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

> >>> (decode-coding-string "\e$B$3$s$K$A$O\e(B" 'iso-2022-jp-2)
> >>> => Invalid coding system: iso-2022-jp-2
> 
> Lars> Isn't that a bug?
> 
> KY> I don't know.
> 
> No. iso-2022-jp-2 is MULE charset, not MULE coding system.

Are you sure?

(find-charset-region (point-min) (point-max))
=> (japanese-jisx0208 ascii)

on the message in question.  I've interpreted this to mean that
`japanese-jisx0208' is the MULE charset, and `iso-2022-jp-2' is the
MULE coding system/MIME charset.

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