Re: contrib/ucs-tables.el obsolete for Emacs 21.3

[Dave Love <d.love@dl.ac.uk>]

kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai Großjohann) writes:

> Didn't you say previously that ucs-tables.el would benefit from an
> improved utf-8.el?

I hope not.  ucs-tables provides tables that the utf-8 coding systems
(and others) use, not vice versa.

> The version that's now in the Gnus contrib directory has
> unify-8859-on-{de,en}coding-mode which need to be called.

Yes, but that's a feature.  Loading the file shouldn't invoke them.

> If the version that's now in Gnus' contrib directory is not the one
> you distributed,

I don't know what it is -- I haven't checked.  I was commenting on the
web page referenced and I didn't understand the recommendation to get
a version out of Emacs CVS specifically.

> Yes.  There was a recommendation to add the Gnus contrib directory to
> load-path.  Or even to move the files to the Gnus lisp directory.
>
> It's the wrong approach.

Perhaps someone could correct that if it's in the doc or add such
instructions for using anything that might appear in future Emacs
versions.  (I know that's difficult to tell in some cases, like
ucs-tables, so it's best to play safe.)