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1 | * COPYRIGHT |
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3 | Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. | |
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5 | Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, | |
6 | are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright | |
7 | notice and this notice are preserved. | |
8 | ||
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9 | * Changes in MH-E 7.82 |
10 | ||
5e4c34ce | 11 | Version 7.82 continues to address the saga surrounding the use of CL |
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12 | macros in CVS Emacs and fixes the auto-detection of vanilla MH (SF |
13 | #1014781). | |
14 | ||
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15 | * Changes in MH-E 7.81 |
16 | ||
17 | Version 7.81 fixes a `wrong-type-argument' argument error that | |
18 | sometimes occurred when processing the Message-ID, adds the "; | |
19 | (mh-toggle-mh-decode-mime-flag)" command, and uses ":default" instead | |
20 | of "default" in `mh-identity-handlers' to avoid problems with | |
21 | "Default:" as a user defined field. If you have modified | |
22 | `mh-identity-handlers' in your .emacs, you'll need to rename "default" | |
23 | to ":default". This release also corrects the release numbering; the | |
24 | previous version number was intended to be 7.80. | |
25 | ||
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26 | * Changes in MH-E 7.4.80 |
27 | ||
28 | Version 7.4.80 now supports GNU mailutils, S/MIME, picons, | |
29 | which-func-mode, has an improved interface for hiding header fields, | |
30 | improves upon the MH variant detection, and contains many bug fixes. | |
31 | Those of you familiar with the GNU version numbering schemes will | |
32 | recognize this as an alpha release. This does not reflect on the | |
33 | quality of this release which is as high as it has always been. | |
34 | Although we are not ready to release 8.0, we want you to have access | |
35 | to the work that has been hiding in CVS. At the same time we want to | |
36 | make it clear that there are incompatible changes with previous | |
37 | versions. | |
38 | ||
39 | We are planning to release the long-awaited manual update synchronized | |
40 | with version 8.0. We are using documentation from the manual in the | |
41 | docstrings which is hoped to make "C-h f (describe-function)" really | |
42 | useful and create a seamless experience when switching back and forth | |
43 | between the manual and the docstrings. This has been done in about | |
44 | half of the variables and functions in this version. | |
45 | ||
46 | The writing of the manual has revealed a few inconsistencies in the | |
47 | software whose fixes have resulted in incompatible changes, and there | |
48 | may well be more. So, unlike version 7 which was chock full of new | |
49 | features, version 8's strengths will include complete documentation | |
50 | and higher quality. | |
51 | ||
52 | ** New Features in MH-E 7.4.80 | |
53 | ||
54 | *** GNU mailutils Support | |
55 | ||
56 | MH-E now supports GNU mailutils 0.4 and higher versions. | |
57 | ||
58 | *** S/MIME Support | |
59 | ||
60 | MH-E now supports S/MIME using Gnus 5.10.6 or higher. | |
61 | ||
62 | *** Picon Support | |
63 | ||
64 | In addition to the other methods of displaying an icon for the sender | |
65 | of a message, MH-E can now display images from a picon directory. The | |
66 | directory search path is found in the `mh-picon-directory-list' | |
67 | variable. More documentation is found in the "facedb" sections in the | |
68 | xfaces man page. [NOTE: need to make mh-picon-directory-list an option | |
69 | and add xfaces facedb documentation to it.] | |
70 | ||
71 | *** X-Image-URL Updates | |
72 | ||
73 | Now support the use of `curl' and `fetch' as alternatives to `wget' to | |
74 | obtain the image. The display of images are controlled with the | |
75 | `mh-show-use-xface-flag' option while the `mh-fetch-x-image-url' | |
76 | option controls how the images are fetched. | |
77 | ||
78 | WARNING: There are security concerns with this feature. Please read | |
79 | the documentation for these options carefully before changing the | |
80 | default. | |
81 | ||
82 | *** Updates to mh-identity-list | |
83 | ||
84 | Note that the field names found in `mh-identity-list' that refer to | |
85 | the fields in `mh-identity-handlers' have changed in an incompatible | |
86 | way from 7.4.4. In general, the symbolic names now have a ":" prefix | |
87 | to avoid collisions with header fields. Before starting Emacs, edit | |
88 | your .emacs and insert ":" before "signature" if you have defined it. | |
89 | ||
90 | You can change your attribution in replies with the new "Attribution | |
91 | Verb" field, and you can set your default GPG user ID with the "GPG | |
92 | key ID" field. | |
93 | ||
94 | Signatures can now be read from the `mh-signature-file-name' variable, | |
95 | or come from a function, in addition to a named file. If you write | |
96 | your own function, variables that you can use include | |
97 | `mh-signature-separator-regexp', `mh-signature-separator', | |
98 | and `mh-signature-separator-p'. | |
99 | ||
100 | The handling of these fields has been moved into a new | |
101 | `mh-identity-handlers' option, an alist of fields (strings) and | |
102 | handlers (functions). Strings are lowercase. Use ":signature" for | |
103 | Signature and ":pgg-default-user-id" for GPG Key ID. The function | |
104 | associated with the string "default" is used if no other functions are | |
105 | appropriate. For this reason, don't name a header field "Default". | |
106 | ||
107 | If you point your signature at a vCard file with a vcf suffix, then it | |
108 | will be incorporated as a vCard body part (closes SF #802723). | |
109 | ||
110 | *** Catchup Command | |
111 | ||
112 | There is a new "F c (mh-catchup)" command that marks all unread | |
113 | messages in the current folder as read. | |
114 | ||
115 | *** Change Content-Type Renderer on the Fly in MH-Show Buffer | |
116 | ||
117 | This has been implemented by adding the key binding "K e | |
118 | (mh-display-with-external-viewer)". For inline text/html parts, | |
119 | buttons aren't displayed by default. In that case use "K t | |
120 | (mh-toggle-mime-buttons)" to display the button before viewing it with | |
121 | an external browser (closes SF #839318). | |
122 | ||
123 | *** Use which-func-mode to Display Folder in Index Mode | |
124 | ||
125 | Turning on `which-func-mode' displays the folder name of the message | |
126 | under the cursor in index folders (closes SF #855520). | |
127 | ||
128 | *** Render Signature and vCard in Italics | |
129 | ||
130 | This has been implemented. Use `mh-show-signature-face' to customize | |
131 | the face used (closes SF #802722). | |
132 | ||
133 | *** New Print Map | |
134 | ||
135 | There is now a keymap for the printing functions whose prefix is "P". | |
136 | The command "l (mh-print-msg)" has been replaced with "P l". Other new | |
137 | functions in this keymap include: | |
138 | ||
139 | P A mh-ps-print-toggle-mime | |
140 | P C mh-ps-print-toggle-color | |
141 | P F mh-ps-print-toggle-faces | |
142 | P M mh-ps-print-toggle-mime | |
143 | P f mh-ps-print-msg-file | |
144 | P l mh-print-msg | |
145 | P p mh-ps-print-msg | |
146 | P s mh-ps-print-msg-show | |
147 | ||
148 | *** Draft Buffer Keymap Changes | |
149 | ||
150 | The keymap in the draft buffer has been modified slightly. The old | |
151 | anonymous ftp and tar composition commands have been reinstated and | |
152 | letter signing and encrypting keymaps have been added. | |
153 | ||
154 | The type of signing or encryption has been generalized so the method | |
155 | is now an option rather than a part of the function's name. The option | |
156 | is `mh-mml-method-default' and choices include PGP (MIME), PGP, | |
157 | S/MIME, or none. | |
158 | ||
159 | Key 7.4.4 7.4.80 | |
160 | ||
161 | C-c RET C-e mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime | |
162 | mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt | |
163 | C-c RET C-s mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime | |
164 | - | |
165 | C-c RET C-g - mh-mhn-compose-anon-ftp | |
166 | C-c RET C-n - mh-mml-unsecure-message | |
167 | C-c RET C-s - mh-mml-secure-message-sign | |
168 | C-c RET C-t - mh-mhn-compose-external-compressed-tar | |
169 | C-c RET C-s mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime | |
170 | mh-mml-secure-message-sign | |
171 | C-c RET C-x - mh-mhn-compose-external-type | |
172 | C-c RET e mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime | |
173 | Prefix Command | |
174 | C-c RET e e - mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt | |
175 | C-c RET e s - mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt | |
176 | C-c RET g - mh-mhn-compose-anon-ftp | |
177 | C-c RET n - mh-mml-unsecure-message | |
178 | C-c RET s mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime | |
179 | Prefix Command | |
180 | C-c RET s e - mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt | |
181 | C-c RET s s - mh-mml-secure-message-sign | |
182 | C-c RET t - mh-mhn-compose-external-compressed-tar | |
183 | C-c RET x - mh-mhn-compose-external-type | |
184 | ||
185 | *** Speedbar: Highlight Folders With Unseen | |
186 | ||
187 | The speedbar now renders the folders with unseen messages in boldface | |
188 | which makes them easier to identify (closes SF #623369). | |
189 | ||
190 | *** Quick Key Help | |
191 | ||
192 | The "? (mh-help)" function now displays the help in its own buffer | |
193 | called *MH-E Help* (closes SF #493740 and SF #656631). | |
194 | ||
195 | *** New Startup File mh-e-autoloads.el | |
196 | ||
197 | If you are installing MH-E yourself, then you can replace any | |
198 | autoloads you may have with "(require 'mh-e-autoloads.el)". See the | |
199 | README for details. | |
200 | ||
201 | *** Glimpse Support Removed | |
202 | ||
203 | Since glimpse isn't free, we cannot mention it. Glimpse has been | |
204 | removed from the option `mh-indexer-choices' (closes SF #831276). | |
205 | ||
206 | *** mh-msg-is-in-seq Update | |
207 | ||
208 | Can now specify an alternate message number to "S s | |
209 | (mh-msg-is-in-seq)" with a prefix argument. | |
210 | ||
211 | ** New Variables in MH-E 7.4.80 | |
212 | ||
213 | Variables that have been added to MH-E that have not been discussed | |
214 | elsewhere are listed here. | |
215 | ||
216 | *** mail-citation-hook | |
217 | ||
218 | Hook for modifying a citation just inserted in the mail buffer. | |
219 | ||
220 | *** mh-alias-reloaded-hook | |
221 | ||
222 | Invoked by `mh-alias-reload' after reloading aliases. | |
223 | ||
224 | *** mh-auto-fields-prompt-flag | |
225 | ||
226 | Non-nil means to prompt before sending if fields in | |
227 | `mh-auto-fields-list' are inserted. | |
228 | ||
229 | *** mh-default-folder-for-message-function | |
230 | ||
231 | Function to select a default folder for refiling or `Fcc'. | |
232 | ||
233 | *** mh-forward-hook | |
234 | ||
235 | Invoked on the forwarded letter by "f (mh-forward)". | |
236 | ||
237 | *** mh-invisible-header-fields-default | |
238 | ||
239 | List of hidden header fields. The header fields listed in this option | |
240 | are hidden, although you can check off any field that you would like | |
241 | to see. Header fields that you would like to hide that aren't listed | |
242 | can be added to the `mh-invisible-header-fields' option (closes SF | |
243 | #752045). | |
244 | ||
245 | The option `mh-visible-header-fields' has been deleted. | |
246 | ||
247 | *** mh-junk-background | |
248 | ||
249 | If on, spam programs are run in background. This used to be the | |
250 | default behavior but this could overwhelm a system if many messages | |
251 | were black- or whitelisted at once. The spam programs are now run in | |
252 | the foreground, but this option can be used to put them back in the | |
253 | background. | |
254 | ||
255 | *** mh-signature-separator-flag | |
256 | ||
257 | Non-nil means a signature separator should be inserted. It is not | |
258 | recommended that you change this option since various mail user | |
259 | agents, including MH-E, use the separator to present the signature | |
260 | differently, and to suppress the signature when replying or yanking a | |
261 | letter into a draft. | |
262 | ||
263 | *** mh-variant | |
264 | ||
265 | Specifies the variant used by MH-E. The default setting of this option | |
266 | is `Auto-detect' which means that MH-E will automatically choose the | |
267 | first of nmh, MH, or GNU mailutils that it finds in the directories | |
268 | listed in `mh-path', `mh-sys-path', and `exec-path'. If, for example, | |
269 | you have both nmh and mailutils installed and `mh-variant-in-use' was | |
270 | initialized to nmh but you want to use mailutils, then you can set | |
271 | this option to `mailutils'. | |
272 | ||
273 | When this variable is changed, MH-E resets `mh-progs', `mh-lib', | |
274 | `mh-lib-progs', `mh-flists-present-flag', and `mh-variant-in-use' | |
275 | accordingly. | |
276 | ||
277 | If you've set these variables in your .emacs, it is strongly suggested | |
278 | that you comment them out. The MH detection code has been completely | |
279 | rewritten and it is very likely that you no longer to set them and | |
280 | their setting may confuse other MH-E settings. | |
281 | ||
282 | ** Variables Deleted in MH-E | |
283 | ||
284 | Variables that have been removed from MH-E that have not been | |
285 | discussed elsewhere are listed here. | |
286 | ||
287 | *** mh-alias-system-aliases | |
288 | ||
289 | System definitions should not be a user option. | |
290 | ||
291 | *** mh-junk-mail-folder | |
292 | ||
