On Wednesday, March 21 at 01:51 PM, quoth Paul Walker:
Well, some mutt docs say that when adding new features, the old should be default. Adding spaces back by force is a one liner. I can do that if it'sI'm confused here. The $indent_string variable should control what the quoting string is. Why is the space having to be added back in the mutt code, rather than the variable?
I think, and I may be wrong, but I seem to recall that the problem is that f=f messages have to have a specific quoting string that is specified in the RFC, thus, to make sure that you're generating legal messages, it has to ignore $indent_string.
And, there is a problem with blindly inserting spaces. If I receive an f=f message with something quoted (say, like this message):
> this is a quoted line that
> continues on the next line
this is not a quoted line
Then inserting spaces blindly (esp. just following the strict
$indent_string) will result in this:
> > this is a quoted line that
> > continues on the next line
> this is not a quoted line
By the definition of f=f format, that means that the >> in the first
line (and the > in the second) have lost their meaning in the official
sense. They now just mean exactly what they are, and thus, if the text
is reflowed by a mailer, the text would HAVE to become this:
> > this is a quoted line that > continues on the next line
> this is not a quoted line
And, if the "on the next line" line accidentally ends in a space, it
may be reflowed like this:
> > this is a quoted line that > continues on the next line this
> is not a quoted line
Whereas, if we preserve the meaning of the previous quotes, like so:
>> this is a quoted line that
>> continues on the next line
> this is not a quoted line
Reflowing them will end up with a correct text layout:
>> this is a quoted line that continues on the next line
> this is not a quoted line
And even if *all* the above lines end in spaces, the "this is not a
quoted line" will remain separate from the line above it.
~Kyle --Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you.
-- Pericles (430 BC)
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