2003-08-18 6:01 ` Steinar Bang
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