293 | Since this variable can accept values other than folder names, it was | |
294 | renamed to `mh-junk-disposition' to more accurately reflect the content. | |
295 | ||
296 | ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.4.80 | |
297 | ||
298 | Many bugs were fixed in this version that aren't listed below. | |
299 | ||
300 | *** mh-extract-rejected-mail Can't Do MIME (and Other Formats) | |
301 | ||
302 | Now handles qmail and exim bounces (addresses SF #404965). | |
303 | ||
304 | *** mh-rmail Hangs in XEmacs | |
305 | ||
306 | We've determined that MH-E is incompatible with some versions of | |
307 | XEmacs (21.5.9-21.5.16). More recent versions work fine. If you think | |
308 | our list is too broad, please let us know which version of XEmacs you | |
309 | are using (closes SF #644321). | |
310 | ||
311 | *** Inconsistent Prompts | |
312 | ||
313 | Prompt formats are now consistent throughout the application (closes | |
314 | SF #730470). | |
315 | ||
316 | *** Empty Shell Comments Confuse mh-mhn-directive-present-p | |
317 | ||
318 | If you had a string that matched the regexp "^# $" in your draft, it | |
319 | would cause an error. This has been fixed (closes SF #762458). | |
320 | ||
321 | *** Quote Hashes When mhbuild Directives Used | |
322 | ||
323 | A related bug, if you had empty shell comments but inserted your own | |
324 | directives, you'd get another error from mhbuild. This has been fixed | |
325 | by quoting the hash ("^# $") like this "##" before submitting to | |
326 | mhbuild (closes SF #762464). | |
327 | ||
328 | *** Inconsistent Usage in Scan Formatting Variables | |
329 | ||
330 | The variables: | |
331 | ||
332 | mh-note-cur | |
333 | mh-note-deleted | |
334 | mh-note-dist | |
335 | mh-note-forw | |
336 | mh-note-refiled | |
337 | mh-note-repl | |
338 | mh-note-seq | |
339 | ||
340 | used to contain strings. Although only the first character was read, | |
341 | the entire string would be inserted which may have caused problems. | |
342 | These variables have been converted to character constants so that | |
343 | only a single character can be inserted into the scan line (closes SF | |
344 | #770772). | |
345 | ||
346 | *** Bad Handling of Aliases That Conflict With Local User Names | |
347 | ||
348 | If a user name existed both locally and in the aliases file, the local | |
349 | user would be flashed, but the alias would be used when sending. This | |
350 | has been fixed so that the user name that is flashed is the same as | |
351 | the name that is sent (closes SF #772595). | |
352 | ||
353 | *** Args out of range | |
354 | ||
355 | In rare and non-reproducible circumstances, compilation sometimes | |
356 | threw an "Args out of range" error. Nonetheless, this has been fixed | |
357 | (closes SF #806577). | |
358 | ||
359 | *** mh-forward hard-codes '-mime' Switch on nmh | |
360 | ||
361 | Added new option `mh-compose-forward-as-mime-flag' that controls whether | |
362 | messages are forwarded as MIME attachments (closes SF #827203). | |
363 | ||
364 | *** Not Re-prompted to Sign After Pass Phrase Typo | |
365 | ||
366 | If there were errors when sending a signed message (like getting the | |
367 | pass phrase wrong), the MML markup remained in the draft buffer. The | |
368 | draft buffer is now restored if there is an error (closes SF #839303). | |
369 | ||
370 | *** Font-lock Gets Confused in MH-Letter Buffer | |
371 | ||
372 | If a user manually moved the cursor to the end of the header field | |
373 | separator line (by mouse click or keyboard navigation) and hit Enter | |
374 | to start typing their message, any line in the body with a colon would | |
375 | be fontified with a gray background. This has been fixed (closes SF | |
376 | #855479). | |
377 | ||
378 | *** mh-refile-msg Fails to Suggest Folder for Empty Message | |
379 | ||
380 | If you received a message with an empty body from someone who is | |
381 | listed in your aliases file, "o (mh-refile-msg)" failed to suggest the | |
382 | correct folder. This has been fixed (closes SF #917096). | |
383 | ||
384 | *** Error Visiting Folder With no Unseen Messages | |
385 | ||
386 | If you visited a folder without unseen messages and the option "flist: | |
387 | -noshowzero" is present in your ~/.mh_profile, you'd get an error. This | |
388 | has been fixed (closes SF #933954). | |
389 | ||
390 | \f | |
391 | ||
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392 | * Changes in MH-E 7.4.4 |
393 | ||
394 | Version 7.4.4 addresses programmatic issues from the FSF and prepares | |
395 | MH-E for inclusion into an impending GNU Emacs release (21.4). There | |
396 | are no user-visible changes (unless you are using XEmacs on DOS or | |
397 | don't have the cl package installed). Filenames are now unique in | |
398 | their first 8 characters (DOS 8.3 requirement). The runtime dependency | |
399 | on the cl package has been removed. Desktop saving and restoration | |
400 | code moved here from desktop.el. | |
401 | ||
402 | * Changes in MH-E 7.4.3 | |
403 | ||
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405 | set from .emacs. |
406 | ||
407 | * Changes in MH-E 7.4.2 | |
408 | ||
409 | Version 7.4.2 fixes the accidental dependence on nmh (closes SF | |
410 | #791021). | |
411 | ||
412 | * Changes in MH-E 7.4.1 | |
413 | ||
414 | Version 7.4.1 fixes the Makefile so it no longer tries to compile | |
415 | mh-unit.el. | |
416 | ||
417 | * Changes in MH-E 7.4 | |
418 | ||
419 | Version 7.4 contains many new useful features including arbitrary MH | |
420 | range handling, new draft features such as draft form editing, as well | |
421 | as sequence propagation and manipulation. We've also fixed bugs and | |
422 | added a handful of new variables. | |
423 | ||
424 | ** New Features in MH-E 7.4 | |
425 | ||
426 | *** Add Arbitrary Ranges to MH-E UI | |
427 | ||
428 | MH-E now handles any legal MH range (such as last:5 or 4 8 10-12) | |
429 | wherever you're prompted for a message number or sequence (closes SF | |
430 | #728638). | |
431 | ||
432 | *** Remove Prompting in mh-send | |
433 | ||
434 | Brian Reid's original mhe didn't do prompting anywhere but used forms | |
435 | instead. While we won't go that far, we eliminated prompting where a | |
436 | form is already involved, such as in composing a message. | |
437 | ||
438 | The new customization variable `mh-compose-prompt-flag' can be set to | |
439 | t to get the original behavior (closes SF #745622). | |
440 | ||
441 | *** Use TAB to Switch Fields in Header | |
442 | ||
443 | When composing a message, TAB and SHIFT-TAB can be used to move | |
444 | quickly between header fields. The new customization variable, | |
445 | `mh-compose-skipped-header-fields', contains a list of header fields | |
446 | that are skipped and truncated if they are too long (closes SF | |
447 | #745627). | |
448 | ||
449 | *** Alias Completion in Composition Buffer | |
450 | ||
451 | Aliases can be completed in the draft with "M-TAB | |
452 | (mh-letter-complete)". Or, if the customization variable | |
453 | `mh-compose-space-does-completion-flag' is set to t, then a "SPC | |
454 | (mh-letter-complete-or-space)" with do the same thing. If | |
455 | `mh-alias-flash-on-comma' is non-nil, ", (mh-letter-confirm-address)" | |
456 | will show the alias expansion in the minibuffer (closes SF #745634). | |
457 | ||
458 | *** Auto Fields Should be Inserted During Send | |
459 | ||
460 | Fields that were inserted by the multiple personality code when the | |
461 | draft was sent now insert the header fields when the draft is composed | |
462 | to give you a chance to edit them (closes SF #747890). | |
463 | ||
464 | *** mh-index-tick-messages | |
465 | ||
466 | The command "F ' (mh-index-ticked-messages)" creates a buffer with all | |
467 | messages ticked with "' (mh-toggle-tick)" in the folders listed in the | |
468 | new customization variable `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders'. Chances | |
469 | are that if you set `mh-index-new-messages-folders', you'll want to | |
470 | set `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders' accordingly. | |
471 | ||
472 | In addition, a general function, "F q (mh-index-sequenced-messages)" | |
473 | has been provided that displays messages in the `mh-unseen-seq' in the | |
474 | folders listed `mh-index-new-messages-folders', unless a prefix | |
475 | argument is given, in which case you can provide both a list of | |
476 | folders and a sequence (closes SF #718833). | |
477 | ||
478 | *** Narrow to Region | |
479 | ||
480 | If there is a region, "/ r (mh-narrow-to-range)" will only consider | |
481 | those messages in the region. In addition, there is now a stack of | |
482 | folder limits which can be popped with "/ w (mh-widen)". With a prefix | |
483 | arg, all the restrictions are popped off of the stack (closes SF | |
484 | #732823). | |
485 | ||
486 | *** Narrow to Ticked Sequence | |
487 | ||
488 | The buffer can now be narrowed to ticked messages with "S ' | |
489 | (mh-narrow-to-tick)" (closes SF #732825). | |
490 | ||
491 | *** Display Multiple Buttons for multipart/alternative | |
492 | ||
493 | A new customizable variable, | |
494 | `mh-display-buttons-for-alternatives-flag', was added to display | |
495 | buttons for the alternatives. The default value is nil to retain the | |
496 | current behavior (closes SF #741288). | |
497 | ||
498 | *** Identity Menu Changes | |
499 | ||
500 | A menu item has been added that inserts custom fields if the To or Cc | |
501 | header fields match `mh-auto-fields-list'. | |
502 | ||
503 | ** New Variables in MH-E 7.4 | |
504 | ||
505 | *** mh-alias-local-users-prefix | |
506 | ||
507 | This string is prepended to the real names of users from the passwd | |
508 | file. If nil, use the username string unmodified instead of the real | |
509 | name from the gecos field of the passwd file. | |
510 | ||
511 | *** mh-alias-passwd-gecos-comma-separator-flag | |
512 | ||
513 | Non-nil means the gecos field in the passwd file uses comma as a | |
514 | separator. Used to construct aliases for users in the passwd file." | |
515 | ||
516 | *** mh-interpret-number-as-range-flag | |
517 | ||
518 | Non-nil means interpret a number as a range. If the variable is | |
519 | non-nil, and you use an integer, N, when asked for a range to scan, | |
520 | then MH-E uses the range "last:N". | |
521 | ||
522 | *** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook | |
523 | ||
524 | This new hook is invoked at the beginning of the `F k | |
525 | (mh-kill-folder)' command. It is a list of functions to be called, | |
526 | with no arguments, which should return a value of non-nil if you | |
527 | should not be asked if you're sure that you want to remove the folder. | |
528 | This is useful for folders that are easily regenerated. | |
529 | ||
530 | The default value of `mh-index-p' suppresses the prompt on folders | |
531 | generated by an index search. | |
532 | ||
533 | WARNING: Use this hook with care. If there is a bug in your hook which | |
534 | returns t on +inbox and you hit `F k' by accident in the +inbox | |
535 | buffer, you will not be happy. | |
536 | ||
537 | *** mh-refile-preserves-sequences-flag | |
538 | ||
539 | Non-nil means that sequences are preserved when messages are refiled. | |
540 | If this variable is non-nil and a message belonging to a sequence | |
541 | other than cur or Previous-Sequence (see mh-profile 5) is refiled then | |
542 | it is put in the same sequence in the destination folder. Additional | |
543 | sequences that should not to be preserved can be specified by setting | |
544 | `mh-unpropagated-sequences' appropriately. | |
545 | ||
546 | *** mh-visible-header-fields | |
547 | ||
548 | Customize this instead of `mh-visible-headers', which is now a defvar. | |
549 | This was done to mimic the relationship between | |
550 | `mh-invisible-header-fields' and `mh-invisible-fields'. | |
551 | ||
552 | ** Variables Deleted in MH-E 7.4 | |
553 | ||
554 | *** mh-visible-headers | |
555 | ||
556 | See the paragraph for `mh-visible-header-fields' above. | |
557 | ||
558 | ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.4 | |
559 | ||
560 | *** Aliases Constantly Reloaded | |
561 | ||
562 | The system aliases are not loaded as often as they were, so the | |
563 | completion speed has been dramatically improved if your passwd file is | |
564 | large (closes SF #693859). | |
565 | ||
566 | *** Folders in MH-Index View Not Saved | |
567 | ||
568 | When you perform a search to produce an MH-Index buffer, the folders | |
569 | that contain the messages are shown. If the MH-Index buffer was | |
570 | deleted, or Emacs was restarted and the corresponding folder | |
571 | rescanned, the folder information would be lost. This has been fixed | |
572 | by saving the information in a file called ".mhe_index" (closes SF | |
573 | #701762). | |
574 | ||
575 | *** Ticking Messages in +mhe-index/new | |
576 | ||
577 | If a new message in a buffer created by "F n" was ticked (with "'"), | |
578 | the message would not be added to the tick sequence in the source | |
579 | folder. This has been fixed so that any sequence changes in any index | |
580 | folder (from within MH-E of course) are now reflected back to the | |
581 | corresponding source folder (closes SF #709664). | |
582 | ||
583 | *** Custom Vars Set by a Function | |
584 | ||
585 | The default setting of customization variable `mh-summary-height' is | |
586 | now `nil' which means MH-E will change the size dynamically according | |
587 | to the size of the frame (closes SF #723267). | |
588 | ||
589 | *** Folder Completion Slow | |
590 | ||
591 | The first folder completion was very slow. This has been fixed (closes | |
592 | SF #730426). | |
593 | ||
594 | *** Tick Sequence Persistent When Refiled | |
595 | ||
