+(defun mm-read-charset (prompt)
+ "Return a charset."
+ (intern
+ (completing-read
+ prompt
+ (mapcar (lambda (e) (list (symbol-name (car e))))
+ mm-mime-mule-charset-alist)
+ nil t)))
+
+(defun mm-quote-arg (arg)
+ "Return a version of ARG that is safe to evaluate in a shell."
+ (let ((pos 0) new-pos accum)
+ ;; *** bug: we don't handle newline characters properly
+ (while (setq new-pos (string-match "[]*[;!'`\"$\\& \t{} |()<>]" arg pos))
+ (push (substring arg pos new-pos) accum)
+ (push "\\" accum)
+ (push (list (aref arg new-pos)) accum)
+ (setq pos (1+ new-pos)))
+ (if (= pos 0)
+ arg
+ (apply 'concat (nconc (nreverse accum) (list (substring arg pos)))))))
+
+(defun mm-auto-mode-alist ()
+ "Return an `auto-mode-alist' with only the .gz (etc) thingies."
+ (let ((alist auto-mode-alist)
+ out)
+ (while alist
+ (when (listp (cdar alist))
+ (push (car alist) out))
+ (pop alist))
+ (nreverse out)))
+
+(defun mm-insert-file-contents (filename &optional visit beg end replace)
+ "Like `insert-file-contents', q.v., but only reads in the file.
+A buffer may be modified in several ways after reading into the buffer due
+to advanced Emacs features, such as file-name-handlers, format decoding,
+find-file-hooks, etc.
+ This function ensures that none of these modifications will take place."
+ (let ((format-alist nil)
+ (auto-mode-alist (mm-auto-mode-alist))
+ (default-major-mode 'fundamental-mode)
+ (enable-local-variables nil)
+ (after-insert-file-functions nil)
+ (enable-local-eval nil)
+ (find-file-hooks nil))
+ (insert-file-contents filename visit beg end replace)))
+