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1* COPYRIGHT
2
73b0cd50 3Copyright (C) 2001-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4See the end of the file for license conditions.
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7* Changes in MH-E 8.2
8
bbe1ba5e 9Version 8.2 of MH-E appeared in GNU Emacs 23.1. This is a small
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10release that includes internal changes from the Emacs team. A new
11hook, `mh-pack-folder-hook', has been added.
12
13There is a known bug where you can't attach attachments in Emacs 21.
14This will be fixed in 8.2.1.
15
16** New Variables in MH-E 8.2
17
18*** mh-pack-folder-hook
19
20The `mh-pack-folder-hook' is run by `F p' (`mh-pack-folder') after
21renumbering the messages. Hook functions can access the current folder
22name with `mh-current-folder'.
23
24** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.2
25
26*** New version of mh-mm-save-part
27
28Several functions have been updated with code from Gnus 5.11 (closes
29SF #2235022).
30
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33* Changes in MH-E 8.1
34
35Version 8.1 fixes some issues with forwarding messages, respects the
36MH environment variable, adds the abilities to use aliases with GPG
37and show HTML even though it is discouraged. A new hook,
38`mh-annotate-msg-hook', has been added.
39
40** New Features in MH-E 8.1
41
42*** Showing HTML When Text Is the Preferred Alternative
43
44The `:' (`mh-show-preferred-alternative') function displays the
45message with the default preferred alternative. This is as if
46`mm-discouraged-alternatives' was set to nil (closes SF #1777321).
47
48** New Variables in MH-E 8.1
49
50*** mh-annotate-msg-hook
51
52The `mh-annotate-msg-hook' hook is run whenever a message is sent and
53after the scan lines and message are annotated. Hook functions can
54access the current folder name with `mh-current-folder' and obtain the
55message numbers of the annotated messages with `mh-annotate-list'
56(closes SF #2032269).
57
58** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.1
59
60*** Can't Use Aliases with GPG
61
62GPG requires e-mail addresses, not aliases. So resolve aliases before
63passing addresses to GPG/PGP (closes SF #649226).
64
65*** mh-mml-forward-message: Disposition Should Be Inline
66
67The `f' (`mh-forward') function now forwards messages as inline
68attachments (closes SF #1378993).
69
70*** Illegal Filename Characters on Windows Filesystems
71
72The X-Image-URL cache created filenames with invalid characters on
73Windows. This has been fixed with assistance from Darel Henman (closes
74SF #1396499).
75
76*** Make Many Header Fields Invisible
77
78A vast landscape of header fields are now invisible. You may wish to
79browse `mh-invisible-header-fields-default' and clean up your
80`mh-invisible-header-fields' option. A permanent bug (SF #1916032) has
81been created where you can submit header fields that should be
82rendered invisible (closes SF #1701231).
83
84*** mh-forward Includes Messages in Reverse Order
85
86The `f' (`mh-forward') function now includes messages in ascending
87order (closes SF #1730393).
88
89*** Compile Fails on XEmacs 21.5 beta 28
90
91This has been fixed with help from Henrique Martins (closes SF
92#1749774).
93
94*** Rename Variant mu-mh to gnu-mh
95
96The GNU mailutils MH variant was named inconsistently. The variant has
97been renamed to gnu-mh throughout. Thanks to Darel Henman (closes SF
98#1768928).
99
100*** Respect MH environment Variable
101
102Even if the MH environment variable was set, an error was generated if
103"~/.mh_profile" was missing. This has been fixed thanks to Xavier
104Maillard (closes SF #1946861).
105
106*** Enhance mh-mairix-regexp-builder
107
108Additional items have been added to the Mairix search string in order
109to support org-mode. Thanks to Nick Dokos (closes SF #1965704).
110
111*** mh-mh-to-mime and mh-mh-to-mime-undo Reset Modes
112
113The functions `mh-mh-to-mime' and `mh-mh-to-mime-undo' would reset the
114buffer to fundamental mode. This has been fixed thanks to Sergey
115Poznyakoff (closes SF #1966722).
116
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119* Changes in MH-E 8.0.3
120
121Version 8.0.3 fixes errors in sending messages and in running spam
122filter commands in certain circumstances.
123
124** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0.3
125
126*** mh-send-args Cannot Be nil
127
128If `mh-send-uses-spost-flag' was set, an error would prevent the
129sending of messages. This has been fixed (closes SF #1564742).
130
131*** Missing Quotes in sa-learn Command Line
132
133This has been fixed (closes SF #1565460).
134
135*** Errors Associated with mh-junk-background
136
137The Spamassassin filter commands were used inconsistently and
138incorrectly; if `mh-junk-background' were nil, not all of the updating
139would happen correctly. In the other back-ends such as bogofilter and
140SpamProbe, a value of t for `mh-junk-background' would cause the
141commands associated with these filters to fail. These problems have
142been fixed (closes SF #1594802).
143
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146* Changes in MH-E 8.0.2
147
148Version 8.0.2 fixes the tool bar and `F n' on XEmacs, and `K a' on GNU
149mailutils.
150
151** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0.2
152
153*** Tool Bar Not Displayed in XEmacs
154
155The MH-E tool bar didn't show up in XEmacs; now it does. Thanks to Ted
156Phelps <phelps@gnusto.com> (closes SF #1506846).
157
158*** mh-mime-save-parts Assumes -store Default
159
160It was assumed that -store was the default for both mhn and mhstore.
161This has been fixed by using -store except when using nmh. Thanks to
162Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@Mirddin.farlep.net> (closes SF #1513140).
163
164*** F-n Doesn't Work
165
166The fix for SF #1499712 broke `F n' (`mh-index-new-messages') on
167XEmacs since a regular expression that XEmacs could not handle was
168added. This regexp has been fixed (closes SF #1514424).
169
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172* Changes in MH-E 8.0.1
173
174Version 8.0.1 works around a couple of bugs in GNU mailutils, spost,
175and Windows. MH-E now requires the use of version 1.0 of mailutils due
176to a bug in the folder command.
177
178** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0.1
179
180*** Infinite Loop When Searching (mailutils)
181
182The GNU mailutils folder command displays output when a folder doesn't
183exist. MH-E didn't expect this and responded with an infinite loop
184during searches. While this bug has since been fixed in mailutils,
185MH-E has been modified to work anyway (closes SF #1499712).
186
187*** spost Doesn't Have -msgid or -mime Flags
188
189The post replacement spost does not support the -msgid or -mime flags.
190A new variable `mh-send-uses-spost-flag' was added to control the use
191of these flags (closes SF #1486726).
192
193*** <2> in Search Folders Illegal in Windows
194
195The <2> suffix to the search folder names contain illegal filename
196characters in Windows. These cause searches to fail on Windows. This
197has been fixed by changing the suffix to -2 (closes SF #1507002).
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201* Changes in MH-E 8.0
202
203Version 8.0 supports GNU mailutils, S/MIME, picons, which-func-mode,
204sports an improved interface for hiding header fields, improves upon
205the MH variant detection, improves folder completion, makes the pick
206search equivalent to the other types of searches, spruces up the tool
207bar, creates the correct MIME type when including OpenOffice
208documents, works on a Mac, adds colors to buttons for signed or
209encrypted messages, incorporates new features introduced in
210Emacs 22.1, fixes a bunch of bugs, and best of all, comes with an
211updated manual!
212
213Internally, MH-E now sports a new software organization which will
214help future maintainability. As a side-effect, the number of XEmacs
215compilation warnings has plummeted from hundreds to just three. CVS
216users will notice that MH-E has been migrated from the CVS repository
217from SourceForge to Savannah (but only for those files that were
218already part of Emacs). As a result, the location of MH-E in the
219load-path has changed, and mh-e-autoloads.el was renamed to
220mh-autoloads.el. See section INSTALL in the README for details. While
221this migration will benefit maintainers, it will also benefit users:
222CVS Emacs users will not have to check out MH-E separately and welcome
223faster MH-E updates, and CVS MH-E users will welcome faster MH-E
224updates from Emacs developers. Read section CVS MH-E INSTALL in the
225README for details.
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227While not related to this release, the MH-E mailing lists are now
228gatewayed at gmane.org (closes SF #979308).
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230If you want to see the release notes for the alpha and beta releases
231leading up this release, please see:
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97af9a72 233 http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/emacs/emacs/etc/MH-E-NEWS?revision=1.25&view=markup
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7c36a00a 237** New Features in MH-E 8.0
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7c36a00a 239*** GNU mailutils Support
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7c36a00a 241MH-E now supports GNU mailutils 0.4 and higher versions.
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7c36a00a 243*** S/MIME Support
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7c36a00a 245MH-E now supports S/MIME using Gnus 5.10.6 or higher.
66f7848b 246
7c36a00a 247*** Picon Support
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249In addition to the other methods of displaying an icon for the sender
250of a message, MH-E can now display images from a picon directory. The
251directory search path is found in the `mh-picon-directory-list'
252variable. More documentation is found in the "facedb" sections in the
253xfaces man page.
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7c36a00a 255*** Catchup Command
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257There is a new `F c' (`mh-catchup') command that marks all unread
258messages in the current folder as read.
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7c36a00a 260*** Use which-func-mode to Display Folder in Index Mode
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262Turning on `which-func-mode' displays the folder name of the message
263under the cursor in index folders (closes SF #855520).
66f7848b 264
7c36a00a 265*** Quick Key Help
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267The `?' (`mh-help') function now displays the help in its own buffer
268called *MH-E Help* (closes SF #493740 and SF #656631).
66f7848b 269
7c36a00a 270*** Search Unification
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272The old `F s' behavior of adding messages to the search sequence has
273been removed. The `F i' keybinding was deprecated and the new `F s'
274(`mh-search') command is used to initiate either indexed or pick
275searches. Within the MH-Search buffer (renamed from MH-Pick), the
276command `C-c C-p' (`mh-pick-do-search') now runs pick on the given
277folder recursively and displays the results in a search folder like
278the other search methods (closes SF #829207).
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7c36a00a 280*** Entry Points Have Moved
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282Emacs 21 users must now add `(require 'mh-autoloads)' because the
283entry points (such as `mh-rmail' and `mh-smail') have moved to
284different files which have made the autoloads that come with Emacs
285inaccurate. This change was necessary because the code was reorganized
286to remove circular dependencies, to make the code more stable and
287maintainable, and to reduce the time to load MH-E.
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7c36a00a 289*** MH-Folder Keymap Changes
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291There is now a keymap for the printing functions whose prefix is `P'.
292The command `l' (`mh-print-msg') has been replaced with `P l' although
293we suggest you use the new `P p' instead.
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7c36a00a 295Key 7.4.4 8.0
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297; - mh-toggle-mh-decode-mime-flag
298l mh-print-msg -
299/ f mh-narrow-to-from -
300/ r mh-narrow-to-range -
301/ g - mh-narrow-to-range
302/ m - mh-narrow-to-from
303F c - mh-catchup
304F i mh-index-search -
305F s mh-search-folder mh-search
306K e - mh-display-with-external-viewer
307K t - mh-toggle-mime-buttons
308P ? - mh-prefix-help
309P C - mh-ps-print-toggle-color
310P F - mh-ps-print-toggle-faces
311P f - mh-ps-print-msg-file
312P l - mh-print-msg
313P p - mh-ps-print-msg
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7c36a00a 315*** MH-Letter Keymap Changes
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317The change where `mh-letter-mode' derives from `mail-mode' adds a few
318keybindings. Some are interesting: experiment! Only the keybinding
319changes for MH-E functions are listed here.
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321Most of the changes have to do with the renaming of the functions with
322"mhn" in them to "mh" because nmh doesn't use `mhn'. The names were
323also made consistent with the the family of "mml" functions.
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325The type of signing or encryption has been generalized so the method
326is now an option rather than a part of the function's name. The option
327is `mh-mml-method-default' and choices include PGP (MIME), PGP,
328S/MIME, or none.
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7c36a00a 330Key 7.4.4 8.0
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332C-c C-e mh-edit-mhn mh-mh-to-mime
333C-c RET C-e mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime
334 mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt
335C-c RET C-g - mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp
336C-c RET C-n - mh-mml-unsecure-message
337C-c RET C-s mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime
338 mh-mml-secure-message-sign
339C-c RET C-t - mh-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar
340C-c RET C-u mh-revert-mhn-edit mh-mh-to-mime-undo
341C-c RET C-x - mh-mh-compose-external-type
342C-c RET e mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime
343 Prefix Command
344C-c RET e e - mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt
345C-c RET e s - mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt
346C-c RET g - mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp
347C-c RET n - mh-mml-unsecure-message
348C-c RET s - Prefix Command
349C-c RET s e - mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt
350C-c RET s s - mh-mml-secure-message-sign
351C-c RET t - mh-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar
352C-c RET u mh-revert-mhn-edit mh-mh-to-mime-undo
353C-c RET x - mh-mh-compose-external-type
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355C-c C-f C-a - mh-to-field
356C-c C-f C-l - mh-to-field
357C-c C-f RET - mh-to-field
358C-c C-f a - mh-to-field
359C-c C-f l - mh-to-field
360C-c C-f m - mh-to-field
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7c36a00a 362*** MH-Search Keymap Changes
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364These are the changes associated with the new search mode. The command
365`C-c C-c' (`mh-index-do-search') now performs the standard indexed
366search, while `C-c C-p' (`mh-pick-do-search') runs pick as before,
367only better!
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369The `mh-to-field' keybindings were adjusted to be consistent with
370those in the MH-Letter mode.
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7c36a00a 372Key 7.4.4 8.0
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374C-c C-c mh-do-search mh-index-do-search
375C-c C-f C-d mh-to-field -
376C-c C-f C-f mh-to-field -
377C-c C-f C-r mh-to-field -
378C-c C-f RET - mh-to-field
379C-c C-f d mh-to-field -
380C-c C-f f mh-to-field -
381C-c C-f m - mh-to-field
382C-c C-f r mh-to-field -
383C-c TAB mh-index-do-search -
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7c36a00a 385*** Updates to X-Image-URL
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387Now support the use of `curl' and `fetch' as alternatives to `wget' to
388obtain the image. The display of images are controlled with the
389`mh-show-use-xface-flag' option while the `mh-fetch-x-image-url'
390option controls how the images are fetched.
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392The default of `mh-fetch-x-image-url' has been changed to "Never
393Fetch." Those of you who like the value of "Ask Before Fetching" will
394have to customize this option (closes SF #831278).
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396WARNING: There are security concerns with this feature. Please read
397the documentation for these options carefully before changing the
398default.
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7c36a00a 400*** Updates to mh-identity-list
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402Note that the field names found in `mh-identity-list' that refer to
403the fields in `mh-identity-handlers' have changed in an incompatible
404way from 7.4.4. In general, the symbolic names now have a ":" prefix
405to avoid collisions with header fields. Before starting Emacs, edit
406your .emacs and insert ":" before "signature" if you have defined it.
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408You can change your attribution in replies with the new "Attribution
409Verb" field, and you can set your default GPG user ID with the "GPG
410key ID" field.
