From: Kim-Minh Kaplan <kmkaplan@vocatex.fr>
Subject: [PATCH] [BUG] Binary attachments use wrong encoding (was Re: PDF's as base64 vs. Q/P encoded attachments)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 1999 09:41:33 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d7vbi8qc.fsf@kloug.western.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <x67lo12n1p.fsf@ninga.ellerbeck.org>
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Graham Todd writes:
> [...] I think it was decided that if roughly 1/6 of the characters
> were non-ASCII, then base64 should be used otherwise Q/P [...] most
> PDF's would/should get encoded as base64 wouldn't they? Anyway they
> appear ASCIIish to Gnus.
There is a bug in the function that chooses between quoted printable
and base64. The following patch should fix it.
Kim-Minh.
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--- mm-encode.el.orig Wed Sep 22 11:31:49 1999
+++ mm-encode.el Wed Sep 22 11:32:41 1999
@@ -126,10 +126,12 @@
(defun mm-qp-or-base64 ()
(save-excursion
- (save-restriction
- (narrow-to-region (point-min) (min (+ (point-min) 1000) (point-max)))
- (goto-char (point-min))
- (let ((8bit 0))
+ (let ((8bit 0)
+ (start (point-min))
+ (end (min (+ (point-min) 1000) (point-max))))
+ (narrow-to-region start end)
+ (goto-char start)
+ (save-restriction
(cond
((not (featurep 'mule))
(while (re-search-forward "[^\x20-\x7f\r\n\t]" nil t)
@@ -141,9 +143,9 @@
(unless (eobp)
(forward-char 1)
(incf 8bit)))))
- (if (> (/ (* 8bit 1.0) (buffer-size)) 0.166)
+ (if (> (/ (* 8bit 1.0) (- end start)) 0.166)
'base64
- 'quoted-printable)))))
+ 'quoted-printable)))))
(provide 'mm-encode)
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-09-22 9:41 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-07-16 5:13 PDF's as base64 vs. Q/P encoded attachments Graham Todd
1999-07-16 10:22 ` Toby Speight
1999-07-21 22:18 ` Graham Todd
1999-08-27 19:03 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-07-16 16:39 ` Robert Bihlmeyer
1999-07-21 22:19 ` Graham Todd
1999-08-27 19:07 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-09-22 9:41 ` Kim-Minh Kaplan [this message]
1999-09-22 14:16 ` [PATCH] [BUG] Binary attachments use wrong encoding (was Re: PDF's as base64 vs. Q/P encoded attachments) Kim-Minh Kaplan
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