Re: should mbox be opened in unibyte mode

[Vladimir Volovich <vvv@vvv.vsu.ru>]

"JSB" == Janusz S Bien writes:

 JSB> It, too, sets `enable-multibyte-characters' to `nil'.
 JSB> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
 >> i've tried the above settings of nnmbox-file-coding-system and
 >> nnmbox-active-file-coding-system but nevertheless mbox is still
 >> opened in multibyte mode (in violation with the above).

 JSB> Do you use XEmacs or GNU Emacs? This appeared to be relevant.

I use GNU Emacs.

 JSB> You can force (in GNU Emacs) the current buffer to unibyte mode
 JSB> with `toggle-enable-multibyte-characters'. Does it help?

Yes, i can manually switch to unibyte mode in mbox buffer using
toggle-enable-multibyte-characters.

But:

1) imho it should be done by gnus (i.e. gnus should open mbox in
   unibyte mode in the first place)

2) you wrote that

 > In contrast, the coding system `no-conversion' specifies no
 > character code conversion at all--none for non-ASCII byte values and
 > none for end of line.  This is useful for reading or writing binary
 > files, tar files, and other files that must be examined verbatim.  It,
 > too, sets `enable-multibyte-characters' to `nil'.

is the above about XEmacs or GNU Emacs? If it is about GNU Emacs, then
why setting nnmbox-file-coding-system to 'binary does not switch off
multibyte characters?

	Best regards, -- Vladimir.