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412Signatures can now be read from the `mh-signature-file-name' variable,
413or come from a function, in addition to a named file. If you write
414your own function, variables that you can use include
415`mh-signature-separator-regexp', `mh-signature-separator',
416and `mh-signature-separator-p'.
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418The handling of these fields has been moved into a new
419`mh-identity-handlers' option, an alist of fields (strings) and
420handlers (functions). Strings are lowercase. Use ":signature" for
421Signature and ":pgg-default-user-id" for GPG Key ID. The function
422associated with the string "default" is used if no other functions are
423appropriate. For this reason, don't name a header field "Default".
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425If you point your signature at a vCard file with a vcf suffix, then it
426will be incorporated as a vCard body part (closes SF #802723).
5384dc93 427
7c36a00a 428*** Updates to Speedbar
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430The speedbar now renders the folders with unseen messages in boldface
431which makes them easier to identify (closes SF #623369).
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7c36a00a 433*** Updates to mh-msg-is-in-seq
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435Can now specify an alternate message number to `S s'
436(`mh-msg-is-in-seq') with a prefix argument.
c80ba99d 437
7c36a00a 438*** Updates to mh-to-field-choices
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440In MH-Letter mode, you can use the `C-c C-f' (`mh-to-field') prefix to
441go to and insert fields. The fields `Reply-To:', `Mail-Reply-To:',
442`Mail-Followup-To:' can now be created via the `C-r', `C-a' (for
443author), and `C-l' keys respectively. The key for the `From:' field
444has been renamed from `C-r' to `C-m' for consistency with `mail-mode'
445(closes SF #1400139).
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7c36a00a 447*** Change Content-Type Renderer on the Fly in MH-Show Buffer
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449This has been implemented by adding the key binding `K e'
450(`mh-display-with-external-viewer'). For inline text/html parts,
451buttons aren't displayed by default. In that case use `K t'
452(`mh-toggle-mime-buttons') to display the button before viewing it
453with an external browser (closes SF #839318).
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454
455*** MH-E No Longer Calls install-mh
456
457The new variant detection code makes use of `mhparam' which assumes
458that your MH environment has already been set up. The code to call
459`install-mh', which could no longer be run anyway, was removed.
460
7c36a00a 461*** Add :package-version Keyword to Options
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463This `defcustom', `defgroup', and `defface' keyword was introduced in
464Emacs 22.1. MH-E has been extended to take advantage of it. With this
465keyword, you can now use `M-x customize-changed-options' to see what
466options in MH-E have changed between versions of Emacs. In a future
467version of Emacs, you'll be able to see changes between MH-E versions
468as well (closes SF #1452724).
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7c36a00a 470*** Render Signature and vCard in Italics
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472This has been implemented. Use `mh-show-signature-face' to customize
473the face used (closes SF #802722).
c80ba99d 474
7c36a00a 475*** Derive mh-letter-mode from mail-mode
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477MH-Letter mode is now derived from `mail-mode'. We were able to delete
478a lot of code. In return, there are a few `mail-mode' commands that
479are available that may or may not be useful and the `mail-mode-hook'
480is run (closes SF #1385571).
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481
482*** Remove Emacs 20 Support
483
484As it turns out, we had already added some code that didn't work on
485Emacs 20. However, now we've formalized it and removed code that was
486present solely for Emacs 20 support (closes SF #1359240).
487
7c36a00a 488*** Glimpse Support Removed
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490Since glimpse isn't free, we cannot mention it. Glimpse has been
491removed from the option `mh-indexer-choices' (closes SF #831276).
c80ba99d 492
7c36a00a 493*** Use run-hook-with-args
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495We use normal hooks whenever possible and do not use
496`run-hook-with-args' (with one documented exception) (closes SF
497#643702).
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7c36a00a 501** New Variables in MH-E 8.0
c80ba99d 502
7c36a00a 503*** mh-after-commands-processed-hook
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505Hook run by `x' (`mh-execute-commands') after performing outstanding
506refile and delete requests.
c80ba99d 507
7c36a00a 508*** mh-alias-reloaded-hook
c80ba99d 509
7c36a00a 510Invoked by `mh-alias-reload' after reloading aliases.
c80ba99d 511
7c36a00a 512*** mh-auto-fields-prompt-flag
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514On means to prompt before sending if fields in `mh-auto-fields-list'
515are inserted.
c80ba99d 516
7c36a00a 517*** mh-before-commands-processed-hook
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519Renamed from `mh-folder-updated-hook'. It wasn't clear whether
520`mh-folder-updated-hook' was run before or after the commands were
521executed. We now provide both with clear names.
c80ba99d 522
7c36a00a 523*** mh-compose-forward-as-mime-flag
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525On means that messages are forwarded as attachments (closes SF
526#827203).
c80ba99d 527
7c36a00a 528*** mh-default-folder-for-message-function
c80ba99d 529
7c36a00a 530Function to select a default folder for refiling or `Fcc:'.
c80ba99d 531
7c36a00a 532*** mh-forward-hook
c80ba99d 533
7c36a00a 534Invoked on the forwarded letter by `f' (`mh-forward').
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535
536*** mh-highlight-citation-style
537
538Renamed from `mh-highlight-citation-p' since it wasn't a boolean. The
539new name is also more descriptive.
540
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541*** mh-identity-handlers
542
543Handler functions for fields in `mh-identity-list'.
544
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545*** mh-insert-signature-hook
546
547Renamed from `mh-letter-insert-signature-hook' since most of the other
548hooks do not carry the mode in the prefix and because the new name is
549equally clear.
550
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551*** mh-invisible-header-fields-default
552
553List of hidden header fields. The header fields listed in this option
554are hidden, although you can check off any field that you would like
555to see. Header fields that you would like to hide that aren't listed
556can be added to the `mh-invisible-header-fields' option (closes SF
557#752045).
558
559The option `mh-visible-header-fields' has been deleted.
560
561*** mh-junk-background
562
563If on, spam programs are run in background. This used to be the
564default behavior but this could overwhelm a system if many messages
565were black- or whitelisted at once. The spam programs are now run in
566the foreground, but this option can be used to put them back in the
567background.
568
569*** mh-junk-disposition
570
571Renamed from `mh-junk-mail-folder' since this variable can accept
572values other than folder names.
573
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574*** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hooks
575
576Renamed from `mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook'. By convention,
577abnormal hooks, which this is, either have a -function or -hooks
578suffix.
579
580*** mh-mhl-format-file
581
582Renamed from `mhl-formfile' to put it in the MH-E namespace and to be
583consistent with other similar options.
584
585*** mh-mh-to-mime-hook
586
587Renamed from `mh-edit-mhn-hook'. We have a family of `mh-mml-to-mime'
588functions and variables; the older mhn functions and variables were
589renamed to have a consistent `mh-mh-to-mime' prefix.
590
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591*** mh-mml-method-default
592
593Default method to use in security tags.
594
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595*** mh-new-messages-folders
596
597Renamed from `mh-index-new-messages-folders' for clarity.
598
599*** mh-path
600
601Additional list of directories to search for MH.
602
603*** mh-redist-full-contents-flag
604
605On means the `dist' command needs entire letter for redistribution.
606This was previously a variable. It's now an option.
607
608*** mh-search-mode-hook
609
610Renamed from `mh-pick-mode-hook' as part of the
611`mh-index.el'/`mh-pick.el' merge into `mh-search.el'.
612
613*** mh-search-program
614
615Renamed from `mh-index-program' as part of the
616`mh-index.el'/`mh-pick.el' merge into `mh-search.el'.
617
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618*** mh-signature-separator-flag
619
620On means a signature separator should be inserted. It is not
621recommended that you change this option since various mail user
622agents, including MH-E, use the separator to present the signature
623differently, and to suppress the signature when replying or yanking a
624letter into a draft.
625
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626*** mh-sortm-args
627
628Additional arguments for `sortm'. This was previously an internal
629variable. It's now an user-customizable option.
630
631*** mh-speed-update-interval
632
633Renamed from `mh-speed-flists-interval' for clarity.
634
635*** mh-ticked-messages-folders
636
637Renamed from `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders' for clarity.
638
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639*** mh-variant
640
641Specifies the variant used by MH-E. The default setting of this option
642is `Auto-detect' which means that MH-E will automatically choose the
643first of nmh, MH, or GNU mailutils that it finds in the directories
644listed in `mh-path', `mh-sys-path', and `exec-path'. If, for example,
645you have both nmh and mailutils installed and `mh-variant-in-use' was
646initialized to nmh but you want to use mailutils, then you can set
647this option to `mailutils'.
648
649When this variable is changed, MH-E resets `mh-progs', `mh-lib',
650`mh-lib-progs', `mh-flists-present-flag', and `mh-variant-in-use'
651accordingly.
652
653If you've set these variables in your .emacs, it is strongly suggested
654that you comment them out. The MH detection code has been completely
655rewritten and it is very likely that you no longer to set them and
656their setting may confuse other MH-E settings.
657
658*** mh-xemacs-tool-bar-position
659
660Renamed from `mh-xemacs-toolbar-position' per GNU Emacs naming conventions.
661
662*** mh-xemacs-use-tool-bar-flag
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663
664Renamed from `mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag' per GNU Emacs naming conventions.
665
666*** mh-yank-behavior
667
668Renamed from `mh-yank-from-start-of-msg' for clarity.
669
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671
672** Variables Deleted in MH-E 8.0
c80ba99d 673
7c36a00a 674*** mh-alias-system-aliases
c80ba99d 675
7c36a00a 676System definitions should not be a user option.
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677
678*** mh-edit-mhn-hook
679
680Renamed to `mh-mh-to-mime-hook'.
681
682*** mh-folder-updated-hook
683
684Renamed to `mh-before-commands-processed-hook'.
685
686*** mh-highlight-citation-p
687
688Renamed to `mh-highlight-citation-style'.
689
690*** mh-index-new-messages-folders
691
692Renamed to `mh-new-messages-folders'.
693
694*** mh-index-program
695
696Renamed to `mh-search-program'.
697
698*** mh-index-ticked-messages-folders
699
700Renamed to `mh-ticked-messages-folders'.
701
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702*** mh-junk-mail-folder
703
704Since this variable can accept values other than folder names, it was
705renamed to `mh-junk-disposition' to more accurately reflect the content.
706
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707*** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook
708
709Renamed to `mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hooks'.
710
711*** mh-letter-insert-signature-hook
712
713Renamed to `mh-insert-signature-hook'.
714
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715*** mh-pick-mode-hook
716
717Renamed to `mh-search-mode-hook'.
718
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719*** mh-show-use-goto-addr-flag
720
721This flag was redundant with and inconsistent with
722`goto-address-highlight-p' at the same time, so we removed it. Please
723customize `goto-address-highlight-p' if you wish to turn off email
724address and URL highlighting.
725
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726*** mh-speed-flists-interval
727
728Renamed to `mh-speed-update-interval'.
729
730*** mh-speed-run-flists-flag
731
732Deleted since setting `mh-speed-flists-interval' to 0 accomplishes the
733same thing.
734
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735*** mh-visible-header-fields
736
737Deleted since it would hide new header fields you might want to see.
738
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739*** mh-xemacs-toolbar-position
740
741Renamed to `mh-xemacs-tool-bar-position'.
742
743*** mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag
744
745Renamed to `mh-xemacs-use-tool-bar-flag'.
746
747*** mh-yank-from-start-of-msg
748
749Renamed to `mh-yank-behavior'.
750
7c36a00a 751*** mhl-formfile
c80ba99d 752
7c36a00a 753Renamed to `mh-mhl-format-file'.
c80ba99d 754
7c36a00a 755\f
c80ba99d 756
7c36a00a 757** New Faces in MH-E 8.0
c80ba99d 758
7c36a00a 759*** mh-folder-address
c80ba99d 760
7c36a00a 761Renamed from `mh-folder-address-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 762
7c36a00a 763*** mh-folder-body
c80ba99d 764
7c36a00a 765Renamed from `mh-folder-body-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 766
7c36a00a 767*** mh-folder-cur-msg-number
c80ba99d 768
7c36a00a 769Renamed from `mh-folder-cur-msg-number-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 770
7c36a00a 771*** mh-folder-date
c80ba99d 772
7c36a00a 773Renamed from `mh-folder-date-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 774
7c36a00a 775*** mh-folder-deleted
c80ba99d 776
7c36a00a 777Renamed from `mh-folder-deleted-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 778
7c36a00a 779*** mh-folder-followup
c80ba99d 780
7c36a00a 781Renamed from `mh-folder-followup-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 782
7c36a00a 783*** mh-folder-msg-number
c80ba99d 784
7c36a00a 785Renamed from `mh-folder-msg-number-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 786
7c36a00a 787*** mh-folder-refiled
c80ba99d 788
7c36a00a 789Renamed from `mh-folder-refiled-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 790
7c36a00a 791*** mh-folder-sent-to-me-hint
c80ba99d 792
7c36a00a 793Fontification hint face in messages sent directly to us.
c80ba99d 794
7c36a00a 795*** mh-folder-sent-to-me-sender
c80ba99d 796
7c36a00a 797Sender face in messages sent directly to us.
c80ba99d 798
7c36a00a 799*** mh-folder-subject
c80ba99d 800
7c36a00a 801Renamed from `mh-folder-subject-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 802
7c36a00a 803*** mh-folder-tick
c80ba99d 804
7c36a00a 805Renamed from `mh-folder-tick-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 806
7c36a00a 807*** mh-folder-to
c80ba99d 808
7c36a00a 809Renamed from `mh-folder-to-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 810
7c36a00a 811*** mh-letter-header-field
c80ba99d 812
7c36a00a 813Renamed from `mh-letter-header-field-face' per new Emacs conventions.
03ab074b 814
7c36a00a 815*** mh-search-folder
03ab074b 816
7c36a00a 817Renamed from `mh-index-folder-face'.
03ab074b 818
7c36a00a 819*** mh-show-cc
03ab074b 820
7c36a00a 821Renamed from `mh-show-cc-face' per new Emacs conventions.
03ab074b 822
7c36a00a 823*** mh-show-date
03ab074b 824
7c36a00a 825Renamed from `mh-show--face' per new Emacs conventions.
03ab074b 826
7c36a00a 827*** mh-show-from
03ab074b 828
7c36a00a 829Renamed from `mh-show-from-face' per new Emacs conventions.
d54e276a 830
7c36a00a 831*** mh-show-header
d54e276a 832
7c36a00a 833Renamed from `mh-show-header-face' per new Emacs conventions.
03ab074b 834
7c36a00a 835*** mh-show-pgg-bad
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836
837Face used to highlight a bad PGG signature.
838
7c36a00a 839*** mh-show-pgg-good
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840
841Face used to highlight a good PGG signature.
842
7c36a00a 843*** mh-show-pgg-unknown
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844
845Face used to highlight a PGG signature whose status is unknown. This
846face is also used for a signature when the signer is untrusted.
