GNU bug report logs - #8744
23.3.50; rcirc prints gibberish

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 17:22:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 23.3.50

Done: Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #34 received at 8744 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Marco Pessotto <melmothx <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 8744 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Leo <sdl.web <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#8744: Also use detect-coding-string?
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 10:33:14 -0300

> The rcirc-decode-coding-system is by default set to 'utf-8, which is
> (obviously a valid coding system), so the test, if i understand
> correctly, would always be true.

> My idea is that the client should try to detect automatically the
> encoding used for each message received, using as first choices the
> encodings set by the user. That's what all the major IRC clients do (like
> irssi and weechat). 

IIUC that's exactly what you'll get if you set
rcirc-decode-coding-system to `undecided'.


        Stefan
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