<html> <head> <title>MHonArc Resources: DEFCHARSET</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../docstyles.css"> </head> <body> <!--x-rc-nav--> <table border=0><tr valign="top"> <td align="left" width="50%">[Prev: <a href="decodeheads.html">DECODEHEADS</a>]</td><td><nobr>[<a href="../resources.html#defcharset">Resources</a>][<a href="../mhonarc.html">TOC</a>]</nobr></td><td align="right" width="50%">[Next: <a href="definederived.html">DEFINEDERIVED</a>]</td></tr></table> <!--/x-rc-nav--> <hr> <h1>DEFCHARSET</h1> <!--X-TOC-Start--> <ul> <li><a href="#syntax">Syntax</a> <li><a href="#description">Description</a> <li><a href="#default">Default Setting</a> <li><a href="#rcvars">Resource Variables</a> <li><a href="#examples">Examples</a> <li><a href="#version">Version</a> <li><a href="#seealso">See Also</a> </ul> <!--X-TOC-End--> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="syntax">Syntax</a></h2> <dl> <dt><strong>Envariable</strong></dt> <dd><p>N/A </p> </dd> <dt><strong>Element</strong></dt> <dd><p> <code><DEFCHARSET></code><br> <var>charset</var><br> <code></DEFCHARSET></code><br> </p> </dd> <dt><strong>Command-line Option</strong></dt> <dd><p>N/A </p> </dd> </dl> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="description">Description</a></h2> <p>DEFCHARSET donotes the default character set of message text bodies. The MIME standard states that if a charset parameter is not specified for a text message, then <tt>us-ascii</tt> should be assumed. However, in some locales, MUAs fail to specify a charset when the text is non-ascii. DEFCHARSET allows you to compensate for this problem for a given locale. </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="default">Default Setting</a></h2> <pre class="code"> <b><DefCharset></b> us-ascii <b></DefCharset></b> </pre> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="rcvars">Resource Variables</a></h2> <p>N/A </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="examples">Examples</a></h2> <p>None. </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="version">Version</a></h2> <p>2.6.0 </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <h2><a name="seealso">See Also</a></h2> <p> <a href="charsetaliases.html">CHARSETALIASES</a>, <a href="charsetconverters.html">CHARSETCONVERTERS</a> </p> <!-- *************************************************************** --> <hr> <!--x-rc-nav--> <table border=0><tr valign="top"> <td align="left" width="50%">[Prev: <a href="decodeheads.html">DECODEHEADS</a>]</td><td><nobr>[<a href="../resources.html#defcharset">Resources</a>][<a href="../mhonarc.html">TOC</a>]</nobr></td><td align="right" width="50%">[Next: <a href="definederived.html">DEFINEDERIVED</a>]</td></tr></table> <!--/x-rc-nav--> <hr> <address> $Date: 2003/10/06 22:04:16 $<br> <img align="top" src="../monicon.png" alt=""> <a href="http://www.mhonarc.org/"><strong>MHonArc</strong></a><br> Copyright © 2002, <a href="http://www.earlhood.com/" >Earl Hood</a>, <a href="mailto:mhonarc%40mhonarc.org" >mhonarc<!-- -->@<!-- -->mhonarc.org</a><br> </address> </body> </html>