847
7c36a00a 848*** mh-show-signature
e495eaec 849
7c36a00a 850Face used to highlight the signature.
e495eaec 851
7c36a00a 852*** mh-show-subject
e495eaec 853
7c36a00a 854Renamed from `mh-show-subject-face' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 855
7c36a00a 856*** mh-show-to
e495eaec 857
7c36a00a 858Renamed from `mh-show-to-face' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 859
7c36a00a 860*** mh-show-xface
e495eaec 861
7c36a00a 862Renamed from `mh-show-xface-face' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 863
7c36a00a 864*** mh-speedbar-folder
e495eaec 865
7c36a00a 866Renamed from `mh-speedbar-folder-face' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 867
7c36a00a 868*** mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages
e495eaec 869
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870Renamed from `mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages-face' per new
871Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 872
7c36a00a 873*** mh-speedbar-selected-folder
e495eaec 874
7c36a00a 875Renamed from `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-face' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 876
7c36a00a 877*** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages
e495eaec 878
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879Renamed from `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages-face'
880per new Emacs conventions.
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881
882\f
883
7c36a00a 884** Faces Deleted in MH-E 8.0
eccf9613 885
7c36a00a 886*** mh-folder-address-face
eccf9613 887
7c36a00a 888Renamed to `mh-folder-address' per new Emacs conventions.
d103d8b3 889
7c36a00a 890*** mh-folder-body-face
d103d8b3 891
7c36a00a 892Renamed to `mh-folder-body' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 893
7c36a00a 894*** mh-folder-cur-msg-face
f0d73c14 895
7c36a00a 896Deleted. Not used.
f0d73c14 897
7c36a00a 898*** mh-folder-cur-msg-number-face
f0d73c14 899
7c36a00a 900Renamed to `mh-folder-cur-msg-number' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 901
7c36a00a 902*** mh-folder-date-face
f0d73c14 903
7c36a00a 904Renamed to `mh-folder-date' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 905
7c36a00a 906*** mh-folder-deleted-face
f0d73c14 907
7c36a00a 908Renamed to `mh-folder-deleted' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 909
7c36a00a 910*** mh-folder-followup-face
f0d73c14 911
7c36a00a 912Renamed to `mh-folder-followup' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 913
7c36a00a 914*** mh-folder-msg-number-face
f0d73c14 915
7c36a00a 916Renamed to `mh-folder-msg-number' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 917
7c36a00a 918*** mh-folder-refiled-face
f0d73c14 919
7c36a00a 920Renamed to `mh-folder-refiled' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 921
7c36a00a 922*** mh-folder-subject-face
f0d73c14 923
7c36a00a 924Renamed to `mh-folder-subject' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 925
7c36a00a 926*** mh-folder-tick-face
f0d73c14 927
7c36a00a 928Renamed to `mh-folder-tick' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 929
7c36a00a 930*** mh-folder-to-face
f0d73c14 931
7c36a00a 932Renamed to `mh-folder-to' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 933
7c36a00a 934*** mh-index-folder-face
f0d73c14 935
7c36a00a 936Renamed to `mh-search-folder'.
f0d73c14 937
7c36a00a 938*** mh-letter-header-field-face
f0d73c14 939
7c36a00a 940Renamed to `mh-letter-header-field' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 941
7c36a00a 942*** mh-show-cc-face
f0d73c14 943
7c36a00a 944Renamed to `mh-show-cc' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 945
7c36a00a 946*** mh-show-date-face
f0d73c14 947
7c36a00a 948Renamed to `mh-show-date' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 949
7c36a00a 950*** mh-show-from-face
f0d73c14 951
7c36a00a 952Renamed to `mh-show-from' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 953
7c36a00a 954*** mh-show-header-face
f0d73c14 955
7c36a00a 956Renamed to `mh-show-header' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 957
7c36a00a 958*** mh-show-subject-face
f0d73c14 959
7c36a00a 960Renamed to `mh-show-subject' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 961
7c36a00a 962*** mh-show-to-face
f0d73c14 963
7c36a00a 964Renamed to `mh-show-to' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 965
7c36a00a 966*** mh-show-xface-face
f0d73c14 967
7c36a00a 968Renamed to `mh-show-xface' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 969
7c36a00a 970*** mh-speedbar-folder-face
f0d73c14 971
7c36a00a 972Renamed to `mh-speedbar-folder' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 973
7c36a00a 974*** mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages-face
f0d73c14 975
7c36a00a 976Renamed to `mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 977
7c36a00a 978*** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-face
f0d73c14 979
7c36a00a 980Renamed to `mh-speedbar-selected-folder' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 981
7c36a00a 982*** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages-face
f0d73c14 983
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984Renamed to `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages' per new
985Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 986
7c36a00a 987\f
f0d73c14 988
7c36a00a 989** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0
f0d73c14 990
7c36a00a 991*** Face Variable Names Now Follow Current Conventions
f0d73c14 992
7c36a00a 993The -face suffix has been dropped from all face names.
f0d73c14 994
7c36a00a 995*** Swish Fixes
f0d73c14 996
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997Items in swish indexes that aren't mail messages are now handled more
998gracefully.
f0d73c14 999
7c36a00a 1000*** Spamassassin Fixes
f0d73c14 1001
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1002If you use spamassassin, there was an error when you tried to junk
1003mail if the option `mh-junk-background' was set. This has been fixed.
f0d73c14 1004
7c36a00a 1005*** Mairix Support
f0d73c14 1006
7c36a00a 1007Indexing now compatible with Mairix version 0.12 and later.
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1008
1009*** mh-extract-rejected-mail Can't Do MIME (and Other Formats)
1010
1011Now handles qmail and exim bounces (addresses SF #404965).
1012
1013*** mh-rmail Hangs in XEmacs
1014
1015We've determined that MH-E is incompatible with some versions of
1016XEmacs (21.5.9-21.5.16). More recent versions work fine. If you think
1017our list is too broad, please let us know which version of XEmacs you
1018are using (closes SF #644321).
1019
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1020*** Completions Offered by mh-refile-message Are Not Sorted
1021
1022This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #698734).
1023
1024*** Add Message-ID to Outgoing Messages
1025
1026If you replied to a message in your `+outbox', an `In-Reply-To:'
1027header field was created that broke threading at the recipient's end.
1028We now add a `Message-ID:' to outgoing messages which fixes this
1029(closes SF #725425).
1030
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1031*** Inconsistent Prompts
1032
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1033Emacs changed their defaults in prompts from "Prompt: [value]" to
1034"Prompt (default value): ". All MH-E prompts have been updated to
1035comply with the new standard and are therefore now consistent
1036throughout the application (closes SF #730470, SF #1275933).
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1037
1038*** Empty Shell Comments Confuse mh-mhn-directive-present-p
1039
1040If you had a string that matched the regexp "^# $" in your draft, it
1041would cause an error. This has been fixed (closes SF #762458).
1042
1043*** Quote Hashes When mhbuild Directives Used
1044
1045A related bug, if you had empty shell comments but inserted your own
1046directives, you'd get another error from mhbuild. This has been fixed
1047by quoting the hash ("^# $") like this "##" before submitting to
1048mhbuild (closes SF #762464).
1049
1050*** Inconsistent Usage in Scan Formatting Variables
1051
1052The variables:
1053
1054 mh-note-cur
1055 mh-note-deleted
1056 mh-note-dist
1057 mh-note-forw
1058 mh-note-refiled
1059 mh-note-repl
1060 mh-note-seq
1061
1062used to contain strings. Although only the first character was read,
1063the entire string would be inserted which may have caused problems.
1064These variables have been converted to character constants so that
1065only a single character can be inserted into the scan line (closes SF
1066#770772).
1067
1068*** Bad Handling of Aliases That Conflict With Local User Names
1069
1070If a user name existed both locally and in the aliases file, the local
1071user would be flashed, but the alias would be used when sending. This
1072has been fixed so that the user name that is flashed is the same as
1073the name that is sent (closes SF #772595).
1074
7c36a00a 1075*** Initialization Fails If ~/Mail Exists
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1077MH-E no longer calls `install-mh' so this issue has gone away (closes
1078SF #835192).
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1079
1080*** Not Re-prompted to Sign After Pass Phrase Typo
1081
1082If there were errors when sending a signed message (like getting the
1083pass phrase wrong), the MML markup remained in the draft buffer. The
1084draft buffer is now restored if there is an error (closes SF #839303).
1085
1086*** Font-lock Gets Confused in MH-Letter Buffer
1087
1088If a user manually moved the cursor to the end of the header field
1089separator line (by mouse click or keyboard navigation) and hit Enter
1090to start typing their message, any line in the body with a colon would
1091be fontified with a gray background. This has been fixed (closes SF
1092#855479).
1093
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1094*** RETURN Causes Infinite Loop in mh-letter
1095
1096This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #887346).
1097
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1098*** mh-refile-msg Fails to Suggest Folder for Empty Message
1099
1100If you received a message with an empty body from someone who is
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1101listed in your aliases file, `o' (`mh-refile-msg') failed to suggest
1102the correct folder. This has been fixed (closes SF #917096).
1103
1104*** Missing Headers When Replying to All
1105
1106User needed to edit `replgroupcomps' (closes SF #918194).
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1107
1108*** Error Visiting Folder With no Unseen Messages
1109
1110If you visited a folder without unseen messages and the option "flist:
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1111-noshowzero" is present in your `~/.mh_profile', you'd get an error.
1112This has been fixed (closes SF #933954).
1113
1114*** Error Message When Trying to Send Using MH-E
1115
1116This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1002103).
1117
1118*** mh-find-path Doesn't Use mhparam
1119
1120MH-E no longer peeks into the MH profile `~/.mh_profile' directly. It
1121uses `mhparam' instead (closes SF #1016027).
1122
1123*** rmmproc Refile Complains No Such Message
1124
1125MH-E would get confused about which folder to delete messages from if
1126you were refiling and deleting messages at the same time. This has
1127been fixed (closes SF #1023959).
1128
1129*** auto-mode-alist Updated
1130
1131MH-E originally updated auto-mode-alist to set the major mode of
1132drafts. Now that we explicitly set the mode, there is no reason to do
1133this, and this behavior caused problems for people who didn't use MH-E
1134who were editing files that looked like MH message files (closes SF
1135#1032353).
1136
1137*** ! Doesn't Do Regions
1138
1139Now it does (closes SF #1046330).
1140
1141*** mh-show-unquote-From Fails (read-only buffer)
1142
1143MH-E quotes the `From ' header field that is inserted by MTAs.
1144However, it was trying to do this in a read-only buffer. This has been
1145fixed (closes SF #1089870).
1146
1147*** Whitespace in pick Expressions
1148
1149The `C-u / s RET' command now works. In addition, you can now add
1150whitespace to any of the limiting (/) commands (closes SF #1122655).
1151
1152*** mh-index-previous-folder Does Not Work Correctly
1153
1154If your cursor was on an item below a folder heading and you used
1155`M-TAB' (`mh-index-previous-folder'), you would move to the previous
1156folder heading. This has been fixed (closes SF #1126188).
1157
1158*** Default Identity Prevents Insertion of Auto Fields
1159
1160Auto insertion of an identity now occurs even when the default
1161identity is used (closes SF #1204506).
1162
1163*** mh-compose-forward and Default Message Number
1164
1165`mh-compose-forward' will now default to the sent message in the sent
1166folder and the `cur' message in other folders. It also takes ranges of
1167messages and can include multiple messages at a time (closes SF
1168#1205890).
1169
1170*** Better Handling of Empty cur Sequence
1171
1172If you refiled a message into a folder and then used `F r'
1173(`mh-rescan-folder') in that folder, your cursor would be taken to the
1174first message. The cursor now stays where it was (closes SF #1207247).
1175
1176*** mh-customize Uses Group mh, Not mh-e
1177
1178The `mh' customization group alias has been deleted to avoid some
1179problems that were found (closes SF #1213716).
1180
1181*** "Args out of range" Error in Displaying Message
1182
1183This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1227504).
1184
1185*** Front-and-back Truncation in mailto: Rendering
1186
1187This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1227510).
1188
1189*** Name of the Draft File in mh-comp.el
1190
1191MH is documented to use the draft file. If you use a draft file for
1192something else (like Sylpheed), then use draft folders (closes SF
1193#1231483).
1194
1195*** font-lock Error in mh-letter-mode
1196
1197An error in MH-E was introduced as a result of a change in CVS Emacs.
1198This has been fixed (closes SF #1241017).
1199
1200*** Msg Display Broken After Displaying Msg with Inline Image
1201
1202Messages with inline images no longer trim certain message header
1203fields (closes SF #1306141).
1204
1205*** mh-visit-folder Munges font-lock-keywords
1206
1207MH-E broke highlighting in Gnus buffers. This was actually a problem
1208in CVS Emacs 22 and has been fixed there (closes SF #1393879).
1209
1210*** Illegal Filename Chars for W32 Filesystems
1211
1212Windows users who view `X-Image-URL:' images could not cache the
1213images since the cached image file names had illegal characters. This
1214has been fixed (closes SF #1396499).
1215
1216*** mh-send Doesn't Handle mml Insertions Via mail-user-agent
1217
1218Can now forward messages in Gnus if MH-E is your `mail-user-agent'
1219(closes SF #1399307).
1220
1221*** Can't Narrow to Subject with Regexp Chars
1222
1223The command `/ s' could not limit subjects that had special pick
1224characters (such as [, *, $, .). This has been fixed (closes SF
1225#1432548).
1226
1227*** `/ s' Can Miss the Original Mail
1228
1229The command `/ s' failed to include the message with the "Re:" in the
1230Subject. This has been fixed (closes SF #1438369).
1231
1232*** mhparam -components Fails on mailutils
1233
1234This error prevented MH-E from loading when using GNU mailutils. GNU
1235mailutils drops the `s' in this argument, so we did too since
1236-component still works in nmh and MH (closes SF #1446985).
1237
1238*** `/ s' Still Has Problems With []'d Mail
1239
1240On XEmacs, subjects that had special characters would prevent `/ s'
1241from narrowing to the given subject. These characters are now quoted
1242correctly in XEmacs (closes SF #1447598).
1243
1244*** Variable mh-send-args Is a String, Not a List
1245
1246This was causing errors when sending under GNU mailutils. The internal
1247variable `mh-send-args' is now a list which fixes the problem (closes
1248SF #1448604).
1249
1250*** Update Icons
1251
1252Most of the tool bar icons have been replaced by GTK or GNOME 2 icons
1253(closes SF #1452715).
1254
1255*** Strip Build Number From emacs-version in X-Mailer
1256
1257This has been done (closes SF #1466481).
1258
1259*** Rename Function and Variable Definers
1260
1261If you had ever shown help for an MH-E symbol that was both a function
1262or variable, you might have found that the hyperlink to the file
1263brought you to the wrong definition. This has been fixed by renaming
1264the macros `mh-defgroup', `mh-defcustom', `mh-defface',
1265`mh-defun-compat', and `mh-defmacro-compat' to `defgroup-mh',
1266`defcustom-mh', `defface-mh', `defun-mh', `defmacro-mh' respectively
1267(closes SF #1472029).
