Re: unknown charset, gbk

[Sven Joachim]

On 2008-03-29 16:29 +0100, Nicolas KOWALSKI wrote:

> Gnus sometimes complains of an unknown charset "gbk" when I enter a
> group. Is there something I can do to prevent it or make Gnus accept
> this charset ?

Yes, add an alias to the correct charset in `mm-charset-synonym-alist'.

> This is with the Debian 4.0 default packages:
>
> gnus-version's value is "No Gnus v0.6"
> emacs-version's value is "21.4.1"

The current Gnus CVS already has aliased gbk to cp936:

,----
| 2007-10-08  Reiner Steib  <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
| 
|       * mm-util.el (mm-charset-synonym-alist): Alias gbk to cp936.
`----

Here's how you can add that in your Gnus init file:

(add-to-list 'mm-charset-synonym-alist '(gbk . cp936))

Cheers,
       Sven