If you find some problem with the directory separator character, try
\"[/\\\\\]\" for some systems.")
+(defun gnus-url-unhex (x)
+ (if (> x ?9)
+ (if (>= x ?a)
+ (+ 10 (- x ?a))
+ (+ 10 (- x ?A)))
+ (- x ?0)))
+
+(defun gnus-url-unhex-string (str &optional allow-newlines)
+ "Remove %XXX embedded spaces, etc in a url.
+If optional second argument ALLOW-NEWLINES is non-nil, then allow the
+decoding of carriage returns and line feeds in the string, which is normally
+forbidden in URL encoding."
+ (setq str (or (mm-subst-char-in-string ?+ ? str) ""))
+ (let ((tmp "")
+ (case-fold-search t))
+ (while (string-match "%[0-9a-f][0-9a-f]" str)
+ (let* ((start (match-beginning 0))
+ (ch1 (gnus-url-unhex (elt str (+ start 1))))
+ (code (+ (* 16 ch1)
+ (gnus-url-unhex (elt str (+ start 2))))))
+ (setq tmp (concat
+ tmp (substring str 0 start)
+ (cond
+ (allow-newlines
+ (char-to-string code))
+ ((or (= code ?\n) (= code ?\r))
+ " ")
+ (t (char-to-string code))))
+ str (substring str (match-end 0)))))
+ (setq tmp (concat tmp str))
+ tmp))
+
(provide 'gnus-util)
;;; gnus-util.el ends here