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1* COPYRIGHT
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114f9c96 3Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
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4 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5See the end of the file for license conditions.
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8* Changes in MH-E 8.2
9
10Version 8.2 of MH-E will appear in GNU Emacs 23.1. This is a small
11release that includes internal changes from the Emacs team. A new
12hook, `mh-pack-folder-hook', has been added.
13
14There is a known bug where you can't attach attachments in Emacs 21.
15This will be fixed in 8.2.1.
16
17** New Variables in MH-E 8.2
18
19*** mh-pack-folder-hook
20
21The `mh-pack-folder-hook' is run by `F p' (`mh-pack-folder') after
22renumbering the messages. Hook functions can access the current folder
23name with `mh-current-folder'.
24
25** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.2
26
27*** New version of mh-mm-save-part
28
29Several functions have been updated with code from Gnus 5.11 (closes
30SF #2235022).
31
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34* Changes in MH-E 8.1
35
36Version 8.1 fixes some issues with forwarding messages, respects the
37MH environment variable, adds the abilities to use aliases with GPG
38and show HTML even though it is discouraged. A new hook,
39`mh-annotate-msg-hook', has been added.
40
41** New Features in MH-E 8.1
42
43*** Showing HTML When Text Is the Preferred Alternative
44
45The `:' (`mh-show-preferred-alternative') function displays the
46message with the default preferred alternative. This is as if
47`mm-discouraged-alternatives' was set to nil (closes SF #1777321).
48
49** New Variables in MH-E 8.1
50
51*** mh-annotate-msg-hook
52
53The `mh-annotate-msg-hook' hook is run whenever a message is sent and
54after the scan lines and message are annotated. Hook functions can
55access the current folder name with `mh-current-folder' and obtain the
56message numbers of the annotated messages with `mh-annotate-list'
57(closes SF #2032269).
58
59** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.1
60
61*** Can't Use Aliases with GPG
62
63GPG requires e-mail addresses, not aliases. So resolve aliases before
64passing addresses to GPG/PGP (closes SF #649226).
65
66*** mh-mml-forward-message: Disposition Should Be Inline
67
68The `f' (`mh-forward') function now forwards messages as inline
69attachments (closes SF #1378993).
70
71*** Illegal Filename Characters on Windows Filesystems
72
73The X-Image-URL cache created filenames with invalid characters on
74Windows. This has been fixed with assistance from Darel Henman (closes
75SF #1396499).
76
77*** Make Many Header Fields Invisible
78
79A vast landscape of header fields are now invisible. You may wish to
80browse `mh-invisible-header-fields-default' and clean up your
81`mh-invisible-header-fields' option. A permanent bug (SF #1916032) has
82been created where you can submit header fields that should be
83rendered invisible (closes SF #1701231).
84
85*** mh-forward Includes Messages in Reverse Order
86
87The `f' (`mh-forward') function now includes messages in ascending
88order (closes SF #1730393).
89
90*** Compile Fails on XEmacs 21.5 beta 28
91
92This has been fixed with help from Henrique Martins (closes SF
93#1749774).
94
95*** Rename Variant mu-mh to gnu-mh
96
97The GNU mailutils MH variant was named inconsistently. The variant has
98been renamed to gnu-mh throughout. Thanks to Darel Henman (closes SF
99#1768928).
100
101*** Respect MH environment Variable
102
103Even if the MH environment variable was set, an error was generated if
104"~/.mh_profile" was missing. This has been fixed thanks to Xavier
105Maillard (closes SF #1946861).
106
107*** Enhance mh-mairix-regexp-builder
108
109Additional items have been added to the Mairix search string in order
110to support org-mode. Thanks to Nick Dokos (closes SF #1965704).
111
112*** mh-mh-to-mime and mh-mh-to-mime-undo Reset Modes
113
114The functions `mh-mh-to-mime' and `mh-mh-to-mime-undo' would reset the
115buffer to fundamental mode. This has been fixed thanks to Sergey
116Poznyakoff (closes SF #1966722).
117
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120* Changes in MH-E 8.0.3
121
122Version 8.0.3 fixes errors in sending messages and in running spam
123filter commands in certain circumstances.
124
125** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0.3
126
127*** mh-send-args Cannot Be nil
128
129If `mh-send-uses-spost-flag' was set, an error would prevent the
130sending of messages. This has been fixed (closes SF #1564742).
131
132*** Missing Quotes in sa-learn Command Line
133
134This has been fixed (closes SF #1565460).
135
136*** Errors Associated with mh-junk-background
137
138The Spamassassin filter commands were used inconsistently and
139incorrectly; if `mh-junk-background' were nil, not all of the updating
140would happen correctly. In the other back-ends such as bogofilter and
141SpamProbe, a value of t for `mh-junk-background' would cause the
142commands associated with these filters to fail. These problems have
143been fixed (closes SF #1594802).
144
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147* Changes in MH-E 8.0.2
148
149Version 8.0.2 fixes the tool bar and `F n' on XEmacs, and `K a' on GNU
150mailutils.
151
152** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0.2
153
154*** Tool Bar Not Displayed in XEmacs
155
156The MH-E tool bar didn't show up in XEmacs; now it does. Thanks to Ted
157Phelps <phelps@gnusto.com> (closes SF #1506846).
158
159*** mh-mime-save-parts Assumes -store Default
160
161It was assumed that -store was the default for both mhn and mhstore.
162This has been fixed by using -store except when using nmh. Thanks to
163Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@Mirddin.farlep.net> (closes SF #1513140).
164
165*** F-n Doesn't Work
166
167The fix for SF #1499712 broke `F n' (`mh-index-new-messages') on
168XEmacs since a regular expression that XEmacs could not handle was
169added. This regexp has been fixed (closes SF #1514424).
170
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173* Changes in MH-E 8.0.1
174
175Version 8.0.1 works around a couple of bugs in GNU mailutils, spost,
176and Windows. MH-E now requires the use of version 1.0 of mailutils due
177to a bug in the folder command.
178
179** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0.1
180
181*** Infinite Loop When Searching (mailutils)
182
183The GNU mailutils folder command displays output when a folder doesn't
184exist. MH-E didn't expect this and responded with an infinite loop
185during searches. While this bug has since been fixed in mailutils,
186MH-E has been modified to work anyway (closes SF #1499712).
187
188*** spost Doesn't Have -msgid or -mime Flags
189
190The post replacement spost does not support the -msgid or -mime flags.
191A new variable `mh-send-uses-spost-flag' was added to control the use
192of these flags (closes SF #1486726).
193
194*** <2> in Search Folders Illegal in Windows
195
196The <2> suffix to the search folder names contain illegal filename
197characters in Windows. These cause searches to fail on Windows. This
198has been fixed by changing the suffix to -2 (closes SF #1507002).
199
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202* Changes in MH-E 8.0
203
204Version 8.0 supports GNU mailutils, S/MIME, picons, which-func-mode,
205sports an improved interface for hiding header fields, improves upon
206the MH variant detection, improves folder completion, makes the pick
207search equivalent to the other types of searches, spruces up the tool
208bar, creates the correct MIME type when including OpenOffice
209documents, works on a Mac, adds colors to buttons for signed or
210encrypted messages, incorporates new features introduced in
211Emacs 22.1, fixes a bunch of bugs, and best of all, comes with an
212updated manual!
213
214Internally, MH-E now sports a new software organization which will
215help future maintainability. As a side-effect, the number of XEmacs
216compilation warnings has plummeted from hundreds to just three. CVS
217users will notice that MH-E has been migrated from the CVS repository
218from SourceForge to Savannah (but only for those files that were
219already part of Emacs). As a result, the location of MH-E in the
220load-path has changed, and mh-e-autoloads.el was renamed to
221mh-autoloads.el. See section INSTALL in the README for details. While
222this migration will benefit maintainers, it will also benefit users:
223CVS Emacs users will not have to check out MH-E separately and welcome
224faster MH-E updates, and CVS MH-E users will welcome faster MH-E
225updates from Emacs developers. Read section CVS MH-E INSTALL in the
226README for details.
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228While not related to this release, the MH-E mailing lists are now
229gatewayed at gmane.org (closes SF #979308).
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231If you want to see the release notes for the alpha and beta releases
232leading up this release, please see:
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7c36a00a 234 http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/etc/MH-E-NEWS?rev=1.25&root=emacs&view=markup
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7c36a00a 238** New Features in MH-E 8.0
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7c36a00a 240*** GNU mailutils Support
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7c36a00a 242MH-E now supports GNU mailutils 0.4 and higher versions.
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7c36a00a 244*** S/MIME Support
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7c36a00a 246MH-E now supports S/MIME using Gnus 5.10.6 or higher.
66f7848b 247
7c36a00a 248*** Picon Support
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250In addition to the other methods of displaying an icon for the sender
251of a message, MH-E can now display images from a picon directory. The
252directory search path is found in the `mh-picon-directory-list'
253variable. More documentation is found in the "facedb" sections in the
254xfaces man page.
66f7848b 255
7c36a00a 256*** Catchup Command
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258There is a new `F c' (`mh-catchup') command that marks all unread
259messages in the current folder as read.
66f7848b 260
7c36a00a 261*** Use which-func-mode to Display Folder in Index Mode
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263Turning on `which-func-mode' displays the folder name of the message
264under the cursor in index folders (closes SF #855520).
66f7848b 265
7c36a00a 266*** Quick Key Help
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268The `?' (`mh-help') function now displays the help in its own buffer
269called *MH-E Help* (closes SF #493740 and SF #656631).
66f7848b 270
7c36a00a 271*** Search Unification
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273The old `F s' behavior of adding messages to the search sequence has
274been removed. The `F i' keybinding was deprecated and the new `F s'
275(`mh-search') command is used to initiate either indexed or pick
276searches. Within the MH-Search buffer (renamed from MH-Pick), the
277command `C-c C-p' (`mh-pick-do-search') now runs pick on the given
278folder recursively and displays the results in a search folder like
279the other search methods (closes SF #829207).
66f7848b 280
7c36a00a 281*** Entry Points Have Moved
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283Emacs 21 users must now add `(require 'mh-autoloads)' because the
284entry points (such as `mh-rmail' and `mh-smail') have moved to
285different files which have made the autoloads that come with Emacs
286inaccurate. This change was necessary because the code was reorganized
287to remove circular dependencies, to make the code more stable and
288maintainable, and to reduce the time to load MH-E.
66f7848b 289
7c36a00a 290*** MH-Folder Keymap Changes
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292There is now a keymap for the printing functions whose prefix is `P'.
293The command `l' (`mh-print-msg') has been replaced with `P l' although
294we suggest you use the new `P p' instead.
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7c36a00a 296Key 7.4.4 8.0
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298; - mh-toggle-mh-decode-mime-flag
299l mh-print-msg -
300/ f mh-narrow-to-from -
301/ r mh-narrow-to-range -
302/ g - mh-narrow-to-range
303/ m - mh-narrow-to-from
304F c - mh-catchup
305F i mh-index-search -
306F s mh-search-folder mh-search
307K e - mh-display-with-external-viewer
308K t - mh-toggle-mime-buttons
309P ? - mh-prefix-help
310P C - mh-ps-print-toggle-color
311P F - mh-ps-print-toggle-faces
312P f - mh-ps-print-msg-file
313P l - mh-print-msg
314P p - mh-ps-print-msg
66f7848b 315
7c36a00a 316*** MH-Letter Keymap Changes
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318The change where `mh-letter-mode' derives from `mail-mode' adds a few
319keybindings. Some are interesting: experiment! Only the keybinding
320changes for MH-E functions are listed here.
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322Most of the changes have to do with the renaming of the functions with
323"mhn" in them to "mh" because nmh doesn't use `mhn'. The names were
324also made consistent with the the family of "mml" functions.
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326The type of signing or encryption has been generalized so the method
327is now an option rather than a part of the function's name. The option
328is `mh-mml-method-default' and choices include PGP (MIME), PGP,
329S/MIME, or none.
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7c36a00a 331Key 7.4.4 8.0
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333C-c C-e mh-edit-mhn mh-mh-to-mime
334C-c RET C-e mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime
335 mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt
336C-c RET C-g - mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp
337C-c RET C-n - mh-mml-unsecure-message
338C-c RET C-s mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime
339 mh-mml-secure-message-sign
340C-c RET C-t - mh-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar
341C-c RET C-u mh-revert-mhn-edit mh-mh-to-mime-undo
342C-c RET C-x - mh-mh-compose-external-type
343C-c RET e mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime
344 Prefix Command
345C-c RET e e - mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt
346C-c RET e s - mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt
347C-c RET g - mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp
348C-c RET n - mh-mml-unsecure-message
349C-c RET s - Prefix Command
350C-c RET s e - mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt
351C-c RET s s - mh-mml-secure-message-sign
352C-c RET t - mh-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar
353C-c RET u mh-revert-mhn-edit mh-mh-to-mime-undo
354C-c RET x - mh-mh-compose-external-type
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356C-c C-f C-a - mh-to-field
357C-c C-f C-l - mh-to-field
358C-c C-f RET - mh-to-field
359C-c C-f a - mh-to-field
360C-c C-f l - mh-to-field
361C-c C-f m - mh-to-field
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7c36a00a 363*** MH-Search Keymap Changes
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365These are the changes associated with the new search mode. The command
366`C-c C-c' (`mh-index-do-search') now performs the standard indexed
367search, while `C-c C-p' (`mh-pick-do-search') runs pick as before,
368only better!
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370The `mh-to-field' keybindings were adjusted to be consistent with
371those in the MH-Letter mode.
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7c36a00a 373Key 7.4.4 8.0
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375C-c C-c mh-do-search mh-index-do-search
376C-c C-f C-d mh-to-field -
377C-c C-f C-f mh-to-field -
378C-c C-f C-r mh-to-field -
379C-c C-f RET - mh-to-field
380C-c C-f d mh-to-field -
381C-c C-f f mh-to-field -
382C-c C-f m - mh-to-field
383C-c C-f r mh-to-field -
384C-c TAB mh-index-do-search -
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7c36a00a 386*** Updates to X-Image-URL
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388Now support the use of `curl' and `fetch' as alternatives to `wget' to
389obtain the image. The display of images are controlled with the
390`mh-show-use-xface-flag' option while the `mh-fetch-x-image-url'
391option controls how the images are fetched.
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393The default of `mh-fetch-x-image-url' has been changed to "Never
394Fetch." Those of you who like the value of "Ask Before Fetching" will
395have to customize this option (closes SF #831278).
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397WARNING: There are security concerns with this feature. Please read
398the documentation for these options carefully before changing the
399default.
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7c36a00a 401*** Updates to mh-identity-list
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403Note that the field names found in `mh-identity-list' that refer to
404the fields in `mh-identity-handlers' have changed in an incompatible
405way from 7.4.4. In general, the symbolic names now have a ":" prefix
406to avoid collisions with header fields. Before starting Emacs, edit
407your .emacs and insert ":" before "signature" if you have defined it.
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409You can change your attribution in replies with the new "Attribution
410Verb" field, and you can set your default GPG user ID with the "GPG
411key ID" field.
