From bb6c75c2cf3ec7746bc685d18d8f19a60f7f36e8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: bwarsaw
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 23:09:40 +0000
Subject: ParseMailCommands(): Quickie patch to allow quotes around the command
 part of the email command.  This means "help" [sic] works and you don't have
 to say:

    Send the word "help" (sans quotes) to ...
---
 Mailman/MailCommandHandler.py | 10 ++++++++++
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Mailman/MailCommandHandler.py b/Mailman/MailCommandHandler.py
index cc9bc410a..8280dff4a 100644
--- a/Mailman/MailCommandHandler.py
+++ b/Mailman/MailCommandHandler.py
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ option_info = {'digest'  : 0,
 # ordered list
 options = ('hide', 'nomail', 'ack', 'notmetoo', 'digest', 'plain')
 
+# strip just the outer layer of quotes
+quotecre = re.compile(r'["\'`](?P<cmd>.*)["\'`]')
 
 
 class MailCommandHandler:
@@ -133,6 +135,10 @@ class MailCommandHandler:
             return
 	if subject:
 	    subject = string.strip(subject)
+            # remove quotes so "help" works
+            mo = quotecre.search(subject)
+            if mo:
+                subject = mo.group('cmd')
 	if (subject and
             self.__dispatch.has_key(string.lower(string.split(subject)[0]))):
 	    lines = [subject] + string.split(msg.body, '\n')
@@ -165,6 +171,10 @@ class MailCommandHandler:
 		continue
 	    args = string.split(line)
 	    cmd = string.lower(args[0])
+            # remove quotes so "help" or `help' works
+            mo = quotecre.search(cmd)
+            if mo:
+                cmd = mo.group('cmd')
 	    args = args[1:]
 	    if cmd in ['end', '--']:
 		self.AddToResponse('\n***** End: ' + line + '\n'
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