Re: [Nmh-workers] Conflict between "mime" command and attach

[Paul Fox]

ralph wrote:
 > Hi Ken,
 > 
 > > Well, let me make this alternate proposal:
 > > 
 > > - "attach" adds Nmh-Attachment headers as per usual.  Maybe we'll add
 > > something like: "attaching foo.pdf to message as application/pdf" so
 > > the user can see what MIME type is being used (really, that's all I
 > > care about).
 > > 
 > > - You can add or not add mhbuild directives to the message if you
 > > want.
 > > 
 > > - If you add mhbuild directives, you can run "mime" (also, you can run
 > > "mime" even if you don't). mhbuild will be in charge of processing
 > > Nmh-Attachment headers.  If there are mhbuild directives, they get
 > > added per usual; any content specified by Nmh-Attachment headers gets
 > > appended to the message after all other content.  This is a
 > > significant change to the _implementation_, but it feels like where
 > > that functionality should belong.

i'm having trouble with the next two points:

 > > - If you try to "attach" after a "mime", you get an error.
 > > 
 > > - send runs "mhbuild -auto -nodirectives".  "-auto" means, "don't
 > > error out if there's a MIME-Version header, just don't process the
 > > draft".  "-nodirectives" means "don't process directives".  But ...
 > > Nmh-Attachment headers are still processed.

if "mhbuild -auto -nodirectives" can still process Nmh-Attachment
directives at this point, then why can't "attach" after a "mime" still
work?  couldn't running "attach" after a "mime" simply do
the same thing that makes the "send" case work?

paul

 > > 
 > > How does that look?  More code rework, but it feels better.  Also,
 > > with this I think it actually accomplishes what you want (attach +
 > > inspection).
 > 
 > Looks good.  I can't think of any problems at the moment.
 > 
 > Cheers, Ralph.
 > 
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 paul fox, address@hidden (arlington, ma, where it's 19.0 degrees)