1268
1269*** mh-insert-letter Uses Wrong Default
1270
1271If you had used `C-c TAB' (`mh-insert-letter') to insert a letter into
1272your draft, specified a different folder, and chose the default
1273message number, you got the wrong message. This has been fixed (closes
1274SF #1473729).
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1278* Changes in MH-E 7.4.4
1279
1280Version 7.4.4 addresses programmatic issues from the FSF and prepares
bf247b6e 1281MH-E for inclusion into an impending GNU Emacs release (22.1). There
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1282are no user-visible changes (unless you are using XEmacs on DOS or
1283don't have the cl package installed). Filenames are now unique in
1284their first 8 characters (DOS 8.3 requirement). The runtime dependency
1285on the cl package has been removed. Desktop saving and restoration
1286code moved here from desktop.el.
1287
1288* Changes in MH-E 7.4.3
1289
f0d73c14 1290Version 7.4.3 fixes the problem where `mh-identity-list' was not getting
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1291set from .emacs.
1292
1293* Changes in MH-E 7.4.2
1294
1295Version 7.4.2 fixes the accidental dependence on nmh (closes SF
1296#791021).
1297
1298* Changes in MH-E 7.4.1
1299
1300Version 7.4.1 fixes the Makefile so it no longer tries to compile
1301mh-unit.el.
1302
1303* Changes in MH-E 7.4
1304
1305Version 7.4 contains many new useful features including arbitrary MH
1306range handling, new draft features such as draft form editing, as well
1307as sequence propagation and manipulation. We've also fixed bugs and
1308added a handful of new variables.
1309
1310** New Features in MH-E 7.4
1311
1312*** Add Arbitrary Ranges to MH-E UI
1313
1314MH-E now handles any legal MH range (such as last:5 or 4 8 10-12)
1315wherever you're prompted for a message number or sequence (closes SF
1316#728638).
1317
1318*** Remove Prompting in mh-send
1319
1320Brian Reid's original mhe didn't do prompting anywhere but used forms
1321instead. While we won't go that far, we eliminated prompting where a
1322form is already involved, such as in composing a message.
1323
1324The new customization variable `mh-compose-prompt-flag' can be set to
1325t to get the original behavior (closes SF #745622).
1326
1327*** Use TAB to Switch Fields in Header
1328
1329When composing a message, TAB and SHIFT-TAB can be used to move
1330quickly between header fields. The new customization variable,
1331`mh-compose-skipped-header-fields', contains a list of header fields
1332that are skipped and truncated if they are too long (closes SF
1333#745627).
1334
1335*** Alias Completion in Composition Buffer
1336
1337Aliases can be completed in the draft with "M-TAB
1338(mh-letter-complete)". Or, if the customization variable
1339`mh-compose-space-does-completion-flag' is set to t, then a "SPC
1340(mh-letter-complete-or-space)" with do the same thing. If
1341`mh-alias-flash-on-comma' is non-nil, ", (mh-letter-confirm-address)"
1342will show the alias expansion in the minibuffer (closes SF #745634).
1343
1344*** Auto Fields Should be Inserted During Send
1345
1346Fields that were inserted by the multiple personality code when the
1347draft was sent now insert the header fields when the draft is composed
1348to give you a chance to edit them (closes SF #747890).
1349
1350*** mh-index-tick-messages
1351
1352The command "F ' (mh-index-ticked-messages)" creates a buffer with all
1353messages ticked with "' (mh-toggle-tick)" in the folders listed in the
1354new customization variable `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders'. Chances
1355are that if you set `mh-index-new-messages-folders', you'll want to
1356set `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders' accordingly.
1357
1358In addition, a general function, "F q (mh-index-sequenced-messages)"
1359has been provided that displays messages in the `mh-unseen-seq' in the
1360folders listed `mh-index-new-messages-folders', unless a prefix
1361argument is given, in which case you can provide both a list of
1362folders and a sequence (closes SF #718833).
1363
1364*** Narrow to Region
1365
1366If there is a region, "/ r (mh-narrow-to-range)" will only consider
1367those messages in the region. In addition, there is now a stack of
1368folder limits which can be popped with "/ w (mh-widen)". With a prefix
1369arg, all the restrictions are popped off of the stack (closes SF
1370#732823).
1371
1372*** Narrow to Ticked Sequence
1373
1374The buffer can now be narrowed to ticked messages with "S '
1375(mh-narrow-to-tick)" (closes SF #732825).
1376
1377*** Display Multiple Buttons for multipart/alternative
1378
1379A new customizable variable,
1380`mh-display-buttons-for-alternatives-flag', was added to display
1381buttons for the alternatives. The default value is nil to retain the
1382current behavior (closes SF #741288).
1383
1384*** Identity Menu Changes
1385
1386A menu item has been added that inserts custom fields if the To or Cc
1387header fields match `mh-auto-fields-list'.
1388
1389** New Variables in MH-E 7.4
1390
1391*** mh-alias-local-users-prefix
1392
1393This string is prepended to the real names of users from the passwd
1394file. If nil, use the username string unmodified instead of the real
1395name from the gecos field of the passwd file.
1396
1397*** mh-alias-passwd-gecos-comma-separator-flag
1398
1399Non-nil means the gecos field in the passwd file uses comma as a
1400separator. Used to construct aliases for users in the passwd file."
1401
1402*** mh-interpret-number-as-range-flag
1403
1404Non-nil means interpret a number as a range. If the variable is
1405non-nil, and you use an integer, N, when asked for a range to scan,
1406then MH-E uses the range "last:N".
1407
1408*** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook
1409
1410This new hook is invoked at the beginning of the `F k
1411(mh-kill-folder)' command. It is a list of functions to be called,
1412with no arguments, which should return a value of non-nil if you
1413should not be asked if you're sure that you want to remove the folder.
1414This is useful for folders that are easily regenerated.
1415
1416The default value of `mh-index-p' suppresses the prompt on folders
1417generated by an index search.
1418
1419WARNING: Use this hook with care. If there is a bug in your hook which
1420returns t on +inbox and you hit `F k' by accident in the +inbox
1421buffer, you will not be happy.
1422
1423*** mh-refile-preserves-sequences-flag
1424
1425Non-nil means that sequences are preserved when messages are refiled.
1426If this variable is non-nil and a message belonging to a sequence
1427other than cur or Previous-Sequence (see mh-profile 5) is refiled then
1428it is put in the same sequence in the destination folder. Additional
1429sequences that should not to be preserved can be specified by setting
1430`mh-unpropagated-sequences' appropriately.
1431
1432*** mh-visible-header-fields
1433
1434Customize this instead of `mh-visible-headers', which is now a defvar.
1435This was done to mimic the relationship between
1436`mh-invisible-header-fields' and `mh-invisible-fields'.
1437
1438** Variables Deleted in MH-E 7.4
1439
1440*** mh-visible-headers
1441
1442See the paragraph for `mh-visible-header-fields' above.
1443
1444** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.4
1445
1446*** Aliases Constantly Reloaded
1447
1448The system aliases are not loaded as often as they were, so the
1449completion speed has been dramatically improved if your passwd file is
1450large (closes SF #693859).
1451
1452*** Folders in MH-Index View Not Saved
1453
1454When you perform a search to produce an MH-Index buffer, the folders
1455that contain the messages are shown. If the MH-Index buffer was
1456deleted, or Emacs was restarted and the corresponding folder
1457rescanned, the folder information would be lost. This has been fixed
1458by saving the information in a file called ".mhe_index" (closes SF
1459#701762).
1460
1461*** Ticking Messages in +mhe-index/new
1462
1463If a new message in a buffer created by "F n" was ticked (with "'"),
1464the message would not be added to the tick sequence in the source
1465folder. This has been fixed so that any sequence changes in any index
1466folder (from within MH-E of course) are now reflected back to the
1467corresponding source folder (closes SF #709664).
1468
1469*** Custom Vars Set by a Function
1470
1471The default setting of customization variable `mh-summary-height' is
1472now `nil' which means MH-E will change the size dynamically according
1473to the size of the frame (closes SF #723267).
1474
1475*** Folder Completion Slow
1476
1477The first folder completion was very slow. This has been fixed (closes
1478SF #730426).
1479
1480*** Tick Sequence Persistent When Refiled
1481
1482Sequences are now preserved when messages are refiled (closes SF
1483#737128).
1484
1485*** Auto-inserted Header Fields Inconsistent
1486
1487For consistency, all automatically inserted header fields (such as
1488X-Mailer and X-Face) are added when the draft is first presented to
1489you. This also gives you a chance to edit or delete them if necessary
1490(closes SF #745624). Note that we would be distressed if you deleted
1491the X-Mailer field.
1492
1493*** Toolbar Spec Error
1494
1495The following message appeared when displaying a message in XEmacs:
1496
1497 Signaling: (error "Toolbar spec must be list or nil" )
1498
1499This has been fixed (closes SF #745655).
1500
1501*** mh-index-search Doesn't Find Short Acronyms
1502
1503Swish typically ignores words with fewer than four letters, but will
1504still look for acronyms. Unfortunately, MH-E was downcasing the input
1505words which defeated this feature. This has been fixed (closes SF
1506#755718).
1507
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1509
1510* Changes in MH-E 7.3
1511
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1512This release includes the new features of an index view of unseen
1513messages in all folders, spam software support, relative folder
1514specification @ support, marking messages, recipient handling by
1515mh-default-folder-list, Face and X-Image-URL header field support, and
1516Fcc completion. Function arguments have been unified. Bugs have been
1517fixed.
1518
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1519** New Features in MH-E 7.3
1520
286fbd0f 1521*** Unified Function Arguments
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1522
1523Any function with MSG-OR-SEQ in its docstring uses the displayed
1524message by default for this argument. However, if a prefix argument is
1525provided, then the user is prompted for a message sequence. If the
1526variable `transient-mark-mode' is non-nil and the mark is active, then
1527the function operates on the messages in the selected region. In a
1528program, MSG-OR-SEQ can be a message number, a list of message
1529numbers, a region in a cons cell, or a sequence.
1530
286fbd0f 1531*** MH-Index View of Unseen Messages
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1532
1533Use "F n (mh-index-new-messages)" or Folder -> View New Messages menu
1534item to display messages in the `mh-unseen-seq' sequence in folders
1535specified by `mh-index-new-messages-folders'. With a prefix argument,
1536enter a space-separated list of folders, or nothing to search all
1537folders.
1538
1539Like other MH-Index folders, use "v (mh-index-visit-folder)" if you
1540wish to visit the original folder with the unseen message. This is
1541usually not necessary since the original message is annotated if you
1542reply, deleted if you delete the message, or refiled if you refile the
1543message (closes SF #701756).
1544
286fbd0f 1545*** Spam Software Support
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1546
1547MH-E now supports several spam filters including Bogofilter,
1548SpamProbe, and SpamAssassin. Spam that is mistakenly considered to be
1549good mail can be reclassified as spam with "J b (mh-junk-blacklist)".
1550Conversely, good mail that is accidently considered to be spam can be
1551reclassified with "J w (mh-junk-whitelist)" (closes SF #669518).
1552
1553If a message is blacklisted, and `mh-junk-mail-folder' is a string,
1554then the message is refiled to that folder. If this variable is nil,
1555the message is deleted. If a message is whitelisted, then the message
1556is refiled to `mh-inbox'.
1557
1558To change the spam program being used, customize `mh-junk-program'.
1559This should only be necessary if you have multiple filters on your
1560system and MH-E picked the wrong one. These customization variables
1561are found in the new customization group `mh-junk'.
1562
1563The documentation for the following functions describes what setup is
1564needed for the different spam fighting programs:
1565
1566 - `mh-bogofilter-blacklist'
1567 - `mh-spamprobe-blacklist'
1568 - `mh-spamassassin-blacklist'
1569
286fbd0f 1570*** Relative Folder Specification @ Supported
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1571
1572You can now use the relative folder marker @ in folder names (closes
1573SF #666774).
1574
286fbd0f 1575*** Marking Messages
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1576
1577Messages can now be highlighted with "' (mh-toggle-tick)", Sequence ->
1578Toggle Tick Mark menu item or the "Toggle tick mark" button. These
1579messages are added to the "tick" sequence, although this sequence can
1580be changed in `mh-tick-seq'. The highlighting effect can be modified
1581by customizing `mh-folder-tick-face' (closes SF #623367).
1582
1583There is also a new keybinding "/ ' (mh-narrow-to-tick)" and menu item
1584Sequence -> Narrow to Tick Sequence to narrow the view to the
1585highlighted messages.
1586
286fbd0f 1587*** mh-default-folder-list Now Takes Recipients
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1588
1589If you wish to file a message based upon the recipient of a message
1590(such as a mailing list), you can now indicate that when filling out
1591the address in the `mh-default-folder-list' customization variable.
1592
286fbd0f 1593*** Face Header Field Supported
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1594
1595In addition to the X-Face header field, the Face header field, which
1596can display color images, is now supported. As a bonus, the external
1597xface-e21 library is no longer required.
1598
286fbd0f 1599*** X-Image-URL Support
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1600
1601Images specified in X-Image-URL header fields are now supported.
1602See the customization variable `mh-fetch-x-image-url' to enable this
1603support.
1604
286fbd0f 1605*** Fcc Completion
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1606
1607Folders in Fcc fields in message drafts can now be completed with
1608M-TAB.
1609
1610** New Variables in MH-E 7.3
1611
1612Variables that have been added to MH-E that have not been discussed
1613elsewhere are listed here.
1614
1615*** mh-auto-fields-list
1616
1617Alist of addresses for which header lines are automatically inserted.
1618When a regular expression matches in the To or cc fields of a message,
1619the corresponding header field is automatically inserted in the
1620message header. It also allows the automatic setting of an identity
1621(using `mh-insert-identity') to set an alternate identity when sending
1622messages to a certain person or mailing list.
1623
1624Since this is a more general use of `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-flag'
1625and `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-list', these variables have been removed.
1626
1627*** mh-show-xface-face
1628
1629Face for displaying the X-Face image.
1630
1631*** mh-xemacs-toolbar-position
1632
1633This customization variable allows the user to place the toolbar on
1634the four edges of the frame.
1635
1636*** mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag
1637
1638This customization variable is used to enable or disable the toolbar
1639under XEmacs.
1640
1641** Variables Deleted in MH-E 7.3
1642
1643Variables that have been removed from MH-E that have not been
1644discussed elsewhere are listed here.
1645
1646*** mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message-flag
1647
1648No longer needed since the external program mimencode is no longer
1649used.
1650
1651*** mh-index-show-hook
1652
1653This hook was never used, so it was removed.
1654
1655*** mh-tool-bar-reply-3-buttons-flag
1656
1657Obsolete. This functionality is present `mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons'.
1658
1659** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.3
1660
286fbd0f 1661*** Can't Refile Message
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1662
1663Messages with invalid addresses were causing errors in ali which
1664prevented the refiling of messages. The ali error is now shown in the
1665"*MH-E Log*" buffer and refiling suggests the last folder used (closes
1666SF #680388).
1667
286fbd0f 1668*** Empty Body Triggers Duped Header
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1669
1670If the body was empty the header would be treated like the body and
1671was therefore displayed twice. This has been fixed (closes SF
1672#681162).