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413Signatures can now be read from the `mh-signature-file-name' variable,
414or come from a function, in addition to a named file. If you write
415your own function, variables that you can use include
416`mh-signature-separator-regexp', `mh-signature-separator',
417and `mh-signature-separator-p'.
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419The handling of these fields has been moved into a new
420`mh-identity-handlers' option, an alist of fields (strings) and
421handlers (functions). Strings are lowercase. Use ":signature" for
422Signature and ":pgg-default-user-id" for GPG Key ID. The function
423associated with the string "default" is used if no other functions are
424appropriate. For this reason, don't name a header field "Default".
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426If you point your signature at a vCard file with a vcf suffix, then it
427will be incorporated as a vCard body part (closes SF #802723).
5384dc93 428
7c36a00a 429*** Updates to Speedbar
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431The speedbar now renders the folders with unseen messages in boldface
432which makes them easier to identify (closes SF #623369).
c80ba99d 433
7c36a00a 434*** Updates to mh-msg-is-in-seq
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436Can now specify an alternate message number to `S s'
437(`mh-msg-is-in-seq') with a prefix argument.
c80ba99d 438
7c36a00a 439*** Updates to mh-to-field-choices
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441In MH-Letter mode, you can use the `C-c C-f' (`mh-to-field') prefix to
442go to and insert fields. The fields `Reply-To:', `Mail-Reply-To:',
443`Mail-Followup-To:' can now be created via the `C-r', `C-a' (for
444author), and `C-l' keys respectively. The key for the `From:' field
445has been renamed from `C-r' to `C-m' for consistency with `mail-mode'
446(closes SF #1400139).
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7c36a00a 448*** Change Content-Type Renderer on the Fly in MH-Show Buffer
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450This has been implemented by adding the key binding `K e'
451(`mh-display-with-external-viewer'). For inline text/html parts,
452buttons aren't displayed by default. In that case use `K t'
453(`mh-toggle-mime-buttons') to display the button before viewing it
454with an external browser (closes SF #839318).
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455
456*** MH-E No Longer Calls install-mh
457
458The new variant detection code makes use of `mhparam' which assumes
459that your MH environment has already been set up. The code to call
460`install-mh', which could no longer be run anyway, was removed.
461
7c36a00a 462*** Add :package-version Keyword to Options
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464This `defcustom', `defgroup', and `defface' keyword was introduced in
465Emacs 22.1. MH-E has been extended to take advantage of it. With this
466keyword, you can now use `M-x customize-changed-options' to see what
467options in MH-E have changed between versions of Emacs. In a future
468version of Emacs, you'll be able to see changes between MH-E versions
469as well (closes SF #1452724).
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7c36a00a 471*** Render Signature and vCard in Italics
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473This has been implemented. Use `mh-show-signature-face' to customize
474the face used (closes SF #802722).
c80ba99d 475
7c36a00a 476*** Derive mh-letter-mode from mail-mode
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478MH-Letter mode is now derived from `mail-mode'. We were able to delete
479a lot of code. In return, there are a few `mail-mode' commands that
480are available that may or may not be useful and the `mail-mode-hook'
481is run (closes SF #1385571).
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482
483*** Remove Emacs 20 Support
484
485As it turns out, we had already added some code that didn't work on
486Emacs 20. However, now we've formalized it and removed code that was
487present solely for Emacs 20 support (closes SF #1359240).
488
7c36a00a 489*** Glimpse Support Removed
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491Since glimpse isn't free, we cannot mention it. Glimpse has been
492removed from the option `mh-indexer-choices' (closes SF #831276).
c80ba99d 493
7c36a00a 494*** Use run-hook-with-args
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496We use normal hooks whenever possible and do not use
497`run-hook-with-args' (with one documented exception) (closes SF
498#643702).
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7c36a00a 502** New Variables in MH-E 8.0
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7c36a00a 504*** mh-after-commands-processed-hook
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506Hook run by `x' (`mh-execute-commands') after performing outstanding
507refile and delete requests.
c80ba99d 508
7c36a00a 509*** mh-alias-reloaded-hook
c80ba99d 510
7c36a00a 511Invoked by `mh-alias-reload' after reloading aliases.
c80ba99d 512
7c36a00a 513*** mh-auto-fields-prompt-flag
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515On means to prompt before sending if fields in `mh-auto-fields-list'
516are inserted.
c80ba99d 517
7c36a00a 518*** mh-before-commands-processed-hook
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520Renamed from `mh-folder-updated-hook'. It wasn't clear whether
521`mh-folder-updated-hook' was run before or after the commands were
522executed. We now provide both with clear names.
c80ba99d 523
7c36a00a 524*** mh-compose-forward-as-mime-flag
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526On means that messages are forwarded as attachments (closes SF
527#827203).
c80ba99d 528
7c36a00a 529*** mh-default-folder-for-message-function
c80ba99d 530
7c36a00a 531Function to select a default folder for refiling or `Fcc:'.
c80ba99d 532
7c36a00a 533*** mh-forward-hook
c80ba99d 534
7c36a00a 535Invoked on the forwarded letter by `f' (`mh-forward').
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536
537*** mh-highlight-citation-style
538
539Renamed from `mh-highlight-citation-p' since it wasn't a boolean. The
540new name is also more descriptive.
541
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542*** mh-identity-handlers
543
544Handler functions for fields in `mh-identity-list'.
545
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546*** mh-insert-signature-hook
547
548Renamed from `mh-letter-insert-signature-hook' since most of the other
549hooks do not carry the mode in the prefix and because the new name is
550equally clear.
551
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552*** mh-invisible-header-fields-default
553
554List of hidden header fields. The header fields listed in this option
555are hidden, although you can check off any field that you would like
556to see. Header fields that you would like to hide that aren't listed
557can be added to the `mh-invisible-header-fields' option (closes SF
558#752045).
559
560The option `mh-visible-header-fields' has been deleted.
561
562*** mh-junk-background
563
564If on, spam programs are run in background. This used to be the
565default behavior but this could overwhelm a system if many messages
566were black- or whitelisted at once. The spam programs are now run in
567the foreground, but this option can be used to put them back in the
568background.
569
570*** mh-junk-disposition
571
572Renamed from `mh-junk-mail-folder' since this variable can accept
573values other than folder names.
574
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575*** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hooks
576
577Renamed from `mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook'. By convention,
578abnormal hooks, which this is, either have a -function or -hooks
579suffix.
580
581*** mh-mhl-format-file
582
583Renamed from `mhl-formfile' to put it in the MH-E namespace and to be
584consistent with other similar options.
585
586*** mh-mh-to-mime-hook
587
588Renamed from `mh-edit-mhn-hook'. We have a family of `mh-mml-to-mime'
589functions and variables; the older mhn functions and variables were
590renamed to have a consistent `mh-mh-to-mime' prefix.
591
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592*** mh-mml-method-default
593
594Default method to use in security tags.
595
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596*** mh-new-messages-folders
597
598Renamed from `mh-index-new-messages-folders' for clarity.
599
600*** mh-path
601
602Additional list of directories to search for MH.
603
604*** mh-redist-full-contents-flag
605
606On means the `dist' command needs entire letter for redistribution.
607This was previously a variable. It's now an option.
608
609*** mh-search-mode-hook
610
611Renamed from `mh-pick-mode-hook' as part of the
612`mh-index.el'/`mh-pick.el' merge into `mh-search.el'.
613
614*** mh-search-program
615
616Renamed from `mh-index-program' as part of the
617`mh-index.el'/`mh-pick.el' merge into `mh-search.el'.
618
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619*** mh-signature-separator-flag
620
621On means a signature separator should be inserted. It is not
622recommended that you change this option since various mail user
623agents, including MH-E, use the separator to present the signature
624differently, and to suppress the signature when replying or yanking a
625letter into a draft.
626
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627*** mh-sortm-args
628
629Additional arguments for `sortm'. This was previously an internal
630variable. It's now an user-customizable option.
631
632*** mh-speed-update-interval
633
634Renamed from `mh-speed-flists-interval' for clarity.
635
636*** mh-ticked-messages-folders
637
638Renamed from `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders' for clarity.
639
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640*** mh-variant
641
642Specifies the variant used by MH-E. The default setting of this option
643is `Auto-detect' which means that MH-E will automatically choose the
644first of nmh, MH, or GNU mailutils that it finds in the directories
645listed in `mh-path', `mh-sys-path', and `exec-path'. If, for example,
646you have both nmh and mailutils installed and `mh-variant-in-use' was
647initialized to nmh but you want to use mailutils, then you can set
648this option to `mailutils'.
649
650When this variable is changed, MH-E resets `mh-progs', `mh-lib',
651`mh-lib-progs', `mh-flists-present-flag', and `mh-variant-in-use'
652accordingly.
653
654If you've set these variables in your .emacs, it is strongly suggested
655that you comment them out. The MH detection code has been completely
656rewritten and it is very likely that you no longer to set them and
657their setting may confuse other MH-E settings.
658
659*** mh-xemacs-tool-bar-position
660
661Renamed from `mh-xemacs-toolbar-position' per GNU Emacs naming conventions.
662
663*** mh-xemacs-use-tool-bar-flag
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664
665Renamed from `mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag' per GNU Emacs naming conventions.
666
667*** mh-yank-behavior
668
669Renamed from `mh-yank-from-start-of-msg' for clarity.
670
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672
673** Variables Deleted in MH-E 8.0
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7c36a00a 675*** mh-alias-system-aliases
c80ba99d 676
7c36a00a 677System definitions should not be a user option.
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678
679*** mh-edit-mhn-hook
680
681Renamed to `mh-mh-to-mime-hook'.
682
683*** mh-folder-updated-hook
684
685Renamed to `mh-before-commands-processed-hook'.
686
687*** mh-highlight-citation-p
688
689Renamed to `mh-highlight-citation-style'.
690
691*** mh-index-new-messages-folders
692
693Renamed to `mh-new-messages-folders'.
694
695*** mh-index-program
696
697Renamed to `mh-search-program'.
698
699*** mh-index-ticked-messages-folders
700
701Renamed to `mh-ticked-messages-folders'.
702
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703*** mh-junk-mail-folder
704
705Since this variable can accept values other than folder names, it was
706renamed to `mh-junk-disposition' to more accurately reflect the content.
707
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708*** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook
709
710Renamed to `mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hooks'.
711
712*** mh-letter-insert-signature-hook
713
714Renamed to `mh-insert-signature-hook'.
715
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716*** mh-pick-mode-hook
717
718Renamed to `mh-search-mode-hook'.
719
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720*** mh-show-use-goto-addr-flag
721
722This flag was redundant with and inconsistent with
723`goto-address-highlight-p' at the same time, so we removed it. Please
724customize `goto-address-highlight-p' if you wish to turn off email
725address and URL highlighting.
726
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727*** mh-speed-flists-interval
728
729Renamed to `mh-speed-update-interval'.
730
731*** mh-speed-run-flists-flag
732
733Deleted since setting `mh-speed-flists-interval' to 0 accomplishes the
734same thing.
735
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736*** mh-visible-header-fields
737
738Deleted since it would hide new header fields you might want to see.
739
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740*** mh-xemacs-toolbar-position
741
742Renamed to `mh-xemacs-tool-bar-position'.
743
744*** mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag
745
746Renamed to `mh-xemacs-use-tool-bar-flag'.
747
748*** mh-yank-from-start-of-msg
749
750Renamed to `mh-yank-behavior'.
751
7c36a00a 752*** mhl-formfile
c80ba99d 753
7c36a00a 754Renamed to `mh-mhl-format-file'.
c80ba99d 755
7c36a00a 756\f
c80ba99d 757
7c36a00a 758** New Faces in MH-E 8.0
c80ba99d 759
7c36a00a 760*** mh-folder-address
c80ba99d 761
7c36a00a 762Renamed from `mh-folder-address-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 763
7c36a00a 764*** mh-folder-body
c80ba99d 765
7c36a00a 766Renamed from `mh-folder-body-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 767
7c36a00a 768*** mh-folder-cur-msg-number
c80ba99d 769
7c36a00a 770Renamed from `mh-folder-cur-msg-number-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 771
7c36a00a 772*** mh-folder-date
c80ba99d 773
7c36a00a 774Renamed from `mh-folder-date-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 775
7c36a00a 776*** mh-folder-deleted
c80ba99d 777
7c36a00a 778Renamed from `mh-folder-deleted-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 779
7c36a00a 780*** mh-folder-followup
c80ba99d 781
7c36a00a 782Renamed from `mh-folder-followup-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 783
7c36a00a 784*** mh-folder-msg-number
c80ba99d 785
7c36a00a 786Renamed from `mh-folder-msg-number-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 787
7c36a00a 788*** mh-folder-refiled
c80ba99d 789
7c36a00a 790Renamed from `mh-folder-refiled-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 791
7c36a00a 792*** mh-folder-sent-to-me-hint
c80ba99d 793
7c36a00a 794Fontification hint face in messages sent directly to us.
c80ba99d 795
7c36a00a 796*** mh-folder-sent-to-me-sender
c80ba99d 797
7c36a00a 798Sender face in messages sent directly to us.
c80ba99d 799
7c36a00a 800*** mh-folder-subject
c80ba99d 801
7c36a00a 802Renamed from `mh-folder-subject-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 803
7c36a00a 804*** mh-folder-tick
c80ba99d 805
7c36a00a 806Renamed from `mh-folder-tick-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 807
7c36a00a 808*** mh-folder-to
c80ba99d 809
7c36a00a 810Renamed from `mh-folder-to-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 811
7c36a00a 812*** mh-letter-header-field
c80ba99d 813
7c36a00a 814Renamed from `mh-letter-header-field-face' per new Emacs conventions.
03ab074b 815
7c36a00a 816*** mh-search-folder
03ab074b 817
7c36a00a 818Renamed from `mh-index-folder-face'.
03ab074b 819
7c36a00a 820*** mh-show-cc
03ab074b 821
7c36a00a 822Renamed from `mh-show-cc-face' per new Emacs conventions.
03ab074b 823
7c36a00a 824*** mh-show-date
03ab074b 825
7c36a00a 826Renamed from `mh-show--face' per new Emacs conventions.
03ab074b 827
7c36a00a 828*** mh-show-from
03ab074b 829
7c36a00a 830Renamed from `mh-show-from-face' per new Emacs conventions.
d54e276a 831
7c36a00a 832*** mh-show-header
d54e276a 833
7c36a00a 834Renamed from `mh-show-header-face' per new Emacs conventions.
03ab074b 835
7c36a00a 836*** mh-show-pgg-bad
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837
838Face used to highlight a bad PGG signature.
839
7c36a00a 840*** mh-show-pgg-good
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841
842Face used to highlight a good PGG signature.
843
7c36a00a 844*** mh-show-pgg-unknown
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845
846Face used to highlight a PGG signature whose status is unknown. This
847face is also used for a signature when the signer is untrusted.
