Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 14:33:37 +0100 From: Philip Paeps <philip@paeps.cx> To: ports@freebsd.org, Seva Gluschenko <gvs@demos.net> Subject: Re: ports/46863: tin newsreader improperly deals with charsets Message-ID: <20030108133337.GN89230@juno.home.paeps.cx> In-Reply-To: <20030108161117.T74164@road.demos.su> References: <200301081233.h08CXvfq060888@road.demos.su> <20030108125313.GM89230@juno.home.paeps.cx> <20030108161117.T74164@road.demos.su>
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On 2003-01-08 16:13:02 (+0300), Seva Gluschenko <gvs@demos.net> wrote: > Message of Philip Paeps at Jan 8 13:53 ... > PP> Tin now uses iconv, and can be configured to 'translate' to a proper charset > PP> when one is not given. In your ~/.tin/attributes file, you could put > PP> something like: > PP> > PP> scope=* > PP> undeclared_charset=iso-8859-1 > > I found nothing related in README (perhaps, inattentive reading?) and an > attempt to define default charset during compile time had no effect. Thank > you for advice, anyway. It's mentioned in tin(5): | undeclared_charset | Assume (broken) articles without MIME charset declaration | have this charset - default is US-ASCII. This attribu | works only on systems with working iconv(3), others might | have to compile tin with --disable-mime-strict-charset. > PP> In any case, over here, iconv deals with charsets quite nicely. Nicer than > PP> the disable-mime-strict-charset switch, I find :-) > > Will see %) Thanks again. Basically, using iconv(3) and undeclared_charset is more flexible than configuring with --disable-mime-strict-charset. If you use the latter, Tin will always try to do something intelligent to messages with undeclared charsets, and you have no real control over it. Using iconv(3) and undeclared_charset settings in your attributes, you can make your own decisions for different 'scopes': scope=ru* undeclared_charset=KIO-8 # something to that effect? scope=pl* undeclared_charset=iso-8859-2 scope=be* undeclared_charset=iso-8859-15 Good luck :-) - Philip -- Philip Paeps Please don't CC me, I am philip@paeps.cx subscribed to the list. To spot the expert, pick the one who predicts the job will take the longest and cost the most. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ports" in the body of the message
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