596 | Sequences are now preserved when messages are refiled (closes SF | |
597 | #737128). | |
598 | ||
599 | *** Auto-inserted Header Fields Inconsistent | |
600 | ||
601 | For consistency, all automatically inserted header fields (such as | |
602 | X-Mailer and X-Face) are added when the draft is first presented to | |
603 | you. This also gives you a chance to edit or delete them if necessary | |
604 | (closes SF #745624). Note that we would be distressed if you deleted | |
605 | the X-Mailer field. | |
606 | ||
607 | *** Toolbar Spec Error | |
608 | ||
609 | The following message appeared when displaying a message in XEmacs: | |
610 | ||
611 | Signaling: (error "Toolbar spec must be list or nil" ) | |
612 | ||
613 | This has been fixed (closes SF #745655). | |
614 | ||
615 | *** mh-index-search Doesn't Find Short Acronyms | |
616 | ||
617 | Swish typically ignores words with fewer than four letters, but will | |
618 | still look for acronyms. Unfortunately, MH-E was downcasing the input | |
619 | words which defeated this feature. This has been fixed (closes SF | |
620 | #755718). | |
621 | ||
622 | \f | |
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623 | |
624 | * Changes in MH-E 7.3 | |
625 | ||
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626 | This release includes the new features of an index view of unseen |
627 | messages in all folders, spam software support, relative folder | |
628 | specification @ support, marking messages, recipient handling by | |
629 | mh-default-folder-list, Face and X-Image-URL header field support, and | |
630 | Fcc completion. Function arguments have been unified. Bugs have been | |
631 | fixed. | |
632 | ||
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633 | ** New Features in MH-E 7.3 |
634 | ||
286fbd0f | 635 | *** Unified Function Arguments |
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636 | |
637 | Any function with MSG-OR-SEQ in its docstring uses the displayed | |
638 | message by default for this argument. However, if a prefix argument is | |
639 | provided, then the user is prompted for a message sequence. If the | |
640 | variable `transient-mark-mode' is non-nil and the mark is active, then | |
641 | the function operates on the messages in the selected region. In a | |
642 | program, MSG-OR-SEQ can be a message number, a list of message | |
643 | numbers, a region in a cons cell, or a sequence. | |
644 | ||
286fbd0f | 645 | *** MH-Index View of Unseen Messages |
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646 | |
647 | Use "F n (mh-index-new-messages)" or Folder -> View New Messages menu | |
648 | item to display messages in the `mh-unseen-seq' sequence in folders | |
649 | specified by `mh-index-new-messages-folders'. With a prefix argument, | |
650 | enter a space-separated list of folders, or nothing to search all | |
651 | folders. | |
652 | ||
653 | Like other MH-Index folders, use "v (mh-index-visit-folder)" if you | |
654 | wish to visit the original folder with the unseen message. This is | |
655 | usually not necessary since the original message is annotated if you | |
656 | reply, deleted if you delete the message, or refiled if you refile the | |
657 | message (closes SF #701756). | |
658 | ||
286fbd0f | 659 | *** Spam Software Support |
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660 | |
661 | MH-E now supports several spam filters including Bogofilter, | |
662 | SpamProbe, and SpamAssassin. Spam that is mistakenly considered to be | |
663 | good mail can be reclassified as spam with "J b (mh-junk-blacklist)". | |
664 | Conversely, good mail that is accidently considered to be spam can be | |
665 | reclassified with "J w (mh-junk-whitelist)" (closes SF #669518). | |
666 | ||
667 | If a message is blacklisted, and `mh-junk-mail-folder' is a string, | |
668 | then the message is refiled to that folder. If this variable is nil, | |
669 | the message is deleted. If a message is whitelisted, then the message | |
670 | is refiled to `mh-inbox'. | |
671 | ||
672 | To change the spam program being used, customize `mh-junk-program'. | |
673 | This should only be necessary if you have multiple filters on your | |
674 | system and MH-E picked the wrong one. These customization variables | |
675 | are found in the new customization group `mh-junk'. | |
676 | ||
677 | The documentation for the following functions describes what setup is | |
678 | needed for the different spam fighting programs: | |
679 | ||
680 | - `mh-bogofilter-blacklist' | |
681 | - `mh-spamprobe-blacklist' | |
682 | - `mh-spamassassin-blacklist' | |
683 | ||
286fbd0f | 684 | *** Relative Folder Specification @ Supported |
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685 | |
686 | You can now use the relative folder marker @ in folder names (closes | |
687 | SF #666774). | |
688 | ||
286fbd0f | 689 | *** Marking Messages |
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690 | |
691 | Messages can now be highlighted with "' (mh-toggle-tick)", Sequence -> | |
692 | Toggle Tick Mark menu item or the "Toggle tick mark" button. These | |
693 | messages are added to the "tick" sequence, although this sequence can | |
694 | be changed in `mh-tick-seq'. The highlighting effect can be modified | |
695 | by customizing `mh-folder-tick-face' (closes SF #623367). | |
696 | ||
697 | There is also a new keybinding "/ ' (mh-narrow-to-tick)" and menu item | |
698 | Sequence -> Narrow to Tick Sequence to narrow the view to the | |
699 | highlighted messages. | |
700 | ||
286fbd0f | 701 | *** mh-default-folder-list Now Takes Recipients |
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702 | |
703 | If you wish to file a message based upon the recipient of a message | |
704 | (such as a mailing list), you can now indicate that when filling out | |
705 | the address in the `mh-default-folder-list' customization variable. | |
706 | ||
286fbd0f | 707 | *** Face Header Field Supported |
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708 | |
709 | In addition to the X-Face header field, the Face header field, which | |
710 | can display color images, is now supported. As a bonus, the external | |
711 | xface-e21 library is no longer required. | |
712 | ||
286fbd0f | 713 | *** X-Image-URL Support |
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714 | |
715 | Images specified in X-Image-URL header fields are now supported. | |
716 | See the customization variable `mh-fetch-x-image-url' to enable this | |
717 | support. | |
718 | ||
286fbd0f | 719 | *** Fcc Completion |
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720 | |
721 | Folders in Fcc fields in message drafts can now be completed with | |
722 | M-TAB. | |
723 | ||
724 | ** New Variables in MH-E 7.3 | |
725 | ||
726 | Variables that have been added to MH-E that have not been discussed | |
727 | elsewhere are listed here. | |
728 | ||
729 | *** mh-auto-fields-list | |
730 | ||
731 | Alist of addresses for which header lines are automatically inserted. | |
732 | When a regular expression matches in the To or cc fields of a message, | |
733 | the corresponding header field is automatically inserted in the | |
734 | message header. It also allows the automatic setting of an identity | |
735 | (using `mh-insert-identity') to set an alternate identity when sending | |
736 | messages to a certain person or mailing list. | |
737 | ||
738 | Since this is a more general use of `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-flag' | |
739 | and `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-list', these variables have been removed. | |
740 | ||
741 | *** mh-show-xface-face | |
742 | ||
743 | Face for displaying the X-Face image. | |
744 | ||
745 | *** mh-xemacs-toolbar-position | |
746 | ||
747 | This customization variable allows the user to place the toolbar on | |
748 | the four edges of the frame. | |
749 | ||
750 | *** mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag | |
751 | ||
752 | This customization variable is used to enable or disable the toolbar | |
753 | under XEmacs. | |
754 | ||
755 | ** Variables Deleted in MH-E 7.3 | |
756 | ||
757 | Variables that have been removed from MH-E that have not been | |
758 | discussed elsewhere are listed here. | |
759 | ||
760 | *** mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message-flag | |
761 | ||
762 | No longer needed since the external program mimencode is no longer | |
763 | used. | |
764 | ||
765 | *** mh-index-show-hook | |
766 | ||
767 | This hook was never used, so it was removed. | |
768 | ||
769 | *** mh-tool-bar-reply-3-buttons-flag | |
770 | ||
771 | Obsolete. This functionality is present `mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons'. | |
772 | ||
773 | ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.3 | |
774 | ||
286fbd0f | 775 | *** Can't Refile Message |
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776 | |
777 | Messages with invalid addresses were causing errors in ali which | |
778 | prevented the refiling of messages. The ali error is now shown in the | |
779 | "*MH-E Log*" buffer and refiling suggests the last folder used (closes | |
780 | SF #680388). | |
781 | ||
286fbd0f | 782 | *** Empty Body Triggers Duped Header |
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783 | |
784 | If the body was empty the header would be treated like the body and | |
785 | was therefore displayed twice. This has been fixed (closes SF | |
786 | #681162). | |
787 | ||
286fbd0f | 788 | *** mml or mhl Directives Not Always Processed |
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789 | |
790 | The mml and mhl directives used to create body parts were not | |
791 | processed if one re-edited a draft, or if they added the directives | |
792 | manually. The directives are now always processed upon sending the | |
793 | letter. You may still, of course, use "C-c C-m m (mh-mml-to-mime)" or | |
794 | "C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" to manually create the MIME body parts from | |
795 | the directives and then send the draft. | |
796 | ||
286fbd0f | 797 | *** mh-alias-grab-from-field Fails |
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798 | |
799 | MH-E was adding aliases with angle brackets around the address when | |
800 | there wasn't a phrase (usually, the user's name), to go with it. This | |
801 | caused ali to fail which caused problems in MH-E. This is probably a | |
802 | bug in ali, but MH-E no longer inserts angle brackets around the | |
803 | address unless there is a phrase, which avoids the problem (closes SF | |
804 | #690216). | |
805 | ||
286fbd0f | 806 | *** XEmacs Fixes |
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807 | |
808 | MH-E is now fully supported under XEmacs and compiles without any | |
809 | warnings. | |
810 | ||
811 | In particular, the following now work under XEmacs: | |
812 | ||
813 | - X-Face, Face, and X-Image-URL header fields | |
814 | - MH-E logo in mode line | |
815 | - Emphasis (bold, italics, etc.) | |
816 | - Smilies | |
817 | - Toolbar | |
818 | ||
286fbd0f | 819 | *** Indexed Folders Should Respect mh-show-threads-flag |
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820 | |
821 | Indexed folders are now threaded if `mh-show-threads-flag' is non-nil | |
822 | (closes SF #709667). | |
823 | ||
286fbd0f | 824 | *** Threading Index View Loses Folder Info |
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825 | |
826 | This has been fixed (closes SF #709672). | |
827 | ||
286fbd0f | 828 | *** No Undo Information When Re-editing Drafts |
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829 | |
830 | Undo is turned on in the draft buffer when using "e (mh-edit-again)" | |
831 | (closes SF #712777). | |
832 | ||
286fbd0f | 833 | *** Forwarded base64-encoded Messages Are Incorrectly Displayed |
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834 | |
835 | This has been fixed (closes SF #681518). | |
836 | ||
286fbd0f | 837 | *** Append to *MH-E Log* Buffer |
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838 | |
839 | The last 100 lines of log messages are kept in the *MH-E Log* buffer. | |
840 | Previously, the buffer was erased every time it was written (closes SF | |
841 | #685476). In addition, many of the MH-E commands now send their output | |
842 | into this buffer instead of a plethora of other special-purpose | |
843 | buffers. | |
844 | ||
286fbd0f | 845 | *** mh-inc-folder Complains if No Mail and No Current Message |
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846 | |
847 | The function `mh-inc-folder' no longer calls `mh-show' if point is not | |
848 | on a valid scan line. This keeps `mh-inc-folder' from complaining | |
849 | (closes SF #678115). | |
850 | ||
286fbd0f | 851 | *** Folder Normalization Strips Leading Slash |
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852 | |
853 | Leading "/" characters in folder names entered by the user were being | |
854 | lost. This has been fixed (closes SF #676890). | |
855 | ||
286fbd0f | 856 | *** Print Header Doesn't Show Message |
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857 | |
858 | When printing a sequence, the header simply indicated that a sequence, | |
859 | but not which one, was being printed and did not show the message | |
860 | number. This has been fixed. If more than one message is printed, a | |
861 | page of the scan lines is printed and its header indicates the | |
862 | sequence or message range. The pages with the actual messages all set | |
863 | the header to the folder and message displayed on that page. | |
864 | ||
286fbd0f | 865 | *** Aliases Constantly Reloaded |
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866 | |
867 | Empty lists are now handled properly (closes SF #693859). | |
868 | ||
286fbd0f | 869 | *** Remove RCS Keywords |