848
7c36a00a 849*** mh-show-signature
e495eaec 850
7c36a00a 851Face used to highlight the signature.
e495eaec 852
7c36a00a 853*** mh-show-subject
e495eaec 854
7c36a00a 855Renamed from `mh-show-subject-face' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 856
7c36a00a 857*** mh-show-to
e495eaec 858
7c36a00a 859Renamed from `mh-show-to-face' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 860
7c36a00a 861*** mh-show-xface
e495eaec 862
7c36a00a 863Renamed from `mh-show-xface-face' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 864
7c36a00a 865*** mh-speedbar-folder
e495eaec 866
7c36a00a 867Renamed from `mh-speedbar-folder-face' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 868
7c36a00a 869*** mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages
e495eaec 870
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871Renamed from `mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages-face' per new
872Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 873
7c36a00a 874*** mh-speedbar-selected-folder
e495eaec 875
7c36a00a 876Renamed from `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-face' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 877
7c36a00a 878*** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages
e495eaec 879
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880Renamed from `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages-face'
881per new Emacs conventions.
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882
883\f
884
7c36a00a 885** Faces Deleted in MH-E 8.0
eccf9613 886
7c36a00a 887*** mh-folder-address-face
eccf9613 888
7c36a00a 889Renamed to `mh-folder-address' per new Emacs conventions.
d103d8b3 890
7c36a00a 891*** mh-folder-body-face
d103d8b3 892
7c36a00a 893Renamed to `mh-folder-body' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 894
7c36a00a 895*** mh-folder-cur-msg-face
f0d73c14 896
7c36a00a 897Deleted. Not used.
f0d73c14 898
7c36a00a 899*** mh-folder-cur-msg-number-face
f0d73c14 900
7c36a00a 901Renamed to `mh-folder-cur-msg-number' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 902
7c36a00a 903*** mh-folder-date-face
f0d73c14 904
7c36a00a 905Renamed to `mh-folder-date' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 906
7c36a00a 907*** mh-folder-deleted-face
f0d73c14 908
7c36a00a 909Renamed to `mh-folder-deleted' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 910
7c36a00a 911*** mh-folder-followup-face
f0d73c14 912
7c36a00a 913Renamed to `mh-folder-followup' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 914
7c36a00a 915*** mh-folder-msg-number-face
f0d73c14 916
7c36a00a 917Renamed to `mh-folder-msg-number' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 918
7c36a00a 919*** mh-folder-refiled-face
f0d73c14 920
7c36a00a 921Renamed to `mh-folder-refiled' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 922
7c36a00a 923*** mh-folder-subject-face
f0d73c14 924
7c36a00a 925Renamed to `mh-folder-subject' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 926
7c36a00a 927*** mh-folder-tick-face
f0d73c14 928
7c36a00a 929Renamed to `mh-folder-tick' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 930
7c36a00a 931*** mh-folder-to-face
f0d73c14 932
7c36a00a 933Renamed to `mh-folder-to' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 934
7c36a00a 935*** mh-index-folder-face
f0d73c14 936
7c36a00a 937Renamed to `mh-search-folder'.
f0d73c14 938
7c36a00a 939*** mh-letter-header-field-face
f0d73c14 940
7c36a00a 941Renamed to `mh-letter-header-field' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 942
7c36a00a 943*** mh-show-cc-face
f0d73c14 944
7c36a00a 945Renamed to `mh-show-cc' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 946
7c36a00a 947*** mh-show-date-face
f0d73c14 948
7c36a00a 949Renamed to `mh-show-date' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 950
7c36a00a 951*** mh-show-from-face
f0d73c14 952
7c36a00a 953Renamed to `mh-show-from' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 954
7c36a00a 955*** mh-show-header-face
f0d73c14 956
7c36a00a 957Renamed to `mh-show-header' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 958
7c36a00a 959*** mh-show-subject-face
f0d73c14 960
7c36a00a 961Renamed to `mh-show-subject' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 962
7c36a00a 963*** mh-show-to-face
f0d73c14 964
7c36a00a 965Renamed to `mh-show-to' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 966
7c36a00a 967*** mh-show-xface-face
f0d73c14 968
7c36a00a 969Renamed to `mh-show-xface' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 970
7c36a00a 971*** mh-speedbar-folder-face
f0d73c14 972
7c36a00a 973Renamed to `mh-speedbar-folder' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 974
7c36a00a 975*** mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages-face
f0d73c14 976
7c36a00a 977Renamed to `mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 978
7c36a00a 979*** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-face
f0d73c14 980
7c36a00a 981Renamed to `mh-speedbar-selected-folder' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 982
7c36a00a 983*** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages-face
f0d73c14 984
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985Renamed to `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages' per new
986Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 987
7c36a00a 988\f
f0d73c14 989
7c36a00a 990** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0
f0d73c14 991
7c36a00a 992*** Face Variable Names Now Follow Current Conventions
f0d73c14 993
7c36a00a 994The -face suffix has been dropped from all face names.
f0d73c14 995
7c36a00a 996*** Swish Fixes
f0d73c14 997
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998Items in swish indexes that aren't mail messages are now handled more
999gracefully.
f0d73c14 1000
7c36a00a 1001*** Spamassassin Fixes
f0d73c14 1002
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1003If you use spamassassin, there was an error when you tried to junk
1004mail if the option `mh-junk-background' was set. This has been fixed.
f0d73c14 1005
7c36a00a 1006*** Mairix Support
f0d73c14 1007
7c36a00a 1008Indexing now compatible with Mairix version 0.12 and later.
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1009
1010*** mh-extract-rejected-mail Can't Do MIME (and Other Formats)
1011
1012Now handles qmail and exim bounces (addresses SF #404965).
1013
1014*** mh-rmail Hangs in XEmacs
1015
1016We've determined that MH-E is incompatible with some versions of
1017XEmacs (21.5.9-21.5.16). More recent versions work fine. If you think
1018our list is too broad, please let us know which version of XEmacs you
1019are using (closes SF #644321).
1020
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1021*** Completions Offered by mh-refile-message Are Not Sorted
1022
1023This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #698734).
1024
1025*** Add Message-ID to Outgoing Messages
1026
1027If you replied to a message in your `+outbox', an `In-Reply-To:'
1028header field was created that broke threading at the recipient's end.
1029We now add a `Message-ID:' to outgoing messages which fixes this
1030(closes SF #725425).
1031
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1032*** Inconsistent Prompts
1033
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1034Emacs changed their defaults in prompts from "Prompt: [value]" to
1035"Prompt (default value): ". All MH-E prompts have been updated to
1036comply with the new standard and are therefore now consistent
1037throughout the application (closes SF #730470, SF #1275933).
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1038
1039*** Empty Shell Comments Confuse mh-mhn-directive-present-p
1040
1041If you had a string that matched the regexp "^# $" in your draft, it
1042would cause an error. This has been fixed (closes SF #762458).
1043
1044*** Quote Hashes When mhbuild Directives Used
1045
1046A related bug, if you had empty shell comments but inserted your own
1047directives, you'd get another error from mhbuild. This has been fixed
1048by quoting the hash ("^# $") like this "##" before submitting to
1049mhbuild (closes SF #762464).
1050
1051*** Inconsistent Usage in Scan Formatting Variables
1052
1053The variables:
1054
1055 mh-note-cur
1056 mh-note-deleted
1057 mh-note-dist
1058 mh-note-forw
1059 mh-note-refiled
1060 mh-note-repl
1061 mh-note-seq
1062
1063used to contain strings. Although only the first character was read,
1064the entire string would be inserted which may have caused problems.
1065These variables have been converted to character constants so that
1066only a single character can be inserted into the scan line (closes SF
1067#770772).
1068
1069*** Bad Handling of Aliases That Conflict With Local User Names
1070
1071If a user name existed both locally and in the aliases file, the local
1072user would be flashed, but the alias would be used when sending. This
1073has been fixed so that the user name that is flashed is the same as
1074the name that is sent (closes SF #772595).
1075
7c36a00a 1076*** Initialization Fails If ~/Mail Exists
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1078MH-E no longer calls `install-mh' so this issue has gone away (closes
1079SF #835192).
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1080
1081*** Not Re-prompted to Sign After Pass Phrase Typo
1082
1083If there were errors when sending a signed message (like getting the
1084pass phrase wrong), the MML markup remained in the draft buffer. The
1085draft buffer is now restored if there is an error (closes SF #839303).
1086
1087*** Font-lock Gets Confused in MH-Letter Buffer
1088
1089If a user manually moved the cursor to the end of the header field
1090separator line (by mouse click or keyboard navigation) and hit Enter
1091to start typing their message, any line in the body with a colon would
1092be fontified with a gray background. This has been fixed (closes SF
1093#855479).
1094
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1095*** RETURN Causes Infinite Loop in mh-letter
1096
1097This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #887346).
1098
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1099*** mh-refile-msg Fails to Suggest Folder for Empty Message
1100
1101If you received a message with an empty body from someone who is
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1102listed in your aliases file, `o' (`mh-refile-msg') failed to suggest
1103the correct folder. This has been fixed (closes SF #917096).
1104
1105*** Missing Headers When Replying to All
1106
1107User needed to edit `replgroupcomps' (closes SF #918194).
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1108
1109*** Error Visiting Folder With no Unseen Messages
1110
1111If you visited a folder without unseen messages and the option "flist:
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1112-noshowzero" is present in your `~/.mh_profile', you'd get an error.
1113This has been fixed (closes SF #933954).
1114
1115*** Error Message When Trying to Send Using MH-E
1116
1117This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1002103).
1118
1119*** mh-find-path Doesn't Use mhparam
1120
1121MH-E no longer peeks into the MH profile `~/.mh_profile' directly. It
1122uses `mhparam' instead (closes SF #1016027).
1123
1124*** rmmproc Refile Complains No Such Message
1125
1126MH-E would get confused about which folder to delete messages from if
1127you were refiling and deleting messages at the same time. This has
1128been fixed (closes SF #1023959).
1129
1130*** auto-mode-alist Updated
1131
1132MH-E originally updated auto-mode-alist to set the major mode of
1133drafts. Now that we explicitly set the mode, there is no reason to do
1134this, and this behavior caused problems for people who didn't use MH-E
1135who were editing files that looked like MH message files (closes SF
1136#1032353).
1137
1138*** ! Doesn't Do Regions
1139
1140Now it does (closes SF #1046330).
1141
1142*** mh-show-unquote-From Fails (read-only buffer)
1143
1144MH-E quotes the `From ' header field that is inserted by MTAs.
1145However, it was trying to do this in a read-only buffer. This has been
1146fixed (closes SF #1089870).
1147
1148*** Whitespace in pick Expressions
1149
1150The `C-u / s RET' command now works. In addition, you can now add
1151whitespace to any of the limiting (/) commands (closes SF #1122655).
1152
1153*** mh-index-previous-folder Does Not Work Correctly
1154
1155If your cursor was on an item below a folder heading and you used
1156`M-TAB' (`mh-index-previous-folder'), you would move to the previous
1157folder heading. This has been fixed (closes SF #1126188).
1158
1159*** Default Identity Prevents Insertion of Auto Fields
1160
1161Auto insertion of an identity now occurs even when the default
1162identity is used (closes SF #1204506).
1163
1164*** mh-compose-forward and Default Message Number
1165
1166`mh-compose-forward' will now default to the sent message in the sent
1167folder and the `cur' message in other folders. It also takes ranges of
1168messages and can include multiple messages at a time (closes SF
1169#1205890).
1170
1171*** Better Handling of Empty cur Sequence
1172
1173If you refiled a message into a folder and then used `F r'
1174(`mh-rescan-folder') in that folder, your cursor would be taken to the
1175first message. The cursor now stays where it was (closes SF #1207247).
1176
1177*** mh-customize Uses Group mh, Not mh-e
1178
1179The `mh' customization group alias has been deleted to avoid some
1180problems that were found (closes SF #1213716).
1181
1182*** "Args out of range" Error in Displaying Message
1183
1184This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1227504).
1185
1186*** Front-and-back Truncation in mailto: Rendering
1187
1188This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1227510).
1189
1190*** Name of the Draft File in mh-comp.el
1191
1192MH is documented to use the draft file. If you use a draft file for
1193something else (like Sylpheed), then use draft folders (closes SF
1194#1231483).
1195
1196*** font-lock Error in mh-letter-mode
1197
1198An error in MH-E was introduced as a result of a change in CVS Emacs.
1199This has been fixed (closes SF #1241017).
1200
1201*** Msg Display Broken After Displaying Msg with Inline Image
1202
1203Messages with inline images no longer trim certain message header
1204fields (closes SF #1306141).
1205
1206*** mh-visit-folder Munges font-lock-keywords
1207
1208MH-E broke highlighting in Gnus buffers. This was actually a problem
1209in CVS Emacs 22 and has been fixed there (closes SF #1393879).
1210
1211*** Illegal Filename Chars for W32 Filesystems
1212
1213Windows users who view `X-Image-URL:' images could not cache the
1214images since the cached image file names had illegal characters. This
1215has been fixed (closes SF #1396499).
1216
1217*** mh-send Doesn't Handle mml Insertions Via mail-user-agent
1218
1219Can now forward messages in Gnus if MH-E is your `mail-user-agent'
1220(closes SF #1399307).
1221
1222*** Can't Narrow to Subject with Regexp Chars
1223
1224The command `/ s' could not limit subjects that had special pick
1225characters (such as [, *, $, .). This has been fixed (closes SF
1226#1432548).
1227
1228*** `/ s' Can Miss the Original Mail
1229
1230The command `/ s' failed to include the message with the "Re:" in the
1231Subject. This has been fixed (closes SF #1438369).
1232
1233*** mhparam -components Fails on mailutils
1234
1235This error prevented MH-E from loading when using GNU mailutils. GNU
1236mailutils drops the `s' in this argument, so we did too since
1237-component still works in nmh and MH (closes SF #1446985).
1238
1239*** `/ s' Still Has Problems With []'d Mail
1240
1241On XEmacs, subjects that had special characters would prevent `/ s'
1242from narrowing to the given subject. These characters are now quoted
1243correctly in XEmacs (closes SF #1447598).
1244
1245*** Variable mh-send-args Is a String, Not a List
1246
1247This was causing errors when sending under GNU mailutils. The internal
1248variable `mh-send-args' is now a list which fixes the problem (closes
1249SF #1448604).
1250
1251*** Update Icons
1252
1253Most of the tool bar icons have been replaced by GTK or GNOME 2 icons
1254(closes SF #1452715).
1255
1256*** Strip Build Number From emacs-version in X-Mailer
1257
1258This has been done (closes SF #1466481).
1259
1260*** Rename Function and Variable Definers
1261
1262If you had ever shown help for an MH-E symbol that was both a function
1263or variable, you might have found that the hyperlink to the file
1264brought you to the wrong definition. This has been fixed by renaming
1265the macros `mh-defgroup', `mh-defcustom', `mh-defface',
1266`mh-defun-compat', and `mh-defmacro-compat' to `defgroup-mh',
1267`defcustom-mh', `defface-mh', `defun-mh', `defmacro-mh' respectively
1268(closes SF #1472029).
1269
1270*** mh-insert-letter Uses Wrong Default
1271
1272If you had used `C-c TAB' (`mh-insert-letter') to insert a letter into
1273your draft, specified a different folder, and chose the default
1274message number, you got the wrong message. This has been fixed (closes
1275SF #1473729).
