Ralph wrote:
> Hi,
>
> $ mhlist
> msg part type/subtype size description
> 19696 multipart/alternative 4785
> 1 text/html 2787
> 2 text/plain 1680
> $
>
> The email has subtype plain first, then html. I know this from show(1)
> so it's then a bit odd to then see them flipped by mhlist. Does mhlist
> deliberately rank html above text? Is it alphabetical?
It's reverse order of the parts of a mulitipart/alternative
(only). All other parts are listed in their order of
appearance in the message.
> mhlist(1) doesn't mention order AFAICS. Personally, I'd prefer the
> email's order rather than add a layer of change for what seems little
> gain.
I believe it's to convey the "order of preference" of RFC 1341,
Sec. 7.2.3. Given that, I think the order make sense.
> BTW, the header line has many spaces after `description'.
That should be easy to fix. The current printf format
specification for it is %-36s. ("It" is "description".)
%s should take care of it, right?
David
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