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870 | |
871 | Removed RCS keywords per Emacs conventions (closes SF #680731). | |
872 | ||
286fbd0f | 873 | *** Replace Mimencode |
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874 | |
875 | MH-E was enhanced to decode message based on charset and | |
876 | Content-Transfer-Encoding. This eliminates the need for the external | |
877 | program mimencode (closes SF #674857). | |
878 | ||
879 | \f | |
880 | ||
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881 | * Changes in MH-E 7.2 |
882 | ||
883 | This release includes the new features of filing hints, hierarchical | |
884 | file name completion, indexed search and pick integration, unification | |
885 | between `mh-visit-folder' and the speedbar, a displayed message | |
886 | indicator, buffer name organization, support for mairix indexed | |
887 | search, and last but not least, the MH-E logo has been added to the | |
888 | mode line. Code that handles sequences and message regions runs | |
889 | faster. Bugs have been fixed. | |
890 | ||
891 | ** New Features in MH-E 7.2 | |
892 | ||
893 | *** Filing Hints | |
894 | ||
895 | When you file a message, MH-E now looks for an alias corresponding to | |
896 | the address of the sender and offers that as a default folder (closes | |
897 | SF #657096). The new variable `mh-default-folder-prefix' can be used | |
898 | to put these folders in a sub-folder. The new variable | |
899 | `mh-default-folder-must-exist-flag' means to suppress the suggested | |
900 | folder (thereby providing the previous folder used) if the folder | |
901 | doesn't already exist. The new variable `mh-default-folder-list' can | |
902 | be used to map additional addresses and folders. | |
903 | ||
904 | *** Hierarchical File Name Completion | |
905 | ||
906 | When you completed filenames in the past, you were presented with a | |
907 | list of all your folders at all depths in the tree. Now you are | |
908 | presented with only one level at a time (closes SF #664821). | |
909 | As a result, the variables `mh-auto-folder-collect-flag' and | |
910 | `mh-folder-list-change-hook' are obsolete. | |
911 | ||
912 | *** Indexed Search and Pick Integration | |
913 | ||
914 | The indexed and pick searches have been integrated (closes SF | |
915 | #664816). Both "F s (mh-search-folder)" and "F i (mh-index-search)" | |
916 | use the pick template for forming queries. To submit the query, use | |
917 | "C-c C-c (mh-do-search)" which will use the query method you selected. | |
918 | If you change your mind while forming the query, you can use "C-c C-i | |
919 | (mh-index-do-search)" or "C-c C-p (mh-pick-do-search)" to submit the | |
920 | query using the respective method. | |
921 | ||
922 | Second, the results from a pick search are now saved in a sub-folder | |
923 | of +mhe-index like an indexed search. | |
924 | ||
925 | Third, `pick' is now a valid choice for `mh-index-program'. | |
926 | ||
927 | *** mh-visit-folder Metamorphosis Continues | |
928 | ||
929 | When visiting a folder from the speedbar, only the unseen messages are | |
930 | shown if there are unseen messages. If there aren't any unseen | |
931 | messages, all of the messages are shown if there are fewer than | |
932 | `mh-large-folder' messages; otherwise, the user is prompted for the | |
933 | range of messages to display. The "F v (mh-visit-folder)" command has | |
934 | been modified to mimic this behavior. Use a prefix arg to force the | |
935 | message range prompt. | |
936 | ||
937 | *** Displayed Message Indicator | |
938 | ||
939 | In graphical Emacs, the message that is shown is marked by a triangle | |
940 | in the fringe. In textual Emacs, there is a ">" in the first column | |
941 | (closes SF #664824). | |
942 | ||
943 | *** Buffer Name Organization | |
944 | ||
945 | All ephemeral buffer names start with " *mh" while all interesting | |
946 | buffers start with "*MH-E ". The "*Folders*", "*Sequences*", and | |
947 | "*Recipients*" buffers were therefore renamed to "*MH-E Folders*", | |
948 | "*MH-E Sequences*" and "*MH-E Recipients*" respectively (programmers | |
949 | should see mh-utils.el for the names of the new constants). Also, the | |
950 | output of MH commands is saved in the "*MH-E Log*" buffer. | |
951 | ||
952 | *** mh-index-program | |
953 | ||
954 | Add choices for `mairix' and `pick'. | |
955 | ||
956 | *** Logo Displayed on Mode Line | |
957 | ||
958 | ** New Variables in MH-E 7.2 | |
959 | ||
960 | The new variables have been discussed elsewhere. | |
961 | ||
962 | ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.2 | |
963 | ||
964 | *** mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message | |
965 | ||
966 | Messages that had been encoded with base64 were not decoded. This has | |
967 | been fixed with this new function (closes SF #674190). As a result, | |
968 | the variable `mh-decode-quoted-printable-flag' has been renamed to | |
969 | `mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message-flag'. | |
970 | ||
971 | *** mh-kill-folder | |
972 | ||
973 | Now restores previous window configuration (closes SF #664828). | |
974 | ||
975 | *** mh-mime-display | |
976 | ||
977 | MH-E was not using the charset defined in the content-type | |
978 | header. This meant that mail in a different charset would not | |
979 | be properly displayed. This has been fixed (closes SF #655123). | |
980 | ||
981 | *** mh-read-address | |
982 | ||
983 | In XEmacs and Emacs20, this function would always prompt using "To: " | |
984 | instead of using the command argument. This has been fixed (closes SF | |
985 | #670913). | |
986 | ||
987 | *** mh-rmail | |
988 | ||
989 | Unseen messages are now shown in addition to new ones (closes SF | |
990 | #667542). | |
991 | ||
992 | *** mh-scan-msg-overflow-regexp | |
993 | ||
994 | Change the variable so that a space is always maintained in the | |
995 | beginning of the scan line. | |
996 | ||
997 | *** mh-swish-execute-search | |
998 | ||
999 | The example configuration file in the docstring didn't show the | |
1000 | backslash in the FileRules filename. If the example had been used | |
1001 | literally by the user, no files would be indexed! This has been fixed | |
1002 | (closes SF #665888). | |
1003 | ||
1004 | *** mh-thread-refile | |
1005 | ||
1006 | The "T o (mh-thread-refile)" command did not provide refiling hints | |
1007 | like `mh-refile-msg'. This has been fixed (closes SF #664829). | |
1008 | ||
1009 | *** mh-toggle-threads | |
1010 | ||
1011 | If the threaded view was modified and then toggled, the standard view | |
1012 | may not have been accurate (as it contained a potentially old first | |
1013 | message to last message range). This has been fixed (closes SF | |
1014 | #626117). | |
1015 | ||
1016 | *** mh-tool-bar-show-set, mh-tool-bar-letter-set, mh-tool-bar-folder-set | |
1017 | ||
1018 | Clicking the customize and help buttons now deletes the other windows | |
1019 | in the frame. | |
1020 | ||
1021 | *** mh-version | |
1022 | ||
1023 | The "M-x mh-version" command displayed "Aliasfile: aliases". This has | |
1024 | been fixed (closes SF #664467). See Buffer Name Organization above. | |
1025 | ||
1026 | \f | |
1027 | ||
1028 | * Changes in MH-E 7.1 | |
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1029 | |
1030 | This release includes the new features of multiple identities and | |
1031 | alias completion. In addition, indexed searching has been revamped. | |
1032 | Various other features have been added and a few bugs were fixed. | |
1033 | ||
1034 | ** New Features in MH-E 7.1 | |
1035 | ||
1036 | *** Multiple Identities | |
1037 | ||
1038 | MH-E now supports multiple identities (closes SF #628782). That means | |
1039 | that you can have different From and Organization header fields (or | |
1040 | any other header field of your choice) as well as different signatures | |
1041 | depending on your context. Usually, the contexts are home and work. | |
1042 | ||
1043 | Add your identities to the variable `mh-identity-list' and set the | |
1044 | default identity with the variable `mh-identity-default'. Your | |
1045 | identity can be switched on the fly by using the Identity menu or by | |
1046 | calling "M-x mh-insert-identity RET". | |
1047 | ||
1048 | This functionality can be customized within the mh-identity group. | |
1049 | ||
1050 | *** Alias Completion and Harvesting | |
1051 | ||
1052 | The contributed file mh-alias.el has been rewritten and incorporated | |
1053 | into MH-E. | |
1054 | ||
1055 | By default, aliases are culled from the system files | |
1056 | "/etc/nmh/MailAliases," "/usr/lib/mh/MailAliases," and "/etc/passwd" | |
1057 | (see `mh-alias-system-aliases') and from your "AliasFile" MH profile | |
1058 | component. These aliases are then used for completion in the | |
1059 | minibuffer when entering addresses. Within the header of the message | |
1060 | draft, "M-TAB (mh-letter-complete)" is used to do alias completion. | |
1061 | ||
1062 | The package also provides for alias creation based upon the From | |
1063 | header field of the current message. Use the lasso button | |
1064 | (mh-alias-grab-from-field). | |
1065 | ||
1066 | This functionality can be customized within the mh-alias group. | |
1067 | ||
1068 | *** Index Folder Updates | |
1069 | ||
1070 | The results of an index search "F i (mh-index-search)" are now stored | |
1071 | in a bona fide folder so that you can refile messages and reply to | |
1072 | messages directly from the result folder. This folder is a sub-folder | |
1073 | of +mhe-index and the name is based upon the search string (closes SF | |
1074 | #623321). | |
1075 | ||
1076 | If a prefix argument is given then the search in the current index | |
1077 | buffer is redone. | |
1078 | ||
1079 | The index folder lists the names of the source folders as before. | |
1080 | However, instead of using RET on the name of the folder to visit the | |
1081 | folder, use "v (mh-show-index-visit-folder)" anywhere within the | |
1082 | results to visit that folder narrowed to the results of the search. | |
1083 | Additional functions have been added to navigate including "TAB | |
1084 | (mh-index-next-folder)", and "SHIFT-TAB (mh-index-previous-folder)." | |
1085 | ||
1086 | *** mh-visit-folder Interface Updated | |
1087 | ||
1088 | A change was made to the prompting of the message range. In general, | |
1089 | you can use the same format for messages and sequences as you can in | |
1090 | MH with a single exception: a single number means to scan that many | |
1091 | messages, rather than scan that message number. This turns out to be | |
1092 | much more useful than visiting a single message and is consistent with | |
1093 | Gnus and the MH-E speedbar (closes SF #655891). | |
1094 | ||
1095 | If mh-visit-folder is called non-interactively and RANGE is nil then | |
1096 | all messages are displayed. This behavior is now documented and | |
1097 | provides backwards compatibility. | |
1098 | ||
1099 | *** Threading Improvements | |
1100 | ||
1101 | After incorporating new mail into a threaded folder, unseen messages | |
1102 | can be spread about. Two new functions have been added to make it | |
1103 | easier to find them: these are "M-n (mh-next-unread-msg)" and "M-p | |
1104 | (mh-previous-unread-msg)" (closes SF #630328) | |
1105 | ||
1106 | Two new functions were added to delete and refile threads. They are "T | |
1107 | d (mh-thread-delete)" and "T o (mh-thread-refile)" respectively | |
1108 | (closes SF #630493). | |
1109 | ||
1110 | In addition, the key "k" used to be bound to the function | |
1111 | `mh-delete-subject': it is now bound to | |
1112 | `mh-show-delete-subject-or-thread'. | |
1113 | ||
1114 | New functions to navigate threads include "T u (mh-thread-ancestor)", | |
1115 | which can jump to the root message of the current thread given an | |
1116 | optional argument, "T n (mh-thread-next-sibling)", and "T p | |
1117 | (mh-thread-previous-sibling)" | |
1118 | ||
1119 | *** Refiling of Messages in Region | |
1120 | ||
1121 | If mark is active and `transient-mark-mode' is enabled then all the | |
1122 | messages in the region are refiled. | |
1123 | ||
1124 | *** vCard Handling | |
1125 | ||
1126 | If a signature cannot be identified, but there is a vCard attachment, | |
1127 | then that vCard will be presented as a signature (closes SF #649216). | |
1128 | ||
1129 | *** New Info Added to mh-version | |
1130 | ||
1131 | Information about Gnus versions available at both compile time and run | |
1132 | time has been added. | |
1133 | ||
1134 | ** New Variables in MH-E 7.1 | |
1135 | ||
1136 | The defcustom groups were reorganized. Rather than iterate the | |
1137 | specific changes here, you are invited to browse the groups with "M-x | |
1138 | mh-customize RET". | |
1139 | ||
1140 | *** mh-alias-completion-ignore-case-flag | |
1141 | ||
1142 | Non-nil means don't consider case significant in MH alias completion. | |
1143 | This is the default in plain MH, so it is the default here as well. It | |
1144 | can be useful to set this to t if, for example, you use lowercase | |
1145 | aliases for people and uppercase for mailing lists. | |
1146 | ||
1147 | *** mh-alias-expand-aliases-flag | |
1148 | ||
1149 | Non-nil means to expand aliases entered in the minibuffer. In other | |
1150 | words, aliases entered in the minibuffer will be expanded to the full | |
1151 | address in the message draft. By default, this expansion is not | |
1152 | performed. | |
1153 | ||
1154 | *** mh-alias-flash-on-comma | |
1155 | ||
1156 | Specify whether to flash the translation of the alias or warn if there | |
1157 | isn't a translation of the alias. | |
1158 | ||
1159 | *** mh-alias-insert-file | |
1160 | ||
1161 | Filename to use to store new MH-E aliases. This variable can also be a | |