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1278
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1279* Changes in MH-E 7.4.4
1280
1281Version 7.4.4 addresses programmatic issues from the FSF and prepares
bf247b6e 1282MH-E for inclusion into an impending GNU Emacs release (22.1). There
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1283are no user-visible changes (unless you are using XEmacs on DOS or
1284don't have the cl package installed). Filenames are now unique in
1285their first 8 characters (DOS 8.3 requirement). The runtime dependency
1286on the cl package has been removed. Desktop saving and restoration
1287code moved here from desktop.el.
1288
1289* Changes in MH-E 7.4.3
1290
f0d73c14 1291Version 7.4.3 fixes the problem where `mh-identity-list' was not getting
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1292set from .emacs.
1293
1294* Changes in MH-E 7.4.2
1295
1296Version 7.4.2 fixes the accidental dependence on nmh (closes SF
1297#791021).
1298
1299* Changes in MH-E 7.4.1
1300
1301Version 7.4.1 fixes the Makefile so it no longer tries to compile
1302mh-unit.el.
1303
1304* Changes in MH-E 7.4
1305
1306Version 7.4 contains many new useful features including arbitrary MH
1307range handling, new draft features such as draft form editing, as well
1308as sequence propagation and manipulation. We've also fixed bugs and
1309added a handful of new variables.
1310
1311** New Features in MH-E 7.4
1312
1313*** Add Arbitrary Ranges to MH-E UI
1314
1315MH-E now handles any legal MH range (such as last:5 or 4 8 10-12)
1316wherever you're prompted for a message number or sequence (closes SF
1317#728638).
1318
1319*** Remove Prompting in mh-send
1320
1321Brian Reid's original mhe didn't do prompting anywhere but used forms
1322instead. While we won't go that far, we eliminated prompting where a
1323form is already involved, such as in composing a message.
1324
1325The new customization variable `mh-compose-prompt-flag' can be set to
1326t to get the original behavior (closes SF #745622).
1327
1328*** Use TAB to Switch Fields in Header
1329
1330When composing a message, TAB and SHIFT-TAB can be used to move
1331quickly between header fields. The new customization variable,
1332`mh-compose-skipped-header-fields', contains a list of header fields
1333that are skipped and truncated if they are too long (closes SF
1334#745627).
1335
1336*** Alias Completion in Composition Buffer
1337
1338Aliases can be completed in the draft with "M-TAB
1339(mh-letter-complete)". Or, if the customization variable
1340`mh-compose-space-does-completion-flag' is set to t, then a "SPC
1341(mh-letter-complete-or-space)" with do the same thing. If
1342`mh-alias-flash-on-comma' is non-nil, ", (mh-letter-confirm-address)"
1343will show the alias expansion in the minibuffer (closes SF #745634).
1344
1345*** Auto Fields Should be Inserted During Send
1346
1347Fields that were inserted by the multiple personality code when the
1348draft was sent now insert the header fields when the draft is composed
1349to give you a chance to edit them (closes SF #747890).
1350
1351*** mh-index-tick-messages
1352
1353The command "F ' (mh-index-ticked-messages)" creates a buffer with all
1354messages ticked with "' (mh-toggle-tick)" in the folders listed in the
1355new customization variable `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders'. Chances
1356are that if you set `mh-index-new-messages-folders', you'll want to
1357set `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders' accordingly.
1358
1359In addition, a general function, "F q (mh-index-sequenced-messages)"
1360has been provided that displays messages in the `mh-unseen-seq' in the
1361folders listed `mh-index-new-messages-folders', unless a prefix
1362argument is given, in which case you can provide both a list of
1363folders and a sequence (closes SF #718833).
1364
1365*** Narrow to Region
1366
1367If there is a region, "/ r (mh-narrow-to-range)" will only consider
1368those messages in the region. In addition, there is now a stack of
1369folder limits which can be popped with "/ w (mh-widen)". With a prefix
1370arg, all the restrictions are popped off of the stack (closes SF
1371#732823).
1372
1373*** Narrow to Ticked Sequence
1374
1375The buffer can now be narrowed to ticked messages with "S '
1376(mh-narrow-to-tick)" (closes SF #732825).
1377
1378*** Display Multiple Buttons for multipart/alternative
1379
1380A new customizable variable,
1381`mh-display-buttons-for-alternatives-flag', was added to display
1382buttons for the alternatives. The default value is nil to retain the
1383current behavior (closes SF #741288).
1384
1385*** Identity Menu Changes
1386
1387A menu item has been added that inserts custom fields if the To or Cc
1388header fields match `mh-auto-fields-list'.
1389
1390** New Variables in MH-E 7.4
1391
1392*** mh-alias-local-users-prefix
1393
1394This string is prepended to the real names of users from the passwd
1395file. If nil, use the username string unmodified instead of the real
1396name from the gecos field of the passwd file.
1397
1398*** mh-alias-passwd-gecos-comma-separator-flag
1399
1400Non-nil means the gecos field in the passwd file uses comma as a
1401separator. Used to construct aliases for users in the passwd file."
1402
1403*** mh-interpret-number-as-range-flag
1404
1405Non-nil means interpret a number as a range. If the variable is
1406non-nil, and you use an integer, N, when asked for a range to scan,
1407then MH-E uses the range "last:N".
1408
1409*** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook
1410
1411This new hook is invoked at the beginning of the `F k
1412(mh-kill-folder)' command. It is a list of functions to be called,
1413with no arguments, which should return a value of non-nil if you
1414should not be asked if you're sure that you want to remove the folder.
1415This is useful for folders that are easily regenerated.
1416
1417The default value of `mh-index-p' suppresses the prompt on folders
1418generated by an index search.
1419
1420WARNING: Use this hook with care. If there is a bug in your hook which
1421returns t on +inbox and you hit `F k' by accident in the +inbox
1422buffer, you will not be happy.
1423
1424*** mh-refile-preserves-sequences-flag
1425
1426Non-nil means that sequences are preserved when messages are refiled.
1427If this variable is non-nil and a message belonging to a sequence
1428other than cur or Previous-Sequence (see mh-profile 5) is refiled then
1429it is put in the same sequence in the destination folder. Additional
1430sequences that should not to be preserved can be specified by setting
1431`mh-unpropagated-sequences' appropriately.
1432
1433*** mh-visible-header-fields
1434
1435Customize this instead of `mh-visible-headers', which is now a defvar.
1436This was done to mimic the relationship between
1437`mh-invisible-header-fields' and `mh-invisible-fields'.
1438
1439** Variables Deleted in MH-E 7.4
1440
1441*** mh-visible-headers
1442
1443See the paragraph for `mh-visible-header-fields' above.
1444
1445** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.4
1446
1447*** Aliases Constantly Reloaded
1448
1449The system aliases are not loaded as often as they were, so the
1450completion speed has been dramatically improved if your passwd file is
1451large (closes SF #693859).
1452
1453*** Folders in MH-Index View Not Saved
1454
1455When you perform a search to produce an MH-Index buffer, the folders
1456that contain the messages are shown. If the MH-Index buffer was
1457deleted, or Emacs was restarted and the corresponding folder
1458rescanned, the folder information would be lost. This has been fixed
1459by saving the information in a file called ".mhe_index" (closes SF
1460#701762).
1461
1462*** Ticking Messages in +mhe-index/new
1463
1464If a new message in a buffer created by "F n" was ticked (with "'"),
1465the message would not be added to the tick sequence in the source
1466folder. This has been fixed so that any sequence changes in any index
1467folder (from within MH-E of course) are now reflected back to the
1468corresponding source folder (closes SF #709664).
1469
1470*** Custom Vars Set by a Function
1471
1472The default setting of customization variable `mh-summary-height' is
1473now `nil' which means MH-E will change the size dynamically according
1474to the size of the frame (closes SF #723267).
1475
1476*** Folder Completion Slow
1477
1478The first folder completion was very slow. This has been fixed (closes
1479SF #730426).
1480
1481*** Tick Sequence Persistent When Refiled
1482
1483Sequences are now preserved when messages are refiled (closes SF
1484#737128).
1485
1486*** Auto-inserted Header Fields Inconsistent
1487
1488For consistency, all automatically inserted header fields (such as
1489X-Mailer and X-Face) are added when the draft is first presented to
1490you. This also gives you a chance to edit or delete them if necessary
1491(closes SF #745624). Note that we would be distressed if you deleted
1492the X-Mailer field.
1493
1494*** Toolbar Spec Error
1495
1496The following message appeared when displaying a message in XEmacs:
1497
1498 Signaling: (error "Toolbar spec must be list or nil" )
1499
1500This has been fixed (closes SF #745655).
1501
1502*** mh-index-search Doesn't Find Short Acronyms
1503
1504Swish typically ignores words with fewer than four letters, but will
1505still look for acronyms. Unfortunately, MH-E was downcasing the input
1506words which defeated this feature. This has been fixed (closes SF
1507#755718).
1508
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1510
1511* Changes in MH-E 7.3
1512
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1513This release includes the new features of an index view of unseen
1514messages in all folders, spam software support, relative folder
1515specification @ support, marking messages, recipient handling by
1516mh-default-folder-list, Face and X-Image-URL header field support, and
1517Fcc completion. Function arguments have been unified. Bugs have been
1518fixed.
1519
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1520** New Features in MH-E 7.3
1521
286fbd0f 1522*** Unified Function Arguments
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1523
1524Any function with MSG-OR-SEQ in its docstring uses the displayed
1525message by default for this argument. However, if a prefix argument is
1526provided, then the user is prompted for a message sequence. If the
1527variable `transient-mark-mode' is non-nil and the mark is active, then
1528the function operates on the messages in the selected region. In a
1529program, MSG-OR-SEQ can be a message number, a list of message
1530numbers, a region in a cons cell, or a sequence.
1531
286fbd0f 1532*** MH-Index View of Unseen Messages
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1533
1534Use "F n (mh-index-new-messages)" or Folder -> View New Messages menu
1535item to display messages in the `mh-unseen-seq' sequence in folders
1536specified by `mh-index-new-messages-folders'. With a prefix argument,
1537enter a space-separated list of folders, or nothing to search all
1538folders.
1539
1540Like other MH-Index folders, use "v (mh-index-visit-folder)" if you
1541wish to visit the original folder with the unseen message. This is
1542usually not necessary since the original message is annotated if you
1543reply, deleted if you delete the message, or refiled if you refile the
1544message (closes SF #701756).
1545
286fbd0f 1546*** Spam Software Support
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1547
1548MH-E now supports several spam filters including Bogofilter,
1549SpamProbe, and SpamAssassin. Spam that is mistakenly considered to be
1550good mail can be reclassified as spam with "J b (mh-junk-blacklist)".
1551Conversely, good mail that is accidently considered to be spam can be
1552reclassified with "J w (mh-junk-whitelist)" (closes SF #669518).
1553
1554If a message is blacklisted, and `mh-junk-mail-folder' is a string,
1555then the message is refiled to that folder. If this variable is nil,
1556the message is deleted. If a message is whitelisted, then the message
1557is refiled to `mh-inbox'.
1558
1559To change the spam program being used, customize `mh-junk-program'.
1560This should only be necessary if you have multiple filters on your
1561system and MH-E picked the wrong one. These customization variables
1562are found in the new customization group `mh-junk'.
1563
1564The documentation for the following functions describes what setup is
1565needed for the different spam fighting programs:
1566
1567 - `mh-bogofilter-blacklist'
1568 - `mh-spamprobe-blacklist'
1569 - `mh-spamassassin-blacklist'
1570
286fbd0f 1571*** Relative Folder Specification @ Supported
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1572
1573You can now use the relative folder marker @ in folder names (closes
1574SF #666774).
1575
286fbd0f 1576*** Marking Messages
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1577
1578Messages can now be highlighted with "' (mh-toggle-tick)", Sequence ->
1579Toggle Tick Mark menu item or the "Toggle tick mark" button. These
1580messages are added to the "tick" sequence, although this sequence can
1581be changed in `mh-tick-seq'. The highlighting effect can be modified
1582by customizing `mh-folder-tick-face' (closes SF #623367).
1583
1584There is also a new keybinding "/ ' (mh-narrow-to-tick)" and menu item
1585Sequence -> Narrow to Tick Sequence to narrow the view to the
1586highlighted messages.
1587
286fbd0f 1588*** mh-default-folder-list Now Takes Recipients
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1589
1590If you wish to file a message based upon the recipient of a message
1591(such as a mailing list), you can now indicate that when filling out
1592the address in the `mh-default-folder-list' customization variable.
1593
286fbd0f 1594*** Face Header Field Supported
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1595
1596In addition to the X-Face header field, the Face header field, which
1597can display color images, is now supported. As a bonus, the external
1598xface-e21 library is no longer required.
1599
286fbd0f 1600*** X-Image-URL Support
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1601
1602Images specified in X-Image-URL header fields are now supported.
1603See the customization variable `mh-fetch-x-image-url' to enable this
1604support.
1605
286fbd0f 1606*** Fcc Completion
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1607
1608Folders in Fcc fields in message drafts can now be completed with
1609M-TAB.
1610
1611** New Variables in MH-E 7.3
1612
1613Variables that have been added to MH-E that have not been discussed
1614elsewhere are listed here.
1615
1616*** mh-auto-fields-list
1617
1618Alist of addresses for which header lines are automatically inserted.
1619When a regular expression matches in the To or cc fields of a message,
1620the corresponding header field is automatically inserted in the
1621message header. It also allows the automatic setting of an identity
1622(using `mh-insert-identity') to set an alternate identity when sending
1623messages to a certain person or mailing list.
1624
1625Since this is a more general use of `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-flag'
1626and `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-list', these variables have been removed.
1627
1628*** mh-show-xface-face
1629
1630Face for displaying the X-Face image.
1631
1632*** mh-xemacs-toolbar-position
1633
1634This customization variable allows the user to place the toolbar on
1635the four edges of the frame.
1636
1637*** mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag
1638
1639This customization variable is used to enable or disable the toolbar
1640under XEmacs.
1641
1642** Variables Deleted in MH-E 7.3
1643
1644Variables that have been removed from MH-E that have not been
1645discussed elsewhere are listed here.
1646
1647*** mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message-flag
1648
1649No longer needed since the external program mimencode is no longer
1650used.
1651
1652*** mh-index-show-hook
1653
1654This hook was never used, so it was removed.
1655
1656*** mh-tool-bar-reply-3-buttons-flag
1657
1658Obsolete. This functionality is present `mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons'.
1659
1660** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.3
1661
286fbd0f 1662*** Can't Refile Message
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1663
1664Messages with invalid addresses were causing errors in ali which
1665prevented the refiling of messages. The ali error is now shown in the
1666"*MH-E Log*" buffer and refiling suggests the last folder used (closes
1667SF #680388).
1668
286fbd0f 1669*** Empty Body Triggers Duped Header
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1670
1671If the body was empty the header would be treated like the body and
1672was therefore displayed twice. This has been fixed (closes SF
1673#681162).
