The email package version 1.0, prototyped as mimelib

<http://sf.net/projects/mimelib>.  There /are/ API differences between
mimelib and email, but most of the implementations are shared (except
where cool Py2.2 stuff like generators are used).

Lib/email/Text.py

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+# Copyright (C) 2001 Python Software Foundation
+# Author: barry@zope.com (Barry Warsaw)
+
+"""Class representing text/* type MIME documents.
+"""
+
+import MIMEBase
+from Encoders import encode_7or8bit
+
+
+
+class Text(MIMEBase.MIMEBase):
+    """Class for generating text/* type MIME documents."""
+
+    def __init__(self, _text, _minor='plain', _charset='us-ascii',
+                 _encoder=encode_7or8bit):
+        """Create a text/* type MIME document.
+
+        _text is the string for this message object.  If the text does not end
+        in a newline, one is added.
+
+        _minor is the minor content type, defaulting to "plain".
+
+        _charset is the character set parameter added to the Content-Type:
+        header.  This defaults to "us-ascii".
+
+        _encoder is a function which will perform the actual encoding for
+        transport of the text data.  It takes one argument, which is this
+        Text instance.  It should use get_payload() and set_payload() to
+        change the payload to the encoded form.  It should also add any
+        Content-Transfer-Encoding: or other headers to the message as
+        necessary.  The default encoding doesn't actually modify the payload,
+        but it does set Content-Transfer-Encoding: to either `7bit' or `8bit'
+        as appropriate.
+        """
+        MIMEBase.MIMEBase.__init__(self, 'text', _minor,
+                                   **{'charset': _charset})
+        if _text and _text[-1] <> '\n':
+            _text += '\n'
+        self.set_payload(_text)
+        _encoder(self)