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diff --git a/Doc/libquopri.tex b/Doc/libquopri.tex new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0314f8a --- /dev/null +++ b/Doc/libquopri.tex @@ -0,0 +1,31 @@ +\section{Standard Module \sectcode{quopri}} +\stmodindex{quopri} + +This module performs quoted-printable transport encoding and decoding, +as defined in RFC 1521: ``MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) +Part One''. The quoted-printable encoding is designed for data where +there are relatively few nonprintable characters; the base-64 encoding +scheme available via the \code{base64} module is more compact if there +are many such characters, as when sending a graphics file. +\indexii{quoted printable}{encoding} +\indexii{RFC}{1521} +\index{MIME!quoted-printable encoding} + +\begin{funcdesc}{decode}{input\, output} +Decode the contents of the \var{input} file and write the resulting +decoded binary data to the \var{output} file. +\var{input} and \var{output} must either be file objects or objects that +mimic the file object interface. \var{input} will be read until +\code{\var{input}.read()} returns an empty string. +\end{funcdesc} + +\begin{funcdesc}{encode}{input\, output\, quotetabs} +Encode the contents of the \var{input} file and write the resulting +quoted-printable data to the \var{output} file. +\var{input} and \var{output} must either be file objects or objects that +mimic the file object interface. \var{input} will be read until +\code{\var{input}.read()} returns an empty string. +\end{funcdesc} + + + |