GNU bug report logs - #45925
27.1; *Summary* buffer vs. raw utf-8 headers

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Packages: gnus, emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2021 05:37:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 27.1

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, 45925 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#45925: 27.1; *Summary* buffer vs. raw utf-8 headers
Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 22:22:56 +0200
> From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
>  <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2021 03:55:44 +0800
> Cc: 45925 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Here you will see a mix of raw UTF-8, raw big5, all in the same file.
> The raw big5 works fine, but the raw UTF-8 looks garbled, in the summary
> buffer. In the article buffer, all look fine.

Why do you expect a mixed-encoding stuff to work in Emacs?  Emacs only
supports a single encoding of any chunk of text it gets, be it a file
or an email message.

Files such as this one are simply not supported.




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