Commit 9424dcbb authored by Julien Palard's avatar Julien Palard Committed by Mariatta

bpo-32701: Clarify the quotetabs flag in quopri documentation (GH-5401)

parent 77526f05
...@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ sending a graphics file. ...@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ sending a graphics file.
Encode the contents of the *input* file and write the resulting quoted-printable Encode the contents of the *input* file and write the resulting quoted-printable
data to the *output* file. *input* and *output* must be data to the *output* file. *input* and *output* must be
:term:`binary file objects <file object>`. *quotetabs*, a flag which controls :term:`binary file objects <file object>`. *quotetabs*, a
whether to encode embedded spaces and tabs must be provideda and when true it non-optional flag which controls whether to encode embedded spaces
encodes such embedded whitespace, and when false it leaves them unencoded. and tabs; when true it encodes such embedded whitespace, and when
false it leaves them unencoded.
Note that spaces and tabs appearing at the end of lines are always encoded, Note that spaces and tabs appearing at the end of lines are always encoded,
as per :rfc:`1521`. *header* is a flag which controls if spaces are encoded as per :rfc:`1521`. *header* is a flag which controls if spaces are encoded
as underscores as per :rfc:`1522`. as underscores as per :rfc:`1522`.
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