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>>>>> "David" == David Barr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I doubt it. rcp.el probably will never have enough of a user base to
> affect encoding standards.
It's not going to change any standard, but it can definitely help (no matter
how tiny this help is) to spread support for a more sane standard
(uu(en|de)code is actually not even a standard at all).
> Not supporting uuencode just makes it harder
> for current users who don't have mimencode installed.
And will either put them off or convince them to install mimencode,
thus helping adoption of base64.
Stefan
