linux.debian.bugs.dist
[Top] [All Lists]

Bug#404236: emacs-snapshot: mis-detected charset in text file with ASCII

Subject: Bug#404236: emacs-snapshot: mis-detected charset in text file with ASCII-only HTML
From: Vincent Lefevre
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2006 16:10:09 +0100
Newsgroups: linux.debian.bugs.dist
On 2006-12-27 15:25:44 +0100, Sven Joachim wrote:
> Your file incorrectly specifies
> 
>       charset=us-acii
> 
> in the HTML header (instead of utf-8) and Emacs just obeys that,
> overriding its autodetection of the coding system.

No, this is a text/plain file containing a bit of HTML. And the
bit of HTML does not contain utf-8. Please read it carefully.

> This is a feature, not a bug; if you don't like it, you can
> customize the variable auto-coding-functions to nil.
> 
> IMHO, this bug should be closed.

The default customization should be correct. So, this is a real
bug.

-- 
Vincent Lefèvre <vincent@xxxxxxxxxx> - Web: <http://www.vinc17.org/>
100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <                                www.vinc17.org/blog/">http://www.vinc17.org/blog/>
Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / Arenaire project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)


-- 
To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-REQUEST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Privacy Policy