Re: Encoding for one particular article

[Reiner Steib]

On Sun, Sep 25 2005, Torsten Bronger wrote:

> How can I set the encoding of one article that I write or read?
>
> If I read a posting in an obviously wrong encoding, but I know the
> right one, how can I set it?

,----[ <f1> v gnus-summary-show-article-charset-alist RET ]
| gnus-summary-show-article-charset-alist is a variable defined in `gnus-sum'.
| Its value is 
| ((12 . windows-1252)
|  (0 . iso-8859-15)
|  (8 . utf-8))
| 
| Documentation:
| Alist of number and charset.
| The article will be shown with the charset corresponding to the
| numbered argument.
| For example: ((1 . cn-gb-2312) (2 . big5)).
`----

Then, use `8 g' to force utf-8 decoding:

,----[ <f1> f gnus-summary-show-article RET ]
| gnus-summary-show-article is an interactive compiled Lisp function
| in `gnus-sum'.
| (gnus-summary-show-article &optional arg)
| 
| Force redisplaying of the current article.
| If arg (the prefix) is a number, show the article with the charset
| defined in `gnus-summary-show-article-charset-alist', or the charset
| input.
| If arg (the prefix) is non-nil and not a number, show the raw article
| without any article massaging functions being run.  Normally, the key
| strokes are `C-u g'.
`----

> And if I have to deal with a newsreader at the other end of the line
> that is incapable of my UTF-8, how can I post an article in Latin-9?

,----[ <f1> v mm-coding-system-priorities RET ]
| mm-coding-system-priorities is a variable defined in `mm-util'.
| Its value is 
| (iso-8859-1 iso-8859-2 iso-8859-15 mule-utf-8)
| 
| Documentation:
| Preferred coding systems for encoding outgoing messages.
| 
| More than one suitable coding system may be found for some text.
| By default, the coding system with the highest priority is used
| to encode outgoing messages (see `sort-coding-systems').  If this
| variable is set, it overrides the default priority.
`----

You may also set `mm-coding-system-priorities' on a per-group basis or
for certain hierarchies:

,----[ From <news:v9fytn9o65.fsf_-_@marauder.physik.uni-ulm.de> ]
| (add-to-list 'gnus-newsgroup-variables 'mm-coding-system-priorities)
| (setq gnus-parameters
|       '(("^de\\."
|        (mm-coding-system-priorities '(iso-8859-1 iso-8859-15 utf-8)))
|       ("^fr\\."
|        (mm-coding-system-priorities '(iso-8859-15 iso-8859-1 utf-8)))
|       ("^fj\\." ;; Japan?
|        (mm-coding-system-priorities '(shift_jis iso-2022-jp utf-8)))
|       ("^cz\\."
|        (mm-coding-system-priorities '(iso-8859-2 utf-8)))))
`----

Bye, Reiner.
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