From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/19425 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois_Pinard?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: Slow decoding Date: 01 Dec 1998 15:49:08 -0500 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: References: <76ww4b29of.fsf@ppllc.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035157776 11516 80.91.224.250 (20 Oct 2002 23:49:36 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2002 23:49:36 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: from karazm.math.uh.edu (karazm.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.1]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA28208 for ; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 15:52:04 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by karazm.math.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAB10782; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 14:51:05 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Tue, 01 Dec 1998 14:50:40 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from sclp3.sclp.com (root@sclp3.sclp.com [204.252.123.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id OAA24764 for ; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 14:50:25 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from jupiter.rtsq.qc.ca (rtsq.grics.qc.ca [199.84.132.81]) by sclp3.sclp.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA28171 for ; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 15:50:14 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from ariel.progiciels-bpi.ca by jupiter.rtsq.qc.ca (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id PAA21384 for <@jupiter.rtsq.qc.ca:ding@gnus.org>; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 15:49:42 -0500 Original-Received: from icule.progiciels-bpi.ca (uucp@localhost) by ariel.progiciels-bpi.ca (950413.SGI.8.6.12/950213.SGI) via UUCP id PAA14404 for ding@gnus.org; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 15:51:20 -0800 Original-Received: by icule.progiciels-bpi.ca (8.8.5/8.7.3) id PAA02584; Tue, 1 Dec 1998 15:49:09 -0500 Original-To: Forum of ding/Gnus users X-Face: "b_m|CE6#'Q8fliQrwHl9K,]PA_o'*S~Dva{~b1n*)K*A(BIwQW.:LY?t4~xhYka_.LV?Qq `}X|71X0ea&H]9Dsk!`kxBXlG;q$mLfv_vtaHK_rHFKu]4'<*LWCyUe@ZcI6"*wB5M@[m Jake Colman writes: > > What should base64-decoder-program be set to for a Solaris system? > > What application should I download and install (if I don't already > > have it) , and how do I set it up? > I have MetaMail (mm-2.7.tar.gz or something on the FTP server) and use > the mimencode program that comes with that (it can also decode, despite > its name). For one, I set: (setq base64-decoder-program "recode" base64-decoder-switches '("-f" "/64") base64-encoder-program "recode" base64-encoder-switches '("-f" "../64")) so using a recent pretest of my own `recode' program, and it is speedy enough for me. For a long while, I used Nathaniel's `mmencode' for similar purposes and was satisfied. Also, `mmencode' is a smaller and simpler program, it surely loads and initialises more quickly. If I use `recode', this is at least to test it! :-) The speed difference is not significant enough for me to notice it, however. If one has comments, let me know. -- François Pinard mailto:pinard@iro.umontreal.ca Join the free Translation Project! http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard