On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 11:19:41PM -0400, David T-G muttered:
> Steffan --
>
> ...and then Steffan Hoeke said...
> % On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 06:35:03PM +0200, Bodo Moeller muttered:
> % > On Wed, Apr 19, 2000 at 06:25:58PM +0200, Steffan Hoeke wrote:
> % >
> % > > some of the adresses have the form
> % > > "My name" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> % > > others, on the other hand have
> % > > my other name <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> % >
> % > The quotes are necessary when the string contains special characters
> % > such as . or @. Usually the quotes can be omitted, and are.
> %
> % Okay, this, i understand.
> % But the names that appear WITH the quotes are the ones with the special characters
>in them.
>
> Of course; that's what he just said! :-)
<G> what you thought i said is not what i meant to say, but judging from the :-) you
know what i mean ;-)
> % Why doesn't mutt hide the " " ?
>
> No, no, you're missing the point; the quotes are necessary not [just]
> because of mutt but because of RFC header definition. mutt can't hide
> the quotes when those special characters are there, because the quotes
> have to be present when the message gets sent -- and if they didn't show
> up, folks would get nervous.
>
> Why doesn't mutt show the quotes all of the time, you ask? My guess is
> that the code strips and rewrites the address, however it's specified,
> down to its simplest form, and that ususally means no quotes.
Okay, this, i understand as well ;-)
Typical: i'm getting nervous because sometimes they're there and sometimes not <G>
> % And another question..
> % is it possible to seperate the 'name' and 'address' so they're not seperated by
>just a space?
>
> No idea; sorry. You could always patch the sources, but I don't know what
> the RFCs have to say about non-space whitespace embedded in headers...
I don't mean that the To: address which is used in the creation of the message gets
patched...
I'll give an example :
current alias_format = "%2n %-5t %-10a %-30r"
[Current when i <tab> on the To: prompt]
1 shoeke "S.P. Hoeke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
2 webmas "Webmaster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[wish]
1 shoeke "S.P. Hoeke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
2 webmas "Webmaster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I think this greatly improves the readability of the list....
I'd like 'r' seperated in Name and Address so i could use
alias_format = "%2n %-5t %-10a %-20name %-20address or something ;-)
> Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
This one baffels me !
Greetz,
Steffan
