* new fallbackencoding argument to guess_mimetype_and_encoding, given to

      guess_encoding when necessary

ChangeLog

 Change log for mtconverter
 ==========================
 
+ --
+    * application/xml -> text/plain transformation
+    * new fallbackencoding argument to guess_mimetype_and_encoding, given to
+      guess_encoding when necessary
+	
 2008-06-30  --  0.4.0
     * use a new pure python transformation to transform html into
       formatted text. The code is based on http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/html2text/

__init__.py

@@ -47,8 +47,7 @@ def is_text_mimetype(mimetype):
     return (mimetype.startswith('text/') or mimetype in TEXT_MIMETYPES)    
 
 def guess_encoding(buffer, fallbackencoding=None):
-    """try to guess encoding from a buffer
-    """
+    """try to guess encoding from a buffer"""
     if hasattr(buffer, 'getvalue'): # may be a StringIO
         buffer = buffer.getvalue()
     # try to get a character set declaration
@@ -65,7 +64,8 @@ def guess_encoding(buffer, fallbackencoding=None):
             return detected['encoding']
     return fallbackencoding or DEFAULT_ENCODING
 
-def guess_mimetype_and_encoding(format=None, encoding=None, data=None, filename=None):
+def guess_mimetype_and_encoding(format=None, encoding=None, data=None,
+                                filename=None, fallbackencoding=None):
     if format and format.split('/')[-1] in BINARY_ENCODINGS:
         format = None # try to do better
     if filename and not format:
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ def guess_mimetype_and_encoding(format=None, encoding=None, data=None, filename=
         else:
             format = u'application/octet-stream'
     if not encoding and data and format and is_text_mimetype(format):
-        encoding = guess_encoding(data)
+        encoding = guess_encoding(data, fallbackencoding)
     return format, encoding
 
 def html_escape(data):