From 68438db6fec3a569f0504a592b0b7f042aa0b458 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Johannes Larsen <mail@johslarsen.net>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2024 17:55:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Keep ESC control characters in the message body

In order to bring back support for ANSI colored HTML renderings etc.

Fixes #1679
---
 alot/helper.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/alot/helper.py b/alot/helper.py
index d5ac9efe7..e40e592f6 100644
--- a/alot/helper.py
+++ b/alot/helper.py
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ def unicode_printable(c):
     private/unassigned character and not a control character other than tab or
     newline.
     """
-    if c in ('\n', '\t'):
+    ESC = '\x1b'
+    if c in ('\n', '\t', ESC):
         return True
     return unicodedata.category(c) not in ('Cc', 'Cn', 'Co')