GNU bug report logs - #1174
23.0.60; Some UTF-8 mails displaying wrongly in Emacs 23

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: usenet <at> frank-schmitt.net

Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:30:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #230 received at submit <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Frank Schmitt <ich <at> frank-schmitt.net>
Cc: 1174 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-pretest-bug <at> gnu.org,
        bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#1174: 23.0.60; Some UTF-8 mails displaying wrongly in Emacs 23
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2008 09:58:55 -0400

>>> ;; BEWARE: we used to use string-as-multibyte here which is braindead
>>> ;; because it will turn accidental emacs-mule-valid byte sequences
>>> ;; into multibyte chars.  --Stef
>>> ;; Reverted, braindead got 7.5 out of 10 on imdb, so it can't be
>>> ;; that bad. --Simon
>> 
>> Who's this Simon who reverted my change without even explaining why?

> So, what's the outcome? We found the place where the bug occurs, I can
> confirm that with string-to-multibyte instead of string-as-multibyte
> everything works as expected, what's next?

Next is to get this Simon to explain his change, so we can resolve the
conflict between mine and his.


        Stefan
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