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Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7
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Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7 |
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Mon, 18 Aug 2014 07:53:27 -0700 |
Ken Hornstein <address@hidden> writes:
(10 weeks ago)
>So, here's my thinking. Traditionally, the job of actually DISPLAYING
>messages has been done by mhl. It seems to make sense that instead of
>having two utilities (show and mhshow), there be only one utility: show,
>which really uses mhl for it's heavy lifting.
>
>Mhl already has a facility where you can give it information on what
>exactly you want to display. It would make sense to expand this to
>encompass various MIME parts. Here are some sample mhl format file
>lines, which I've just shot from the hip and haven't thought about them
>too much:
>
>body:match,ct=text/plain,inline,ctparam{format}="flowed":display,flowed
>body:match,ct=text/plain,inline:display
>body:match,attachment:marker="Part %{part} %{content-type}"
>
>This would let you specify seperate mhl file for replies, and could make
>use of existing infrastructure in repl.
>
>Like I said, I haven't thought about this TOO much. But that's the
>general idea.
So, ALL nmh responsibility for parsing and extracting mime parts would be in
[what mhl would become]. None would be in show, mhshow, repl, or anywhere else
Correct?
You didn't say so, but I take it that the results of the new program, would
also be available for other, user created, purposes.
I like the basic idea. I like it a lot. But the new mhl would be sufficiently
different that it should have a new name, to avoid backward compatibility
constraints.
"Write programs that do one thing and do it well."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy. I urge the community to
explicate Ken's general idea.
Norman Shapiro
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7,
norm <=
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Ken Hornstein, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, norm, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Ken Hornstein, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Jon Steinhart, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Ken Hornstein, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Jon Steinhart, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Ken Hornstein, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Jon Steinhart, 2014/08/18
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Ralph Corderoy, 2014/08/19
- Re: [Nmh-workers] Items for nmh 1.7, Jon Steinhart, 2014/08/19