Re: [RFA] Fix "show convenience" test

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:57:31 -0700
> From: Paul Pluzhnikov <ppluzhnikov@google.com>
> Cc: pedro@codesourcery.com, sergiodj@linux.vnet.ibm.com,
>         gdb-patches@sourceware.org
> 
> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> >> The attachment was actually text, just base64-encoded:
> >
> > Lately, my eyes lost their ability to read base64 without help ;-)
> 
> You appear to be using emacs; surely it can help?

Sure, but it needs to be asked nicely ;-)

> I've used VM in the past, and had no problems decoding base64 (or anything
> else for that matter).

There are no problems to do that in any of the Emacs MUAs, except that
in my setup this is done only upon request.  Imagine me scrolling
through 100-odd mails, and you will understand why I sometimes let the
encoded ones woosh by.

>   How old is base64 now, has it hit 15 years yet?  "text based mail reader"
>   my left foot, there's nothing to prevent a text based mail reader from
>   decoding mail in a 15 year old standard.

There's that thing called ``viri'' and ``Trojans''.  I guess they
never heard about them.