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[bpt/emacs.git] / lisp / mail / mail-utils.el
index 4a47077..a7d9ef9 100644 (file)
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-;; Utility functions used both by rmail and rnews
+;;; mail-utils.el --- utility functions used both by rmail and rnews
+
 ;; Copyright (C) 1985 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
@@ -18,7 +19,9 @@
 ;; the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
 
 
-(provide 'mail-utils)
+;;; We require lisp-mode to make sure that lisp-mode-syntax-table has
+;;; been initialized.
+(require 'lisp-mode)
                     
 ;;;###autoload
 (defvar mail-use-rfc822 nil "\
@@ -37,64 +40,66 @@ from START (inclusive) to END (exclusive)."
   "Delete comments and quoted strings in an address list ADDRESS.
 Also delete leading/trailing whitespace and replace FOO <BAR> with just BAR.
 Return a modified address list."
-  (if mail-use-rfc822
-      (progn (require 'rfc822)
-            (mapconcat 'identity (rfc822-addresses address) ", "))
-    (let (pos)
-     (string-match "\\`[ \t\n]*" address)
-     ;; strip surrounding whitespace
-     (setq address (substring address
-                             (match-end 0)
-                             (string-match "[ \t\n]*\\'" address
-                                           (match-end 0))))
+  (if (null address)
+      nil
+    (if mail-use-rfc822
+       (progn (require 'rfc822)
+              (mapconcat 'identity (rfc822-addresses address) ", "))
+      (let (pos)
+       (string-match "\\`[ \t\n]*" address)
+       ;; strip surrounding whitespace
+       (setq address (substring address
+                               (match-end 0)
+                               (string-match "[ \t\n]*\\'" address
+                                             (match-end 0))))
 
-     ;; Detect nested comments.
-     (if (string-match "[ \t]*(\\([^)\"\\]\\|\\\\.\\|\\\\\n\\)*(" address)
-        ;; Strip nested comments.
-        (save-excursion
-          (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *temp*"))
-          (erase-buffer)
-          (insert address)
-          (set-syntax-table lisp-mode-syntax-table)
-          (goto-char 1)
-          (while (search-forward "(" nil t)
-            (forward-char -1)
-            (skip-chars-backward " \t")
-            (delete-region (point)
-                           (save-excursion (forward-sexp 1) (point))))
-          (setq address (buffer-string))
-          (erase-buffer))
-       ;; Strip non-nested comments an easier way.
-       (while (setq pos (string-match 
-                         ;; This doesn't hack rfc822 nested comments
-                         ;;  `(xyzzy (foo) whinge)' properly.  Big deal.
-                         "[ \t]*(\\([^)\"\\]\\|\\\\.\\|\\\\\n\\)*)"
-                         address))
-        (setq address
-              (mail-string-delete address
-                                  pos (match-end 0)))))
+       ;; Detect nested comments.
+       (if (string-match "[ \t]*(\\([^)\"\\]\\|\\\\.\\|\\\\\n\\)*(" address)
+          ;; Strip nested comments.
+          (save-excursion
+            (set-buffer (get-buffer-create " *temp*"))
+            (erase-buffer)
+            (insert address)
+            (set-syntax-table lisp-mode-syntax-table)
+            (goto-char 1)
+            (while (search-forward "(" nil t)
+              (forward-char -1)
+              (skip-chars-backward " \t")
+              (delete-region (point)
+                             (save-excursion (forward-sexp 1) (point))))
+            (setq address (buffer-string))
+            (erase-buffer))
+        ;; Strip non-nested comments an easier way.
+        (while (setq pos (string-match 
+                           ;; This doesn't hack rfc822 nested comments
+                           ;;  `(xyzzy (foo) whinge)' properly.  Big deal.
+                           "[ \t]*(\\([^)\"\\]\\|\\\\.\\|\\\\\n\\)*)"
+                           address))
+          (setq address
+                (mail-string-delete address
+                                    pos (match-end 0)))))
 
-     ;; strip `quoted' names (This is supposed to hack `"Foo Bar" <bar@host>')
-     (setq pos 0)
-     (while (setq pos (string-match
-                       "[ \t]*\"\\([^\"\\]\\|\\\\.\\|\\\\\n\\)*\"[ \t\n]*"
-                       address pos))
-       ;; If the next thing is "@", we have "foo bar"@host.  Leave it.
-       (if (and (> (length address) (match-end 0))
-               (= (aref address (match-end 0)) ?@))
-          (setq pos (match-end 0))
-        (setq address
-              (mail-string-delete address
-                                  pos (match-end 0)))))
-     ;; Retain only part of address in <> delims, if there is such a thing.
-     (while (setq pos (string-match "\\(,\\|\\`\\)[^,]*<\\([^>,]*>\\)"
-                                   address))
-       (let ((junk-beg (match-end 1))
-            (junk-end (match-beginning 2))
-            (close (match-end 0)))
-        (setq address (mail-string-delete address (1- close) close))
-        (setq address (mail-string-delete address junk-beg junk-end))))
-     address)))
+       ;; strip `quoted' names (This is supposed to hack `"Foo Bar" <bar@host>')
+       (setq pos 0)
+       (while (setq pos (string-match
+                         "[ \t]*\"\\([^\"\\]\\|\\\\.\\|\\\\\n\\)*\"[ \t\n]*"
+                         address pos))
+        ;; If the next thing is "@", we have "foo bar"@host.  Leave it.
+        (if (and (> (length address) (match-end 0))
+                 (= (aref address (match-end 0)) ?@))
+            (setq pos (match-end 0))
+          (setq address
+                (mail-string-delete address
+                                    pos (match-end 0)))))
+       ;; Retain only part of address in <> delims, if there is such a thing.
+       (while (setq pos (string-match "\\(,\\|\\`\\)[^,]*<\\([^>,]*>\\)"
+                                     address))
+        (let ((junk-beg (match-end 1))
+              (junk-end (match-beginning 2))
+              (close (match-end 0)))
+          (setq address (mail-string-delete address (1- close) close))
+          (setq address (mail-string-delete address junk-beg junk-end))))
+       address))))
   
 (or (and (boundp 'rmail-default-dont-reply-to-names)
         (not (null rmail-default-dont-reply-to-names)))
@@ -193,3 +198,7 @@ If third arg ALL is non-nil, concatenate all such fields with commas between."
                    "\\|"
                    (substring labels (match-end 0))))))
   labels)
+
+(provide 'mail-utils)
+
+;;; mail-utils.el ends here