GNU bug report logs - #5387
MS950 alias for CP950 charset

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Packages: emacs, gnus;

Reported by: jidanni <at> jidanni.org

Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:15:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Merged with 5647, 5681

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 5387 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Kenichi Handa <handa <at> m17n.org>
To: jidanni <at> jidanni.org
Cc: 5387 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#5387: MS950 alias for CP950 charset
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 20:46:47 +0900

In article <87aawfzl6w.fsf <at> jidanni.org>, jidanni <at> jidanni.org writes:

> I signed up on the Legislature of Taiwan's website, and the confirmation
> mail had
> From: sysop <at> ly.gov.tw
> Subject: =?BIG5?B?pd+qa7B8pf6yebjqsFS69C2/76XBqkGwyLHSsMq9VLt7qOc=?=
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/html; charset=MS950
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

> And it turns out MS950 is an alias for CP950,

Where did you get that information?

> so perhaps emacs should
> incorporate this alias, even though this is the first time I've seen it.
> Perhaps make all MSxxx be aliases for CPxxx.

I checked <http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets>
and found that only MS936 is listed as an alias of GBK.

---
Kenichi Handa
handa <at> m17n.org
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