Re: [Nmh-workers] Thoughts: header/address parsing

[Ralph Corderoy]

Hi David,

> > OK, so we're normally after columnar output.  How about `-columns
> > C', where the string is output, as measured by wcwidth(), until
> > either the string ends or C would be exceeded.
>
> How about -outsize, to be consistent with fmttest(1):
>
>     The -outsize switch controls the maximum number of printable
>     characters that the format engine will produce.  Characters marked
>     as non-printing by the format engine with `%(zputlit)', characters
>     with zero width, and extra bytes that are part of a multibyte
>     character are not counted against this total.  Two special values
>     are supported: “max”, which will set the value to the size of the
>     output buffer, and “width”, which will set the value to the width
>     of the terminal.

I know there are few nmh programmers that haven't coded assember, but
-outsize is something only a programmer could like.  :-)

The functionality sounds OK, though it needs to know `Ｆoo' is 2+1+1;
there's no mention of wider-than-one runes above AFAICS.  Also, is
`width' the value of `tput cols' this time, or one less again?

> > Then pad with ASCII space until C is met.
>
> I don't think that we should add trailing space.  The output need not
> be columnar.

No, you're right.  I was confusing it with `%42(decode{subject})'.

Cheers, Ralph.