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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1999-04-23 16:44:53 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1999-04-23 16:44:53 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libmimify.tex b/Doc/lib/libmimify.tex index 7d91d99..a33d428 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libmimify.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libmimify.tex @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ \section{\module{mimify} --- - Mimification and unmimification of mail messages.} -\declaremodule{standard}{mimify} + MIME processing of mail messages} +\declaremodule{standard}{mimify} \modulesynopsis{Mimification and unmimification of mail messages.} @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ and from MIME format. The mail message can be either a simple message or a so-called multipart message. Each part is treated separately. Mimifying (a part of) a message entails encoding the message as quoted-printable if it contains any characters that cannot be -represented using 7-bit ASCII. Unmimifying (a part of) a message +represented using 7-bit \ASCII. Unmimifying (a part of) a message entails undoing the quoted-printable encoding. Mimify and unmimify are especially useful when a message has to be edited before being sent. Typical use would be: @@ -29,17 +29,17 @@ user-settable variables: Copy the message in \var{infile} to \var{outfile}, converting parts to quoted-printable and adding MIME mail headers when necessary. \var{infile} and \var{outfile} can be file objects (actually, any -object that has a \code{readline} method (for \var{infile}) or a -\code{write} method (for \var{outfile})) or strings naming the files. +object that has a \method{readline()} method (for \var{infile}) or a +\method{write()} method (for \var{outfile})) or strings naming the files. If \var{infile} and \var{outfile} are both strings, they may have the same value. \end{funcdesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{unmimify}{infile, outfile, decode_base64 = 0} +\begin{funcdesc}{unmimify}{infile, outfile\optional{, decode_base64}} Copy the message in \var{infile} to \var{outfile}, decoding all quoted-printable parts. \var{infile} and \var{outfile} can be file -objects (actually, any object that has a \code{readline} method (for -\var{infile}) or a \code{write} method (for \var{outfile})) or strings +objects (actually, any object that has a \method{readline()} method (for +\var{infile}) or a \method{write()} method (for \var{outfile})) or strings naming the files. If \var{infile} and \var{outfile} are both strings, they may have the same value. If the \var{decode_base64} argument is provided and tests true, any @@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ Return a MIME-encoded version of the header line in \var{line}. \begin{datadesc}{MAXLEN} By default, a part will be encoded as quoted-printable when it -contains any non-ASCII characters (i.e., characters with the 8th bit -set), or if there are any lines longer than \code{MAXLEN} characters +contains any non-\ASCII{} characters (i.e., characters with the 8th bit +set), or if there are any lines longer than \constant{MAXLEN} characters (default value 200). \end{datadesc} \begin{datadesc}{CHARSET} When not specified in the mail headers, a character set must be filled -in. The string used is stored in \code{CHARSET}, and the default +in. The string used is stored in \constant{CHARSET}, and the default value is ISO-8859-1 (also known as Latin1 (latin-one)). \end{datadesc} @@ -77,10 +77,10 @@ to encode (mimify) and decode (unmimify) respectively. \var{infile} defaults to standard input, \var{outfile} defaults to standard output. The same file can be specified for input and output. -If the \code{-l} option is given when encoding, if there are any lines +If the \strong{-l} option is given when encoding, if there are any lines longer than the specified \var{length}, the containing part will be encoded. -If the \code{-b} option is given when decoding, any base64 parts will +If the \strong{-b} option is given when decoding, any base64 parts will be decoded as well. |