# HG changeset patch
# User Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
# Date 978983252 0
# Node ID f6220cdcf5d497d827bc5002b5bcaf8eb37a4d50
# Parent  a408e1d28e3d4f141e310a247ccfa63730fda0e5
(mm-qp-or-base64): Don't base64 for the sake of a
single character.

diff -r a408e1d28e3d -r f6220cdcf5d4 lisp/gnus/mm-encode.el
--- a/lisp/gnus/mm-encode.el	Mon Jan 08 19:41:49 2001 +0000
+++ b/lisp/gnus/mm-encode.el	Mon Jan 08 19:47:32 2001 +0000
@@ -162,7 +162,10 @@
 	(incf n8bit)
 	(forward-char 1)
 	(skip-chars-forward "\x20-\x7f\r\n\t" limit))
-      (if (< (* 6 n8bit) (- limit (point-min)))
+      (if (or (< (* 6 n8bit) (- limit (point-min)))
+	      ;; Don't base64, say, a short line with a single
+	      ;; non-ASCII char when splitting parts by charset.
+	      (= n8bit 1))
 	  'quoted-printable
 	'base64))))