1673
286fbd0f 1674*** mml or mhl Directives Not Always Processed
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1675
1676The mml and mhl directives used to create body parts were not
1677processed if one re-edited a draft, or if they added the directives
1678manually. The directives are now always processed upon sending the
1679letter. You may still, of course, use "C-c C-m m (mh-mml-to-mime)" or
1680"C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" to manually create the MIME body parts from
1681the directives and then send the draft.
1682
286fbd0f 1683*** mh-alias-grab-from-field Fails
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1684
1685MH-E was adding aliases with angle brackets around the address when
1686there wasn't a phrase (usually, the user's name), to go with it. This
1687caused ali to fail which caused problems in MH-E. This is probably a
1688bug in ali, but MH-E no longer inserts angle brackets around the
1689address unless there is a phrase, which avoids the problem (closes SF
1690#690216).
1691
286fbd0f 1692*** XEmacs Fixes
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1693
1694MH-E is now fully supported under XEmacs and compiles without any
1695warnings.
1696
1697In particular, the following now work under XEmacs:
1698
1699- X-Face, Face, and X-Image-URL header fields
1700- MH-E logo in mode line
1701- Emphasis (bold, italics, etc.)
1702- Smilies
1703- Toolbar
1704
286fbd0f 1705*** Indexed Folders Should Respect mh-show-threads-flag
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1706
1707Indexed folders are now threaded if `mh-show-threads-flag' is non-nil
1708(closes SF #709667).
1709
286fbd0f 1710*** Threading Index View Loses Folder Info
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1711
1712This has been fixed (closes SF #709672).
1713
286fbd0f 1714*** No Undo Information When Re-editing Drafts
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1715
1716Undo is turned on in the draft buffer when using "e (mh-edit-again)"
1717(closes SF #712777).
1718
286fbd0f 1719*** Forwarded base64-encoded Messages Are Incorrectly Displayed
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1720
1721This has been fixed (closes SF #681518).
1722
286fbd0f 1723*** Append to *MH-E Log* Buffer
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1724
1725The last 100 lines of log messages are kept in the *MH-E Log* buffer.
1726Previously, the buffer was erased every time it was written (closes SF
1727#685476). In addition, many of the MH-E commands now send their output
1728into this buffer instead of a plethora of other special-purpose
1729buffers.
1730
286fbd0f 1731*** mh-inc-folder Complains if No Mail and No Current Message
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1732
1733The function `mh-inc-folder' no longer calls `mh-show' if point is not
1734on a valid scan line. This keeps `mh-inc-folder' from complaining
1735(closes SF #678115).
1736
286fbd0f 1737*** Folder Normalization Strips Leading Slash
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1738
1739Leading "/" characters in folder names entered by the user were being
1740lost. This has been fixed (closes SF #676890).
1741
286fbd0f 1742*** Print Header Doesn't Show Message
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1743
1744When printing a sequence, the header simply indicated that a sequence,
1745but not which one, was being printed and did not show the message
1746number. This has been fixed. If more than one message is printed, a
1747page of the scan lines is printed and its header indicates the
1748sequence or message range. The pages with the actual messages all set
1749the header to the folder and message displayed on that page.
1750
286fbd0f 1751*** Aliases Constantly Reloaded
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1752
1753Empty lists are now handled properly (closes SF #693859).
1754
286fbd0f 1755*** Remove RCS Keywords
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1756
1757Removed RCS keywords per Emacs conventions (closes SF #680731).
1758
286fbd0f 1759*** Replace Mimencode
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1760
1761MH-E was enhanced to decode message based on charset and
1762Content-Transfer-Encoding. This eliminates the need for the external
1763program mimencode (closes SF #674857).
1764
1765\f
1766
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1767* Changes in MH-E 7.2
1768
1769This release includes the new features of filing hints, hierarchical
1770file name completion, indexed search and pick integration, unification
1771between `mh-visit-folder' and the speedbar, a displayed message
1772indicator, buffer name organization, support for mairix indexed
1773search, and last but not least, the MH-E logo has been added to the
1774mode line. Code that handles sequences and message regions runs
1775faster. Bugs have been fixed.
1776
1777** New Features in MH-E 7.2
1778
1779*** Filing Hints
1780
1781When you file a message, MH-E now looks for an alias corresponding to
1782the address of the sender and offers that as a default folder (closes
1783SF #657096). The new variable `mh-default-folder-prefix' can be used
1784to put these folders in a sub-folder. The new variable
1785`mh-default-folder-must-exist-flag' means to suppress the suggested
1786folder (thereby providing the previous folder used) if the folder
1787doesn't already exist. The new variable `mh-default-folder-list' can
1788be used to map additional addresses and folders.
1789
1790*** Hierarchical File Name Completion
1791
1792When you completed filenames in the past, you were presented with a
1793list of all your folders at all depths in the tree. Now you are
1794presented with only one level at a time (closes SF #664821).
1795As a result, the variables `mh-auto-folder-collect-flag' and
1796`mh-folder-list-change-hook' are obsolete.
1797
1798*** Indexed Search and Pick Integration
1799
1800The indexed and pick searches have been integrated (closes SF
1801#664816). Both "F s (mh-search-folder)" and "F i (mh-index-search)"
1802use the pick template for forming queries. To submit the query, use
1803"C-c C-c (mh-do-search)" which will use the query method you selected.
1804If you change your mind while forming the query, you can use "C-c C-i
1805(mh-index-do-search)" or "C-c C-p (mh-pick-do-search)" to submit the
1806query using the respective method.
1807
1808Second, the results from a pick search are now saved in a sub-folder
1809of +mhe-index like an indexed search.
1810
1811Third, `pick' is now a valid choice for `mh-index-program'.
1812
1813*** mh-visit-folder Metamorphosis Continues
1814
1815When visiting a folder from the speedbar, only the unseen messages are
1816shown if there are unseen messages. If there aren't any unseen
1817messages, all of the messages are shown if there are fewer than
1818`mh-large-folder' messages; otherwise, the user is prompted for the
1819range of messages to display. The "F v (mh-visit-folder)" command has
1820been modified to mimic this behavior. Use a prefix arg to force the
1821message range prompt.
1822
1823*** Displayed Message Indicator
1824
1825In graphical Emacs, the message that is shown is marked by a triangle
1826in the fringe. In textual Emacs, there is a ">" in the first column
1827(closes SF #664824).
1828
1829*** Buffer Name Organization
1830
1831All ephemeral buffer names start with " *mh" while all interesting
1832buffers start with "*MH-E ". The "*Folders*", "*Sequences*", and
1833"*Recipients*" buffers were therefore renamed to "*MH-E Folders*",
1834"*MH-E Sequences*" and "*MH-E Recipients*" respectively (programmers
1835should see mh-utils.el for the names of the new constants). Also, the
1836output of MH commands is saved in the "*MH-E Log*" buffer.
1837
1838*** mh-index-program
1839
1840Add choices for `mairix' and `pick'.
1841
1842*** Logo Displayed on Mode Line
1843
1844** New Variables in MH-E 7.2
1845
1846The new variables have been discussed elsewhere.
1847
1848** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.2
1849
1850*** mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message
1851
1852Messages that had been encoded with base64 were not decoded. This has
1853been fixed with this new function (closes SF #674190). As a result,
1854the variable `mh-decode-quoted-printable-flag' has been renamed to
1855`mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message-flag'.
1856
1857*** mh-kill-folder
1858
1859Now restores previous window configuration (closes SF #664828).
1860
1861*** mh-mime-display
1862
1863MH-E was not using the charset defined in the content-type
1864header. This meant that mail in a different charset would not
1865be properly displayed. This has been fixed (closes SF #655123).
1866
1867*** mh-read-address
1868
1869In XEmacs and Emacs20, this function would always prompt using "To: "
1870instead of using the command argument. This has been fixed (closes SF
1871#670913).
1872
1873*** mh-rmail
1874
1875Unseen messages are now shown in addition to new ones (closes SF
1876#667542).
1877
1878*** mh-scan-msg-overflow-regexp
1879
1880Change the variable so that a space is always maintained in the
1881beginning of the scan line.
1882
1883*** mh-swish-execute-search
1884
1885The example configuration file in the docstring didn't show the
1886backslash in the FileRules filename. If the example had been used
1887literally by the user, no files would be indexed! This has been fixed
1888(closes SF #665888).
1889
1890*** mh-thread-refile
1891
1892The "T o (mh-thread-refile)" command did not provide refiling hints
1893like `mh-refile-msg'. This has been fixed (closes SF #664829).
1894
1895*** mh-toggle-threads
1896
1897If the threaded view was modified and then toggled, the standard view
1898may not have been accurate (as it contained a potentially old first
1899message to last message range). This has been fixed (closes SF
1900#626117).
1901
1902*** mh-tool-bar-show-set, mh-tool-bar-letter-set, mh-tool-bar-folder-set
1903
1904Clicking the customize and help buttons now deletes the other windows
1905in the frame.
1906
1907*** mh-version
1908
1909The "M-x mh-version" command displayed "Aliasfile: aliases". This has
1910been fixed (closes SF #664467). See Buffer Name Organization above.
1911
1912\f
1913
1914* Changes in MH-E 7.1
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1915
1916This release includes the new features of multiple identities and
1917alias completion. In addition, indexed searching has been revamped.
1918Various other features have been added and a few bugs were fixed.
1919
1920** New Features in MH-E 7.1
1921
1922*** Multiple Identities
1923
1924MH-E now supports multiple identities (closes SF #628782). That means
1925that you can have different From and Organization header fields (or
1926any other header field of your choice) as well as different signatures
1927depending on your context. Usually, the contexts are home and work.
1928
1929Add your identities to the variable `mh-identity-list' and set the
1930default identity with the variable `mh-identity-default'. Your
1931identity can be switched on the fly by using the Identity menu or by
1932calling "M-x mh-insert-identity RET".
1933
1934This functionality can be customized within the mh-identity group.
1935
1936*** Alias Completion and Harvesting
1937
1938The contributed file mh-alias.el has been rewritten and incorporated
1939into MH-E.
1940
1941By default, aliases are culled from the system files
1942"/etc/nmh/MailAliases," "/usr/lib/mh/MailAliases," and "/etc/passwd"
1943(see `mh-alias-system-aliases') and from your "AliasFile" MH profile
1944component. These aliases are then used for completion in the
1945minibuffer when entering addresses. Within the header of the message
1946draft, "M-TAB (mh-letter-complete)" is used to do alias completion.
1947
1948The package also provides for alias creation based upon the From
1949header field of the current message. Use the lasso button
1950(mh-alias-grab-from-field).
1951
1952This functionality can be customized within the mh-alias group.
1953
1954*** Index Folder Updates
1955
1956The results of an index search "F i (mh-index-search)" are now stored
1957in a bona fide folder so that you can refile messages and reply to
1958messages directly from the result folder. This folder is a sub-folder
1959of +mhe-index and the name is based upon the search string (closes SF
1960#623321).
1961
1962If a prefix argument is given then the search in the current index
1963buffer is redone.
1964
1965The index folder lists the names of the source folders as before.
1966However, instead of using RET on the name of the folder to visit the
1967folder, use "v (mh-show-index-visit-folder)" anywhere within the
1968results to visit that folder narrowed to the results of the search.
1969Additional functions have been added to navigate including "TAB
1970(mh-index-next-folder)", and "SHIFT-TAB (mh-index-previous-folder)."
1971
1972*** mh-visit-folder Interface Updated
1973
1974A change was made to the prompting of the message range. In general,
1975you can use the same format for messages and sequences as you can in
1976MH with a single exception: a single number means to scan that many
1977messages, rather than scan that message number. This turns out to be
1978much more useful than visiting a single message and is consistent with
1979Gnus and the MH-E speedbar (closes SF #655891).
1980
1981If mh-visit-folder is called non-interactively and RANGE is nil then
1982all messages are displayed. This behavior is now documented and
1983provides backwards compatibility.
1984
1985*** Threading Improvements
1986
1987After incorporating new mail into a threaded folder, unseen messages
1988can be spread about. Two new functions have been added to make it
1989easier to find them: these are "M-n (mh-next-unread-msg)" and "M-p
1990(mh-previous-unread-msg)" (closes SF #630328)
1991
1992Two new functions were added to delete and refile threads. They are "T
1993d (mh-thread-delete)" and "T o (mh-thread-refile)" respectively
1994(closes SF #630493).
1995
1996In addition, the key "k" used to be bound to the function
1997`mh-delete-subject': it is now bound to
1998`mh-show-delete-subject-or-thread'.
1999
2000New functions to navigate threads include "T u (mh-thread-ancestor)",
2001which can jump to the root message of the current thread given an
2002optional argument, "T n (mh-thread-next-sibling)", and "T p
2003(mh-thread-previous-sibling)"
2004
2005*** Refiling of Messages in Region
2006
2007If mark is active and `transient-mark-mode' is enabled then all the
2008messages in the region are refiled.
2009
2010*** vCard Handling
2011
2012If a signature cannot be identified, but there is a vCard attachment,
2013then that vCard will be presented as a signature (closes SF #649216).
2014
2015*** New Info Added to mh-version
2016
2017Information about Gnus versions available at both compile time and run
2018time has been added.
2019
2020** New Variables in MH-E 7.1
2021
2022The defcustom groups were reorganized. Rather than iterate the
2023specific changes here, you are invited to browse the groups with "M-x
2024mh-customize RET".
2025
2026*** mh-alias-completion-ignore-case-flag
2027
2028Non-nil means don't consider case significant in MH alias completion.
2029This is the default in plain MH, so it is the default here as well. It
2030can be useful to set this to t if, for example, you use lowercase
2031aliases for people and uppercase for mailing lists.
2032
2033*** mh-alias-expand-aliases-flag
2034
2035Non-nil means to expand aliases entered in the minibuffer. In other
2036words, aliases entered in the minibuffer will be expanded to the full
2037address in the message draft. By default, this expansion is not
2038performed.
2039
2040*** mh-alias-flash-on-comma
2041
2042Specify whether to flash the translation of the alias or warn if there
2043isn't a translation of the alias.
2044
2045*** mh-alias-insert-file
2046
2047Filename to use to store new MH-E aliases. This variable can also be a
2048list of filenames, in which case MH-E will prompt for one of them. If
2049nil, the default, then MH-E will use the first file found in the
2050"AliasFile" component of the MH profile.
2051
2052*** mh-alias-insertion-location
2053
2054Specifies where new aliases are entered in alias files. Options are
2055sorted alphabetically (the default), at the top of the file or at the
2056bottom.
2057
2058*** mh-alias-local-users
2059
2060If t, local users are completed in MH-E To: and Cc: prompts.
2061
2062If you set this variable to a string, it will be executed to generate
2063a password file. A value of "ypcat passwd" is helpful if NIS is in
2064use.
2065
2066*** mh-alias-system-aliases
2067
2068A list of system files from which to cull aliases. If these files are
2069modified, they are automatically reread. This list need include only
2070system aliases and the passwd file, since personal alias files listed
2071in your "AliasFile" MH profile component are automatically included.
