From: Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE (Kai Großjohann)
Cc: ding@gnus.org
Subject: Re: decoding quoted-printable
Date: 10 Jan 2001 15:11:19 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <vafzogzlcoo.fsf@lucy.cs.uni-dortmund.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <th010110135287bstfmux4.fsf@demonium.de>
On 10 Jan 2001, Thomas Hungenberg wrote:
> On 08 Jan 2001 22:52:00 -0500, ShengHuo ZHU <zsh@cs.rochester.edu>
> said:
>
>
>>> (setq gnus-default-posting-charset (quote iso-8859-1))
>
>> This variable is bogus.
>
> Why? The "Hyper Help" says:
I think the variable should not be used, even if it exists. Maybe
it's some leftover code from old versions?
>>> (setq gnus-article-decode-mime-words t)
>>> (setq gnus-article-decode-charset 1)
>
>> These two variables don't belong to Gnus.
>
> Mmmhh, "Hyper Help" lists them in "Variables and Constants" and
> says:
>
> gnus-article-decode-mime-words:
> Decode all MIME-encoded words in the article.
>
> gnus-article-decode-charset:
> Decode charset-encoded text in the article.
> If PROMPT (the prefix), prompt for a coding system to use.
At least for the second one, that's clearly a function description
(note the second line of the description). So maybe Hyper Help is b0rken?
kai
--
Be indiscrete. Do it continuously.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-01-10 14:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-01-06 17:31 Thomas Hungenberg
2001-01-08 9:36 ` Kai Großjohann
2001-01-08 12:45 ` Thomas Hungenberg
2001-01-08 17:30 ` Kai Großjohann
2001-01-08 20:16 ` Thomas Hungenberg
2001-01-09 12:45 ` Kai Großjohann
2001-01-09 3:52 ` ShengHuo ZHU
2001-01-09 12:46 ` Kai Großjohann
2001-01-10 12:52 ` Thomas Hungenberg
2001-01-10 14:11 ` Kai Großjohann [this message]
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