1162 | list of filenames, in which case MH-E will prompt for one of them. If | |
1163 | nil, the default, then MH-E will use the first file found in the | |
1164 | "AliasFile" component of the MH profile. | |
1165 | ||
1166 | *** mh-alias-insertion-location | |
1167 | ||
1168 | Specifies where new aliases are entered in alias files. Options are | |
1169 | sorted alphabetically (the default), at the top of the file or at the | |
1170 | bottom. | |
1171 | ||
1172 | *** mh-alias-local-users | |
1173 | ||
1174 | If t, local users are completed in MH-E To: and Cc: prompts. | |
1175 | ||
1176 | If you set this variable to a string, it will be executed to generate | |
1177 | a password file. A value of "ypcat passwd" is helpful if NIS is in | |
1178 | use. | |
1179 | ||
1180 | *** mh-alias-system-aliases | |
1181 | ||
1182 | A list of system files from which to cull aliases. If these files are | |
1183 | modified, they are automatically reread. This list need include only | |
1184 | system aliases and the passwd file, since personal alias files listed | |
1185 | in your "AliasFile" MH profile component are automatically included. | |
1186 | ||
1187 | *** mh-identity-default | |
1188 | ||
1189 | Default identity to use when `mh-letter-mode' is called. | |
1190 | ||
1191 | *** mh-identity-list | |
1192 | ||
1193 | List holding MH-E identity. | |
1194 | ||
1195 | *** mh-invisible-header-fields | |
1196 | ||
1197 | Simple user interface to change `mh-invisible-headers'. | |
1198 | ||
1199 | *** mh-letter-complete-function | |
1200 | ||
1201 | Function to call when completing outside of fields specific to | |
1202 | aliases. By default, it is bound to 'ispell-complete-word. | |
1203 | ||
1204 | *** mh-show-threads-flag | |
1205 | ||
1206 | Non-nil means new folders start in threaded mode. Threading large | |
1207 | number of messages can be time consuming. So if the flag is non-nil | |
1208 | then threading will be done only if the number of messages being | |
1209 | threaded is less than `mh-large-folder' (closes SF #646794). | |
1210 | ||
1211 | *** mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons | |
1212 | ||
1213 | Buttons to include in MH-E folder/show toolbar. | |
1214 | ||
1215 | *** mh-tool-bar-letter-buttons | |
1216 | ||
1217 | Buttons to include in MH-E letter toolbar. | |
1218 | ||
1219 | ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.1 | |
1220 | ||
1221 | *** mh-get-new-mail | |
1222 | ||
1223 | Call new function `mh-add-cur-notation' to undo the work of | |
1224 | `mh-remove-cur-notation' if there was no new mail (closes SF #647681). | |
1225 | ||
1226 | *** mh-set-cmd-note | |
1227 | ||
1228 | No longer updates the default `mh-cmd-note' value. This resulted in | |
1229 | the misplacement of the current mark when the message number width | |
1230 | changed (closes SF #643701). | |
1231 | ||
1232 | \f | |
1233 | ||
3d7ca223 | 1234 | * Changes in MH-E 7.0 |
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1235 | |
1236 | This is a major release which includes a lot of new features including | |
1237 | improved MIME handling, speedbar folder browsing, and indexed | |
1238 | searching. In this version, MH-E runs under XEmacs, passes checkdoc, | |
1239 | and compiles clean under all supported platforms. | |
1240 | ||
1241 | The "passes checkdoc" feature above required changing the name of | |
1242 | several user-visible variables. It is likely that this affects you. | |
1243 | Please be sure to see the table at the end of these notes and rename | |
1244 | your variables accordingly. | |
1245 | ||
1246 | MH-E has been written mh-e, Mh-e, MH-e and MH-E. We have decided that | |
1247 | the proper term should be MH-E. Please try to use MH-E in your | |
1248 | writing. | |
1249 | ||
1250 | ** New Features in MH-E 7.0 | |
1251 | ||
1252 | *** Speedbar | |
1253 | ||
1254 | There is now support for the speedbar. Try "M-x speedbar" (closes SF | |
177c0ea7 | 1255 | #503727). |
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1256 | |
1257 | Press the middle mouse button on the `+' icons to open a folder, | |
1258 | middle mouse button on a folder name to open the folder. Folders with | |
1259 | unseen messages are shown in bold, so this is a handy way to browse | |
1260 | new messages that you have filed with procmail or slocal. | |
1261 | ||
1262 | See the new customization variable `mh-large-folder,' which controls | |
1263 | when the speedbar asks for how many messages to scan when opening a | |
1264 | large folder and `mh-speed-run-flists-flag' whose default value of t | |
1265 | means to use the flists command to populate the count of unseen and | |
1266 | total messages in each folder. | |
1267 | ||
1268 | *** Indexed Search | |
1269 | ||
1270 | Interoperability with swish++, swish, glimpse, and namazu has been | |
1271 | added to enable lightening-fast searches of your mail. If none of | |
1272 | these are present, grep is used. Try "F i (mh-index-search)". | |
1273 | ||
1274 | For more information, read the documentation for the functions | |
1275 | `mh-swish++-execute-search,' `mh-swish-execute-search,' | |
1276 | `mh-namazu-execute-search,' or `mh-glimpse-execute-search' depending | |
1277 | on your preferred indexing program to see what kind of setup is needed | |
1278 | to generate the index. | |
1279 | ||
1280 | *** Threading | |
1281 | ||
1282 | Use "T t (mh-toggle-threads)" to view the threads in the folder. Use | |
1283 | it again to return to a non-threaded view. | |
1284 | ||
1285 | *** Brief Help | |
1286 | ||
1287 | Use "? (mh-help)" and "X ? (mh-prefix-help)," where X is a prefix | |
1288 | character, for a brief synopsis in the minibuffer of frequently used | |
1289 | commands. In the MH-Letter or MH-Pick buffers, use "C-c ? (mh-help)" | |
1290 | (closes SF #493740). | |
1291 | ||
1292 | *** Folder Keymap Shared by Show Buffer | |
1293 | ||
1294 | You can now use the MH-Folder mode commands from the MH-Show buffer. | |
1295 | Because of this, the MH-Show buffer is now read-only (closes SF | |
1296 | #493749 and SF #527946) and you now have to use "M (mh-modify)" to | |
1297 | edit a message. | |
c3d9274a | 1298 | |
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1299 | *** Better Scanning |
1300 | ||
1301 | You no longer have to modify your scan format if your folders have | |
1302 | more than 9999 messages in them. If you've only modified your scan | |
1303 | format file to allow for the wider message numbers, consider using the | |
1304 | default behavior of MH-E and simplify your MH-E configuration | |
1305 | considerably (closes SF #635791). | |
1306 | ||
1307 | To do this, you may have to remove your modifications of | |
1308 | `mh-scan.*-regexp' and `mh-cmd-note' and your customization of | |
1309 | `mh-scan-format-file'. | |
1310 | ||
1311 | You may still want the updated format files for running MH commands | |
1312 | outside of MH-E; the default of `mh-scan-format-file' will cause them | |
1313 | to be ignored. | |
1314 | ||
1315 | If you prefer fixed-width message numbers, set the new customization | |
1316 | variable to nil , set this variable to | |
1317 | nil and call `mh-set-cmd-note' with the width specified by the scan format in | |
1318 | `mh-scan-format-file'. For example, the default width is 4, so you would use | |
1319 | "(mh-set-cmd-note 4)" if `mh-scan-format-file' were nil. | |
1320 | ||
1321 | *** X-Face | |
1322 | ||
1323 | MH-E now displays the content of the X-Face header field in the From | |
1324 | field. When sending a message, an X-Face field is appended to the | |
1325 | header if it doesn't already exist and "~/.face" is present. See the | |
1326 | new customization variables `mh-show-use-xface-flag' and `mh-x-face-file' | |
1327 | (closes SF #480770). | |
1328 | ||
1329 | MH-E depends on the external x-face package found in | |
1330 | ftp://ftp.jpl.org/pub/elisp/ to do this. The `uncompface' binary is | |
1331 | also required to be in the execute PATH. It can be obtained from: | |
1332 | http://freshmeat.net/redir/compface/1439/url_tgz/compface-1.4.tar.gz. | |
1333 | ||
1334 | It has also been observed that if you don't see the faces, you might | |
1335 | have to do this (for unknown reasons): | |
177c0ea7 | 1336 | |
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1337 | mv /usr/local/include/compface.h /usr/include/ |
1338 | ||
1339 | *** Graphical Smileys | |
1340 | ||
1341 | Smiley's are now converted to cute little images. See the new | |
1342 | customization variable `mh-graphical-smileys-flag.' | |
1343 | ||
1344 | *** Text Emphasis | |
1345 | ||
1346 | ASCII formatting is now converted to the appropriate font. For | |
1347 | example, _underline_ is underlined, *bold* appears in bold, /italic/ | |
1348 | appears in italic, etc. See `gnus-emphasis-alist' for the whole list. | |
1349 | See the new customization variables `mh-decode-mime' and | |
1350 | `mh-graphical-emphasis-flag.' | |
1351 | ||
1352 | *** Attachment Handling | |
1353 | ||
1354 | Inline attachments are now displayed. Regular attachments appear as | |
1355 | buttons in show buffer. Use "K TAB (mh-next-button)" or "K SHIFT-TAB | |
1356 | (mh-prev-button)" to cycle through these buttons. Use "K v | |
1357 | (mh-folder-toggle-mime-part)" to view, "K o | |
1358 | (mh-folder-save-mime-part)" to save one part or "K-a | |
1359 | (mh-save-mime-parts)" to save all parts, or "K i | |
1360 | (mh-folder-inline-mime-part)" to view the attachment inline. | |
1361 | ||
1362 | See the new customization variable `mh-decode-mime' for additional | |
1363 | information. Other customization variables that affect this new feature | |
1364 | include `mh-store-mime-parts-default-directory' and | |
1365 | `mh-display-buttons-for-inline-parts-flag'. | |
1366 | ||
1367 | HTML documents can be viewed inline if Gnus v5.10 and w3 or w3m lisp | |
1368 | packages are present. Set the customization variable | |
1369 | `mm-text-html-renderer' accordingly (closes SF #453352). | |
1370 | ||
1371 | *** Quoted-printable Handling | |
1372 | ||
1373 | Quoted-printable body parts are now decoded. | |
1374 | ||
1375 | *** More Choices for `mh-yank-from-start-of-msg' | |
1376 | ||
1377 | Historically, if this variable was t, the entire message, with full | |
1378 | headers would be included and every line would begin with | |
1379 | `mh-ins-buf-prefix.' This usage is deprecated in favor of the setting | |
1380 | `supercite' below. The default has been changed to `attribution.' The | |
1381 | following symbols are now understood: | |
1382 | ||
1383 | `body': yank the message minus the header. | |
1384 | ||
1385 | `supercite': include the entire message, with full headers. This also | |
1386 | causes the invocation of `sc-cite-original' without the setting of | |
1387 | `mail-citation-hook', now deprecated practice. | |
1388 | ||
1389 | `autosupercite': do as for `supercite' automatically when show buffer | |
1390 | matches the message being replied-to. | |
1391 | ||
1392 | `attribution': yank the message minus the header and add a simple | |
1393 | attribution line at the top. | |
1394 | ||
1395 | `autoattrib': do as for `attribution' automatically when show buffer | |
1396 | matches the message being replied-to. | |
1397 | ||
1398 | There is a new customization variable called | |
1399 | `mh-extract-from-attribution-verb' which is used for attribution which | |
1400 | provides a method for setting a different language. | |
1401 | ||
1402 | *** Use Gnus mml Instead of mhn | |
1403 | ||
1404 | When inserting attachments into a message draft, Gnus mml directives | |
1405 | are now used instead of mhn directives. One beneficial side-effect of | |
1406 | this is that attachments can now appear inline as well as separate. | |
1407 | ||
1408 | The new customization variable `mh-compose-insertion' controls whether | |
1409 | Gnus or mhn is used to insert MIME message directives in messages | |
1410 | (default: 'gnus, if the mml library exists). | |
1411 | ||
1412 | *** Content-Type Now Obtained Automatically | |
1413 | ||
1414 | The value of the Content-Type no longer needs to be entered by the | |
1415 | user. | |
1416 | ||
1417 | *** Attachments Automatically Included Upon Send | |
1418 | ||
1419 | You no longer have to run "C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" before sending a | |
1420 | message with attachments--this is done automatically when you send the | |
1421 | message with "C-c C-c (mh-send-letter)". There is, however, a new key | |
1422 | binding "C-c C-m m (mh-mml-to-mime)" which is analogous to "C-c C-e | |
1423 | (mh-edit-mhn)". | |
1424 | ||
1425 | *** GPG Handling | |
1426 | ||
1427 | Messages that have been signed or encrypted with GPG are verified and | |
1428 | decrypted automatically. To sign or encrypt a message, use "C-c RET | |
1429 | C-s (mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime)" and "C-c C-m C-e | |
1430 | (mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime)." You need Gnus version 5.10 | |
1431 | for this feature. These functions are provided by the pgg.el package. | |
1432 | ||
1433 | Users report "flashing" with the pgg.el package and prefer the gpg.el | |
1434 | package instead. To use gpg.el instead of the pgg.el package you need: | |
1435 | ||
1436 | (setq mml2015-use 'gpg) | |
1437 | ||
1438 | To mimic automatic encryption in gpg.el, use: | |
1439 | ||
1440 | (setq mm-verify-option 'always) | |
1441 | (setq mm-decrypt-option 'always) | |
1442 | ||
1443 | The venerable mailcrypt package is also an option. However, now that | |
1444 | show buffers are read-only, mailcrypt version 3.5.6 and older fail | |
1445 | when they attempt to decrypt the contents. | |
1446 | ||
1447 | *** Mail-Followup-To Header Field | |
1448 | ||
1449 | Support for this controversial field has been added because nmh | |
1450 | supports it (closes SF #627035). If you want to add it to outgoing | |
