GNU bug report logs - #65299
29.1; ZIP archived WEBP images can not be displayed correctly

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Message #11 received at 65299 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: awrhygty <at> outlook.com
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 65299 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#65299: 29.1; ZIP archived WEBP images can not be displayed
 correctly
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 22:05:36 +0900

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: awrhygty <at> outlook.com
>> Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 13:02:43 +0900
>> 
>> 
>> Opening a entry for a WEBP image in a ZIP archive,
>> the subfile buffer is multibyte and the image is not displayed or
>> displayed collapsed.
>
> You need to say
>
>   C-x RET c no-conversion RET RET
>
> to open such files from a zip archive.
>
> Determining the right coding system when opening files from ZIP
> archives is a tricky issue, and frequently needs forcing a certain
> encoding manually.  I don't know how to do better in general, what
> with all the possible sources of the files and their encodings.  A Zip
> archive can include files from Unix systems or from Windows, and we
> unzip by running the 'unzip' program.  So the usual defaults for
> guessing the encoding don't really work.

At least modifying 'auto-coding-alist takes effect.

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