helper: move string_sanitize() to the only place where it is used

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 40 deletions

diff --git a/alot/helper.py b/alot/helper.py
index 1d541d76..1ab6ead0 100644
--- a/alot/helper.py
+++ b/alot/helper.py
@@ -49,46 +49,6 @@ def split_commandstring(cmdstring):
     return shlex.split(cmdstring)
 
 
-def string_sanitize(string, tab_width=8):
-    r"""
-    strips, and replaces non-printable characters
-
-    :param tab_width: number of spaces to replace tabs with. Read from
-                      `globals.tabwidth` setting if `None`
-    :type tab_width: int or `None`
-
-    >>> string_sanitize(' foo\rbar ', 8)
-    ' foobar '
-    >>> string_sanitize('foo\tbar', 8)
-    'foo     bar'
-    >>> string_sanitize('foo\t\tbar', 8)
-    'foo             bar'
-    """
-
-    string = string.replace('\r', '')
-
-    lines = list()
-    for line in string.split('\n'):
-        tab_count = line.count('\t')
-
-        if tab_count > 0:
-            line_length = 0
-            new_line = list()
-            for i, chunk in enumerate(line.split('\t')):
-                line_length += len(chunk)
-                new_line.append(chunk)
-
-                if i < tab_count:
-                    next_tab_stop_in = tab_width - (line_length % tab_width)
-                    new_line.append(' ' * next_tab_stop_in)
-                    line_length += next_tab_stop_in
-            lines.append(''.join(new_line))
-        else:
-            lines.append(line)
-
-    return '\n'.join(lines)
-
-
 def string_decode(string, enc='ascii'):
     """
     safely decodes string to unicode bytestring, respecting `enc` as a hint.