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[gaim-migrate @ 8473] I think this probably would have helped me before I read the RFC committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
author Mark Doliner <mark@kingant.net>
date Tue, 09 Dec 2003 16:56:25 +0000
parents 8e60ddc28a22
children ea4f65164307
files src/util.h
diffstat 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/src/util.h	Tue Dec 09 16:12:24 2003 +0000
+++ b/src/util.h	Tue Dec 09 16:56:25 2003 +0000
@@ -119,7 +119,14 @@
 
 /**
  * Converts a MIME header field string back to its readable equivalent
- * according to RFC 2047.
+ * according to RFC 2047.  Basically, a header is plain ASCII and can 
+ * contain any number of sections called "encoded-words."  The format 
+ * of an encoded word is =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Keld_J=F8rn_Simonsen?=
+ * =? designates the beginning of the encoded-word
+ * ?= designates the end of the encoded-word
+ * ? segments the encoded word into three pieces.  The first piece is 
+ *   the character set, the second peice is the encoding, and the 
+ *   third piece is the encoded text.
  *
  * @param str The string to convert back.
  *