GNU bug report logs - #35507
Gnus mojibakifies UTF-8 text/x-patch attachments from Thunderbird

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Packages: emacs, gnus;

Reported by: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2019 19:22:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 27

Done: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 35507 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
To: Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 35507 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#35507: Gnus mojibakifies UTF-8 text/x-patch attachments from
 Thunderbird
Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 17:22:19 +0200

>>>>> On Wed, 01 May 2019 01:35:09 +0100, Andy Moreton <andrewjmoreton <at> gmail.com> said:
    Andy> After a bit of experimenting, this minimal patch appears to
    Andy> fix things.  Should this also allow the user to choose the
    Andy> charset if none is specified, or just hardwire it to utf-8 ?

I think utf-8 is a good fallback if the message doesnʼt specify a
charset. Itʼs not going to produce any worse effects than what we have
now.

Robert
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