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- This HTMLConverter bundle is designed to aid in the reading of HTML formatted emails. This is
- done two ways, displaying and converting. Displaying is done by saving the email to a file
- and then passing the filename to an HTML browser through services. The filename is
- dynamically created to be different for each email reading. All created files are deleted
- when the bundle restarts, so th at filenames can be reused. If you quit and restart this
- bundle without doing the same for your Browser, the files will be cached and you will have to
- reload each page until you get to new filenumbers. Converting is simply converting HTML tags
- into something that is less "visually annoying". It does NOT display HTML. It will convert
- any text to any other text. So it can be used to convert more than just HTML.
-
- This bundle is very simple. It does minimal data validation if any. It expects you to have
- done the basic setup work. The primary example is with the HTMLSavePathName default
- parameter. The program doesn't add a "/" if you forget it, and it doesn't cr eate directories
- that don't exist. And at startup, it doesn't delete all old files in that directory.
-
- To set HTMLConverter defaults, the following are the appropriate default preference
- information from "dread -o Mail". None of these are required. They can be set by typing
- "dwrite" followed by the dread information listed below. Mail will have to be re started for
- these defaults to be read-in and used.
-
- ***** Displaying *****
- Mail HTMLDisplay YES
- This causes the email text to be saved in a file in HTMLSavePathName. That file is then
- opened using the service defined in HTMLServiceName. The default is YES.
-
- Mail HTMLSavePathName /tmp/<userName>/HTMLConverter/
-
- This is the name of the directory to save the temporary files used to display the HTML
- in the Browser. You must include the "/" at the end. The directory must EXIST. The
- default is to save in /tmp/.
-
- Mail HTMLServiceName "OmniWeb/Open URL"
- The HTMLServiceName is the full name of the Services option to open a URL in a HTML
- Browser. The default is "OmniWeb/Open URL".
-
- ***** Converting *****
- Mail HTMLConvert YES
- This causes HTML tags to be converted according to the HTMLMap.plist file found at
- HTMLMapPathFileName. The default is YES.
-
- Mail HTMLMapPathFileName ~/Library/Mail/HTMLMap.plist
- This causes conversion to be based on a file from somewhere other than inside the
- bundle wrapper. The default is to look inside the bundle wrapper.
-
- The HTMLMap.plist file contains key/value pairs of the format:
- "key" = "value";
- If the semicolon is excluded, the remainder of the file will not be loaded. The value can
- contain printf style formatting (like \n for newline).
-
-
- To install / use any NeXTMail bundle, simply copy it into /LocalLibrary/Mail/ or
- ~/Library/Mail/ NeXTMail only accepts bundles in ONE of these locations. Ok, it is more
- complicated than that, but this is the easiest way to get it working. Once the bundle is in
- the "right" place, you will have to quit and restart Mail. The bundle will take effect
- immeditely.
-
-
- The idea for doing this was from one of my co-workers, Michael Pelz-Sherman <mps@is.com>. He
- suggested making a bundle, I took it from there.
-
- Vivian Girel <vivian@lutetia.infodesign.ch> had a good suggestion of an alternative:
- You can also play with the Message/MIME menu to obtain a readable MIME alternative...
-
-
- This bundle is public domain. It comes with no warranties or other guarantees. Although it
- should work. It is the independent work of the author and is not necessarily endorsed by my
- company, Integrity Solutions, Inc., it's management or owners.
-
- Send any questions, comments or humorous remarks to me Craig Laurent at cdl@is.com
-
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- General enhancements:
- -put "/" at end of HTMLMapPathFileName if it isn't already there.
- -create directories that don't exist for HTMLMapPathFileName.
- -find a way to un-cache pages from the Browser, or force a reload.
-
- OpenStep/Rhapsody enhancement:
- Rather than a NXStringTable, use NSDictionaries. Both could be put in the same file.
- Get text and rtf dictionaries. copy text dict, then add values from rtf..this is the full rtf
- dictionary to use.
- **Of course if it is true that Rhapsody TEXT objects can display HTML, this won't be needed then.
-