From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: "no-conversion" coding system (was: ^M in the info files) Date: Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:54:28 -0400 Message-ID: References: <484F1FAB.6070005@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1215615299 9133 80.91.229.12 (9 Jul 2008 14:54:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 14:54:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org, Kenichi Handa To: "Juanma Barranquero" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jul 09 16:55:46 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 1KGb4v-00029p-6P for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:55:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46807 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KGb43-0005kx-UN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:54:39 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KGb3z-0005ks-RW for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:54:35 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KGb3u-0005jv-Qn for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:54:35 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=50520 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KGb3u-0005js-No for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:54:30 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:35494 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KGb3u-0001kI-GB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:54:30 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AlsCALVtdEjO+IfCdGdsb2JhbACBW5B5ASedVoFz X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.30,331,1212379200"; d="scan'208";a="24140159" Original-Received: from 206-248-135-194.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([206.248.135.194]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 09 Jul 2008 10:54:28 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 58588842D; Wed, 9 Jul 2008 10:54:28 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Juanma Barranquero's message of "Wed, 9 Jul 2008 12:02:54 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. 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:100481 Archived-At: >> What is the coding system of emacs/info/efag when you visit >> that file directly? > Both when I visit it directly and when I access it through Info, > buffer-file-coding-system is `no-conversion'. BTW, could we get rid of `no-conversion' (or at least make it obsolete and deprecated)? I mean, this is a misnomer which gives the illusion that there is such a thing as "no conversion", even though in reality there always is some conversion going on. Better use the name `binary', I think. Stefan