[imp] Giving back to the community

[Jan Schneider]

Zitat von Lord Apollyon <implist at paypc.com>:

>> Exactly. But we would love to link to this code from horde.org, as we
>> already do with other unofficial sites.
>
> This reminds me.  I've done an enhancement to the AppleDouble processing
> section of Horde/IMP-CVS which allows a runtime MacBinary transcoding of
> AppleDouble attachments to allow Macintosh users to get a single-click
> two-forked file without any additional processing in most modern
> web-browsers which perform MacBinary decoding. (Even if the support isn't in
> the web-browser, Macintosh users are more accustomed to processing MacBinary
> files with Stuffit Expander than re-assembling two components of AppleDouble
> files separately.)
>
> The patch to IMP is minor, but the heavy lifting is done by an external
> program written in C, which my client intends to make publicly available as
> a gift to the community.  I know I've seen "optional" installations of
> binaries and whatnot within the IMP source code before (for things like
> quota and aspell to name just two), but I'm assuming something similar will
> not be rejected by the Horde/IMP team?

No, especially if the usage of such a binary could be restricted to the
appledouble MIME viewer.

> If any of the Horde/IMP developers would like to see the UI effects of my
> changes and chastise me accordingly, it would save alot of back-and-forth in
> that section of the patch; please contact me directly via email for a
> username/password to a test site.

I'll leave that for someone actually using an Apple.

> The UI impact of my changes involves changing the behaviour of the primary
> "AppleDouble" (Apple icon) link, and adding another link which explicitly
> refers to the data fork portion of the AppleDouble attachment.
>
> Also, I found some incorrect functionality assumptions within the horde
> framework "Browser.php" for Macintosh clients and their download-method/MIME
> specs.  Using the ms-download MIME type on Macintosh IE 5.0.x for example
> causes some reproducible weirdness.

A patch would be great.

Jan.

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