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[Mutt] #3292: Manual doesn't mention all the problems related to UTF-8



#3292: Manual doesn't mention all the problems related to UTF-8
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 Reporter:  vinc17  |       Owner:  pdmef
     Type:  defect  |      Status:  new  
 Priority:  major   |   Milestone:       
Component:  doc     |     Version:       
 Keywords:          |  
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 The manual currently says (r5974):
 {{{
 If you happen to work with several character sets on a regular basis,
 it's highly advisable to use Unicode and an UTF-8 locale.
 }}}

 There are other problems if Unicode (e.g. UTF-8 encoding) is not used. I
 recall them:

 * When replying to a message whose subject and/or author name contains
 characters not representable in the locale's charset, these characters are
 lost (even though they do not come from the user).

 * Similarly, such characters from quoted material are also lost.

 * Similarly, if the user forwards a message containing such characters,
 these characters are lost (unless mime-forward is used, but the user may
 want to avoid mime-forward for various reasons).

 Note that these non-representable characters do ''not'' come from the
 user, but from what is received. So, ''all'' users are potentially
 concerned.

 Also, it's important to mention the encoding used by the terminal: using
 something like LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8" in one's .profile will ''not''
 change it.

 So, instead of the above sentence, the manual should say something like:
 {{{
 It's highly advisable to use Unicode, an UTF-8 locale and configure the
 terminal with the UTF-8 encoding.
 }}}

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