1451 | mail for selected mailing lists, add those mailing lists to the new | |
1452 | customization variable `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-list.' If you think | |
1453 | this field is evil, set the new customization variable | |
1454 | `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-flag' to nil. | |
1455 | ||
1456 | *** Gnus Issues | |
1457 | ||
1458 | If you update Gnus, you must recompile MH-E. Note that if you are | |
1459 | running the stock version of MH-E that comes with Emacs or the MH-E | |
1460 | package on a Debian GNU/Linux, this is done for you. | |
1461 | ||
1462 | ** New Variables in MH-E 7.0 | |
1463 | ||
1464 | New customization variables not mentioned earlier include: | |
1465 | ||
1466 | *** mh-letter-insert-signature-hook | |
1467 | ||
1468 | Invoked at the beginning of the "C-c C-s (mh-insert-signature)" | |
1469 | command. Can be used to determine which signature file to use based on | |
1470 | message content. On return, if `mh-signature-file-name' is non-nil | |
1471 | that file will be inserted at the current point in the buffer. | |
1472 | ||
1473 | *** mh-show-maximum-size | |
1474 | ||
1475 | Maximum size of message (in bytes) to display automatically. Provides | |
1476 | an opportunity to skip over large messages which may be slow to load. | |
1477 | Use a value of 0 to display all messages automatically regardless of | |
1478 | size (closes SF #488696). | |
1479 | ||
1480 | *** mh-tool-bar-reply-3-buttons-flag | |
1481 | ||
1482 | Non-nil means use three buttons for reply commands in tool-bar. If you | |
1483 | have room on your tool-bar because you are using a large font, you may | |
1484 | set this variable to expand the single reply button into three buttons | |
1485 | that won't lead to minibuffer prompt about who to reply to. | |
1486 | ||
1487 | ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.0 | |
1488 | ||
1489 | *** mh-delete-msg, mh-refile-msg, mh-undo | |
1490 | ||
1491 | Mandrake Linux includes XEmacs initialization code that binds | |
1492 | `transient-mark-mode' which causes problems in MH-E. These problems | |
1493 | have been fixed (closes SF #541915). | |
1494 | ||
1495 | *** mh-edit-again | |
1496 | ||
1497 | This would sometimes yield a read-only buffer. This has been fixed | |
1498 | (closes SF #624283 and SF #625538). | |
1499 | ||
1500 | *** mh-forward | |
1501 | ||
1502 | When using nmh, always specify -mime so as to preserve the original | |
1503 | message(s). | |
1504 | ||
1505 | *** mh-inc-folder | |
1506 | ||
1507 | If you had narrowed to a sequence and then incorporated new mail, | |
1508 | those new messages would not be present in your +inbox when you | |
1509 | widened. This has been fixed (closes SF #489430, SF #489437, SF | |
1510 | #629233). | |
1511 | ||
1512 | *** mh-insert-letter | |
1513 | ||
1514 | No longer uses mhl to include a message as this mangled the header and | |
1515 | gave supercite fits (closes SF #629153). | |
1516 | ||
1517 | *** mh-letter-mode | |
1518 | ||
1519 | "M-q (fill-paragraph)" now fills quoted paragraphs (for example, | |
1520 | starting with "> ") correctly (closes SF #489927). | |
1521 | ||
177c0ea7 | 1522 | *** mh-next-undeleted-msg, mh-previous-undeleted-msg |
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1523 | |
1524 | If there are no more undeleted messages the point remains at its | |
1525 | original position and a message is produced (closes SF #494304). | |
1526 | ||
1527 | *** mh-pick-mode | |
1528 | ||
1529 | Now calls `mh-pick-mode-hook' as documented. | |
1530 | ||
1531 | *** mh-put-msg-in-seq | |
1532 | ||
1533 | Now puts all messages in region in sequence (closes SF #630324). | |
1534 | ||
1535 | *** mh-refile-msg, mh-write-msg-to-file | |
1536 | ||
1537 | These functions stomped on the variables that held the name of the | |
1538 | last file and folder respectively for the other function. This has | |
1539 | been fixed so that the last folder or file name is preserved (closes | |
1540 | SF #580772). | |
1541 | ||
1542 | *** mh-region-to-sequence | |
1543 | ||
1544 | If the region in MH-Folder was set with "C-x h (mark-whole-buffer)", | |
1545 | you couldn't perform operations on all of the messages as you would | |
1546 | expect. This has been fixed (closes SF #621632). | |
1547 | ||
1548 | *** mh-reply | |
1549 | ||
1550 | Performing an undo the first thing after replying would blank out the | |
1551 | entire draft. Now just the insertion of the yanked message is undone | |
1552 | leaving the header and signature intact for additional editing (closes | |
1553 | SF #623693). | |
1554 | ||
1555 | *** mh-show-mode | |
1556 | ||
1557 | Now calls `mh-show-mode-hook' as documented (closes SF #627222). | |
1558 | ||
1559 | *** mh-subject-thread-to-sequence | |
1560 | ||
1561 | Make 'subject sequence a real one, exported to MH. This means you can, | |
1562 | for example, mh-forward it. But it also shows up with a mark in the | |
1563 | scan output (closes SF #489445). | |
1564 | ||
1565 | *** Other Bug Fixes | |
1566 | ||
1567 | The following bugs have also been closed: | |
1568 | ||
1569 | SF #495450: Folder buffer read-only after inc | |
1570 | SF #489706: mh-page-msg bombs out | |
1571 | SF #580772: mh-last-destination is overloaded | |
1572 | ||
1573 | *** Variables renamed to conform with Emacs coding conventions | |
1574 | ||
1575 | The coding conventions require that boolean variables end in -flag. | |
1576 | The following two tables show which variables were affected (closes SF | |
1577 | #627015). | |
1578 | ||
1579 | Customization Variables (defcustom) | |
1580 | ||
1581 | Old Name New Name | |
1582 | ||
1583 | mh-auto-folder-collect mh-auto-folder-collect-flag | |
1584 | mh-bury-show-buffer mh-bury-show-buffer-flag | |
1585 | mh-clean-message-header mh-clean-message-header-flag | |
1586 | mh-decode-quoted-printable mh-decode-quoted-printable-flag | |
1587 | mh-delete-yanked-msg-window mh-delete-yanked-msg-window-flag | |
1588 | mh-do-not-confirm mh-do-not-confirm-flag | |
1589 | mh-highlight-citation-p mh-highlight-citation | |
1590 | mh-insert-x-mailer-p mh-insert-x-mailer-flag | |
1591 | mh-print-background mh-print-background-flag | |
1592 | mh-recenter-summary-p mh-recenter-summary-flag | |
1593 | mh-recursive-folders mh-recursive-folders-flag | |
1594 | mh-reply-show-message-p mh-reply-show-message-flag | |
1595 | mh-show-use-goto-addr mh-show-use-goto-addr-flag | |
1596 | mh-update-sequences-after-mh-show mh-update-sequences-after-mh-show-flag | |
1597 | ||
1598 | Regular Variables (defvar) | |
1599 | ||
1600 | Old Name New Name | |
1601 | ||
1602 | mh-mhn-compose-insert-p mh-mhn-compose-insert-flag | |
1603 | mh-nmh-p mh-nmh-flag | |
1604 | mh-page-to-next-msg-p mh-page-to-next-msg-flag | |
1605 | ||
1606 | \f | |
1607 | ||
a1b4049d | 1608 | * Changes in mh-e 6.1 |
a933dad1 | 1609 | |
a1b4049d BW |
1610 | This is a minor release which includes a few bug fixes. The |
1611 | distribution now includes the ChangeLog. | |
a933dad1 | 1612 | |
a1b4049d | 1613 | ** New Features in mh-e 6.1 |
a933dad1 | 1614 | |
a1b4049d BW |
1615 | *** Fontification |
1616 | ||
1617 | Unseen messages now displayed in bold. | |
1618 | ||
1619 | *** Viewing folders and sequences | |
1620 | ||
1621 | The folder and sequence listings that "F l (mh-list-folders)" and "S l | |
1622 | (mh-list-sequences)" create are now displayed in view mode. | |
1623 | ||
1624 | ** Bug Fixes in mh-e 6.1 | |
1625 | ||
1626 | *** mh-folder-unseen-seq-name | |
1627 | ||
1628 | Byte compilation failed when initializing this variable when the | |
1629 | user's MH environment was not set up. This has been fixed (closes | |
1630 | Debian #140232 and Debian #140817). | |
1631 | ||
1632 | *** mh-forward | |
1633 | ||
1634 | When forwarding a sequence, the mode of the draft would not be set to | |
1635 | MH-Letter correctly. This has been fixed (closes SF #489448). | |
1636 | ||
1637 | *** mh-insert-prefix-string | |
1638 | ||
1639 | Fixed to work under XEmacs. Thanks to Will Partain | |
1640 | <partain at dcs.gla.ac.uk>. | |
1641 | ||
1642 | *** mh-quit | |
1643 | ||
bdcfe844 | 1644 | mh-quit now cleans up the buffers named `mh-temp-buffer,' |
a1b4049d BW |
1645 | 'mh-temp-folders-buffer' and 'mh-temp-sequences-buffer.' |
1646 | ||
1647 | \f | |
1648 | * Changes in mh-e 6.0 | |
1649 | ||
1650 | mh-e is now maintained at SourceForge (see | |
1651 | http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/). This is where you need to go to obtain | |
1652 | new versions of mh-e, report bugs and receive support. | |
1653 | ||
1654 | The maintainers have moved much of their personal configurations into | |
1655 | the codebase, so you may find that you may be able to reduce your mh-e | |
1656 | customizations as well. | |
1657 | ||
1658 | There are several incompatibilities in this version from older | |
1659 | versions. Please read the following notes carefully for details. Pay | |
1660 | particular attention to the key binding changes in the MH-Folder | |
1661 | section. If you have customized your scan format, you will want to | |
1662 | read about the new variable `mh-scan-format-file'. | |
1663 | ||
1664 | The manual could not be updated in time for this release. It will be | |
1665 | updated in the near future. If the Preface in your manual indicates | |
1666 | the older version (version 1.3, for mh-e version 5.0.2), please check | |
1667 | the following page occasionally for an update: | |
1668 | ||
1669 | https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13357 | |
1670 | ||
1671 | ||
1672 | ** New Features in mh-e 6.0 | |
1673 | ||
1674 | *** Customization | |
1675 | ||
1676 | mh-e now uses the customize feature of Emacs. Use "M-x customize-group | |
1677 | mh RET" to customize mh-e. | |
1678 | ||
1679 | *** Menus | |
1680 | ||
1681 | All mh-e modes now provide menus that contain most mh-e functions. | |
1682 | ||
1683 | *** Toolbars | |
1684 | ||
1685 | All mh-e modes now have toolbar buttons for oft-used functions (Emacs 21). | |
1686 | ||
1687 | *** Fontification | |
1688 | ||
1689 | All mh-e buffers now have font-lock keywords. To use, either call | |
1690 | (turn-on-font-lock) from the appropriate hook, or set | |
1691 | `global-font-lock-mode' to t. To customize, use "M-x | |
1692 | customize-apropos-faces ^mh RET". | |
1693 | ||
1694 | If you have customized your scan lines, you will have to update your | |
1695 | scan regexps. The existing regexps were changed to extract a match so | |
1696 | you will have to add appropriate grouping constructs to take advantage | |
1697 | of the fontification. Your old settings will continue to work, but the | |
1698 | folder will not be fontified. For example: | |
1699 | ||
1700 | (setq mh-good-msg-regexp "^\\(.....\\)[^D^]") | |
1701 | ||
1702 | You will most likely have to update the new variable | |
1703 | `mh-scan-subject-regexp' as well. There is another new variable | |
1704 | `mh-scan-date-regexp' which you may also find useful. Run "M-x apropos | |
1705 | mh.*regexp" for a complete list. | |
1706 | ||
1707 | *** mail-user-agent support | |
1708 | ||
1709 | You can now set `mail-user-agent' to `mh-e-user-agent' so that packages | |
1710 | that need to send mail will use mh-e (closes SF #406883, SF #470024). | |
1711 | ||
1712 | *** replgroupcomps support | |
1713 | ||
1714 | If you reply to `cc' or `all' and you use nmh, the nmh repl option | |
1715 | -group will be used. This means that the file `replgroupcomps' will be | |
1716 | used. If you have customized `replcomps', you will definitely want to | |
1717 | either copy `$NMH_LIB/replgroupcomps' to your mail directory and modify | |
1718 | it the same way that you modified your `replcomps' file, or simply | |
1719 | copy your `replcomps' file to `replgroupcomps'. | |
1720 | ||
1721 | *** MH-Folder mode | |
1722 | ||
1723 | The variable `mh-summary-height' used to have a default of 4. It now | |
1724 | varies from 4 to 10 depending on the height of the frame. | |
1725 | ||
1726 | Clicking the mouse on a message shows that message. | |
1727 | ||
1728 | Delete, refile and undo now operate on a region (but only if | |
1729 | `transient-mark-mode' is non-nil). | |
1730 | ||
1731 | SPC (mh-page-msg) now displays the message if it is not already | |
1732 | visible. If the bottom of a message is showing, SPC (mh-page-msg) | |
1733 | moves to the next message (respecting the direction you are moving | |
1734 | through the folder). | |
1735 | ||
177c0ea7 | 1736 | The threading commands "T u (mh-next-unseen-subject-thread)", |
a1b4049d BW |
1737 | "T t (mh-toggle-subject-thread)", "T s (mh-narrow-to-subject-thread)", |
1738 | and "T k (mh-delete-subject-thread)" have been added. These functions | |
1739 | do not offer threading in the true sense of the word, but do allow | |
1740 | some manipulation by subject. | |
1741 | ||
1742 | Major, major keymap changes. This was done to free up movement | |
1743 | commands in the buffer, and to provide for additional features, such | |
1744 | as the threading commands. At the same time, better and more | |
1745 | consistent mnemonics were realized that should make it easier to | |
1746 | remember key bindings. | |
1747 | ||
1748 | Added new sub-keymaps for folder commands, sequence commands, | |
1749 | extraction commands, and digest commands which begin with with F, S, | |
1750 | X, and D, respectively. These sub-keymaps allowed some consistency | |
1751 | (e.g., especially with l(ist) and k(ill)). | |
1752 | ||
1753 | Here are the actual changes and rationale: | |
1754 | ||
1755 | Old New Rationale | |
1756 | ||
1757 | e - Deleted. Already have x. Now used by mh-edit-again. | |
1758 | j - Deleted. Already have g. | |
1759 | ||
1760 | M-a e Better mnemonic. Matches rmail. Frees movement command. | |