2072
2073*** mh-identity-default
2074
2075Default identity to use when `mh-letter-mode' is called.
2076
2077*** mh-identity-list
2078
2079List holding MH-E identity.
2080
2081*** mh-invisible-header-fields
2082
2083Simple user interface to change `mh-invisible-headers'.
2084
2085*** mh-letter-complete-function
2086
2087Function to call when completing outside of fields specific to
2088aliases. By default, it is bound to 'ispell-complete-word.
2089
2090*** mh-show-threads-flag
2091
2092Non-nil means new folders start in threaded mode. Threading large
2093number of messages can be time consuming. So if the flag is non-nil
2094then threading will be done only if the number of messages being
2095threaded is less than `mh-large-folder' (closes SF #646794).
2096
2097*** mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons
2098
2099Buttons to include in MH-E folder/show toolbar.
2100
2101*** mh-tool-bar-letter-buttons
2102
2103Buttons to include in MH-E letter toolbar.
2104
2105** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.1
2106
2107*** mh-get-new-mail
2108
2109Call new function `mh-add-cur-notation' to undo the work of
2110`mh-remove-cur-notation' if there was no new mail (closes SF #647681).
2111
2112*** mh-set-cmd-note
2113
2114No longer updates the default `mh-cmd-note' value. This resulted in
2115the misplacement of the current mark when the message number width
2116changed (closes SF #643701).
2117
2118\f
2119
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2121
2122This is a major release which includes a lot of new features including
2123improved MIME handling, speedbar folder browsing, and indexed
2124searching. In this version, MH-E runs under XEmacs, passes checkdoc,
2125and compiles clean under all supported platforms.
2126
2127The "passes checkdoc" feature above required changing the name of
2128several user-visible variables. It is likely that this affects you.
2129Please be sure to see the table at the end of these notes and rename
2130your variables accordingly.
2131
2132MH-E has been written mh-e, Mh-e, MH-e and MH-E. We have decided that
2133the proper term should be MH-E. Please try to use MH-E in your
2134writing.
2135
2136** New Features in MH-E 7.0
2137
2138*** Speedbar
2139
2140There is now support for the speedbar. Try "M-x speedbar" (closes SF
177c0ea7 2141#503727).
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2142
2143Press the middle mouse button on the `+' icons to open a folder,
2144middle mouse button on a folder name to open the folder. Folders with
2145unseen messages are shown in bold, so this is a handy way to browse
2146new messages that you have filed with procmail or slocal.
2147
2148See the new customization variable `mh-large-folder,' which controls
2149when the speedbar asks for how many messages to scan when opening a
2150large folder and `mh-speed-run-flists-flag' whose default value of t
2151means to use the flists command to populate the count of unseen and
2152total messages in each folder.
2153
2154*** Indexed Search
2155
2156Interoperability with swish++, swish, glimpse, and namazu has been
2157added to enable lightening-fast searches of your mail. If none of
2158these are present, grep is used. Try "F i (mh-index-search)".
2159
2160For more information, read the documentation for the functions
2161`mh-swish++-execute-search,' `mh-swish-execute-search,'
2162`mh-namazu-execute-search,' or `mh-glimpse-execute-search' depending
2163on your preferred indexing program to see what kind of setup is needed
2164to generate the index.
2165
2166*** Threading
2167
2168Use "T t (mh-toggle-threads)" to view the threads in the folder. Use
2169it again to return to a non-threaded view.
2170
2171*** Brief Help
2172
2173Use "? (mh-help)" and "X ? (mh-prefix-help)," where X is a prefix
2174character, for a brief synopsis in the minibuffer of frequently used
2175commands. In the MH-Letter or MH-Pick buffers, use "C-c ? (mh-help)"
2176(closes SF #493740).
2177
2178*** Folder Keymap Shared by Show Buffer
2179
2180You can now use the MH-Folder mode commands from the MH-Show buffer.
2181Because of this, the MH-Show buffer is now read-only (closes SF
2182#493749 and SF #527946) and you now have to use "M (mh-modify)" to
2183edit a message.
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2185*** Better Scanning
2186
2187You no longer have to modify your scan format if your folders have
2188more than 9999 messages in them. If you've only modified your scan
2189format file to allow for the wider message numbers, consider using the
2190default behavior of MH-E and simplify your MH-E configuration
2191considerably (closes SF #635791).
2192
2193To do this, you may have to remove your modifications of
2194`mh-scan.*-regexp' and `mh-cmd-note' and your customization of
2195`mh-scan-format-file'.
2196
2197You may still want the updated format files for running MH commands
2198outside of MH-E; the default of `mh-scan-format-file' will cause them
2199to be ignored.
2200
2201If you prefer fixed-width message numbers, set the new customization
2202variable to nil , set this variable to
2203nil and call `mh-set-cmd-note' with the width specified by the scan format in
2204`mh-scan-format-file'. For example, the default width is 4, so you would use
2205"(mh-set-cmd-note 4)" if `mh-scan-format-file' were nil.
2206
2207*** X-Face
2208
2209MH-E now displays the content of the X-Face header field in the From
2210field. When sending a message, an X-Face field is appended to the
2211header if it doesn't already exist and "~/.face" is present. See the
2212new customization variables `mh-show-use-xface-flag' and `mh-x-face-file'
2213(closes SF #480770).
2214
2215MH-E depends on the external x-face package found in
2216ftp://ftp.jpl.org/pub/elisp/ to do this. The `uncompface' binary is
2217also required to be in the execute PATH. It can be obtained from:
2218http://freshmeat.net/redir/compface/1439/url_tgz/compface-1.4.tar.gz.
2219
2220It has also been observed that if you don't see the faces, you might
2221have to do this (for unknown reasons):
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2223 mv /usr/local/include/compface.h /usr/include/
2224
2225*** Graphical Smileys
2226
2227Smiley's are now converted to cute little images. See the new
2228customization variable `mh-graphical-smileys-flag.'
2229
2230*** Text Emphasis
2231
2232ASCII formatting is now converted to the appropriate font. For
2233example, _underline_ is underlined, *bold* appears in bold, /italic/
2234appears in italic, etc. See `gnus-emphasis-alist' for the whole list.
2235See the new customization variables `mh-decode-mime' and
2236`mh-graphical-emphasis-flag.'
2237
2238*** Attachment Handling
2239
2240Inline attachments are now displayed. Regular attachments appear as
2241buttons in show buffer. Use "K TAB (mh-next-button)" or "K SHIFT-TAB
2242(mh-prev-button)" to cycle through these buttons. Use "K v
2243(mh-folder-toggle-mime-part)" to view, "K o
2244(mh-folder-save-mime-part)" to save one part or "K-a
2245(mh-save-mime-parts)" to save all parts, or "K i
2246(mh-folder-inline-mime-part)" to view the attachment inline.
2247
2248See the new customization variable `mh-decode-mime' for additional
2249information. Other customization variables that affect this new feature
2250include `mh-store-mime-parts-default-directory' and
2251`mh-display-buttons-for-inline-parts-flag'.
2252
2253HTML documents can be viewed inline if Gnus v5.10 and w3 or w3m lisp
2254packages are present. Set the customization variable
2255`mm-text-html-renderer' accordingly (closes SF #453352).
2256
2257*** Quoted-printable Handling
2258
2259Quoted-printable body parts are now decoded.
2260
2261*** More Choices for `mh-yank-from-start-of-msg'
2262
2263Historically, if this variable was t, the entire message, with full
2264headers would be included and every line would begin with
2265`mh-ins-buf-prefix.' This usage is deprecated in favor of the setting
2266`supercite' below. The default has been changed to `attribution.' The
2267following symbols are now understood:
2268
2269`body': yank the message minus the header.
2270
2271`supercite': include the entire message, with full headers. This also
2272causes the invocation of `sc-cite-original' without the setting of
2273`mail-citation-hook', now deprecated practice.
2274
2275`autosupercite': do as for `supercite' automatically when show buffer
2276matches the message being replied-to.
2277
2278`attribution': yank the message minus the header and add a simple
2279attribution line at the top.
2280
2281`autoattrib': do as for `attribution' automatically when show buffer
2282matches the message being replied-to.
2283
2284There is a new customization variable called
2285`mh-extract-from-attribution-verb' which is used for attribution which
2286provides a method for setting a different language.
2287
2288*** Use Gnus mml Instead of mhn
2289
2290When inserting attachments into a message draft, Gnus mml directives
2291are now used instead of mhn directives. One beneficial side-effect of
2292this is that attachments can now appear inline as well as separate.
2293
2294The new customization variable `mh-compose-insertion' controls whether
2295Gnus or mhn is used to insert MIME message directives in messages
2296(default: 'gnus, if the mml library exists).
2297
2298*** Content-Type Now Obtained Automatically
2299
2300The value of the Content-Type no longer needs to be entered by the
2301user.
2302
2303*** Attachments Automatically Included Upon Send
2304
2305You no longer have to run "C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" before sending a
2306message with attachments--this is done automatically when you send the
2307message with "C-c C-c (mh-send-letter)". There is, however, a new key
2308binding "C-c C-m m (mh-mml-to-mime)" which is analogous to "C-c C-e
2309(mh-edit-mhn)".
2310
2311*** GPG Handling
2312
2313Messages that have been signed or encrypted with GPG are verified and
2314decrypted automatically. To sign or encrypt a message, use "C-c RET
2315C-s (mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime)" and "C-c C-m C-e
2316(mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime)." You need Gnus version 5.10
2317for this feature. These functions are provided by the pgg.el package.
2318
2319Users report "flashing" with the pgg.el package and prefer the gpg.el
2320package instead. To use gpg.el instead of the pgg.el package you need:
2321
2322 (setq mml2015-use 'gpg)
2323
2324To mimic automatic encryption in gpg.el, use:
2325
2326 (setq mm-verify-option 'always)
2327 (setq mm-decrypt-option 'always)
2328
2329The venerable mailcrypt package is also an option. However, now that
2330show buffers are read-only, mailcrypt version 3.5.6 and older fail
2331when they attempt to decrypt the contents.
2332
2333*** Mail-Followup-To Header Field
2334
2335Support for this controversial field has been added because nmh
2336supports it (closes SF #627035). If you want to add it to outgoing
2337mail for selected mailing lists, add those mailing lists to the new
2338customization variable `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-list.' If you think
2339this field is evil, set the new customization variable
2340`mh-insert-mail-followup-to-flag' to nil.
2341
2342*** Gnus Issues
2343
2344If you update Gnus, you must recompile MH-E. Note that if you are
2345running the stock version of MH-E that comes with Emacs or the MH-E
2346package on a Debian GNU/Linux, this is done for you.
2347
2348** New Variables in MH-E 7.0
2349
2350New customization variables not mentioned earlier include:
2351
2352*** mh-letter-insert-signature-hook
2353
2354Invoked at the beginning of the "C-c C-s (mh-insert-signature)"
2355command. Can be used to determine which signature file to use based on
2356message content. On return, if `mh-signature-file-name' is non-nil
2357that file will be inserted at the current point in the buffer.
2358
2359*** mh-show-maximum-size
2360
2361Maximum size of message (in bytes) to display automatically. Provides
2362an opportunity to skip over large messages which may be slow to load.
2363Use a value of 0 to display all messages automatically regardless of
2364size (closes SF #488696).
2365
2366*** mh-tool-bar-reply-3-buttons-flag
2367
2368Non-nil means use three buttons for reply commands in tool-bar. If you
2369have room on your tool-bar because you are using a large font, you may
2370set this variable to expand the single reply button into three buttons
2371that won't lead to minibuffer prompt about who to reply to.
2372
2373** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.0
2374
2375*** mh-delete-msg, mh-refile-msg, mh-undo
2376
2377Mandrake Linux includes XEmacs initialization code that binds
2378`transient-mark-mode' which causes problems in MH-E. These problems
2379have been fixed (closes SF #541915).
2380
2381*** mh-edit-again
2382
2383This would sometimes yield a read-only buffer. This has been fixed
2384(closes SF #624283 and SF #625538).
2385
2386*** mh-forward
2387
2388When using nmh, always specify -mime so as to preserve the original
2389message(s).
2390
2391*** mh-inc-folder
2392
2393If you had narrowed to a sequence and then incorporated new mail,
2394those new messages would not be present in your +inbox when you
2395widened. This has been fixed (closes SF #489430, SF #489437, SF
2396#629233).
2397
2398*** mh-insert-letter
2399
2400No longer uses mhl to include a message as this mangled the header and
2401gave supercite fits (closes SF #629153).
2402
2403*** mh-letter-mode
2404
2405"M-q (fill-paragraph)" now fills quoted paragraphs (for example,
2406starting with "> ") correctly (closes SF #489927).
2407
177c0ea7 2408*** mh-next-undeleted-msg, mh-previous-undeleted-msg
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2409
2410If there are no more undeleted messages the point remains at its
2411original position and a message is produced (closes SF #494304).
2412
2413*** mh-pick-mode
2414
2415Now calls `mh-pick-mode-hook' as documented.
2416
2417*** mh-put-msg-in-seq
2418
2419Now puts all messages in region in sequence (closes SF #630324).
2420
2421*** mh-refile-msg, mh-write-msg-to-file
2422
2423These functions stomped on the variables that held the name of the
2424last file and folder respectively for the other function. This has
2425been fixed so that the last folder or file name is preserved (closes
2426SF #580772).
2427
2428*** mh-region-to-sequence
2429
2430If the region in MH-Folder was set with "C-x h (mark-whole-buffer)",
2431you couldn't perform operations on all of the messages as you would
2432expect. This has been fixed (closes SF #621632).
2433
2434*** mh-reply
2435
2436Performing an undo the first thing after replying would blank out the
2437entire draft. Now just the insertion of the yanked message is undone
2438leaving the header and signature intact for additional editing (closes
2439SF #623693).
2440
2441*** mh-show-mode
2442
2443Now calls `mh-show-mode-hook' as documented (closes SF #627222).
2444
2445*** mh-subject-thread-to-sequence
2446
2447Make 'subject sequence a real one, exported to MH. This means you can,
2448for example, mh-forward it. But it also shows up with a mark in the
2449scan output (closes SF #489445).
2450
2451*** Other Bug Fixes
2452
2453The following bugs have also been closed:
2454
2455SF #495450: Folder buffer read-only after inc
2456SF #489706: mh-page-msg bombs out
2457SF #580772: mh-last-destination is overloaded
2458
2459*** Variables renamed to conform with Emacs coding conventions
2460
2461The coding conventions require that boolean variables end in -flag.
2462The following two tables show which variables were affected (closes SF
2463#627015).
