Re: gnus-article-decode-charset

[Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc>]

On Wed, Oct 25 2006, Miles Bader wrote:

> Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc> writes:
>> In the situation you describe, I use `<prefix> g' (<menu-bar>
>> <Article> <Display> <View as different encoding>):
>
> That sounds pretty inconvenient though -- it looks like you need to
> _predefine_ the available character sets, and map them to an integer key
> (which makes them hard to remember).

No, `gnus-summary-show-article-charset-alist' is only an abbreviation
for frequently encountered charset.  If a number N is not present in
`gnus-summary-show-article-charset-alist' (or if it's nil), `N g'
prompts for a charset.  (But that's what the doc string says.  Didn't
you read it or is it unclear?)

E.g. I have ((12 . windows-1252) (0 . iso-8859-15) (8 . utf-8)) which
is easy to remember and sufficient for me.  I rarely need other
charsets.  (Of course, I mostly read articles with charsets typically
used in (Western) Europe.)

Bye, Reiner.
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