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This file documents the Emacs MIME interface functionality.
-Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
+Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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@findex mm-handle-disposition
Return the parsed @code{Content-Disposition} of the part.
-@item mm-handle-disposition
-@findex mm-handle-disposition
-Return the description of the part.
-
@item mm-get-content-id
Returns the handle(s) referred to by @code{Content-ID}.
@item mm-coding-system-priorities
@vindex mm-coding-system-priorities
Prioritize coding systems to use for outgoing messages. The default
-is @code{nil}, which means to use the defaults in Emacs. It is a list of
+is @code{nil}, which means to use the defaults in Emacs, but is
+@code{(iso-8859-1 iso-2022-jp iso-2022-jp-2 shift_jis utf-8)} when
+running Emacs in the Japanese language environment. It is a list of
coding system symbols (aliases of coding systems are also allowed, use
@kbd{M-x describe-coding-system} to make sure you are specifying correct
coding system names). For example, if you have configured Emacs
@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 @acronym{MIME}
-charsets by consulting the variable @code{mm-mime-mule-charset-alist}.
+part is obtained, and the @sc{mule} charsets are translated to
+@acronym{MIME} charsets by consulting the table provided by Emacs itself
+or the variable @code{mm-mime-mule-charset-alist} for XEmacs.
If this results in a single @acronym{MIME} charset, this is used to encode
the part. But if the resulting list of @acronym{MIME} charsets contains more
than one element, two things can happen: If it is possible to encode the
This chapter describes the basic, ground-level functions for parsing and
handling. Covered here is parsing @code{From} lines, removing comments
from header lines, decoding encoded words, parsing date headers and so
-on. High-level functionality is dealt with in the next chapter
+on. High-level functionality is dealt with in the first chapter
(@pxref{Decoding and Viewing}).
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