bug#35383: 27.0.50; Complete process of decoding Gnus group names

[Eric Abrahamsen]

On 06/20/19 22:01 PM, Deus Max wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 20 2019, Eric Abrahamsen wrote:
>
>> "Deus Max" <deusmax@gmx.com> writes:
>>
>>>   
>>>> : gnus-read-move-group-name: Couldnt create group Dias/｣ｺ�ｻｹ�ｹｱ哩ｷ
>>>
>>> Oh bother. Once again an area I was quite sure I've tested. Can you
>>> tell
>>> me which backend you're trying to create the group on?
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for testing!
>>>
>>> (And don't worry about sending the exact mis-encoded string, it's
>>> enough
>>> to know it's mis-encoded.)
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Using the nnimap backend
>>
>> Found the bug, thanks! I have a few other patches I'm working on for
>> this branch, once those are done I'll push them all together. I
>> appreciate the help.
>>
>> Eric
>
>
> Great !! Glad to help.
>
> Here's another bug:
>
> using (G r) "Rename group" works fine for an English group, but fails
> for other lang. characters (Greek as my test case):
>
> Here's a few samples:
>
>   GreeK: (fails)
>       Renaming group Σκύλος to ΣκύλοςΓατα...
>       Couldn’t rename group Σκύλος to ΣκύλοςΓατα
>
>   English: (OK)
>      Renaming group Dias/MyLifeAsDog to Dias/MyLifeAsRat...
>      Killed group Dias/MyLifeAsDog
>      Renaming group Dias/MyLifeAsDog to Dias/MyLifeAsRat...done
>
>
> Also multi-language names fail too:
>
>   English+Greek:
>      Renaming group Dias/MyLifeAsRat to Dias/MyLifeAsΦως...
>      Couldn’t rename group Dias/MyLifeAsRat to Dias/MyLifeAsΦως

Okay, got that one too...