Re: mhbuild and long header fields

[Philipp]

[2023-08-20 22:14] David Levine <levinedl@acm.org>
> Ken Hornstein wrote:
>
> > [Phillip wrote:]
> > >Or in output_headers(). I'm not sure if there an extra options would be
> > >required.
> >
> > That is one option.  Another is that repl(1) could do a better job; I
> > suppose that is the fault of mhl.
>
> mhl is used for display.  And a user can substitute their own
> filter for it.  We need to fold header fields when producing a
> message.
>
> I think that output_headers() is the right place.  It's the only
> place where header fields are output.
>
> There is a fold() function in sbr/mhical.c, maybe it could be
> moved to sbr and called from output_headers() for message and
> content part headers.  Those shouldn't need multibyte character
> support, though that wouldn't hurt.

I have had a quick look at fold() and just calling fold() would produce
incorrect results. fold() just insert '\n ' after 76 characters[0]. But
to correct fold a field you must insert a '\n' befor a whitespace.

I'll try to implement a corrent fold funktion on the weekend.

Philipp

[0] I don't know if this is an issue in the context of ical

> David