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diff --git a/lisp/gnus/mm-encode.el b/lisp/gnus/mm-encode.el
index dd6974a7090..63c963b49c1 100644
--- a/lisp/gnus/mm-encode.el
+++ b/lisp/gnus/mm-encode.el
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-;;; mm-encode.el --- functions for encoding MIME things
-;; Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;;; mm-encode.el --- Functions for encoding MIME things
+;; Copyright (C) 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc.
;; Author: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
;; MORIOKA Tomohiko <morioka@jaist.ac.jp>
@@ -28,19 +29,38 @@
(require 'mail-parse)
(require 'mailcap)
(eval-and-compile
- (autoload 'mm-body-7-or-8 "mm-bodies"))
+ (autoload 'mm-body-7-or-8 "mm-bodies")
+ (autoload 'mm-long-lines-p "mm-bodies"))
-(defvar mm-content-transfer-encoding-defaults
+(defcustom mm-content-transfer-encoding-defaults
'(("text/x-patch" 8bit)
("text/.*" qp-or-base64)
("message/rfc822" 8bit)
- ("application/emacs-lisp" 8bit)
- ("application/x-emacs-lisp" 8bit)
- ("application/x-patch" 8bit)
+ ("application/emacs-lisp" qp-or-base64)
+ ("application/x-emacs-lisp" qp-or-base64)
+ ("application/x-patch" qp-or-base64)
(".*" base64))
"Alist of regexps that match MIME types and their encodings.
If the encoding is `qp-or-base64', then either quoted-printable
-or base64 will be used, depending on what is more efficient.")
+or base64 will be used, depending on what is more efficient.
+
+`qp-or-base64' has another effect. It will fold long lines so that
+MIME parts may not be broken by MTA. So do `quoted-printable' and
+`base64'.
+
+Note: It affects body encoding only when a part is a raw forwarded
+message (which will be made by `gnus-summary-mail-forward' with the
+arg 2 for example) or is neither the text/* type nor the message/*
+type. Even though in those cases, you can use the `encoding' MML tag
+to specify encoding of non-ASCII MIME parts."
+ :type '(repeat (list (regexp :tag "MIME type")
+ (choice :tag "encoding"
+ (const 7bit)
+ (const 8bit)
+ (const qp-or-base64)
+ (const quoted-printable)
+ (const base64))))
+ :group 'mime)
(defvar mm-use-ultra-safe-encoding nil
"If non-nil, use encodings aimed at Procrustean bed survival.
@@ -76,40 +96,47 @@ This variable should never be set directly, but bound before a call to
(mailcap-extension-to-mime (match-string 0 file))))
(defun mm-safer-encoding (encoding)
- "Return a safer but similar encoding."
+ "Return an encoding similar to ENCODING but safer than it."
(cond
- ((memq encoding '(7bit 8bit quoted-printable)) 'quoted-printable)
+ ((eq encoding '7bit) '7bit) ;; 7bit is considered safe.
+ ((memq encoding '(8bit quoted-printable)) 'quoted-printable)
;; The remaining encodings are binary and base64 (and perhaps some
;; non-standard ones), which are both turned into base64.
(t 'base64)))
(defun mm-encode-content-transfer-encoding (encoding &optional type)
+ "Encode the current buffer with ENCODING for MIME type TYPE.
+ENCODING can be: nil (do nothing); one of `quoted-printable', `base64';
+`7bit', `8bit' or `binary' (all do nothing); a function to do the encoding."
(cond
((eq encoding 'quoted-printable)
+ ;; This used to try to make a multibyte buffer unibyte. That's
+ ;; completely wrong, since you'd get QP-encoded emacs-mule. If
+ ;; this gets run on multibyte text it's an error that needs
+ ;; fixing, and the encoding function will signal an error.
+ ;; Likewise base64 below.
(quoted-printable-encode-region (point-min) (point-max) t))
((eq encoding 'base64)
(when (equal type "text/plain")
(goto-char (point-min))
(while (search-forward "\n" nil t)
(replace-match "\r\n" t t)))
- (condition-case error
- (base64-encode-region (point-min) (point-max))
- (error
- (message "Error while decoding: %s" error)
- nil)))
+ (base64-encode-region (point-min) (point-max)))
((memq encoding '(7bit 8bit binary))
;; Do nothing.
)
((null encoding)
;; Do nothing.
)
+ ;; Fixme: Ignoring errors here looks bogus.
((functionp encoding)
(ignore-errors (funcall encoding (point-min) (point-max))))
(t
- (message "Unknown encoding %s; defaulting to 8bit" encoding))))
+ (error "Unknown encoding %s" encoding))))
(defun mm-encode-buffer (type)
- "Encode the buffer which contains data of TYPE.
+ "Encode the buffer which contains data of MIME type TYPE.
+TYPE is a string or a list of the components.
The encoding used is returned."
(let* ((mime-type (if (stringp type) type (car type)))
(encoding
@@ -119,7 +146,8 @@ The encoding used is returned."
(bits (mm-body-7-or-8)))
;; We force buffers that are 7bit to be unencoded, no matter
;; what the preferred encoding is.
- (when (eq bits '7bit)
+ ;; Only if the buffers don't contain lone lines.
+ (when (and (eq bits '7bit) (not (mm-long-lines-p 76)))
(setq encoding bits))
(mm-encode-content-transfer-encoding encoding mime-type)
encoding))
@@ -154,21 +182,26 @@ The encoding used is returned."
(pop rules)))))
(defun mm-qp-or-base64 ()
- (save-excursion
- (let ((limit (min (point-max) (+ 2000 (point-min))))
- (n8bit 0))
- (goto-char (point-min))
- (skip-chars-forward "\x20-\x7f\r\n\t" limit)
- (while (< (point) limit)
- (incf n8bit)
- (forward-char 1)
- (skip-chars-forward "\x20-\x7f\r\n\t" limit))
- (if (or (< (* 6 n8bit) (- limit (point-min)))
- ;; Don't base64, say, a short line with a single
- ;; non-ASCII char when splitting parts by charset.
- (= n8bit 1))
- 'quoted-printable
- 'base64))))
+ "Return the type with which to encode the buffer.
+This is either `base64' or `quoted-printable'."
+ (if (equal mm-use-ultra-safe-encoding '(sign . "pgp"))
+ ;; perhaps not always accurate?
+ 'quoted-printable
+ (save-excursion
+ (let ((limit (min (point-max) (+ 2000 (point-min))))
+ (n8bit 0))
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+ (skip-chars-forward "\x20-\x7f\r\n\t" limit)
+ (while (< (point) limit)
+ (incf n8bit)
+ (forward-char 1)
+ (skip-chars-forward "\x20-\x7f\r\n\t" limit))
+ (if (or (< (* 6 n8bit) (- limit (point-min)))
+ ;; Don't base64, say, a short line with a single
+ ;; non-ASCII char when splitting parts by charset.
+ (= n8bit 1))
+ 'quoted-printable
+ 'base64)))))
(provide 'mm-encode)