1761 | M-e E Better mnemonic. Consistent with e. | |
1762 | - S Why not? mh-sort-folder. | |
1763 | ||
1764 | M-f Fv Frees movement command | |
1765 | M-f Ff Alias (keep?) | |
1766 | M-f Fo Alias (keep?) | |
1767 | M-k Fk No reason but to keep with folder commands | |
1768 | M-l Fl No reason but to keep with folder commands | |
1769 | M-p Fp No reason but to keep with folder commands | |
1770 | M-r Fr Frees movement command | |
1771 | M-s Fs No reason but to keep with folder commands | |
1772 | M-u Fu No reason but to keep with folder commands | |
1773 | ||
1774 | M-% Sd Better mnemonic | |
1775 | M-# Sk Better mnemonic | |
1776 | M-q Sl Better mnemonic | |
1777 | C-xn Sn Frees up standard key binding | |
1778 | % Sp Better mnemonic for putting a message in a sequence | |
1779 | ? Ss Shows sequences that message is in | |
1780 | C-xw Sw Frees up standard key binding | |
1781 | ||
1782 | M-n Xs Better mnemonic (extract shar) | |
1783 | M-n Xu Better mnemonic (extract uuencode) | |
1784 | ||
1785 | M-SPC D SPC Frees mark command | |
1786 | M-\177 D \177 No reason but to keep with digest commands | |
1787 | M-b Db Frees movement command | |
1788 | ||
1789 | As the number of variables increases, it is becoming important to | |
1790 | organize the mh-e namespace. Several variables having to do with the | |
1791 | format of scan lines were renamed, as follows: | |
1792 | ||
1793 | Old New | |
1794 | ||
1795 | mh-good-msg-regexp mh-scan-good-msg-regexp | |
1796 | mh-deleted-msg-regexp mh-scan-deleted-msg-regexp | |
1797 | mh-refiled-msg-regexp mh-scan-refiled-msg-regexp | |
1798 | mh-valid-scan-line mh-scan-valid-regexp | |
1799 | mh-cur-scan-msg-regexp mh-scan-cur-msg-number-regexp | |
1800 | - mh-scan-cur-msg-regexp | |
1801 | - mh-scan-rcpt-regexp | |
1802 | - mh-scan-format-regexp | |
1803 | mh-msg-number-regexp mh-scan-msg-number-regexp | |
1804 | mh-msg-search-regexp mh-scan-msg-search-regexp | |
1805 | ||
1806 | *** MH-Show mode | |
1807 | ||
1808 | While the MIME support is not complete, quoted-printable body parts | |
1809 | are now decoded. | |
1810 | ||
1811 | Some MTAs quote From at the beginning of the line with a ">". The ">" | |
1812 | is now removed in the display, but not on disk. | |
1813 | ||
1814 | *** MH-Letter mode | |
1815 | ||
1816 | New function "C-c C-o (mh-split-line)" splits lines in a draft | |
1817 | preserving the fill prefix and indentation. This is useful when | |
1818 | responding to several sentences in a single paragraph separately. | |
1819 | ||
1820 | "M-q (fill-paragraph)" can now be used on the message that is being | |
1821 | replied to. The fill prefix such as "> " is preserved. | |
1822 | ||
1823 | You no longer have to run "C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" manually as this is | |
1824 | now done automatically when the message is sent. | |
1825 | ||
1826 | The X-Mailer header field is now added to messages as they are sent. | |
1827 | ||
1828 | "C-c C-m C-i (mh-mhn-compose-insertion)" now makes a pretty good guess | |
1829 | at the type of file using the `file' command and no longer asks the | |
1830 | user for the media type. If the necessary version of `file' is not | |
1831 | available, the user is asked for the media type as before; however, | |
1832 | the list of media types is now taken from the system mailcap if | |
1833 | available. Failing that, the built-in list of types has been | |
1834 | supplemented so in most cases the type you need should be present | |
1835 | (closes SF #406883, #441179). | |
1836 | ||
1837 | ** New Variables in mh-e 6.0 | |
1838 | ||
1839 | New variables not mentioned earlier include: | |
1840 | ||
1841 | *** mh-insert-x-mailer-p | |
1842 | ||
1843 | Default value of t means that an X-Mailer header field should be | |
1844 | added. | |
1845 | ||
1846 | *** mh-reply-show-message-p | |
1847 | ||
1848 | The setting of this variable determines whether the MH show-buffer is | |
1849 | displayed with the current message when using mh-reply without a prefix | |
1850 | argument. Set it to nil if you already include the message | |
1851 | automatically in your draft using "repl: -filter repl.filter" in | |
1852 | "~/.mh_profile." | |
1853 | ||
1854 | *** mh-scan-format-file | |
1855 | ||
1856 | Specifies the format file to pass to the scan program. If t, the | |
1857 | format string will be taken from the either `mh-scan-format-mh' or | |
1858 | `mh-scan-format-nmh' depending on whether MH or nmh is in use. If nil, | |
1859 | the default scan output will be used. | |
1860 | ||
1861 | If you customize the scan format, you may need to modify a few | |
1862 | variables containing regexps that mh-e uses to identify specific | |
1863 | portions of the output. Use `M-x apropos RET mh-scan.*regexp' to | |
1864 | obtain a list of these variables. | |
1865 | ||
1866 | *** mh-scan-format-mh | |
1867 | ||
1868 | Scan format string for MH, provided to the scan program via the | |
1869 | -format arg. This format is identical to the default except that | |
1870 | additional hints for fontification have been added to the sixth | |
1871 | column. | |
1872 | ||
1873 | *** mh-scan-format-nmh | |
1874 | ||
1875 | Scan format string for nmh, provided to the scan program via the | |
1876 | -format arg. This format is identical to the default except that | |
1877 | additional hints for fontification have been added to the sixth | |
1878 | column. | |
1879 | ||
1880 | *** mh-show-use-goto-addr | |
1881 | ||
1882 | Non-nil means URLs and e-mail addresses are highlighted using | |
1883 | goto-addr in MH-Show buffer. | |
1884 | ||
1885 | *** mh-letter-fill-column | |
1886 | ||
1887 | Fill column to use in `mh-letter-mode'. This is useful to make the | |
1888 | lines a bit shorter to allow for quoting in replies. | |
1889 | ||
1890 | *** mh-folder-updated-hook | |
1891 | ||
1892 | Invoked when the actions in a folder (such as moves and deletes) are | |
1893 | performed. Variables that are useful in this hook include | |
1894 | `mh-delete-list' and `mh-refile-list' which can be used to see which | |
1895 | changes are being made to current folder, `mh-current-folder'. | |
1896 | ||
1897 | *** mh-unseen-updated-hook | |
1898 | ||
1899 | Invoked after the unseen sequence has been updated. The variable | |
1900 | `mh-seen-list' can be used to obtain the list of messages which will | |
1901 | be removed from the unseen sequence | |
1902 | ||
1903 | ** Bug Fixes in mh-e 6.0 | |
1904 | ||
1905 | *** mh-edit-again and mh-extract-rejected-mail | |
1906 | ||
1907 | Now insert a header separator (--------) which packages such as | |
1908 | mailcrypt expect. | |
1909 | ||
1910 | *** mh-find-progs | |
1911 | ||
1912 | Now uses `mhparam' to set `mh-lib-progs' and `mh-lib'. Added more | |
1913 | directories to `mh-progs' so that mh-e can autoconfigure in more | |
1914 | environments. Chances are that you no longer have to set these | |
1915 | variables, and if you do, you will only have to set `mh-progs'. | |
1916 | Unless, of course, you are using an ancient version of MH that doesn't | |
1917 | have `mhparam'. | |
1918 | ||
1919 | *** mh-folder-mode-map | |
1920 | ||
1921 | The DEL/<delete>/<backspace> change in Emacs 21 broke | |
1922 | `mh-previous-page'. This has been fixed (closes SF #228907). | |
1923 | ||
1924 | *** mh-forward | |
1925 | ||
1926 | If you had "forw: -mime" to your .mh_profile, forwarding a message | |
1927 | resulted in: | |
1928 | ||
1929 | Search failed: "^------- Forwarded Message" | |
1930 | ||
1931 | In addition, the Subject field was not filled in. This has been fixed | |
1932 | (closes SF #223603). | |
1933 | ||
1934 | *** mh-kill-folder | |
1935 | ||
1936 | The user is now always prompted before this action; the variable | |
1937 | `mh-do-not-confirm' is no longer consulted here. Therefore users who | |
1938 | wanted to set `mh-do-not-confirm' but didn't because of the | |
1939 | `mh-kill-folder' dependency may now do so. | |
a933dad1 | 1940 | |
a1b4049d BW |
1941 | *** mh-make-folder-mode-line |
1942 | ||
1943 | Properly deals with folders that do not have any lines in them. Prints | |
1944 | "no msgs" instead of "0 msgs". Does not try to print a range when | |
1945 | there are no messages. | |
1946 | ||
1947 | *** mh-mhn-compose-insertion | |
1948 | ||
1949 | Now gets the MIME type automatically (assuming the local file command | |
1950 | supports the -i and -b options). If this use of the file command is | |
1951 | not supported, the list of MIME types has been expanded to use the | |
1952 | system's mailcap file. | |
1953 | ||
1954 | *** mh-nmh-p | |
1955 | ||
1956 | This variable (t when nmh is in use rather than MH) assumed that the | |
1957 | string "nmh" is in `mh-lib-progs' or `mh-lib'. This has been fixed | |
1958 | (closes SF #441776). | |
1959 | ||
1960 | *** mh-refile-msg | |
1961 | ||
1962 | No longer lets you specify an empty folder (closes SF #476824). | |
1963 | ||
1964 | *** mh-regenerate-headers | |
1965 | ||
1966 | Now suppresses "scan: bad message list" messages. | |
1967 | ||
1968 | *** mh-print-msg | |
1969 | ||
1970 | This function was looking for `mhl' in the wrong place on nmh on | |
1971 | Redhat LINUX 7.0. This has been fixed (closes SF #481128). | |
1972 | ||
1973 | *** mh-show | |
1974 | ||
1975 | Now updates `cur' sequence after a message is shown (closes SF #481772). | |
1976 | ||
1977 | *** mh-showing | |
1978 | ||
1979 | Renamed variable and function to `mh-showing-mode' to conform with | |
1980 | minor mode conventions. Added optional arg to function so it would | |
1981 | behave like a normal minor mode: no or nil arg toggles mode, 0 arg | |
1982 | turns off, non-nil turns on. This fixed the error that occurred when | |
1983 | `desktop-create-buffer' recreated mh-e buffers because it was calling | |
1984 | `mh-showing' with an arg. | |
1985 | ||
1986 | *** mh-version | |
1987 | ||
1988 | Fixed for nmh. Now displays mh-e version correctly. Cleaned up output | |
1989 | and display `mh-progs', etc. | |
1990 | ||
1991 | *** mh-widen | |
1992 | ||
1993 | Now attempts to stay on the same message number (closes SF #480922). | |
1994 | ||
1995 | No longer wipes out pending deletes and refiles without warning | |
1996 | (closes SF #481036). | |
1997 | ||
1998 | \f | |
1999 | * Changes in mh-e 5.0.2 | |
2000 | ||
2001 | This version contains additional minor changes to integrate it with | |
a933dad1 DL |
2002 | reporter.el (requires reporter.el version 3.1c or later) and Emacs |
2003 | 19.30. The mh-goto-msg function is much faster, which also speeds up | |
2004 | several other operations. | |
2005 | ||
a1b4049d BW |
2006 | \f |
2007 | * Changes in mh-e 5.0.1 | |
2008 | ||
2009 | This version contains minor changes from mh-e 5.0 to integrate it with | |
2010 | Emacs 19.29. | |
2011 | ||
2012 | \f | |
2013 | * User-visible changes to mh-e 5.0 | |
2014 | ||
2015 | Note: This being a major release, there are many internal changes. | |
2016 | This document lists only changes to the external interfaces of mh-e. | |
2017 | ||
2018 | When upgrading, you must either explicitly reload the new versions of | |
2019 | all mh-e files that are already loaded or restart your Emacs. | |
a933dad1 | 2020 | |
a933dad1 | 2021 | |
a1b4049d BW |
2022 | ** Major Changes and New Features in mh-e 5.0 |
2023 | ||
2024 | The emphasis for this release has been on consistency and | |
2025 | documentation. Many documentation strings were enhanced. Documentation | |
2026 | strings were changed to comments for internal functions and variables. | |
2027 | ||
2028 | *** There is now proper documentation in the form of a 75-page users | |
2029 | manual. The Texinfo source is mh-e.texi; the formatted Info document | |
a933dad1 DL |
2030 | is mh-e.info. |
2031 | ||
a1b4049d BW |
2032 | *** There is a new command `mh-update-sequences', which updates MH's |
2033 | idea of what messages are in the Unseen sequence and what is the | |
2034 | current folder and message. `mh-quit' calls it. While | |
2035 | `mh-execute-commands' has always done this updating as a side effect, | |
2036 | the new function is faster. | |
a933dad1 | 2037 | |
a1b4049d | 2038 | *** The MH profile entry "Inbox:" is supported. |
a933dad1 | 2039 | |
a1b4049d BW |
2040 | *** If the show-buffer is modified, the user is queried before mh-e |
2041 | reuses the buffer to show a different message. This buffer is also | |
a933dad1 DL |
2042 | auto-saved and backed up correctly. |
2043 | ||
a1b4049d BW |
2044 | *** `mh-store-buffer' is significantly more robust. It now handles |
2045 | messages created by a wide variety of packaging software. The status | |
2046 | message for `uudecode' includes the name of the file created. An error | |
a933dad1 DL |
2047 | is signaled if the subprocess exits with a non-zero status. |
2048 | ||
a1b4049d BW |
2049 | *** `mh-search-folder' behaves predictably, adding messages found to |
2050 | the `search' sequence. It correctly handles the case of no messages | |
2051 | found. | |
2052 | ||
2053 | *** `mh-burst-digest' (`M-b') now only rescans the part of the folder | |
2054 | affected by the burst. It is now much faster in a large folder. | |
a933dad1 | 2055 | |
a933dad1 | 2056 | |
a1b4049d | 2057 | ** New Hooks and Customization Variables in mh-e 5.0 |
a933dad1 | 2058 | |
a1b4049d BW |
2059 | *** `mh-default-folder-for-message-function': new name for the old |
2060 | `mh-msg-folder-hook', which wasn't a hook. The old name was confusing, | |
a933dad1 DL |
2061 | leading people to think they could use `add-hook' with it, when |
2062 | actually `setq' is the correct way. | |
2063 | ||
a1b4049d | 2064 | *** `mh-sortm-args': When this variable is used has changed. Now |
a933dad1 | 2065 | `mh-sortm-args' is passed if there IS a prefix argument to |
a1b4049d | 2066 | `mh-sort-folder'. The assumption is that for arguments you normally |
a933dad1 DL |