1674
286fbd0f 1675*** mml or mhl Directives Not Always Processed
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1676
1677The mml and mhl directives used to create body parts were not
1678processed if one re-edited a draft, or if they added the directives
1679manually. The directives are now always processed upon sending the
1680letter. You may still, of course, use "C-c C-m m (mh-mml-to-mime)" or
1681"C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" to manually create the MIME body parts from
1682the directives and then send the draft.
1683
286fbd0f 1684*** mh-alias-grab-from-field Fails
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1685
1686MH-E was adding aliases with angle brackets around the address when
1687there wasn't a phrase (usually, the user's name), to go with it. This
1688caused ali to fail which caused problems in MH-E. This is probably a
1689bug in ali, but MH-E no longer inserts angle brackets around the
1690address unless there is a phrase, which avoids the problem (closes SF
1691#690216).
1692
286fbd0f 1693*** XEmacs Fixes
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1694
1695MH-E is now fully supported under XEmacs and compiles without any
1696warnings.
1697
1698In particular, the following now work under XEmacs:
1699
1700- X-Face, Face, and X-Image-URL header fields
1701- MH-E logo in mode line
1702- Emphasis (bold, italics, etc.)
1703- Smilies
1704- Toolbar
1705
286fbd0f 1706*** Indexed Folders Should Respect mh-show-threads-flag
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1707
1708Indexed folders are now threaded if `mh-show-threads-flag' is non-nil
1709(closes SF #709667).
1710
286fbd0f 1711*** Threading Index View Loses Folder Info
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1712
1713This has been fixed (closes SF #709672).
1714
286fbd0f 1715*** No Undo Information When Re-editing Drafts
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1716
1717Undo is turned on in the draft buffer when using "e (mh-edit-again)"
1718(closes SF #712777).
1719
286fbd0f 1720*** Forwarded base64-encoded Messages Are Incorrectly Displayed
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1721
1722This has been fixed (closes SF #681518).
1723
286fbd0f 1724*** Append to *MH-E Log* Buffer
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1725
1726The last 100 lines of log messages are kept in the *MH-E Log* buffer.
1727Previously, the buffer was erased every time it was written (closes SF
1728#685476). In addition, many of the MH-E commands now send their output
1729into this buffer instead of a plethora of other special-purpose
1730buffers.
1731
286fbd0f 1732*** mh-inc-folder Complains if No Mail and No Current Message
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1733
1734The function `mh-inc-folder' no longer calls `mh-show' if point is not
1735on a valid scan line. This keeps `mh-inc-folder' from complaining
1736(closes SF #678115).
1737
286fbd0f 1738*** Folder Normalization Strips Leading Slash
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1739
1740Leading "/" characters in folder names entered by the user were being
1741lost. This has been fixed (closes SF #676890).
1742
286fbd0f 1743*** Print Header Doesn't Show Message
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1744
1745When printing a sequence, the header simply indicated that a sequence,
1746but not which one, was being printed and did not show the message
1747number. This has been fixed. If more than one message is printed, a
1748page of the scan lines is printed and its header indicates the
1749sequence or message range. The pages with the actual messages all set
1750the header to the folder and message displayed on that page.
1751
286fbd0f 1752*** Aliases Constantly Reloaded
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1753
1754Empty lists are now handled properly (closes SF #693859).
1755
286fbd0f 1756*** Remove RCS Keywords
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1757
1758Removed RCS keywords per Emacs conventions (closes SF #680731).
1759
286fbd0f 1760*** Replace Mimencode
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1761
1762MH-E was enhanced to decode message based on charset and
1763Content-Transfer-Encoding. This eliminates the need for the external
1764program mimencode (closes SF #674857).
1765
1766\f
1767
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1768* Changes in MH-E 7.2
1769
1770This release includes the new features of filing hints, hierarchical
1771file name completion, indexed search and pick integration, unification
1772between `mh-visit-folder' and the speedbar, a displayed message
1773indicator, buffer name organization, support for mairix indexed
1774search, and last but not least, the MH-E logo has been added to the
1775mode line. Code that handles sequences and message regions runs
1776faster. Bugs have been fixed.
1777
1778** New Features in MH-E 7.2
1779
1780*** Filing Hints
1781
1782When you file a message, MH-E now looks for an alias corresponding to
1783the address of the sender and offers that as a default folder (closes
1784SF #657096). The new variable `mh-default-folder-prefix' can be used
1785to put these folders in a sub-folder. The new variable
1786`mh-default-folder-must-exist-flag' means to suppress the suggested
1787folder (thereby providing the previous folder used) if the folder
1788doesn't already exist. The new variable `mh-default-folder-list' can
1789be used to map additional addresses and folders.
1790
1791*** Hierarchical File Name Completion
1792
1793When you completed filenames in the past, you were presented with a
1794list of all your folders at all depths in the tree. Now you are
1795presented with only one level at a time (closes SF #664821).
1796As a result, the variables `mh-auto-folder-collect-flag' and
1797`mh-folder-list-change-hook' are obsolete.
1798
1799*** Indexed Search and Pick Integration
1800
1801The indexed and pick searches have been integrated (closes SF
1802#664816). Both "F s (mh-search-folder)" and "F i (mh-index-search)"
1803use the pick template for forming queries. To submit the query, use
1804"C-c C-c (mh-do-search)" which will use the query method you selected.
1805If you change your mind while forming the query, you can use "C-c C-i
1806(mh-index-do-search)" or "C-c C-p (mh-pick-do-search)" to submit the
1807query using the respective method.
1808
1809Second, the results from a pick search are now saved in a sub-folder
1810of +mhe-index like an indexed search.
1811
1812Third, `pick' is now a valid choice for `mh-index-program'.
1813
1814*** mh-visit-folder Metamorphosis Continues
1815
1816When visiting a folder from the speedbar, only the unseen messages are
1817shown if there are unseen messages. If there aren't any unseen
1818messages, all of the messages are shown if there are fewer than
1819`mh-large-folder' messages; otherwise, the user is prompted for the
1820range of messages to display. The "F v (mh-visit-folder)" command has
1821been modified to mimic this behavior. Use a prefix arg to force the
1822message range prompt.
1823
1824*** Displayed Message Indicator
1825
1826In graphical Emacs, the message that is shown is marked by a triangle
1827in the fringe. In textual Emacs, there is a ">" in the first column
1828(closes SF #664824).
1829
1830*** Buffer Name Organization
1831
1832All ephemeral buffer names start with " *mh" while all interesting
1833buffers start with "*MH-E ". The "*Folders*", "*Sequences*", and
1834"*Recipients*" buffers were therefore renamed to "*MH-E Folders*",
1835"*MH-E Sequences*" and "*MH-E Recipients*" respectively (programmers
1836should see mh-utils.el for the names of the new constants). Also, the
1837output of MH commands is saved in the "*MH-E Log*" buffer.
1838
1839*** mh-index-program
1840
1841Add choices for `mairix' and `pick'.
1842
1843*** Logo Displayed on Mode Line
1844
1845** New Variables in MH-E 7.2
1846
1847The new variables have been discussed elsewhere.
1848
1849** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.2
1850
1851*** mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message
1852
1853Messages that had been encoded with base64 were not decoded. This has
1854been fixed with this new function (closes SF #674190). As a result,
1855the variable `mh-decode-quoted-printable-flag' has been renamed to
1856`mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message-flag'.
1857
1858*** mh-kill-folder
1859
1860Now restores previous window configuration (closes SF #664828).
1861
1862*** mh-mime-display
1863
1864MH-E was not using the charset defined in the content-type
1865header. This meant that mail in a different charset would not
1866be properly displayed. This has been fixed (closes SF #655123).
1867
1868*** mh-read-address
1869
1870In XEmacs and Emacs20, this function would always prompt using "To: "
1871instead of using the command argument. This has been fixed (closes SF
1872#670913).
1873
1874*** mh-rmail
1875
1876Unseen messages are now shown in addition to new ones (closes SF
1877#667542).
1878
1879*** mh-scan-msg-overflow-regexp
1880
1881Change the variable so that a space is always maintained in the
1882beginning of the scan line.
1883
1884*** mh-swish-execute-search
1885
1886The example configuration file in the docstring didn't show the
1887backslash in the FileRules filename. If the example had been used
1888literally by the user, no files would be indexed! This has been fixed
1889(closes SF #665888).
1890
1891*** mh-thread-refile
1892
1893The "T o (mh-thread-refile)" command did not provide refiling hints
1894like `mh-refile-msg'. This has been fixed (closes SF #664829).
1895
1896*** mh-toggle-threads
1897
1898If the threaded view was modified and then toggled, the standard view
1899may not have been accurate (as it contained a potentially old first
1900message to last message range). This has been fixed (closes SF
1901#626117).
1902
1903*** mh-tool-bar-show-set, mh-tool-bar-letter-set, mh-tool-bar-folder-set
1904
1905Clicking the customize and help buttons now deletes the other windows
1906in the frame.
1907
1908*** mh-version
1909
1910The "M-x mh-version" command displayed "Aliasfile: aliases". This has
1911been fixed (closes SF #664467). See Buffer Name Organization above.
1912
1913\f
1914
1915* Changes in MH-E 7.1
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1916
1917This release includes the new features of multiple identities and
1918alias completion. In addition, indexed searching has been revamped.
1919Various other features have been added and a few bugs were fixed.
1920
1921** New Features in MH-E 7.1
1922
1923*** Multiple Identities
1924
1925MH-E now supports multiple identities (closes SF #628782). That means
1926that you can have different From and Organization header fields (or
1927any other header field of your choice) as well as different signatures
1928depending on your context. Usually, the contexts are home and work.
1929
1930Add your identities to the variable `mh-identity-list' and set the
1931default identity with the variable `mh-identity-default'. Your
1932identity can be switched on the fly by using the Identity menu or by
1933calling "M-x mh-insert-identity RET".
1934
1935This functionality can be customized within the mh-identity group.
1936
1937*** Alias Completion and Harvesting
1938
1939The contributed file mh-alias.el has been rewritten and incorporated
1940into MH-E.
1941
1942By default, aliases are culled from the system files
1943"/etc/nmh/MailAliases," "/usr/lib/mh/MailAliases," and "/etc/passwd"
1944(see `mh-alias-system-aliases') and from your "AliasFile" MH profile
1945component. These aliases are then used for completion in the
1946minibuffer when entering addresses. Within the header of the message
1947draft, "M-TAB (mh-letter-complete)" is used to do alias completion.
1948
1949The package also provides for alias creation based upon the From
1950header field of the current message. Use the lasso button
1951(mh-alias-grab-from-field).
1952
1953This functionality can be customized within the mh-alias group.
1954
1955*** Index Folder Updates
1956
1957The results of an index search "F i (mh-index-search)" are now stored
1958in a bona fide folder so that you can refile messages and reply to
1959messages directly from the result folder. This folder is a sub-folder
1960of +mhe-index and the name is based upon the search string (closes SF
1961#623321).
1962
1963If a prefix argument is given then the search in the current index
1964buffer is redone.
1965
1966The index folder lists the names of the source folders as before.
1967However, instead of using RET on the name of the folder to visit the
1968folder, use "v (mh-show-index-visit-folder)" anywhere within the
1969results to visit that folder narrowed to the results of the search.
1970Additional functions have been added to navigate including "TAB
1971(mh-index-next-folder)", and "SHIFT-TAB (mh-index-previous-folder)."
1972
1973*** mh-visit-folder Interface Updated
1974
1975A change was made to the prompting of the message range. In general,
1976you can use the same format for messages and sequences as you can in
1977MH with a single exception: a single number means to scan that many
1978messages, rather than scan that message number. This turns out to be
1979much more useful than visiting a single message and is consistent with
1980Gnus and the MH-E speedbar (closes SF #655891).
1981
1982If mh-visit-folder is called non-interactively and RANGE is nil then
1983all messages are displayed. This behavior is now documented and
1984provides backwards compatibility.
1985
1986*** Threading Improvements
1987
1988After incorporating new mail into a threaded folder, unseen messages
1989can be spread about. Two new functions have been added to make it
1990easier to find them: these are "M-n (mh-next-unread-msg)" and "M-p
1991(mh-previous-unread-msg)" (closes SF #630328)
1992
1993Two new functions were added to delete and refile threads. They are "T
1994d (mh-thread-delete)" and "T o (mh-thread-refile)" respectively
1995(closes SF #630493).
1996
1997In addition, the key "k" used to be bound to the function
1998`mh-delete-subject': it is now bound to
1999`mh-show-delete-subject-or-thread'.
2000
2001New functions to navigate threads include "T u (mh-thread-ancestor)",
2002which can jump to the root message of the current thread given an
2003optional argument, "T n (mh-thread-next-sibling)", and "T p
2004(mh-thread-previous-sibling)"
2005
2006*** Refiling of Messages in Region
2007
2008If mark is active and `transient-mark-mode' is enabled then all the
2009messages in the region are refiled.
2010
2011*** vCard Handling
2012
2013If a signature cannot be identified, but there is a vCard attachment,
2014then that vCard will be presented as a signature (closes SF #649216).
2015
2016*** New Info Added to mh-version
2017
2018Information about Gnus versions available at both compile time and run
2019time has been added.
2020
2021** New Variables in MH-E 7.1
2022
2023The defcustom groups were reorganized. Rather than iterate the
2024specific changes here, you are invited to browse the groups with "M-x
2025mh-customize RET".
2026
2027*** mh-alias-completion-ignore-case-flag
2028
2029Non-nil means don't consider case significant in MH alias completion.
2030This is the default in plain MH, so it is the default here as well. It
2031can be useful to set this to t if, for example, you use lowercase
2032aliases for people and uppercase for mailing lists.
2033
2034*** mh-alias-expand-aliases-flag
2035
2036Non-nil means to expand aliases entered in the minibuffer. In other
2037words, aliases entered in the minibuffer will be expanded to the full
2038address in the message draft. By default, this expansion is not
2039performed.
2040
2041*** mh-alias-flash-on-comma
2042
2043Specify whether to flash the translation of the alias or warn if there
2044isn't a translation of the alias.
2045
2046*** mh-alias-insert-file
2047
2048Filename to use to store new MH-E aliases. This variable can also be a
2049list of filenames, in which case MH-E will prompt for one of them. If
2050nil, the default, then MH-E will use the first file found in the
2051"AliasFile" component of the MH profile.
2052
2053*** mh-alias-insertion-location
2054
2055Specifies where new aliases are entered in alias files. Options are
2056sorted alphabetically (the default), at the top of the file or at the
2057bottom.
2058
2059*** mh-alias-local-users
2060
2061If t, local users are completed in MH-E To: and Cc: prompts.
2062
2063If you set this variable to a string, it will be executed to generate
2064a password file. A value of "ypcat passwd" is helpful if NIS is in
2065use.
2066
2067*** mh-alias-system-aliases
2068
2069A list of system files from which to cull aliases. If these files are
2070modified, they are automatically reread. This list need include only
2071system aliases and the passwd file, since personal alias files listed
2072in your "AliasFile" MH profile component are automatically included.
