Re: [Bug: 21.5-b24] Problems with coding systems autodetect

Joachim> Lutz posted a three-linee change to mule-coding.c; if Joachim> more than twice the amount of odd runs appear than even Joachim> runs, coding category iso_8_1 is set to Joachim> `somewhat-likely'. See Joachim> http://list-archive.xemacs.org/xemacs-beta/200601/msg00083.html Joachim> This change works and makes auto-detection work for all Joachim> German files that I tried. It will also probably break auto-detection for Shift JIS and Big5. On consideration, I don't see how to test that issue without, well, testing it. If you make the patch to the usual *technical* standards (ie, XEmacs still builds, coding style is OK, etc), I'll apply it *unless* vetoed by somebody else. (I think that very unlikely, but it would be unfair to not mention the possibility.) However, if it *does* break Shift JIS, Big5, or any other coding system detection, I'll probably push for reverting it. -- School of Systems and Information Engineering http://turnbull.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp University of Tsukuba Tennodai 1-1-1 Tsukuba 305-8573 JAPAN Ask not how you can "do" free software business; ask what your business can "do for" free software.