To change the default character set in pine, do the following. Go to the main menu with m, then hit s, and then c. Do a control-w and search for the words character-set. Hit enter to change the value. You'll probably want to change it to iso-8859-1, since that seems to be the most common one. On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Thomas Ward wrote: > Have I kicked the habbit yet? Lol! > In truth I did kill Windows this week. It died during an important > project, wouldn't reboot, so I simply blew it away, and put Linux on full > time. > Anyway, does anyone know how to change the default char set for Pine? Like > some sort of mail rule? > > > On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > > > I use pine and I get to see all those char set things too, but I > > do not mind them a lot. What happens is that pine lets you > > configure just one char set as its "official" char set, and when > > an arriving message uses a different one, it warns you about it. > > Perhaps that should be elevated to a "feature" in pine that could > > be turned on or off, but right now it is a fixed behavior. > > > > Users of speakup often listen to their mail "directly" - i.e., > > spontaneously, as it is placed on the screen. When that happens, > > you cannot just skip ahead three or four lines to get past those > > char set messages. What you can do is to kill the speech when > > those messages start to appear, but then you lose your place and > > must use review keys to go back and find what you would have > > heard if you had just waited for the messages to be read and > > proceed forward with the text. I think some folks do not rely on > > the direct or spontaneous mode, but use review for everything. > > They can easily kill a line they do not want to hear by just > > hitting the "next line please" key. They will not lose their > > place in the material the way people would who rely on direct > > reading. > > > > Anyway I kind of enjoy hearing those messages; it lets me know > > who is still using Windows and who has kicked the habit. :-) If > > David boehlman and others ever figure out how to fix their > > Outlook Express to use the same char set as Pine is using, they > > will in effect be "passing" and we will never ever know for > > sure!!! > > > > So even if it wastes five or six seconds per email, I cannot get > > excited about those pesky messages. If it becomes a selectable > > feature of Pine in a future release, so that it could be turned > > off, I will probably leave mine turned on. People ought to be > > able to use the char set of their choosing as long as it does not > > interfere with the content of their messages. > > > > Chuck > > > > > > Visit me now at http://www.valstar.net/~hallenbeck > > The Moon is New > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >
