[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Re: [Nmh-workers] base64 and text parts
From: |
David Levine |
Subject: |
Re: [Nmh-workers] base64 and text parts |
Date: |
Sun, 20 Oct 2013 11:54:51 -0400 |
Ken wrote:
> While we will never encode text parts with base64
> (although that might change in the future), I also think
> we get them wrong on display or storing. Does everyone
> agree that text parts encoded in base64 should be decoded
> and converted to Unix line conventions? It looks like
> this would be as simple as never outputting a CR when
> decoding a text part.
I just tried viewing a text file with no CRs on Windows. It
worked with "type", but "more" couldn't handle it: it just
output a question mark for each line. Cygwin tools mask
that behavior.
Should we care about that? I think that a user would have to
really try to get into trouble. But if we don't accomodate
them, we should note that in the documentation.
David