2067 | want, you would specify them in an MH profile entry. |
2068 | ||
a1b4049d | 2069 | *** `mh-mhn-args': new hook, a list of additional arguments to pass to |
a933dad1 DL |
2070 | the `mhn' program if `mh-edit-mhn' is given a prefix argument. |
2071 | ||
a1b4049d | 2072 | *** `mh-edit-mhn-hook': new hook called by `mh-edit-mhn', the function |
a933dad1 DL |
2073 | that formats MIME messages. |
2074 | ||
a1b4049d | 2075 | *** `mh-folder-list-change-hook': new hook, called whenever the cached |
a933dad1 DL |
2076 | list of folders, `mh-folder-list', is changed. |
2077 | ||
a1b4049d | 2078 | *** `mh-find-path-hook': new hook, called when entering mh-e. |
a933dad1 | 2079 | |
a1b4049d | 2080 | *** `mh-repl-formfile': new variable, used to change the format file |
a933dad1 DL |
2081 | used by `mh-reply' from the default of "replcomps". |
2082 | ||
a1b4049d | 2083 | *** New variables to customize the scan format and notating: |
a933dad1 DL |
2084 | `mh-note-deleted', `mh-note-refiled', `mh-note-seq', `mh-note-cur', |
2085 | `mh-note-copied', `mh-note-printed'. | |
2086 | ||
a933dad1 | 2087 | |
a1b4049d BW |
2088 | ** Key Binding Changes in mh-e 5.0 |
2089 | ||
2090 | *** `RET' runs `mh-show' for consistency with the Finder and Info. The | |
a933dad1 DL |
2091 | old binding `.' still works, but `RET' is now the standard binding. |
2092 | ||
a1b4049d BW |
2093 | *** `M-<' now runs `mh-first-msg' for consistency with `M->', which |
2094 | runs `mh-last-msg'. | |
a933dad1 | 2095 | |
a1b4049d | 2096 | *** `C-c C-f C-d' in MH-Letter mode moves to a Dcc: header field. |
a933dad1 | 2097 | |
a1b4049d | 2098 | *** `C-c C-f C-r' in MH-Letter mode moves to a From: header field. |
a933dad1 | 2099 | |
a1b4049d | 2100 | *** `g' is now the standard binding for `mh-goto-msg'. The old binding |
a933dad1 DL |
2101 | `j' still works. |
2102 | ||
a933dad1 | 2103 | |
a1b4049d BW |
2104 | ** Other Improvements and Changes to mh-e 5.0 |
2105 | ||
2106 | *** `mh-lpr-command-format' no longer passes the "-p" argument to | |
2107 | `lpr' by default. The mail header typically has the date anyway. | |
a933dad1 | 2108 | |
a1b4049d | 2109 | *** When prompting for a sequence name, if no sequences have been used |
a933dad1 DL |
2110 | yet, mh-e will offer the first sequence the current message is in. |
2111 | ||
a1b4049d | 2112 | *** The patterns of more mailers are recognized by |
a933dad1 DL |
2113 | `mh-extract-rejected-mail'. |
2114 | ||
a1b4049d | 2115 | *** `mh-insert-prefix-string' no longer wraps the call to the |
a933dad1 DL |
2116 | `mail-citation-hook' function in a `save-excursion' so the hook writer |
2117 | can choose whether to leave point at the beginning or the end of the | |
2118 | yanked text. | |
2119 | ||
a1b4049d BW |
2120 | *** `mh-write-msg-to-file': The prompt now refers to "message" or |
2121 | "message body" depending on which will be written. (This is controlled | |
2122 | by a prefix argument.) The file defaults to the last-used file instead | |
a933dad1 DL |
2123 | of supplying only the directory name. |
2124 | ||
a1b4049d BW |
2125 | *** mh-e uses message ranges when running MH commands. Thus "rmm 1 2 3 |
2126 | 4 6" is now "rmm 1-4 6". This change makes it less likely to overflow | |
a933dad1 DL |
2127 | system argument list limits, and it might be faster, too. |
2128 | ||
a933dad1 | 2129 | |
a1b4049d BW |
2130 | ** Bug Fixes to mh-e 5.0 |
2131 | ||
2132 | *** mh-e's idea of the unseen sequence now stays in sync with MH's | |
a933dad1 DL |
2133 | better. |
2134 | ||
a1b4049d BW |
2135 | *** Functions that are supposed to find fields in the message header |
2136 | no longer look in the message body. | |
a933dad1 | 2137 | |
a1b4049d BW |
2138 | *** mh-e would sometimes fail to remove the "%" from a scan line when |
2139 | the message was removed from a sequence if the message was also in the | |
a933dad1 DL |
2140 | Previous sequence. |
2141 | ||
a1b4049d | 2142 | *** The variable `mh-inc-prog' is now correctly used in all places. |
a933dad1 | 2143 | |
a1b4049d | 2144 | *** `mh-pipe-msg' runs the process in the correct directory. |
a933dad1 | 2145 | |
a1b4049d | 2146 | *** A partially scanned folder will no longer lose the "/select" |
a933dad1 DL |
2147 | annotation when you execute marked deletes and refiles with `x'. |
2148 | ||
a1b4049d BW |
2149 | \f |
2150 | * Changes to mh-e 4.0 | |
2151 | ||
2152 | This file is automatically generated from news-mh-e.txinfo. Do not edit. | |
2153 | ||
2154 | [MH-E-ONEWS has been incorporated here and removed. news-mh-e.txinfo | |
2155 | is no longer available.] | |
2156 | ||
2157 | Note: there are many internal changes to mh-e in this release. If you | |
2158 | have the previous version loaded into your Emacs, you will probably not | |
2159 | be able to load this version on top of it. | |
2160 | ||
2161 | ** New Features in mh-e 4.0 | |
2162 | ||
2163 | *** Background folder collection. The first time you are prompted for | |
2164 | a folder, you must wait while mh-e collects the names of all existing | |
2165 | folders. Now however, if you abort, collecting will continue in the | |
2166 | background, and you can do something else in Emacs until the | |
2167 | collection completes. Normally, mh-e will begin collecting folders | |
2168 | names in the background when you first load it; you can disable this | |
2169 | feature by setting `mh-auto-folder-collect' to nil. | |
2170 | ||
2171 | *** There is support for composing MIME messages using the `mhn' | |
2172 | program from MH 6.8. See the documentation string for mh-edit-mhn. | |
2173 | (While composing a letter, type `C-h k C-c C-e'.) See also mhn(1). | |
2174 | There is as yet no support for reading MIME messages. | |
2175 | ||
2176 | *** `mh-show', typically on `.', repositions to the start of the | |
2177 | message if the message is already visible. It used to do nothing in | |
2178 | this case. | |
2179 | ||
2180 | *** The function `mh-unshar-msg' is renamed `mh-store-msg'. It now | |
2181 | does uudecoding, too. Someday it should do MIME. It remembers the last | |
2182 | directory you used and offers it as the default for next time. | |
2183 | ||
2184 | *** New function `mh-header-display', on `,', displays the message | |
2185 | with all headers, including those normally not displayed. Type `.' to | |
2186 | display the message normally again. | |
2187 | ||
2188 | *** New function `mh-list-sequences' lists the sequences in use in the | |
2189 | current folder. | |
2190 | ||
2191 | *** New function `mh-version' displays version information about MH | |
2192 | and mh-e. Please use the output in bug reports. | |
2193 | ||
2194 | *** `mh-quit' now burys the folder buffer and show buffer. | |
2195 | ||
2196 | ||
2197 | ** New hooks and customization variables in mh-e 4.0 | |
2198 | ||
2199 | *** `mh-pick-mode-hook': new hook called by new mode `mh-pick-mode'. | |
2200 | The pick buffer didn't used to have its own mode. Another advantage of | |
2201 | `mh-pick-mode' is that `C-h m' works in the pick buffer. | |
2202 | ||
2203 | *** `mail-citation-hook': new variable for supercite. | |
2204 | ||
2205 | *** `mh-refile-msg-hook': new hook called by `mh-refile-msg' (and | |
2206 | `mh-refile-or-write-again' when refiling). | |
2207 | ||
2208 | *** `mh-msg-folder-hook': new hook used by `mh-refile-msg' and | |
2209 | `mh-to-fcc' to provide a default folder for user prompt. | |
2210 | ||
2211 | *** `mh-show-hook': new hook called by `mh-show'. | |
2212 | ||
2213 | *** `mh-delete-msg-hook': new hook called by `mh-delete-msg'. | |
2214 | ||
2215 | *** `mh-show-mode-hook': new hook called by new mode `mh-show-mode' | |
2216 | for `show-' buffers. | |
2217 | ||
2218 | *** `mh-comp-formfile': new variable so can customize `components' | |
2219 | file. | |
2220 | ||
2221 | *** `mh-sortm-args': new variable, a list of extra arguments to be | |
2222 | passed to sortm by `mh-sort-folder'. Give an argument to | |
2223 | `mh-sort-folder' to suppress this behavior. | |
2224 | ||
2225 | *** `mh-send-prog': new variable so can customize name of `send' | |
2226 | program in case of name conflicts. | |
2227 | ||
2228 | *** `mh-scan-prog': new variable so can customize name of `scan' | |
2229 | program to generate custom effects. | |
2230 | ||
2231 | *** `mh-inc-prog': new variable so can customize name of `inc' program | |
2232 | to do fancy management of incoming messages. | |
2233 | ||
2234 | *** `mh-forwarded-letter-subject': new function used by `mh-forward' | |
2235 | to compute the Subject line of the new message. It is a small function | |
2236 | which can be replaced by the user for customization. Uses the new | |
2237 | variable `mh-forward-subject-format', which allows some simple | |
2238 | customizations without rewriting even `mh-forwarded-letter-subject'. | |
2239 | ||
2240 | *** `mh-new-draft-cleaned-headers': new variable, header lines removed | |
2241 | by `mh-edit-again' and `mh-extract-rejected-mail' before offering a | |
2242 | message as a new draft. | |
2243 | ||
2244 | *** `mh-signature-file-name': new variable used by | |
2245 | `mh-insert-signature' to so can customize name of the file to insert. | |
2246 | ||
2247 | *** `mh-read-address': new function called to read all To: and Cc: | |
2248 | addresses. | |
2249 | ||
2250 | *** `mh-msg-folder-hook': new hook used by `mh-refile-msg' and | |
2251 | `mh-to-fcc' to provide a default folder for user prompt. | |
2252 | ||
2253 | ||
2254 | ** Key binding changes in mh-e 4.0 | |
2255 | ||
2256 | *** `,' runs new function `mh-header-display'. It is like `.' but it | |
2257 | displays *all* the headers. | |
2258 | ||
2259 | *** `M-#' runs the new function `mh-delete-seq'. One used to have to | |
2260 | type `C-u M-%' to delete a sequence. | |
2261 | ||
2262 | *** `<' no longer does `mh-first-msg', but `M->' now does | |
2263 | `mh-last-msg'. This allows first and last to be consistent (`>' was | |
2264 | taken) and is more likely to be discovered by chance anyway. | |
2265 | ||
2266 | *** `M-d' runs `mh-redistribute', `r' runs `mh-reply' (on the theory | |
2267 | that the more commonly used function should be easier to type, and the | |
2268 | obscure action of redistributing can be harder to type). | |
2269 | ||
2270 | *** `M-o' changed to `C-o' (`mh-write-msg-to-file'). It was | |
2271 | interfering with arrow keys for some people. | |
2272 | ||
2273 | *** `M-n' now runs `mh-store-msg' (formerly `mh-unshar-msg'). | |
2274 | ||
2275 | *** `b' no longer runs `mh-quit'; use `q' instead. `b' may be used in | |
2276 | a future version for something else. | |
2277 | ||
2278 | ||
2279 | ** Minor improvements to mh-e 4.0 | |
2280 | ||
2281 | *** The mh-e code is now divided into multiple Emacs Lisp files, so it | |
2282 | starts up faster because Emacs doesn't have to load all of it at once. | |
2283 | (This change also makes it easier for the maintainer to manage | |
2284 | things.) | |
2285 | ||
2286 | *** When searching for the directory containing the MH programs, | |
2287 | search the user's PATH in addition to the built-in directories, to | |
2288 | increase the chance of finding the MH programs. | |
2289 | ||
2290 | *** The subject for a forwarded message no longer has ugly square | |
2291 | brackets around it. | |
2292 | ||
2293 | *** The name of the folder is no longer appears twice in the show | |
2294 | buffer mode line. | |
2295 | ||
2296 | *** When typing a folder name in the minibuffer, parent folders | |
2297 | complete to the trailing slash (/), for easier typing of subfolders. | |
2298 | ||
2299 | *** The folder buffer mode name changed from `mh-e scan' or `mh-e | |
2300 | show' to `MH-Folder', which makes the hook name easier to guess. Added | |
2301 | `mh-showing' to `minor-mode-alist' so there is still an indication in | |
2302 | the mode line of whether messages will be shown automatically. | |
2303 | ||
2304 | *** `mh-rename-seq' does completion on the old sequence name. | |
2305 | ||
2306 | *** If called by a user who has never used MH on this system before, | |
2307 | mh-e runs the MH program `install-mh' to get them set up. | |
2308 | ||
2309 | *** Undo history for previous messages is not kept to avoid wasting | |
2310 | memory. | |
2311 | ||
2312 | *** The internal temp buffer used by mh-e has `buffer-offer-save' | |
2313 | explicitly nil. This change benefits people who change the | |
2314 | `buffer-offer-save' default. | |
2315 | ||
2316 | ||
2317 | ** Bug fixes to mh-e 4.0 | |
2318 | ||
2319 | *** `mh-to-field': don't bomb if no To: field. | |
2320 | ||
2321 | *** `mh-get-new-mail': restore annotations, e.g., cur, even if no new | |
2322 | mail. | |
2323 | ||
2324 | *** `mh-rename-seq': verify that the new seq name was accepted by | |
2325 | `mark' before updating state. | |
2326 | ||
2327 | *** `mh-internal-seq': the Previous sequence is not notated, since it | |
2328 | would notate everything scanned. | |
2329 | ||
2330 | *** `mh-read-draft': don't call `find-file-noselect' so an | |
2331 | `auto-mode-alist' doesn't trigger `mh-letter-mode-hook' twice. Faster, | |
2332 | too. | |
2333 | ||
2334 | *** `mh-show': If user moves onto a message that doesn't exist, don't | |
2335 | leave the cursor in the show pane. | |
2336 | ||
2337 | *** `mh-delete-scan-msgs': use `equal', not `=', on the result of | |
2338 | `mh-get-msg-num', since it may be nil. | |
2339 | ||
2340 | *** `mh-get-field': do anchored search so searching for `reply-to:' | |
2341 | doesn't find `in-reply-to:'. | |
2342 | ||
2343 | *** `mh-widen': do nothing if not narrowed. | |
2344 | ||
2345 | *** `mh-clean-message-header': find end of headers even if no body. | |
2346 | ||
2347 | \f | |
2348 | Local variables: | |
2349 | mode: outline | |
2350 | paragraph-separate: "[ \f]*$" | |
2351 | end: | |
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2353 | arch-tag: f6696cad-eb1b-4c5f-8057-4e3954a98d18 |