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-@c @direntry
-@c * Emacs MIME: (emacs-mime). The MIME de/composition library.
-@c @end direntry
+@dircategory Editors
+@direntry
+* Emacs MIME: (emacs-mime). The MIME de/composition library.
+@end direntry
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+Manual'', and with the Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the
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@end titlepage
@page
* Simple MML Example:: An example MML document.
* MML Definition:: All valid MML elements.
* Advanced MML Example:: Another example MML document.
+* Charset Translation:: How charsets are mapped from @sc{mule} to MIME.
* Conversion:: Going from @sc{mime} to MML and vice versa.
@end menu
--=-=-=--
@end example
+@node Charset Translation
+@section Charset Translation
+@cindex charsets
+
+During translation from MML to @sc{mime}, for each @sc{mime} part which
+has been composed inside Emacs, an appropriate charset has to be chosen.
+
+@vindex mail-parse-charset
+If you are running a non-@sc{mule} Emacs, this process is simple: If the
+part contains any non-ASCII (8-bit) characters, the @sc{mime} charset
+given by @code{mail-parse-charset} (a symbol) is used. (Never set this
+variable directly, though. If you want to change the default charset,
+please consult the documentation of the package which you use to process
+@sc{mime} messages.
+@xref{Various Message Variables, , Various Message Variables, message,
+ Message Manual}, for example.)
+If there are only ASCII characters, the @sc{mime} charset US-ASCII is
+used, of course.
+
+@cindex MULE
+@cindex UTF-8
+@cindex Unicode
+@vindex mm-mime-mule-charset-alist
+Things are slightly more complicated when running Emacs with @sc{mule}
+support. In this case, a list of the @sc{mule} charsets used in the
+part is obtained, and the @sc{mule} charsets are translated to @sc{mime}
+charsets by consulting the variable @code{mm-mime-mule-charset-alist}.
+If this results in a single @sc{mime} charset, this is used to encode
+the part. But if the resulting list of @sc{mime} charsets contains more
+than one element, two things can happen: If it is possible to encode the
+part via UTF-8, this charset is used. (For this, Emacs must support
+the @code{utf-8} coding system, and the part must consist entirely of
+characters which have Unicode counterparts.) If UTF-8 is not available
+for some reason, the part is split into several ones, so that each one
+can be encoded with a single @sc{mime} charset. The part can only be
+split at line boundaries, though---if more than one @sc{mime} charset is
+required to encode a single line, it is not possible to encode the part.
@node Conversion
@section Conversion
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