2073
2074*** mh-identity-default
2075
2076Default identity to use when `mh-letter-mode' is called.
2077
2078*** mh-identity-list
2079
2080List holding MH-E identity.
2081
2082*** mh-invisible-header-fields
2083
2084Simple user interface to change `mh-invisible-headers'.
2085
2086*** mh-letter-complete-function
2087
2088Function to call when completing outside of fields specific to
2089aliases. By default, it is bound to 'ispell-complete-word.
2090
2091*** mh-show-threads-flag
2092
2093Non-nil means new folders start in threaded mode. Threading large
2094number of messages can be time consuming. So if the flag is non-nil
2095then threading will be done only if the number of messages being
2096threaded is less than `mh-large-folder' (closes SF #646794).
2097
2098*** mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons
2099
2100Buttons to include in MH-E folder/show toolbar.
2101
2102*** mh-tool-bar-letter-buttons
2103
2104Buttons to include in MH-E letter toolbar.
2105
2106** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.1
2107
2108*** mh-get-new-mail
2109
2110Call new function `mh-add-cur-notation' to undo the work of
2111`mh-remove-cur-notation' if there was no new mail (closes SF #647681).
2112
2113*** mh-set-cmd-note
2114
2115No longer updates the default `mh-cmd-note' value. This resulted in
2116the misplacement of the current mark when the message number width
2117changed (closes SF #643701).
2118
2119\f
2120
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2122
2123This is a major release which includes a lot of new features including
2124improved MIME handling, speedbar folder browsing, and indexed
2125searching. In this version, MH-E runs under XEmacs, passes checkdoc,
2126and compiles clean under all supported platforms.
2127
2128The "passes checkdoc" feature above required changing the name of
2129several user-visible variables. It is likely that this affects you.
2130Please be sure to see the table at the end of these notes and rename
2131your variables accordingly.
2132
2133MH-E has been written mh-e, Mh-e, MH-e and MH-E. We have decided that
2134the proper term should be MH-E. Please try to use MH-E in your
2135writing.
2136
2137** New Features in MH-E 7.0
2138
2139*** Speedbar
2140
2141There is now support for the speedbar. Try "M-x speedbar" (closes SF
177c0ea7 2142#503727).
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2143
2144Press the middle mouse button on the `+' icons to open a folder,
2145middle mouse button on a folder name to open the folder. Folders with
2146unseen messages are shown in bold, so this is a handy way to browse
2147new messages that you have filed with procmail or slocal.
2148
2149See the new customization variable `mh-large-folder,' which controls
2150when the speedbar asks for how many messages to scan when opening a
2151large folder and `mh-speed-run-flists-flag' whose default value of t
2152means to use the flists command to populate the count of unseen and
2153total messages in each folder.
2154
2155*** Indexed Search
2156
2157Interoperability with swish++, swish, glimpse, and namazu has been
2158added to enable lightening-fast searches of your mail. If none of
2159these are present, grep is used. Try "F i (mh-index-search)".
2160
2161For more information, read the documentation for the functions
2162`mh-swish++-execute-search,' `mh-swish-execute-search,'
2163`mh-namazu-execute-search,' or `mh-glimpse-execute-search' depending
2164on your preferred indexing program to see what kind of setup is needed
2165to generate the index.
2166
2167*** Threading
2168
2169Use "T t (mh-toggle-threads)" to view the threads in the folder. Use
2170it again to return to a non-threaded view.
2171
2172*** Brief Help
2173
2174Use "? (mh-help)" and "X ? (mh-prefix-help)," where X is a prefix
2175character, for a brief synopsis in the minibuffer of frequently used
2176commands. In the MH-Letter or MH-Pick buffers, use "C-c ? (mh-help)"
2177(closes SF #493740).
2178
2179*** Folder Keymap Shared by Show Buffer
2180
2181You can now use the MH-Folder mode commands from the MH-Show buffer.
2182Because of this, the MH-Show buffer is now read-only (closes SF
2183#493749 and SF #527946) and you now have to use "M (mh-modify)" to
2184edit a message.
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2186*** Better Scanning
2187
2188You no longer have to modify your scan format if your folders have
2189more than 9999 messages in them. If you've only modified your scan
2190format file to allow for the wider message numbers, consider using the
2191default behavior of MH-E and simplify your MH-E configuration
2192considerably (closes SF #635791).
2193
2194To do this, you may have to remove your modifications of
2195`mh-scan.*-regexp' and `mh-cmd-note' and your customization of
2196`mh-scan-format-file'.
2197
2198You may still want the updated format files for running MH commands
2199outside of MH-E; the default of `mh-scan-format-file' will cause them
2200to be ignored.
2201
2202If you prefer fixed-width message numbers, set the new customization
2203variable to nil , set this variable to
2204nil and call `mh-set-cmd-note' with the width specified by the scan format in
2205`mh-scan-format-file'. For example, the default width is 4, so you would use
2206"(mh-set-cmd-note 4)" if `mh-scan-format-file' were nil.
2207
2208*** X-Face
2209
2210MH-E now displays the content of the X-Face header field in the From
2211field. When sending a message, an X-Face field is appended to the
2212header if it doesn't already exist and "~/.face" is present. See the
2213new customization variables `mh-show-use-xface-flag' and `mh-x-face-file'
2214(closes SF #480770).
2215
2216MH-E depends on the external x-face package found in
2217ftp://ftp.jpl.org/pub/elisp/ to do this. The `uncompface' binary is
2218also required to be in the execute PATH. It can be obtained from:
2219http://freshmeat.net/redir/compface/1439/url_tgz/compface-1.4.tar.gz.
2220
2221It has also been observed that if you don't see the faces, you might
2222have to do this (for unknown reasons):
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2224 mv /usr/local/include/compface.h /usr/include/
2225
2226*** Graphical Smileys
2227
2228Smiley's are now converted to cute little images. See the new
2229customization variable `mh-graphical-smileys-flag.'
2230
2231*** Text Emphasis
2232
2233ASCII formatting is now converted to the appropriate font. For
2234example, _underline_ is underlined, *bold* appears in bold, /italic/
2235appears in italic, etc. See `gnus-emphasis-alist' for the whole list.
2236See the new customization variables `mh-decode-mime' and
2237`mh-graphical-emphasis-flag.'
2238
2239*** Attachment Handling
2240
2241Inline attachments are now displayed. Regular attachments appear as
2242buttons in show buffer. Use "K TAB (mh-next-button)" or "K SHIFT-TAB
2243(mh-prev-button)" to cycle through these buttons. Use "K v
2244(mh-folder-toggle-mime-part)" to view, "K o
2245(mh-folder-save-mime-part)" to save one part or "K-a
2246(mh-save-mime-parts)" to save all parts, or "K i
2247(mh-folder-inline-mime-part)" to view the attachment inline.
2248
2249See the new customization variable `mh-decode-mime' for additional
2250information. Other customization variables that affect this new feature
2251include `mh-store-mime-parts-default-directory' and
2252`mh-display-buttons-for-inline-parts-flag'.
2253
2254HTML documents can be viewed inline if Gnus v5.10 and w3 or w3m lisp
2255packages are present. Set the customization variable
2256`mm-text-html-renderer' accordingly (closes SF #453352).
2257
2258*** Quoted-printable Handling
2259
2260Quoted-printable body parts are now decoded.
2261
2262*** More Choices for `mh-yank-from-start-of-msg'
2263
2264Historically, if this variable was t, the entire message, with full
2265headers would be included and every line would begin with
2266`mh-ins-buf-prefix.' This usage is deprecated in favor of the setting
2267`supercite' below. The default has been changed to `attribution.' The
2268following symbols are now understood:
2269
2270`body': yank the message minus the header.
2271
2272`supercite': include the entire message, with full headers. This also
2273causes the invocation of `sc-cite-original' without the setting of
2274`mail-citation-hook', now deprecated practice.
2275
2276`autosupercite': do as for `supercite' automatically when show buffer
2277matches the message being replied-to.
2278
2279`attribution': yank the message minus the header and add a simple
2280attribution line at the top.
2281
2282`autoattrib': do as for `attribution' automatically when show buffer
2283matches the message being replied-to.
2284
2285There is a new customization variable called
2286`mh-extract-from-attribution-verb' which is used for attribution which
2287provides a method for setting a different language.
2288
2289*** Use Gnus mml Instead of mhn
2290
2291When inserting attachments into a message draft, Gnus mml directives
2292are now used instead of mhn directives. One beneficial side-effect of
2293this is that attachments can now appear inline as well as separate.
2294
2295The new customization variable `mh-compose-insertion' controls whether
2296Gnus or mhn is used to insert MIME message directives in messages
2297(default: 'gnus, if the mml library exists).
2298
2299*** Content-Type Now Obtained Automatically
2300
2301The value of the Content-Type no longer needs to be entered by the
2302user.
2303
2304*** Attachments Automatically Included Upon Send
2305
2306You no longer have to run "C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" before sending a
2307message with attachments--this is done automatically when you send the
2308message with "C-c C-c (mh-send-letter)". There is, however, a new key
2309binding "C-c C-m m (mh-mml-to-mime)" which is analogous to "C-c C-e
2310(mh-edit-mhn)".
2311
2312*** GPG Handling
2313
2314Messages that have been signed or encrypted with GPG are verified and
2315decrypted automatically. To sign or encrypt a message, use "C-c RET
2316C-s (mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime)" and "C-c C-m C-e
2317(mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime)." You need Gnus version 5.10
2318for this feature. These functions are provided by the pgg.el package.
2319
2320Users report "flashing" with the pgg.el package and prefer the gpg.el
2321package instead. To use gpg.el instead of the pgg.el package you need:
2322
2323 (setq mml2015-use 'gpg)
2324
2325To mimic automatic encryption in gpg.el, use:
2326
2327 (setq mm-verify-option 'always)
2328 (setq mm-decrypt-option 'always)
2329
2330The venerable mailcrypt package is also an option. However, now that
2331show buffers are read-only, mailcrypt version 3.5.6 and older fail
2332when they attempt to decrypt the contents.
2333
2334*** Mail-Followup-To Header Field
2335
2336Support for this controversial field has been added because nmh
2337supports it (closes SF #627035). If you want to add it to outgoing
2338mail for selected mailing lists, add those mailing lists to the new
2339customization variable `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-list.' If you think
2340this field is evil, set the new customization variable
2341`mh-insert-mail-followup-to-flag' to nil.
2342
2343*** Gnus Issues
2344
2345If you update Gnus, you must recompile MH-E. Note that if you are
2346running the stock version of MH-E that comes with Emacs or the MH-E
2347package on a Debian GNU/Linux, this is done for you.
2348
2349** New Variables in MH-E 7.0
2350
2351New customization variables not mentioned earlier include:
2352
2353*** mh-letter-insert-signature-hook
2354
2355Invoked at the beginning of the "C-c C-s (mh-insert-signature)"
2356command. Can be used to determine which signature file to use based on
2357message content. On return, if `mh-signature-file-name' is non-nil
2358that file will be inserted at the current point in the buffer.
2359
2360*** mh-show-maximum-size
2361
2362Maximum size of message (in bytes) to display automatically. Provides
2363an opportunity to skip over large messages which may be slow to load.
2364Use a value of 0 to display all messages automatically regardless of
2365size (closes SF #488696).
2366
2367*** mh-tool-bar-reply-3-buttons-flag
2368
2369Non-nil means use three buttons for reply commands in tool-bar. If you
2370have room on your tool-bar because you are using a large font, you may
2371set this variable to expand the single reply button into three buttons
2372that won't lead to minibuffer prompt about who to reply to.
2373
2374** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.0
2375
2376*** mh-delete-msg, mh-refile-msg, mh-undo
2377
2378Mandrake Linux includes XEmacs initialization code that binds
2379`transient-mark-mode' which causes problems in MH-E. These problems
2380have been fixed (closes SF #541915).
2381
2382*** mh-edit-again
2383
2384This would sometimes yield a read-only buffer. This has been fixed
2385(closes SF #624283 and SF #625538).
2386
2387*** mh-forward
2388
2389When using nmh, always specify -mime so as to preserve the original
2390message(s).
2391
2392*** mh-inc-folder
2393
2394If you had narrowed to a sequence and then incorporated new mail,
2395those new messages would not be present in your +inbox when you
2396widened. This has been fixed (closes SF #489430, SF #489437, SF
2397#629233).
2398
2399*** mh-insert-letter
2400
2401No longer uses mhl to include a message as this mangled the header and
2402gave supercite fits (closes SF #629153).
2403
2404*** mh-letter-mode
2405
2406"M-q (fill-paragraph)" now fills quoted paragraphs (for example,
2407starting with "> ") correctly (closes SF #489927).
2408
177c0ea7 2409*** mh-next-undeleted-msg, mh-previous-undeleted-msg
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2410
2411If there are no more undeleted messages the point remains at its
2412original position and a message is produced (closes SF #494304).
2413
2414*** mh-pick-mode
2415
2416Now calls `mh-pick-mode-hook' as documented.
2417
2418*** mh-put-msg-in-seq
2419
2420Now puts all messages in region in sequence (closes SF #630324).
2421
2422*** mh-refile-msg, mh-write-msg-to-file
2423
2424These functions stomped on the variables that held the name of the
2425last file and folder respectively for the other function. This has
2426been fixed so that the last folder or file name is preserved (closes
2427SF #580772).
2428
2429*** mh-region-to-sequence
2430
2431If the region in MH-Folder was set with "C-x h (mark-whole-buffer)",
2432you couldn't perform operations on all of the messages as you would
2433expect. This has been fixed (closes SF #621632).
2434
2435*** mh-reply
2436
2437Performing an undo the first thing after replying would blank out the
2438entire draft. Now just the insertion of the yanked message is undone
2439leaving the header and signature intact for additional editing (closes
2440SF #623693).
2441
2442*** mh-show-mode
2443
2444Now calls `mh-show-mode-hook' as documented (closes SF #627222).
2445
2446*** mh-subject-thread-to-sequence
2447
2448Make 'subject sequence a real one, exported to MH. This means you can,
2449for example, mh-forward it. But it also shows up with a mark in the
2450scan output (closes SF #489445).
2451
2452*** Other Bug Fixes
2453
2454The following bugs have also been closed:
2455
2456SF #495450: Folder buffer read-only after inc
2457SF #489706: mh-page-msg bombs out
2458SF #580772: mh-last-destination is overloaded
2459
2460*** Variables renamed to conform with Emacs coding conventions
2461
2462The coding conventions require that boolean variables end in -flag.
2463The following two tables show which variables were affected (closes SF
2464#627015).
