[Orgmode] Re: org-feed XML entities and character encoding

[Michael Brand]

Hi David

On 10-08-13 17:59 , David Maus wrote:
> > 2. request for help about an issue with multibyte character encoding
> > ====================================================================
> >
> > There is an issue with multibyte characters that appear in the input
> > as unescaped, multibyte encoded characters (not as XML entities, as XML
> > entities multibyte characters are simply substituted correctly). I
> > looked for an example with a character encoding specified in the first
> > line of the XML feed like
> > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
> > and found one here:
> > http://www.openscreencast.de/blog/rss.xml
> > [...]
>
> The problem with this feed is, that it contains raw unicode characters
> that must be converted to utf-8 before they can be properly inserted
> in the target buffer.
>
> Attached patch does this by explicitely decoding new entries according
> to their detected character encoding.
>
> Btw.: Helpful introduction to the topic gives
>
> The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively
> Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)
>
> by Joel Spolsky
>
> http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html

Thank you very much for your patch, it resolves this issue with
org-feed.el like expected. I tested your patch with the two feeds
http://www.openscreencast.de/blog/rss.xml  (declared utf-8)
and
http://pod.drs.ch/world_music_special_mpx.xml  (not declared utf-8)
described more by me earlier and a dozen other feeds, all with
character encoding utf-8.

Michael