2464
2465Customization Variables (defcustom)
2466
2467Old Name New Name
2468
2469mh-auto-folder-collect mh-auto-folder-collect-flag
2470mh-bury-show-buffer mh-bury-show-buffer-flag
2471mh-clean-message-header mh-clean-message-header-flag
2472mh-decode-quoted-printable mh-decode-quoted-printable-flag
2473mh-delete-yanked-msg-window mh-delete-yanked-msg-window-flag
2474mh-do-not-confirm mh-do-not-confirm-flag
2475mh-highlight-citation-p mh-highlight-citation
2476mh-insert-x-mailer-p mh-insert-x-mailer-flag
2477mh-print-background mh-print-background-flag
2478mh-recenter-summary-p mh-recenter-summary-flag
2479mh-recursive-folders mh-recursive-folders-flag
2480mh-reply-show-message-p mh-reply-show-message-flag
2481mh-show-use-goto-addr mh-show-use-goto-addr-flag
2482mh-update-sequences-after-mh-show mh-update-sequences-after-mh-show-flag
2483
2484Regular Variables (defvar)
2485
2486Old Name New Name
2487
2488mh-mhn-compose-insert-p mh-mhn-compose-insert-flag
2489mh-nmh-p mh-nmh-flag
2490mh-page-to-next-msg-p mh-page-to-next-msg-flag
2491
2492\f
2493
a1b4049d 2494* Changes in mh-e 6.1
a933dad1 2495
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2496This is a minor release which includes a few bug fixes. The
2497distribution now includes the ChangeLog.
a933dad1 2498
a1b4049d 2499** New Features in mh-e 6.1
a933dad1 2500
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2501*** Fontification
2502
2503Unseen messages now displayed in bold.
2504
2505*** Viewing folders and sequences
2506
2507The folder and sequence listings that "F l (mh-list-folders)" and "S l
2508(mh-list-sequences)" create are now displayed in view mode.
2509
2510** Bug Fixes in mh-e 6.1
2511
2512*** mh-folder-unseen-seq-name
2513
2514Byte compilation failed when initializing this variable when the
2515user's MH environment was not set up. This has been fixed (closes
2516Debian #140232 and Debian #140817).
2517
2518*** mh-forward
2519
2520When forwarding a sequence, the mode of the draft would not be set to
2521MH-Letter correctly. This has been fixed (closes SF #489448).
2522
2523*** mh-insert-prefix-string
2524
2525Fixed to work under XEmacs. Thanks to Will Partain
2526<partain at dcs.gla.ac.uk>.
2527
2528*** mh-quit
2529
bdcfe844 2530mh-quit now cleans up the buffers named `mh-temp-buffer,'
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2531'mh-temp-folders-buffer' and 'mh-temp-sequences-buffer.'
2532
2533\f
2534* Changes in mh-e 6.0
2535
2536mh-e is now maintained at SourceForge (see
2537http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/). This is where you need to go to obtain
2538new versions of mh-e, report bugs and receive support.
2539
2540The maintainers have moved much of their personal configurations into
2541the codebase, so you may find that you may be able to reduce your mh-e
2542customizations as well.
2543
2544There are several incompatibilities in this version from older
2545versions. Please read the following notes carefully for details. Pay
2546particular attention to the key binding changes in the MH-Folder
2547section. If you have customized your scan format, you will want to
2548read about the new variable `mh-scan-format-file'.
2549
2550The manual could not be updated in time for this release. It will be
2551updated in the near future. If the Preface in your manual indicates
2552the older version (version 1.3, for mh-e version 5.0.2), please check
2553the following page occasionally for an update:
2554
2555 https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13357
2556
2557
2558** New Features in mh-e 6.0
2559
2560*** Customization
2561
2562mh-e now uses the customize feature of Emacs. Use "M-x customize-group
2563mh RET" to customize mh-e.
2564
2565*** Menus
2566
2567All mh-e modes now provide menus that contain most mh-e functions.
2568
2569*** Toolbars
2570
2571All mh-e modes now have toolbar buttons for oft-used functions (Emacs 21).
2572
2573*** Fontification
2574
2575All mh-e buffers now have font-lock keywords. To use, either call
2576(turn-on-font-lock) from the appropriate hook, or set
2577`global-font-lock-mode' to t. To customize, use "M-x
2578customize-apropos-faces ^mh RET".
2579
2580If you have customized your scan lines, you will have to update your
2581scan regexps. The existing regexps were changed to extract a match so
2582you will have to add appropriate grouping constructs to take advantage
2583of the fontification. Your old settings will continue to work, but the
2584folder will not be fontified. For example:
2585
2586 (setq mh-good-msg-regexp "^\\(.....\\)[^D^]")
2587
2588You will most likely have to update the new variable
2589`mh-scan-subject-regexp' as well. There is another new variable
2590`mh-scan-date-regexp' which you may also find useful. Run "M-x apropos
2591mh.*regexp" for a complete list.
2592
2593*** mail-user-agent support
2594
2595You can now set `mail-user-agent' to `mh-e-user-agent' so that packages
2596that need to send mail will use mh-e (closes SF #406883, SF #470024).
2597
2598*** replgroupcomps support
2599
2600If you reply to `cc' or `all' and you use nmh, the nmh repl option
2601-group will be used. This means that the file `replgroupcomps' will be
2602used. If you have customized `replcomps', you will definitely want to
2603either copy `$NMH_LIB/replgroupcomps' to your mail directory and modify
2604it the same way that you modified your `replcomps' file, or simply
2605copy your `replcomps' file to `replgroupcomps'.
2606
2607*** MH-Folder mode
2608
2609The variable `mh-summary-height' used to have a default of 4. It now
2610varies from 4 to 10 depending on the height of the frame.
2611
2612Clicking the mouse on a message shows that message.
2613
2614Delete, refile and undo now operate on a region (but only if
2615`transient-mark-mode' is non-nil).
2616
2617SPC (mh-page-msg) now displays the message if it is not already
2618visible. If the bottom of a message is showing, SPC (mh-page-msg)
2619moves to the next message (respecting the direction you are moving
2620through the folder).
2621
177c0ea7 2622The threading commands "T u (mh-next-unseen-subject-thread)",
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2623"T t (mh-toggle-subject-thread)", "T s (mh-narrow-to-subject-thread)",
2624and "T k (mh-delete-subject-thread)" have been added. These functions
2625do not offer threading in the true sense of the word, but do allow
2626some manipulation by subject.
2627
2628Major, major keymap changes. This was done to free up movement
2629commands in the buffer, and to provide for additional features, such
2630as the threading commands. At the same time, better and more
2631consistent mnemonics were realized that should make it easier to
2632remember key bindings.
2633
2634Added new sub-keymaps for folder commands, sequence commands,
2635extraction commands, and digest commands which begin with with F, S,
2636X, and D, respectively. These sub-keymaps allowed some consistency
2637(e.g., especially with l(ist) and k(ill)).
2638
2639Here are the actual changes and rationale:
2640
2641Old New Rationale
2642
2643e - Deleted. Already have x. Now used by mh-edit-again.
2644j - Deleted. Already have g.
2645
2646M-a e Better mnemonic. Matches rmail. Frees movement command.
2647M-e E Better mnemonic. Consistent with e.
2648- S Why not? mh-sort-folder.
2649
2650M-f Fv Frees movement command
2651M-f Ff Alias (keep?)
2652M-f Fo Alias (keep?)
2653M-k Fk No reason but to keep with folder commands
2654M-l Fl No reason but to keep with folder commands
2655M-p Fp No reason but to keep with folder commands
2656M-r Fr Frees movement command
2657M-s Fs No reason but to keep with folder commands
2658M-u Fu No reason but to keep with folder commands
2659
2660M-% Sd Better mnemonic
2661M-# Sk Better mnemonic
2662M-q Sl Better mnemonic
2663C-xn Sn Frees up standard key binding
2664% Sp Better mnemonic for putting a message in a sequence
2665? Ss Shows sequences that message is in
2666C-xw Sw Frees up standard key binding
2667
2668M-n Xs Better mnemonic (extract shar)
2669M-n Xu Better mnemonic (extract uuencode)
2670
2671M-SPC D SPC Frees mark command
2672M-\177 D \177 No reason but to keep with digest commands
2673M-b Db Frees movement command
2674
2675As the number of variables increases, it is becoming important to
2676organize the mh-e namespace. Several variables having to do with the
2677format of scan lines were renamed, as follows:
2678
2679Old New
2680
2681mh-good-msg-regexp mh-scan-good-msg-regexp
2682mh-deleted-msg-regexp mh-scan-deleted-msg-regexp
2683mh-refiled-msg-regexp mh-scan-refiled-msg-regexp
2684mh-valid-scan-line mh-scan-valid-regexp
2685mh-cur-scan-msg-regexp mh-scan-cur-msg-number-regexp
2686- mh-scan-cur-msg-regexp
2687- mh-scan-rcpt-regexp
2688- mh-scan-format-regexp
2689mh-msg-number-regexp mh-scan-msg-number-regexp
2690mh-msg-search-regexp mh-scan-msg-search-regexp
2691
2692*** MH-Show mode
2693
2694While the MIME support is not complete, quoted-printable body parts
2695are now decoded.
2696
2697Some MTAs quote From at the beginning of the line with a ">". The ">"
2698is now removed in the display, but not on disk.
2699
2700*** MH-Letter mode
2701
2702New function "C-c C-o (mh-split-line)" splits lines in a draft
2703preserving the fill prefix and indentation. This is useful when
2704responding to several sentences in a single paragraph separately.
2705
2706"M-q (fill-paragraph)" can now be used on the message that is being
2707replied to. The fill prefix such as "> " is preserved.
2708
2709You no longer have to run "C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" manually as this is
2710now done automatically when the message is sent.
2711
2712The X-Mailer header field is now added to messages as they are sent.
2713
2714"C-c C-m C-i (mh-mhn-compose-insertion)" now makes a pretty good guess
2715at the type of file using the `file' command and no longer asks the
2716user for the media type. If the necessary version of `file' is not
2717available, the user is asked for the media type as before; however,
2718the list of media types is now taken from the system mailcap if
2719available. Failing that, the built-in list of types has been
2720supplemented so in most cases the type you need should be present
2721(closes SF #406883, #441179).
2722
2723** New Variables in mh-e 6.0
2724
2725New variables not mentioned earlier include:
2726
2727*** mh-insert-x-mailer-p
2728
2729Default value of t means that an X-Mailer header field should be
2730added.
2731
2732*** mh-reply-show-message-p
2733
2734The setting of this variable determines whether the MH show-buffer is
2735displayed with the current message when using mh-reply without a prefix
2736argument. Set it to nil if you already include the message
2737automatically in your draft using "repl: -filter repl.filter" in
2738"~/.mh_profile."
2739
2740*** mh-scan-format-file
2741
2742Specifies the format file to pass to the scan program. If t, the
2743format string will be taken from the either `mh-scan-format-mh' or
2744`mh-scan-format-nmh' depending on whether MH or nmh is in use. If nil,
2745the default scan output will be used.
2746
2747If you customize the scan format, you may need to modify a few
2748variables containing regexps that mh-e uses to identify specific
2749portions of the output. Use `M-x apropos RET mh-scan.*regexp' to
2750obtain a list of these variables.
2751
2752*** mh-scan-format-mh
2753
2754Scan format string for MH, provided to the scan program via the
2755-format arg. This format is identical to the default except that
2756additional hints for fontification have been added to the sixth
2757column.
2758
2759*** mh-scan-format-nmh
2760
2761Scan format string for nmh, provided to the scan program via the
2762-format arg. This format is identical to the default except that
2763additional hints for fontification have been added to the sixth
2764column.
2765
2766*** mh-show-use-goto-addr
2767
2768Non-nil means URLs and e-mail addresses are highlighted using
2769goto-addr in MH-Show buffer.
2770
2771*** mh-letter-fill-column
2772
2773Fill column to use in `mh-letter-mode'. This is useful to make the
2774lines a bit shorter to allow for quoting in replies.
2775
2776*** mh-folder-updated-hook
2777
2778Invoked when the actions in a folder (such as moves and deletes) are
2779performed. Variables that are useful in this hook include
2780`mh-delete-list' and `mh-refile-list' which can be used to see which
2781changes are being made to current folder, `mh-current-folder'.
2782
2783*** mh-unseen-updated-hook
2784
2785Invoked after the unseen sequence has been updated. The variable
2786`mh-seen-list' can be used to obtain the list of messages which will
2787be removed from the unseen sequence
2788
2789** Bug Fixes in mh-e 6.0
2790
2791*** mh-edit-again and mh-extract-rejected-mail
2792
2793Now insert a header separator (--------) which packages such as
2794mailcrypt expect.
2795
2796*** mh-find-progs
2797
2798Now uses `mhparam' to set `mh-lib-progs' and `mh-lib'. Added more
2799directories to `mh-progs' so that mh-e can autoconfigure in more
2800environments. Chances are that you no longer have to set these
2801variables, and if you do, you will only have to set `mh-progs'.
2802Unless, of course, you are using an ancient version of MH that doesn't
2803have `mhparam'.
2804
2805*** mh-folder-mode-map
2806
2807The DEL/<delete>/<backspace> change in Emacs 21 broke
2808`mh-previous-page'. This has been fixed (closes SF #228907).
2809
2810*** mh-forward
2811
2812If you had "forw: -mime" to your .mh_profile, forwarding a message
2813resulted in:
2814
2815 Search failed: "^------- Forwarded Message"
2816
2817In addition, the Subject field was not filled in. This has been fixed
2818(closes SF #223603).
2819
2820*** mh-kill-folder
2821
2822The user is now always prompted before this action; the variable
2823`mh-do-not-confirm' is no longer consulted here. Therefore users who
2824wanted to set `mh-do-not-confirm' but didn't because of the
2825`mh-kill-folder' dependency may now do so.
a933dad1 2826
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2827*** mh-make-folder-mode-line
2828
2829Properly deals with folders that do not have any lines in them. Prints
2830"no msgs" instead of "0 msgs". Does not try to print a range when
2831there are no messages.
2832
2833*** mh-mhn-compose-insertion
2834
2835Now gets the MIME type automatically (assuming the local file command
2836supports the -i and -b options). If this use of the file command is
2837not supported, the list of MIME types has been expanded to use the
2838system's mailcap file.
2839
2840*** mh-nmh-p
2841
2842This variable (t when nmh is in use rather than MH) assumed that the
2843string "nmh" is in `mh-lib-progs' or `mh-lib'. This has been fixed
2844(closes SF #441776).
2845
2846*** mh-refile-msg
2847
2848No longer lets you specify an empty folder (closes SF #476824).
2849
2850*** mh-regenerate-headers
2851
2852Now suppresses "scan: bad message list" messages.
2853
2854*** mh-print-msg
2855
2856This function was looking for `mhl' in the wrong place on nmh on
2857Redhat LINUX 7.0. This has been fixed (closes SF #481128).
2858
2859*** mh-show
2860
2861Now updates `cur' sequence after a message is shown (closes SF #481772).
2862
2863*** mh-showing
2864
2865Renamed variable and function to `mh-showing-mode' to conform with
2866minor mode conventions. Added optional arg to function so it would
2867behave like a normal minor mode: no or nil arg toggles mode, 0 arg
2868turns off, non-nil turns on. This fixed the error that occurred when
2869`desktop-create-buffer' recreated mh-e buffers because it was calling
2870`mh-showing' with an arg.