2465
2466Customization Variables (defcustom)
2467
2468Old Name New Name
2469
2470mh-auto-folder-collect mh-auto-folder-collect-flag
2471mh-bury-show-buffer mh-bury-show-buffer-flag
2472mh-clean-message-header mh-clean-message-header-flag
2473mh-decode-quoted-printable mh-decode-quoted-printable-flag
2474mh-delete-yanked-msg-window mh-delete-yanked-msg-window-flag
2475mh-do-not-confirm mh-do-not-confirm-flag
2476mh-highlight-citation-p mh-highlight-citation
2477mh-insert-x-mailer-p mh-insert-x-mailer-flag
2478mh-print-background mh-print-background-flag
2479mh-recenter-summary-p mh-recenter-summary-flag
2480mh-recursive-folders mh-recursive-folders-flag
2481mh-reply-show-message-p mh-reply-show-message-flag
2482mh-show-use-goto-addr mh-show-use-goto-addr-flag
2483mh-update-sequences-after-mh-show mh-update-sequences-after-mh-show-flag
2484
2485Regular Variables (defvar)
2486
2487Old Name New Name
2488
2489mh-mhn-compose-insert-p mh-mhn-compose-insert-flag
2490mh-nmh-p mh-nmh-flag
2491mh-page-to-next-msg-p mh-page-to-next-msg-flag
2492
2493\f
2494
a1b4049d 2495* Changes in mh-e 6.1
a933dad1 2496
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2497This is a minor release which includes a few bug fixes. The
2498distribution now includes the ChangeLog.
a933dad1 2499
a1b4049d 2500** New Features in mh-e 6.1
a933dad1 2501
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2502*** Fontification
2503
2504Unseen messages now displayed in bold.
2505
2506*** Viewing folders and sequences
2507
2508The folder and sequence listings that "F l (mh-list-folders)" and "S l
2509(mh-list-sequences)" create are now displayed in view mode.
2510
2511** Bug Fixes in mh-e 6.1
2512
2513*** mh-folder-unseen-seq-name
2514
2515Byte compilation failed when initializing this variable when the
2516user's MH environment was not set up. This has been fixed (closes
2517Debian #140232 and Debian #140817).
2518
2519*** mh-forward
2520
2521When forwarding a sequence, the mode of the draft would not be set to
2522MH-Letter correctly. This has been fixed (closes SF #489448).
2523
2524*** mh-insert-prefix-string
2525
2526Fixed to work under XEmacs. Thanks to Will Partain
2527<partain at dcs.gla.ac.uk>.
2528
2529*** mh-quit
2530
bdcfe844 2531mh-quit now cleans up the buffers named `mh-temp-buffer,'
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2532'mh-temp-folders-buffer' and 'mh-temp-sequences-buffer.'
2533
2534\f
2535* Changes in mh-e 6.0
2536
2537mh-e is now maintained at SourceForge (see
2538http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/). This is where you need to go to obtain
2539new versions of mh-e, report bugs and receive support.
2540
2541The maintainers have moved much of their personal configurations into
2542the codebase, so you may find that you may be able to reduce your mh-e
2543customizations as well.
2544
2545There are several incompatibilities in this version from older
2546versions. Please read the following notes carefully for details. Pay
2547particular attention to the key binding changes in the MH-Folder
2548section. If you have customized your scan format, you will want to
2549read about the new variable `mh-scan-format-file'.
2550
2551The manual could not be updated in time for this release. It will be
2552updated in the near future. If the Preface in your manual indicates
2553the older version (version 1.3, for mh-e version 5.0.2), please check
2554the following page occasionally for an update:
2555
2556 https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13357
2557
2558
2559** New Features in mh-e 6.0
2560
2561*** Customization
2562
2563mh-e now uses the customize feature of Emacs. Use "M-x customize-group
2564mh RET" to customize mh-e.
2565
2566*** Menus
2567
2568All mh-e modes now provide menus that contain most mh-e functions.
2569
2570*** Toolbars
2571
2572All mh-e modes now have toolbar buttons for oft-used functions (Emacs 21).
2573
2574*** Fontification
2575
2576All mh-e buffers now have font-lock keywords. To use, either call
2577(turn-on-font-lock) from the appropriate hook, or set
2578`global-font-lock-mode' to t. To customize, use "M-x
2579customize-apropos-faces ^mh RET".
2580
2581If you have customized your scan lines, you will have to update your
2582scan regexps. The existing regexps were changed to extract a match so
2583you will have to add appropriate grouping constructs to take advantage
2584of the fontification. Your old settings will continue to work, but the
2585folder will not be fontified. For example:
2586
2587 (setq mh-good-msg-regexp "^\\(.....\\)[^D^]")
2588
2589You will most likely have to update the new variable
2590`mh-scan-subject-regexp' as well. There is another new variable
2591`mh-scan-date-regexp' which you may also find useful. Run "M-x apropos
2592mh.*regexp" for a complete list.
2593
2594*** mail-user-agent support
2595
2596You can now set `mail-user-agent' to `mh-e-user-agent' so that packages
2597that need to send mail will use mh-e (closes SF #406883, SF #470024).
2598
2599*** replgroupcomps support
2600
2601If you reply to `cc' or `all' and you use nmh, the nmh repl option
2602-group will be used. This means that the file `replgroupcomps' will be
2603used. If you have customized `replcomps', you will definitely want to
2604either copy `$NMH_LIB/replgroupcomps' to your mail directory and modify
2605it the same way that you modified your `replcomps' file, or simply
2606copy your `replcomps' file to `replgroupcomps'.
2607
2608*** MH-Folder mode
2609
2610The variable `mh-summary-height' used to have a default of 4. It now
2611varies from 4 to 10 depending on the height of the frame.
2612
2613Clicking the mouse on a message shows that message.
2614
2615Delete, refile and undo now operate on a region (but only if
2616`transient-mark-mode' is non-nil).
2617
2618SPC (mh-page-msg) now displays the message if it is not already
2619visible. If the bottom of a message is showing, SPC (mh-page-msg)
2620moves to the next message (respecting the direction you are moving
2621through the folder).
2622
177c0ea7 2623The threading commands "T u (mh-next-unseen-subject-thread)",
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2624"T t (mh-toggle-subject-thread)", "T s (mh-narrow-to-subject-thread)",
2625and "T k (mh-delete-subject-thread)" have been added. These functions
2626do not offer threading in the true sense of the word, but do allow
2627some manipulation by subject.
2628
2629Major, major keymap changes. This was done to free up movement
2630commands in the buffer, and to provide for additional features, such
2631as the threading commands. At the same time, better and more
2632consistent mnemonics were realized that should make it easier to
2633remember key bindings.
2634
2635Added new sub-keymaps for folder commands, sequence commands,
2636extraction commands, and digest commands which begin with with F, S,
2637X, and D, respectively. These sub-keymaps allowed some consistency
2638(e.g., especially with l(ist) and k(ill)).
2639
2640Here are the actual changes and rationale:
2641
2642Old New Rationale
2643
2644e - Deleted. Already have x. Now used by mh-edit-again.
2645j - Deleted. Already have g.
2646
2647M-a e Better mnemonic. Matches rmail. Frees movement command.
2648M-e E Better mnemonic. Consistent with e.
2649- S Why not? mh-sort-folder.
2650
2651M-f Fv Frees movement command
2652M-f Ff Alias (keep?)
2653M-f Fo Alias (keep?)
2654M-k Fk No reason but to keep with folder commands
2655M-l Fl No reason but to keep with folder commands
2656M-p Fp No reason but to keep with folder commands
2657M-r Fr Frees movement command
2658M-s Fs No reason but to keep with folder commands
2659M-u Fu No reason but to keep with folder commands
2660
2661M-% Sd Better mnemonic
2662M-# Sk Better mnemonic
2663M-q Sl Better mnemonic
2664C-xn Sn Frees up standard key binding
2665% Sp Better mnemonic for putting a message in a sequence
2666? Ss Shows sequences that message is in
2667C-xw Sw Frees up standard key binding
2668
2669M-n Xs Better mnemonic (extract shar)
2670M-n Xu Better mnemonic (extract uuencode)
2671
2672M-SPC D SPC Frees mark command
2673M-\177 D \177 No reason but to keep with digest commands
2674M-b Db Frees movement command
2675
2676As the number of variables increases, it is becoming important to
2677organize the mh-e namespace. Several variables having to do with the
2678format of scan lines were renamed, as follows:
2679
2680Old New
2681
2682mh-good-msg-regexp mh-scan-good-msg-regexp
2683mh-deleted-msg-regexp mh-scan-deleted-msg-regexp
2684mh-refiled-msg-regexp mh-scan-refiled-msg-regexp
2685mh-valid-scan-line mh-scan-valid-regexp
2686mh-cur-scan-msg-regexp mh-scan-cur-msg-number-regexp
2687- mh-scan-cur-msg-regexp
2688- mh-scan-rcpt-regexp
2689- mh-scan-format-regexp
2690mh-msg-number-regexp mh-scan-msg-number-regexp
2691mh-msg-search-regexp mh-scan-msg-search-regexp
2692
2693*** MH-Show mode
2694
2695While the MIME support is not complete, quoted-printable body parts
2696are now decoded.
2697
2698Some MTAs quote From at the beginning of the line with a ">". The ">"
2699is now removed in the display, but not on disk.
2700
2701*** MH-Letter mode
2702
2703New function "C-c C-o (mh-split-line)" splits lines in a draft
2704preserving the fill prefix and indentation. This is useful when
2705responding to several sentences in a single paragraph separately.
2706
2707"M-q (fill-paragraph)" can now be used on the message that is being
2708replied to. The fill prefix such as "> " is preserved.
2709
2710You no longer have to run "C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" manually as this is
2711now done automatically when the message is sent.
2712
2713The X-Mailer header field is now added to messages as they are sent.
2714
2715"C-c C-m C-i (mh-mhn-compose-insertion)" now makes a pretty good guess
2716at the type of file using the `file' command and no longer asks the
2717user for the media type. If the necessary version of `file' is not
2718available, the user is asked for the media type as before; however,
2719the list of media types is now taken from the system mailcap if
2720available. Failing that, the built-in list of types has been
2721supplemented so in most cases the type you need should be present
2722(closes SF #406883, #441179).
2723
2724** New Variables in mh-e 6.0
2725
2726New variables not mentioned earlier include:
2727
2728*** mh-insert-x-mailer-p
2729
2730Default value of t means that an X-Mailer header field should be
2731added.
2732
2733*** mh-reply-show-message-p
2734
2735The setting of this variable determines whether the MH show-buffer is
2736displayed with the current message when using mh-reply without a prefix
2737argument. Set it to nil if you already include the message
2738automatically in your draft using "repl: -filter repl.filter" in
2739"~/.mh_profile."
2740
2741*** mh-scan-format-file
2742
2743Specifies the format file to pass to the scan program. If t, the
2744format string will be taken from the either `mh-scan-format-mh' or
2745`mh-scan-format-nmh' depending on whether MH or nmh is in use. If nil,
2746the default scan output will be used.
2747
2748If you customize the scan format, you may need to modify a few
2749variables containing regexps that mh-e uses to identify specific
2750portions of the output. Use `M-x apropos RET mh-scan.*regexp' to
2751obtain a list of these variables.
2752
2753*** mh-scan-format-mh
2754
2755Scan format string for MH, provided to the scan program via the
2756-format arg. This format is identical to the default except that
2757additional hints for fontification have been added to the sixth
2758column.
2759
2760*** mh-scan-format-nmh
2761
2762Scan format string for nmh, provided to the scan program via the
2763-format arg. This format is identical to the default except that
2764additional hints for fontification have been added to the sixth
2765column.
2766
2767*** mh-show-use-goto-addr
2768
2769Non-nil means URLs and e-mail addresses are highlighted using
2770goto-addr in MH-Show buffer.
2771
2772*** mh-letter-fill-column
2773
2774Fill column to use in `mh-letter-mode'. This is useful to make the
2775lines a bit shorter to allow for quoting in replies.
2776
2777*** mh-folder-updated-hook
2778
2779Invoked when the actions in a folder (such as moves and deletes) are
2780performed. Variables that are useful in this hook include
2781`mh-delete-list' and `mh-refile-list' which can be used to see which
2782changes are being made to current folder, `mh-current-folder'.
2783
2784*** mh-unseen-updated-hook
2785
2786Invoked after the unseen sequence has been updated. The variable
2787`mh-seen-list' can be used to obtain the list of messages which will
2788be removed from the unseen sequence
2789
2790** Bug Fixes in mh-e 6.0
2791
2792*** mh-edit-again and mh-extract-rejected-mail
2793
2794Now insert a header separator (--------) which packages such as
2795mailcrypt expect.
2796
2797*** mh-find-progs
2798
2799Now uses `mhparam' to set `mh-lib-progs' and `mh-lib'. Added more
2800directories to `mh-progs' so that mh-e can autoconfigure in more
2801environments. Chances are that you no longer have to set these
2802variables, and if you do, you will only have to set `mh-progs'.
2803Unless, of course, you are using an ancient version of MH that doesn't
2804have `mhparam'.
2805
2806*** mh-folder-mode-map
2807
2808The DEL/<delete>/<backspace> change in Emacs 21 broke
2809`mh-previous-page'. This has been fixed (closes SF #228907).
2810
2811*** mh-forward
2812
2813If you had "forw: -mime" to your .mh_profile, forwarding a message
2814resulted in:
2815
2816 Search failed: "^------- Forwarded Message"
2817
2818In addition, the Subject field was not filled in. This has been fixed
2819(closes SF #223603).
2820
2821*** mh-kill-folder
2822
2823The user is now always prompted before this action; the variable
2824`mh-do-not-confirm' is no longer consulted here. Therefore users who
2825wanted to set `mh-do-not-confirm' but didn't because of the
2826`mh-kill-folder' dependency may now do so.
a933dad1 2827
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2828*** mh-make-folder-mode-line
2829
2830Properly deals with folders that do not have any lines in them. Prints
2831"no msgs" instead of "0 msgs". Does not try to print a range when
2832there are no messages.
2833
2834*** mh-mhn-compose-insertion
2835
2836Now gets the MIME type automatically (assuming the local file command
2837supports the -i and -b options). If this use of the file command is
2838not supported, the list of MIME types has been expanded to use the
2839system's mailcap file.
2840
2841*** mh-nmh-p
2842
2843This variable (t when nmh is in use rather than MH) assumed that the
2844string "nmh" is in `mh-lib-progs' or `mh-lib'. This has been fixed
2845(closes SF #441776).
2846
2847*** mh-refile-msg
2848
2849No longer lets you specify an empty folder (closes SF #476824).
2850
2851*** mh-regenerate-headers
2852
2853Now suppresses "scan: bad message list" messages.
2854
2855*** mh-print-msg
2856
2857This function was looking for `mhl' in the wrong place on nmh on
2858Redhat LINUX 7.0. This has been fixed (closes SF #481128).
2859
2860*** mh-show
2861
2862Now updates `cur' sequence after a message is shown (closes SF #481772).
2863
2864*** mh-showing
2865
2866Renamed variable and function to `mh-showing-mode' to conform with
2867minor mode conventions. Added optional arg to function so it would
2868behave like a normal minor mode: no or nil arg toggles mode, 0 arg
2869turns off, non-nil turns on. This fixed the error that occurred when
2870`desktop-create-buffer' recreated mh-e buffers because it was calling
2871`mh-showing' with an arg.
2872
2873*** mh-version
2874
2875Fixed for nmh. Now displays mh-e version correctly. Cleaned up output
2876and display `mh-progs', etc.
