From 9a179b0aecd9e5b53bf2efe568ac0a56a696add4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: morioka <morioka>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 16:28:07 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] (uuencode-write-decoded-region): New function.

---
 mel-u.el |   28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mel-u.el b/mel-u.el
index fda849f..a2efb09 100644
--- a/mel-u.el
+++ b/mel-u.el
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 ;;; mel-u.el: uuencode encoder/decoder for GNU Emacs
 
-;; Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 1995,1996,1997,1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 ;; Author: MORIOKA Tomohiko <morioka@jaist.ac.jp>
 ;; Created: 1995/10/25
-;; Version: $Id: mel-u.el,v 5.10 1997/07/14 21:47:48 morioka Exp $
 ;; Keywords: uuencode
 
 ;; This file is part of MEL (MIME Encoding Library).
@@ -111,6 +110,31 @@ variable `uuencode-external-encoder'."
 		(file-name-nondirectory filename))
   )
 
+(defun uuencode-write-decoded-region (start end filename)
+  "Decode and write current region encoded by uuencode into FILENAME.
+START and END are buffer positions."
+  (interactive
+   (list (region-beginning) (region-end)
+	 (read-file-name "Write decoded region to file: ")))
+  (save-excursion
+    (let ((file (save-excursion
+		  (save-restriction
+		    (narrow-to-region start end)
+		    (goto-char start)
+		    (if (re-search-forward "^begin [0-9]+ " nil t)
+			(if (looking-at ".+$")
+			    (buffer-substring (match-beginning 0)
+					      (match-end 0))
+			  )))))
+	  (default-directory (or (getenv "TMP")(getenv "TEMP") "/tmp")))
+      (if file
+	  (as-binary-process
+	   (apply (function call-process-region)
+		  start end (car uuencode-external-decoder)
+		  nil nil nil (cdr uuencode-external-decoder))
+	   (rename-file file filename 'overwrites)
+	   )))))
+
 
 ;;; @ end
 ;;;
-- 
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