From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: undecided vs utf-8
Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:27:57 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3d3qkpvv6.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
When using erc, it decodes iso-8859-1 fine with the default `undecided'
into encoding. However, any utf-8 strings are, sort of, just translated
into the same coding system:
(decode-coding-string "u-te-\303\246ff \303\245tte" 'undecided)
=> "u-te-æff åtte"
(decode-coding-string "u-te-\303\246ff \303\245tte" 'utf-8)
=> "u-te-æff åtte"
So, uhm... Is this meant to be this way? I know that guessing the
first thing is, well, correct, sort of -- it's valid iso-8859-1,
although very strange. But it's also valid utf-8. Shouldn't
`decode-coding-string' prefer utf-8 if it's actually valid? If it's
valid utf-8, then it's quite likely that it's meant to be utf-8, even
though other coding systems are also possible.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
next reply other threads:[~2010-11-04 22:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-11-04 22:27 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2010-11-04 22:40 ` undecided vs utf-8 Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-05 0:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-11-05 8:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-11-05 2:01 ` Kenichi Handa
2010-11-05 2:32 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-05 4:42 ` Kenichi Handa
2010-11-05 13:02 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-05 8:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-11-05 13:06 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-05 8:10 ` Eli Zaretskii
2010-11-05 12:28 ` Deniz Dogan
2010-11-05 12:50 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2010-11-05 7:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
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