2877
2878*** mh-widen
2879
2880Now attempts to stay on the same message number (closes SF #480922).
2881
2882No longer wipes out pending deletes and refiles without warning
2883(closes SF #481036).
2884
2885\f
2886* Changes in mh-e 5.0.2
2887
2888This version contains additional minor changes to integrate it with
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2889reporter.el (requires reporter.el version 3.1c or later) and Emacs
289019.30. The mh-goto-msg function is much faster, which also speeds up
2891several other operations.
2892
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2893\f
2894* Changes in mh-e 5.0.1
2895
2896This version contains minor changes from mh-e 5.0 to integrate it with
2897Emacs 19.29.
2898
2899\f
2900* User-visible changes to mh-e 5.0
2901
2902Note: This being a major release, there are many internal changes.
2903This document lists only changes to the external interfaces of mh-e.
2904
2905When upgrading, you must either explicitly reload the new versions of
2906all mh-e files that are already loaded or restart your Emacs.
a933dad1 2907
a933dad1 2908
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2909** Major Changes and New Features in mh-e 5.0
2910
2911The emphasis for this release has been on consistency and
2912documentation. Many documentation strings were enhanced. Documentation
2913strings were changed to comments for internal functions and variables.
2914
2915*** There is now proper documentation in the form of a 75-page users
2916manual. The Texinfo source is mh-e.texi; the formatted Info document
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2917is mh-e.info.
2918
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2919*** There is a new command `mh-update-sequences', which updates MH's
2920idea of what messages are in the Unseen sequence and what is the
2921current folder and message. `mh-quit' calls it. While
2922`mh-execute-commands' has always done this updating as a side effect,
2923the new function is faster.
a933dad1 2924
a1b4049d 2925*** The MH profile entry "Inbox:" is supported.
a933dad1 2926
a1b4049d
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2927*** If the show-buffer is modified, the user is queried before mh-e
2928reuses the buffer to show a different message. This buffer is also
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2929auto-saved and backed up correctly.
2930
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2931*** `mh-store-buffer' is significantly more robust. It now handles
2932messages created by a wide variety of packaging software. The status
2933message for `uudecode' includes the name of the file created. An error
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2934is signaled if the subprocess exits with a non-zero status.
2935
a1b4049d
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2936*** `mh-search-folder' behaves predictably, adding messages found to
2937the `search' sequence. It correctly handles the case of no messages
2938found.
2939
2940*** `mh-burst-digest' (`M-b') now only rescans the part of the folder
2941affected by the burst. It is now much faster in a large folder.
a933dad1 2942
a933dad1 2943
a1b4049d 2944** New Hooks and Customization Variables in mh-e 5.0
a933dad1 2945
a1b4049d
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2946*** `mh-default-folder-for-message-function': new name for the old
2947`mh-msg-folder-hook', which wasn't a hook. The old name was confusing,
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2948leading people to think they could use `add-hook' with it, when
2949actually `setq' is the correct way.
2950
a1b4049d 2951*** `mh-sortm-args': When this variable is used has changed. Now
a933dad1 2952`mh-sortm-args' is passed if there IS a prefix argument to
a1b4049d 2953`mh-sort-folder'. The assumption is that for arguments you normally
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2954want, you would specify them in an MH profile entry.
2955
a1b4049d 2956*** `mh-mhn-args': new hook, a list of additional arguments to pass to
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2957the `mhn' program if `mh-edit-mhn' is given a prefix argument.
2958
a1b4049d 2959*** `mh-edit-mhn-hook': new hook called by `mh-edit-mhn', the function
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2960that formats MIME messages.
2961
a1b4049d 2962*** `mh-folder-list-change-hook': new hook, called whenever the cached
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2963list of folders, `mh-folder-list', is changed.
2964
a1b4049d 2965*** `mh-find-path-hook': new hook, called when entering mh-e.
a933dad1 2966
a1b4049d 2967*** `mh-repl-formfile': new variable, used to change the format file
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2968used by `mh-reply' from the default of "replcomps".
2969
a1b4049d 2970*** New variables to customize the scan format and notating:
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2971`mh-note-deleted', `mh-note-refiled', `mh-note-seq', `mh-note-cur',
2972`mh-note-copied', `mh-note-printed'.
2973
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2975** Key Binding Changes in mh-e 5.0
2976
2977*** `RET' runs `mh-show' for consistency with the Finder and Info. The
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2978old binding `.' still works, but `RET' is now the standard binding.
2979
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2980*** `M-<' now runs `mh-first-msg' for consistency with `M->', which
2981runs `mh-last-msg'.
a933dad1 2982
a1b4049d 2983*** `C-c C-f C-d' in MH-Letter mode moves to a Dcc: header field.
a933dad1 2984
a1b4049d 2985*** `C-c C-f C-r' in MH-Letter mode moves to a From: header field.
a933dad1 2986
a1b4049d 2987*** `g' is now the standard binding for `mh-goto-msg'. The old binding
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2988`j' still works.
2989
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2991** Other Improvements and Changes to mh-e 5.0
2992
2993*** `mh-lpr-command-format' no longer passes the "-p" argument to
2994`lpr' by default. The mail header typically has the date anyway.
a933dad1 2995
a1b4049d 2996*** When prompting for a sequence name, if no sequences have been used
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2997yet, mh-e will offer the first sequence the current message is in.
2998
a1b4049d 2999*** The patterns of more mailers are recognized by
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3000`mh-extract-rejected-mail'.
3001
a1b4049d 3002*** `mh-insert-prefix-string' no longer wraps the call to the
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3003`mail-citation-hook' function in a `save-excursion' so the hook writer
3004can choose whether to leave point at the beginning or the end of the
3005yanked text.
3006
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3007*** `mh-write-msg-to-file': The prompt now refers to "message" or
3008"message body" depending on which will be written. (This is controlled
3009by a prefix argument.) The file defaults to the last-used file instead
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3010of supplying only the directory name.
3011
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3012*** mh-e uses message ranges when running MH commands. Thus "rmm 1 2 3
30134 6" is now "rmm 1-4 6". This change makes it less likely to overflow
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3014system argument list limits, and it might be faster, too.
3015
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3017** Bug Fixes to mh-e 5.0
3018
3019*** mh-e's idea of the unseen sequence now stays in sync with MH's
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3020better.
3021
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3022*** Functions that are supposed to find fields in the message header
3023no longer look in the message body.
a933dad1 3024
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3025*** mh-e would sometimes fail to remove the "%" from a scan line when
3026the message was removed from a sequence if the message was also in the
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3027Previous sequence.
3028
a1b4049d 3029*** The variable `mh-inc-prog' is now correctly used in all places.
a933dad1 3030
a1b4049d 3031*** `mh-pipe-msg' runs the process in the correct directory.
a933dad1 3032
a1b4049d 3033*** A partially scanned folder will no longer lose the "/select"
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3034annotation when you execute marked deletes and refiles with `x'.
3035
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3036\f
3037* Changes to mh-e 4.0
3038
3039This file is automatically generated from news-mh-e.txinfo. Do not edit.
3040
3041[MH-E-ONEWS has been incorporated here and removed. news-mh-e.txinfo
3042is no longer available.]
3043
3044Note: there are many internal changes to mh-e in this release. If you
3045have the previous version loaded into your Emacs, you will probably not
3046be able to load this version on top of it.
3047
3048** New Features in mh-e 4.0
3049
3050*** Background folder collection. The first time you are prompted for
3051a folder, you must wait while mh-e collects the names of all existing
3052folders. Now however, if you abort, collecting will continue in the
3053background, and you can do something else in Emacs until the
3054collection completes. Normally, mh-e will begin collecting folders
3055names in the background when you first load it; you can disable this
3056feature by setting `mh-auto-folder-collect' to nil.
3057
3058*** There is support for composing MIME messages using the `mhn'
3059program from MH 6.8. See the documentation string for mh-edit-mhn.
3060(While composing a letter, type `C-h k C-c C-e'.) See also mhn(1).
3061There is as yet no support for reading MIME messages.
3062
3063*** `mh-show', typically on `.', repositions to the start of the
3064message if the message is already visible. It used to do nothing in
3065this case.
3066
3067*** The function `mh-unshar-msg' is renamed `mh-store-msg'. It now
3068does uudecoding, too. Someday it should do MIME. It remembers the last
3069directory you used and offers it as the default for next time.
3070
3071*** New function `mh-header-display', on `,', displays the message
3072with all headers, including those normally not displayed. Type `.' to
3073display the message normally again.
3074
3075*** New function `mh-list-sequences' lists the sequences in use in the
3076current folder.
3077
3078*** New function `mh-version' displays version information about MH
3079and mh-e. Please use the output in bug reports.
3080
3081*** `mh-quit' now burys the folder buffer and show buffer.
3082
3083
3084** New hooks and customization variables in mh-e 4.0
3085
3086*** `mh-pick-mode-hook': new hook called by new mode `mh-pick-mode'.
3087The pick buffer didn't used to have its own mode. Another advantage of
3088`mh-pick-mode' is that `C-h m' works in the pick buffer.
3089
3090*** `mail-citation-hook': new variable for supercite.
3091
3092*** `mh-refile-msg-hook': new hook called by `mh-refile-msg' (and
3093`mh-refile-or-write-again' when refiling).
3094
3095*** `mh-msg-folder-hook': new hook used by `mh-refile-msg' and
3096`mh-to-fcc' to provide a default folder for user prompt.
3097
3098*** `mh-show-hook': new hook called by `mh-show'.
3099
3100*** `mh-delete-msg-hook': new hook called by `mh-delete-msg'.
3101
3102*** `mh-show-mode-hook': new hook called by new mode `mh-show-mode'
3103for `show-' buffers.
3104
3105*** `mh-comp-formfile': new variable so can customize `components'
3106file.
3107
3108*** `mh-sortm-args': new variable, a list of extra arguments to be
3109passed to sortm by `mh-sort-folder'. Give an argument to
3110`mh-sort-folder' to suppress this behavior.
3111
3112*** `mh-send-prog': new variable so can customize name of `send'
3113program in case of name conflicts.
3114
3115*** `mh-scan-prog': new variable so can customize name of `scan'
3116program to generate custom effects.
3117
3118*** `mh-inc-prog': new variable so can customize name of `inc' program
3119to do fancy management of incoming messages.
3120
3121*** `mh-forwarded-letter-subject': new function used by `mh-forward'
3122to compute the Subject line of the new message. It is a small function
3123which can be replaced by the user for customization. Uses the new
3124variable `mh-forward-subject-format', which allows some simple
3125customizations without rewriting even `mh-forwarded-letter-subject'.
3126
3127*** `mh-new-draft-cleaned-headers': new variable, header lines removed
3128by `mh-edit-again' and `mh-extract-rejected-mail' before offering a
3129message as a new draft.
3130
3131*** `mh-signature-file-name': new variable used by
3132`mh-insert-signature' to so can customize name of the file to insert.
3133
3134*** `mh-read-address': new function called to read all To: and Cc:
3135addresses.
3136
3137*** `mh-msg-folder-hook': new hook used by `mh-refile-msg' and
3138`mh-to-fcc' to provide a default folder for user prompt.
3139
3140
3141** Key binding changes in mh-e 4.0
3142
3143*** `,' runs new function `mh-header-display'. It is like `.' but it
3144displays *all* the headers.
3145
3146*** `M-#' runs the new function `mh-delete-seq'. One used to have to
3147type `C-u M-%' to delete a sequence.
3148
3149*** `<' no longer does `mh-first-msg', but `M->' now does
3150`mh-last-msg'. This allows first and last to be consistent (`>' was
3151taken) and is more likely to be discovered by chance anyway.
3152
3153*** `M-d' runs `mh-redistribute', `r' runs `mh-reply' (on the theory
3154that the more commonly used function should be easier to type, and the
3155obscure action of redistributing can be harder to type).
3156
3157*** `M-o' changed to `C-o' (`mh-write-msg-to-file'). It was
3158interfering with arrow keys for some people.
3159
3160*** `M-n' now runs `mh-store-msg' (formerly `mh-unshar-msg').
3161
3162*** `b' no longer runs `mh-quit'; use `q' instead. `b' may be used in
3163a future version for something else.
3164
3165
3166** Minor improvements to mh-e 4.0
3167
3168*** The mh-e code is now divided into multiple Emacs Lisp files, so it
3169starts up faster because Emacs doesn't have to load all of it at once.
3170(This change also makes it easier for the maintainer to manage
3171things.)
3172
3173*** When searching for the directory containing the MH programs,
3174search the user's PATH in addition to the built-in directories, to
3175increase the chance of finding the MH programs.
3176
3177*** The subject for a forwarded message no longer has ugly square
3178brackets around it.
3179
3180*** The name of the folder is no longer appears twice in the show
3181buffer mode line.
3182
3183*** When typing a folder name in the minibuffer, parent folders
3184complete to the trailing slash (/), for easier typing of subfolders.
3185
3186*** The folder buffer mode name changed from `mh-e scan' or `mh-e
3187show' to `MH-Folder', which makes the hook name easier to guess. Added
3188`mh-showing' to `minor-mode-alist' so there is still an indication in
3189the mode line of whether messages will be shown automatically.
3190
3191*** `mh-rename-seq' does completion on the old sequence name.
3192
3193*** If called by a user who has never used MH on this system before,
3194mh-e runs the MH program `install-mh' to get them set up.
3195
3196*** Undo history for previous messages is not kept to avoid wasting
3197memory.
3198
3199*** The internal temp buffer used by mh-e has `buffer-offer-save'
3200explicitly nil. This change benefits people who change the
3201`buffer-offer-save' default.
3202
3203
3204** Bug fixes to mh-e 4.0
3205
3206*** `mh-to-field': don't bomb if no To: field.
3207
3208*** `mh-get-new-mail': restore annotations, e.g., cur, even if no new
3209mail.
3210
3211*** `mh-rename-seq': verify that the new seq name was accepted by
3212`mark' before updating state.
3213
3214*** `mh-internal-seq': the Previous sequence is not notated, since it
3215would notate everything scanned.
3216
3217*** `mh-read-draft': don't call `find-file-noselect' so an
3218`auto-mode-alist' doesn't trigger `mh-letter-mode-hook' twice. Faster,
3219too.
3220
3221*** `mh-show': If user moves onto a message that doesn't exist, don't
3222leave the cursor in the show pane.
3223
3224*** `mh-delete-scan-msgs': use `equal', not `=', on the result of
3225`mh-get-msg-num', since it may be nil.
3226
3227*** `mh-get-field': do anchored search so searching for `reply-to:'
3228doesn't find `in-reply-to:'.
3229
3230*** `mh-widen': do nothing if not narrowed.
3231
3232*** `mh-clean-message-header': find end of headers even if no body.
3233
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3235This file is part of GNU Emacs.
3236
ab73e885 3237GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5b87ad55 3238it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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3239the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
3240(at your option) any later version.
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3241
3242GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
3243but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
3244MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
3245GNU General Public License for more details.
3246
3247You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
ab73e885 3248along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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3250\f
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3251Local variables:
3252mode: outline
3253paragraph-separate: "[ \f]*$"
3254end:
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