Variable: mm-uu-decode-function
mm-uu-decode-function is a customizable variable defined in
mm-uu.el.gz.
Value
uudecode-decode-region
Documentation
Function to uudecode.
Internal function is done in Lisp by default, therefore decoding may appear to be horribly slow. You can make Gnus use an external decoder, such as uudecode.
Source Code
;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/gnus/mm-uu.el.gz
(defcustom mm-uu-decode-function 'uudecode-decode-region
"Function to uudecode.
Internal function is done in Lisp by default, therefore decoding may
appear to be horribly slow. You can make Gnus use an external
decoder, such as uudecode."
:type '(choice
(function-item :tag "Auto detect" uudecode-decode-region)
(function-item :tag "Internal" uudecode-decode-region-internal)
(function-item :tag "External" uudecode-decode-region-external))
:group 'gnus-article-mime)