From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Coding systems documentation Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:33:09 +0200 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1228080812 15641 80.91.229.12 (30 Nov 2008 21:33:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:33:32 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 30 22:34:35 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1L6tw0-0001l2-BR for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Nov 2008 22:34:32 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33741 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L6tuq-0004lU-6b for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:33:20 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L6tuk-0004k4-US for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:33:15 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1L6tuj-0004ik-TQ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:33:14 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39850 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1L6tuj-0004ie-Pp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:33:13 -0500 Original-Received: from mtaout3.012.net.il ([84.95.2.7]:60580) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L6tuh-00035h-V8; Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:33:12 -0500 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.i_mtaout3.012.net.il by i_mtaout3.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) id <0KB600A0012T8J00@i_mtaout3.012.net.il>; Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:35:19 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([77.126.215.205]) by i_mtaout3.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2004.12) with ESMTPA id <0KB6009AN1AUL1A0@i_mtaout3.012.net.il>; Sun, 30 Nov 2008 23:35:19 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 9.1 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:106341 Archived-At: > From: Richard M Stallman > Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:43:56 -0500 > > +@c I think this paragraph is no longer correct. > +@ignore > Most coding systems specify a particular character code for > conversion, but some of them leave the choice unspecified---to be chosen > heuristically for each file, based on the data. > +@end ignore > > I think these still exist. For example, there are `undecided' and friends. Is this only about undecided? or are there other examples? If it's only about undecided, I'd like to rewrite this text to speak explicitly about undecided. Then it won't sound so mysteriously.