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Kyle Jones writes:

> Did we lose some charset names while I wasn't looking?  I could
> have sworn iso-2022-jp was a charset once, but not in b92.
> Similarly, I thought iso-8859-1 was a charset also, but I don't
> see it in the return value of (charset-list) and (charsetp
> 'iso-8859-1) returns nil.  Seems like there were a lot more names
> than I'm seeing now.

> This is the list now.

 ...

The names were changed to match the names used in MULE gamma.

iso-2022-jp is a coding system and there are 120 of them.  What's the
difference between a charset and a coding system?  I don't know.

> Can I depend on these names not changing?  VM has a MIME charset
> name to Mule charset translation alist and it's all wrong now.
> (Just so you know, I'm not upset, just seeking information.)

I think so.  The changes weren't meant to be malicious, just
compatible.
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