2871
2872*** mh-version
2873
2874Fixed for nmh. Now displays mh-e version correctly. Cleaned up output
2875and display `mh-progs', etc.
2876
2877*** mh-widen
2878
2879Now attempts to stay on the same message number (closes SF #480922).
2880
2881No longer wipes out pending deletes and refiles without warning
2882(closes SF #481036).
2883
2884\f
2885* Changes in mh-e 5.0.2
2886
2887This version contains additional minor changes to integrate it with
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2888reporter.el (requires reporter.el version 3.1c or later) and Emacs
288919.30. The mh-goto-msg function is much faster, which also speeds up
2890several other operations.
2891
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2892\f
2893* Changes in mh-e 5.0.1
2894
2895This version contains minor changes from mh-e 5.0 to integrate it with
2896Emacs 19.29.
2897
2898\f
2899* User-visible changes to mh-e 5.0
2900
2901Note: This being a major release, there are many internal changes.
2902This document lists only changes to the external interfaces of mh-e.
2903
2904When upgrading, you must either explicitly reload the new versions of
2905all mh-e files that are already loaded or restart your Emacs.
a933dad1 2906
a933dad1 2907
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2908** Major Changes and New Features in mh-e 5.0
2909
2910The emphasis for this release has been on consistency and
2911documentation. Many documentation strings were enhanced. Documentation
2912strings were changed to comments for internal functions and variables.
2913
2914*** There is now proper documentation in the form of a 75-page users
2915manual. The Texinfo source is mh-e.texi; the formatted Info document
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2916is mh-e.info.
2917
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2918*** There is a new command `mh-update-sequences', which updates MH's
2919idea of what messages are in the Unseen sequence and what is the
2920current folder and message. `mh-quit' calls it. While
2921`mh-execute-commands' has always done this updating as a side effect,
2922the new function is faster.
a933dad1 2923
a1b4049d 2924*** The MH profile entry "Inbox:" is supported.
a933dad1 2925
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2926*** If the show-buffer is modified, the user is queried before mh-e
2927reuses the buffer to show a different message. This buffer is also
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2928auto-saved and backed up correctly.
2929
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2930*** `mh-store-buffer' is significantly more robust. It now handles
2931messages created by a wide variety of packaging software. The status
2932message for `uudecode' includes the name of the file created. An error
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2933is signaled if the subprocess exits with a non-zero status.
2934
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2935*** `mh-search-folder' behaves predictably, adding messages found to
2936the `search' sequence. It correctly handles the case of no messages
2937found.
2938
2939*** `mh-burst-digest' (`M-b') now only rescans the part of the folder
2940affected by the burst. It is now much faster in a large folder.
a933dad1 2941
a933dad1 2942
a1b4049d 2943** New Hooks and Customization Variables in mh-e 5.0
a933dad1 2944
a1b4049d
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2945*** `mh-default-folder-for-message-function': new name for the old
2946`mh-msg-folder-hook', which wasn't a hook. The old name was confusing,
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2947leading people to think they could use `add-hook' with it, when
2948actually `setq' is the correct way.
2949
a1b4049d 2950*** `mh-sortm-args': When this variable is used has changed. Now
a933dad1 2951`mh-sortm-args' is passed if there IS a prefix argument to
a1b4049d 2952`mh-sort-folder'. The assumption is that for arguments you normally
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2953want, you would specify them in an MH profile entry.
2954
a1b4049d 2955*** `mh-mhn-args': new hook, a list of additional arguments to pass to
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2957
a1b4049d 2958*** `mh-edit-mhn-hook': new hook called by `mh-edit-mhn', the function
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2959that formats MIME messages.
2960
a1b4049d 2961*** `mh-folder-list-change-hook': new hook, called whenever the cached
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2962list of folders, `mh-folder-list', is changed.
2963
a1b4049d 2964*** `mh-find-path-hook': new hook, called when entering mh-e.
a933dad1 2965
a1b4049d 2966*** `mh-repl-formfile': new variable, used to change the format file
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2967used by `mh-reply' from the default of "replcomps".
2968
a1b4049d 2969*** New variables to customize the scan format and notating:
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2970`mh-note-deleted', `mh-note-refiled', `mh-note-seq', `mh-note-cur',
2971`mh-note-copied', `mh-note-printed'.
2972
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2974** Key Binding Changes in mh-e 5.0
2975
2976*** `RET' runs `mh-show' for consistency with the Finder and Info. The
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2977old binding `.' still works, but `RET' is now the standard binding.
2978
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2979*** `M-<' now runs `mh-first-msg' for consistency with `M->', which
2980runs `mh-last-msg'.
a933dad1 2981
a1b4049d 2982*** `C-c C-f C-d' in MH-Letter mode moves to a Dcc: header field.
a933dad1 2983
a1b4049d 2984*** `C-c C-f C-r' in MH-Letter mode moves to a From: header field.
a933dad1 2985
a1b4049d 2986*** `g' is now the standard binding for `mh-goto-msg'. The old binding
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2987`j' still works.
2988
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2990** Other Improvements and Changes to mh-e 5.0
2991
2992*** `mh-lpr-command-format' no longer passes the "-p" argument to
2993`lpr' by default. The mail header typically has the date anyway.
a933dad1 2994
a1b4049d 2995*** When prompting for a sequence name, if no sequences have been used
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2996yet, mh-e will offer the first sequence the current message is in.
2997
a1b4049d 2998*** The patterns of more mailers are recognized by
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2999`mh-extract-rejected-mail'.
3000
a1b4049d 3001*** `mh-insert-prefix-string' no longer wraps the call to the
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3002`mail-citation-hook' function in a `save-excursion' so the hook writer
3003can choose whether to leave point at the beginning or the end of the
3004yanked text.
3005
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3006*** `mh-write-msg-to-file': The prompt now refers to "message" or
3007"message body" depending on which will be written. (This is controlled
3008by a prefix argument.) The file defaults to the last-used file instead
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3009of supplying only the directory name.
3010
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3011*** mh-e uses message ranges when running MH commands. Thus "rmm 1 2 3
30124 6" is now "rmm 1-4 6". This change makes it less likely to overflow
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3013system argument list limits, and it might be faster, too.
3014
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3016** Bug Fixes to mh-e 5.0
3017
3018*** mh-e's idea of the unseen sequence now stays in sync with MH's
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3019better.
3020
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3021*** Functions that are supposed to find fields in the message header
3022no longer look in the message body.
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3024*** mh-e would sometimes fail to remove the "%" from a scan line when
3025the message was removed from a sequence if the message was also in the
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3026Previous sequence.
3027
a1b4049d 3028*** The variable `mh-inc-prog' is now correctly used in all places.
a933dad1 3029
a1b4049d 3030*** `mh-pipe-msg' runs the process in the correct directory.
a933dad1 3031
a1b4049d 3032*** A partially scanned folder will no longer lose the "/select"
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3033annotation when you execute marked deletes and refiles with `x'.
3034
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3036* Changes to mh-e 4.0
3037
3038This file is automatically generated from news-mh-e.txinfo. Do not edit.
3039
3040[MH-E-ONEWS has been incorporated here and removed. news-mh-e.txinfo
3041is no longer available.]
3042
3043Note: there are many internal changes to mh-e in this release. If you
3044have the previous version loaded into your Emacs, you will probably not
3045be able to load this version on top of it.
3046
3047** New Features in mh-e 4.0
3048
3049*** Background folder collection. The first time you are prompted for
3050a folder, you must wait while mh-e collects the names of all existing
3051folders. Now however, if you abort, collecting will continue in the
3052background, and you can do something else in Emacs until the
3053collection completes. Normally, mh-e will begin collecting folders
3054names in the background when you first load it; you can disable this
3055feature by setting `mh-auto-folder-collect' to nil.
3056
3057*** There is support for composing MIME messages using the `mhn'
3058program from MH 6.8. See the documentation string for mh-edit-mhn.
3059(While composing a letter, type `C-h k C-c C-e'.) See also mhn(1).
3060There is as yet no support for reading MIME messages.
3061
3062*** `mh-show', typically on `.', repositions to the start of the
3063message if the message is already visible. It used to do nothing in
3064this case.
3065
3066*** The function `mh-unshar-msg' is renamed `mh-store-msg'. It now
3067does uudecoding, too. Someday it should do MIME. It remembers the last
3068directory you used and offers it as the default for next time.
3069
3070*** New function `mh-header-display', on `,', displays the message
3071with all headers, including those normally not displayed. Type `.' to
3072display the message normally again.
3073
3074*** New function `mh-list-sequences' lists the sequences in use in the
3075current folder.
3076
3077*** New function `mh-version' displays version information about MH
3078and mh-e. Please use the output in bug reports.
3079
3080*** `mh-quit' now burys the folder buffer and show buffer.
3081
3082
3083** New hooks and customization variables in mh-e 4.0
3084
3085*** `mh-pick-mode-hook': new hook called by new mode `mh-pick-mode'.
3086The pick buffer didn't used to have its own mode. Another advantage of
3087`mh-pick-mode' is that `C-h m' works in the pick buffer.
3088
3089*** `mail-citation-hook': new variable for supercite.
3090
3091*** `mh-refile-msg-hook': new hook called by `mh-refile-msg' (and
3092`mh-refile-or-write-again' when refiling).
3093
3094*** `mh-msg-folder-hook': new hook used by `mh-refile-msg' and
3095`mh-to-fcc' to provide a default folder for user prompt.
3096
3097*** `mh-show-hook': new hook called by `mh-show'.
3098
3099*** `mh-delete-msg-hook': new hook called by `mh-delete-msg'.
3100
3101*** `mh-show-mode-hook': new hook called by new mode `mh-show-mode'
3102for `show-' buffers.
3103
3104*** `mh-comp-formfile': new variable so can customize `components'
3105file.
3106
3107*** `mh-sortm-args': new variable, a list of extra arguments to be
3108passed to sortm by `mh-sort-folder'. Give an argument to
3109`mh-sort-folder' to suppress this behavior.
3110
3111*** `mh-send-prog': new variable so can customize name of `send'
3112program in case of name conflicts.
3113
3114*** `mh-scan-prog': new variable so can customize name of `scan'
3115program to generate custom effects.
3116
3117*** `mh-inc-prog': new variable so can customize name of `inc' program
3118to do fancy management of incoming messages.
3119
3120*** `mh-forwarded-letter-subject': new function used by `mh-forward'
3121to compute the Subject line of the new message. It is a small function
3122which can be replaced by the user for customization. Uses the new
3123variable `mh-forward-subject-format', which allows some simple
3124customizations without rewriting even `mh-forwarded-letter-subject'.
3125
3126*** `mh-new-draft-cleaned-headers': new variable, header lines removed
3127by `mh-edit-again' and `mh-extract-rejected-mail' before offering a
3128message as a new draft.
3129
3130*** `mh-signature-file-name': new variable used by
3131`mh-insert-signature' to so can customize name of the file to insert.
3132
3133*** `mh-read-address': new function called to read all To: and Cc:
3134addresses.
3135
3136*** `mh-msg-folder-hook': new hook used by `mh-refile-msg' and
3137`mh-to-fcc' to provide a default folder for user prompt.
3138
3139
3140** Key binding changes in mh-e 4.0
3141
3142*** `,' runs new function `mh-header-display'. It is like `.' but it
3143displays *all* the headers.
3144
3145*** `M-#' runs the new function `mh-delete-seq'. One used to have to
3146type `C-u M-%' to delete a sequence.
3147
3148*** `<' no longer does `mh-first-msg', but `M->' now does
3149`mh-last-msg'. This allows first and last to be consistent (`>' was
3150taken) and is more likely to be discovered by chance anyway.
3151
3152*** `M-d' runs `mh-redistribute', `r' runs `mh-reply' (on the theory
3153that the more commonly used function should be easier to type, and the
3154obscure action of redistributing can be harder to type).
3155
3156*** `M-o' changed to `C-o' (`mh-write-msg-to-file'). It was
3157interfering with arrow keys for some people.
3158
3159*** `M-n' now runs `mh-store-msg' (formerly `mh-unshar-msg').
3160
3161*** `b' no longer runs `mh-quit'; use `q' instead. `b' may be used in
3162a future version for something else.
3163
3164
3165** Minor improvements to mh-e 4.0
3166
3167*** The mh-e code is now divided into multiple Emacs Lisp files, so it
3168starts up faster because Emacs doesn't have to load all of it at once.
3169(This change also makes it easier for the maintainer to manage
3170things.)
3171
3172*** When searching for the directory containing the MH programs,
3173search the user's PATH in addition to the built-in directories, to
3174increase the chance of finding the MH programs.
3175
3176*** The subject for a forwarded message no longer has ugly square
3177brackets around it.
3178
3179*** The name of the folder is no longer appears twice in the show
3180buffer mode line.
3181
3182*** When typing a folder name in the minibuffer, parent folders
3183complete to the trailing slash (/), for easier typing of subfolders.
3184
3185*** The folder buffer mode name changed from `mh-e scan' or `mh-e
3186show' to `MH-Folder', which makes the hook name easier to guess. Added
3187`mh-showing' to `minor-mode-alist' so there is still an indication in
3188the mode line of whether messages will be shown automatically.
3189
3190*** `mh-rename-seq' does completion on the old sequence name.
3191
3192*** If called by a user who has never used MH on this system before,
3193mh-e runs the MH program `install-mh' to get them set up.
3194
3195*** Undo history for previous messages is not kept to avoid wasting
3196memory.
3197
3198*** The internal temp buffer used by mh-e has `buffer-offer-save'
3199explicitly nil. This change benefits people who change the
3200`buffer-offer-save' default.
3201
3202
3203** Bug fixes to mh-e 4.0
3204
3205*** `mh-to-field': don't bomb if no To: field.
3206
3207*** `mh-get-new-mail': restore annotations, e.g., cur, even if no new
3208mail.
3209
3210*** `mh-rename-seq': verify that the new seq name was accepted by
3211`mark' before updating state.
3212
3213*** `mh-internal-seq': the Previous sequence is not notated, since it
3214would notate everything scanned.
3215
3216*** `mh-read-draft': don't call `find-file-noselect' so an
3217`auto-mode-alist' doesn't trigger `mh-letter-mode-hook' twice. Faster,
3218too.
3219
3220*** `mh-show': If user moves onto a message that doesn't exist, don't
3221leave the cursor in the show pane.
3222
3223*** `mh-delete-scan-msgs': use `equal', not `=', on the result of
3224`mh-get-msg-num', since it may be nil.
3225
3226*** `mh-get-field': do anchored search so searching for `reply-to:'
3227doesn't find `in-reply-to:'.
3228
3229*** `mh-widen': do nothing if not narrowed.
3230
3231*** `mh-clean-message-header': find end of headers even if no body.
3232
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3234This file is part of GNU Emacs.
3235
ab73e885 3236GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5b87ad55 3237it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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3238the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
3239(at your option) any later version.
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3240
3241GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
3242but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
3243MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
3244GNU General Public License for more details.
3245
3246You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
ab73e885 3247along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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3248
3249\f
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3250Local variables:
3251mode: outline
3252paragraph-separate: "[ \f]*$"
3253end:
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