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24.4; Encoding problem in about-emacs

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Message #23 received at 18760 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Cc: lars <at> matholka.se, 18760 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18760: 24.4; Encoding problem in about-emacs
Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 16:01:38 +0300

> Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 15:57:22 +0300
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
> Cc: 18760 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > Perhaps since the encoding is specified at the end of the file but only
> > the first 256 bytes are read when extracting the title?
> 
> Where do you see that we only read the first 256 bytes?
> 
> Oh, you mean fancy-about-text?  I thought you were talking about
> fancy-startup-text, where we read the entire file.
> 
> Yes, you are right, that's the bug.  Thanks.

So, should we fix this on the emacs-24 branch?  Stefan?  Glenn?

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