From owner-freebsd-current Sun Aug 17 09:50:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id JAA08519 for current-outgoing; Sun, 17 Aug 1997 09:50:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from wall.jhs.no_domain (vector.muc.ditec.de [194.120.126.35]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id JAA08468 for ; Sun, 17 Aug 1997 09:50:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from desk.jhs.no_domain (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by desk.jhs.no_domain (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id QAA07750; Sun, 17 Aug 1997 16:50:21 +0200 (MET DST) Message-Id: <199708171450.QAA07750@desk.jhs.no_domain> To: current@freebsd.org cc: Shimon@i-Connect.Net Subject: "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-8" From: "Julian H. Stacey" Reply-To: "Julian H. Stacey" X-Email: Home: Lists: X-web: http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/ X-address: Holz Strasse 27d, 80469 Munich, Germany X-tel: Home +49.89.268616, Work +49.89.607.29788 Fax +49.89.2608126, Data +49.89.26023276 X-company: Vector Systems Ltd, Unix & Internet Consultants. X-software: FreeBSD (Unix) + EXMH 1.6.9 (PGP key on web) Date: Sun, 17 Aug 1997 16:50:18 +0200 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Each time I read a freebsd list mail item from Simon Shapiro (on current & stable lists) using my EXMH 1.6.9 his mail displays in a truly horrible font, partially thickened (like numbers on a bank cheque, hell to read) I asked him about it, but he didn't know what I meant, so I tracked it down, it's the "; charset=iso-8859-8" component of his Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-8 I don't see it from anyone else. I'd like to know: - Do other people see this truly horrible font ? - is his header OK / not OK ?, - or is it my mail reader (EXMH 1.6.9) throwing a fit ? (& why ?) it occurs to me it might be an exmh font scaling problem, as I recall I use a larger than standard font. (I append my .exmh-defaults at end of mail) - or some thing else I'v not considered ? Here's an example of some private mail he sent me, that triggers the problem when received as a header: ------- >From POPmail Sun Aug 17 12:00:17 1997 Return-Path: shimon@sendero-ppp.i-connect.net Received: from sendero-ppp.i-connect.net (sendero-ppp.i-Connect.Net [206.190.143.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id VAA02930 for ; Sat, 16 Aug 1997 21:29:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 2295 invoked by uid 1000); 17 Aug 1997 04:29:51 -0000 Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.2-alpha [p0] on FreeBSD Sender: shimon@nomis.i-Connect.Net Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <199708151341.PAA00832@wall.jhs.no_domain> Date: Sat, 16 Aug 1997 21:29:51 -0700 (PDT) Organization: Atlas Telecom From: Simon Shapiro To: "Julian H. Stacey" Subject: Re: Floating Point Exception in make release X-UIDL: 5f67c7e8b47ca69d77dbaa5ab53eb800 ------- He's not using a MIME encapsulation in the body of mail. My system: xlsfonts|grep iso8859-8 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--0-0-75-75-c-0-iso8859-8 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-100-100-100-c-80-iso8859-8 -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-80-iso8859-8 -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--0-0-75-75-c-0-iso8859-8 -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-100-100-100-c-60-iso8859-8 -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso8859-8 foreach i (`xlsfonts|grep iso8859-8`) echo "$i" xfd -fn $i end ... all looked normal. Here are 3 others it blew up on: Message-ID: Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Tue, 12 Aug 1997 11:16:20 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sat, 09 Aug 1997 02:43:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sat, 09 Aug 1997 20:00:12 -0700 (PDT) ! .exmh-defaults for jhs@freebsd.org ! ! Next 3 reccomended by John Robert LoVerso *iconUpLabel: $flist(newMsgs) Unseen-[info hostname] *iconDownLabel: exmh-[info hostname] *iconSpoolLabel: $exmh(numUnInced) Spooled-[info hostname] ! exmh.geometry: 515x772+0+0 ! exmh.geometry: 504x738+-2+-1 ! *userLibrary: ~/.tk/exmh *logEnabled: 0 *logLines: 1000 *flistDebug: 0 *scanProc: scan *sendType: async *xtermCmd: xterm -g 80x5 -fn 9x15 *delPrefix: # *purgeAge: 14 *replPrefix: > *seditFormatMail: 1 *seditAttemptMhn: 0 *seditKeepOnSend: 0 *seditQuotedPrintable: automatic *seditLineLength: 79 *seditAutoSign: 0 *seditSigDashes: 1 *seditSignatureFile: *seditColorize: 1 *seditISO: 1 *seditCharset: iso-8859-1 *seditSpell: spell *seditSpellCustom: exmh-async xterm -fn 9x15 -e ispell *editCmd: exmh-async xterm -geometry 80x41 -fn 9x15 -e /usr/bin/vi *edit2Cmd: exmh-async emacs *seditOverride: 0 *seditAfterAsync: 0 *spellCmd: exmh-async xterm -fn 9x15 -e ispell *mhnCmd: mhn *printCmd: lpr $file *psPrintCmd: lpr -Pps $ile *unixCmd: cat $file > /dev/null *ftextLines: 6 *impliedDirection: 0 *nextGuard: 0 *autoCommit: 1 *commitDialog: 1 *autoPack: 1 *autoSort: 1 *autoSortType: date *autoSortCrit: -textfield keywords *ftocShowNew: 1 *advanceOnLink: 1 *skipMarked: 1 *cycleBack: 1 *scanWidth: 100 *scanSize: 100 *mimeEnabled: 1 *mimeShowType: 0 *mimeShowPrelude: 0 *mimeFullHeaders: 0 *mimeMaxSubpartsDisplayed: 5 *ftpMethod: expect *ftpCommand: ftp *showRichCmnds: 0 *showSeparator: 1 *showImage: 1 *mimeFontSize: 140 *mimeTitleSize: 160 *mimeNoteSize: 100 *uriScanForXURIs: 1 *uriScanForURIs: 1 *uriScanLimit: 1000 *uriScanSoftLimit: 1000 *uriViewer: other *mimeShowHtml: 0 *uriMosaicApp: chimera $xuri *uriNetscapeFlags: -install *uriViewerApp: chimera $xuri *uriLogOnEnter: 1 *incStyle: presort *incOnStartup: 0 *incOnMapping: 0 *incSortFeedback: 1 *xnsGetMail: 0 *scrollbarSide: left *scrollSpeed: 1 *scrollAccel: 4 *textConstrainScroll: 0 *textConstrainFtoc: 1 *textContextLines: 2 *textSmoothScroll: 1 *textSelectDelay: 50 *placeToplevel: 1 *fcacheLines: 1 *fcacheSticky: inbox *fcacheStickyOff: 0 *fcacheNickNames: 1 *fdispLines: 4 *fl_toplevel: 1 *fdispPopdownStyle: polygon *fdispPopdownAction: navbutton *fdispPopdownRemove: leave *xfaceProg: *facesEnabled: 0 *facesRow: 0 *facesDefer: 1 *facesPalette: *pgpKeepPass: 1 *pgpRfc822: 0 *pgpChooseKey: 1 *pgpCacheIds: persistent *pgpMinMatch: 75 *pgpShowInline: none *pgpAutoExtract: 1 *pgpKeyServer: pgp-public-keys@jpunix.com *bgAsync: 1 *sendHack: 1 *bgAction: off *bgPeriod: 5 *bgSpool: /var/mail/jhs *fileselectBigDirHas: 32 *fileselectDotsByDefault: 0 *fileselectHome: ~/mail *busyStyle: cursor *busyCursor: watch *busyBitmap: @hourglass2.bitmap !!! Saved Window Positions !!! Sun Aug 17 15:51:42 CEST 1997 !!! Do not edit below here I'm puzzled, suggestions welcome, Thanks ! Julian --- Julian H. Stacey jhs@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/