* bug#13808: Gnus gratuiously messes with the encoding of attachments
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@ 2017-01-25 15:58 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-01-25 16:26 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2017-01-25 15:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Kastrup; +Cc: 13808
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> The mml encoding code is headache-inducing, probably because it was
> written to support non-Mule and XEmacs and modern Emacs at the same
> time. So you have stuff like:
>
> (defun mm-find-charset-region (b e)
> "Return a list of Emacs charsets in the region B to E."
> (cond
> ((mm-multibyte-p)
>
> [...]
>
> (t
> ;; We are in a unibyte buffer, so we futz around a bit.
>
> [...]
>
> (car (last (assq mail-parse-charset
> mm-mime-mule-charset-alist)))))
> (list 'ascii (or charset 'latin-iso8859-1)))))))))
>
> which is part of what's biting us here.
>
> I wonder whether the best solution here is to just rewrite the mml code
> completely. There's so much... magic in the various code paths.
And I think the answer is... yes. I'll start rewriting. Shouldn't be
... that much code, should it? :-)
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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2017-01-25 15:58 ` bug#13808: Gnus gratuiously messes with the encoding of attachments Lars Ingebrigtsen
@ 2017-01-25 16:26 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2017-01-25 16:56 ` David Kastrup
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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2017-01-25 16:26 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Kastrup; +Cc: 13808
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> And I think the answer is... yes. I'll start rewriting. Shouldn't be
> ... that much code, should it? :-)
Not a lot of rewriting was required, really. *phew* It now detect
coding systems reliably, and never rewrites file contents.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
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* bug#13808: Gnus gratuiously messes with the encoding of attachments
2017-01-25 16:26 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
@ 2017-01-25 16:56 ` David Kastrup
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From: David Kastrup @ 2017-01-25 16:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen; +Cc: 13808
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
>
>> And I think the answer is... yes. I'll start rewriting. Shouldn't be
>> ... that much code, should it? :-)
>
> Not a lot of rewriting was required, really. *phew* It now detect
> coding systems reliably, and never rewrites file contents.
That was quick after the initial delay. Apparently the partial
handover/retirement of Gmane gave you an opportunity to catch up with
Gnus.
Thanks!
--
David Kastrup
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