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1* COPYRIGHT
2
73b0cd50 3Copyright (C) 2001-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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4See the end of the file for license conditions.
5
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6* Changes in MH-E 8.3.1
7
8This version of MH-E fixes typos in the documentation and is packaged
9with GNU Emacs 24.1
10
c78268f1 11* Changes in MH-E 8.3
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12
13In 2010, the version control system (VCS) of Emacs was upgraded from
14CVS to Bazaar. In 2011, the MH-E team followed suit and upgraded the
15MH-E repository at SourceForge from CVS to Bazaar as well. The result
c78268f1 16is version 8.3 of MH-E, which includes needed changes to the build
71e0ea13 17scripts.
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18
19Otherwise, this is a small release that includes mostly internal
20changes from the Emacs team. One of these changes manifests itself in
21the user interface--you can now complete folders with abbreviations,
d9882322 22meaning that `+f/b/b TAB' can complete to `+foo/bar/baz'.
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23
24Also, RFC 2047-encoded Subject header fields in replies are now
25decoded.
26
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27It also fixes compilation warnings in XEmacs 21.5.31, as
28well as an error when running XEmacs 21.5.31 in a terminal.
29
30Another implication of the VCS change is that users who download MH-E
31from SourceForge and explicitly load MH-E will have to be change their
32`load-path' to "/path/to/mh-e/emacs/trunk/lisp/mh-e" instead. Note the
33addition of "trunk."
34
c78268f1 35** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.3
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37*** Make mh-showing a legitimate minor mode
38
39The `mh-showing-mode' variable is now defined with `define-minor-mode'
40(closes SF #482666).
41
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44* Changes in MH-E 8.2
45
bbe1ba5e 46Version 8.2 of MH-E appeared in GNU Emacs 23.1. This is a small
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47release that includes internal changes from the Emacs team. A new
48hook, `mh-pack-folder-hook', has been added.
49
50There is a known bug where you can't attach attachments in Emacs 21.
51This will be fixed in 8.2.1.
52
53** New Variables in MH-E 8.2
54
55*** mh-pack-folder-hook
56
57The `mh-pack-folder-hook' is run by `F p' (`mh-pack-folder') after
58renumbering the messages. Hook functions can access the current folder
59name with `mh-current-folder'.
60
61** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.2
62
63*** New version of mh-mm-save-part
64
65Several functions have been updated with code from Gnus 5.11 (closes
66SF #2235022).
67
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70* Changes in MH-E 8.1
71
72Version 8.1 fixes some issues with forwarding messages, respects the
73MH environment variable, adds the abilities to use aliases with GPG
74and show HTML even though it is discouraged. A new hook,
75`mh-annotate-msg-hook', has been added.
76
77** New Features in MH-E 8.1
78
79*** Showing HTML When Text Is the Preferred Alternative
80
81The `:' (`mh-show-preferred-alternative') function displays the
82message with the default preferred alternative. This is as if
83`mm-discouraged-alternatives' was set to nil (closes SF #1777321).
84
85** New Variables in MH-E 8.1
86
87*** mh-annotate-msg-hook
88
89The `mh-annotate-msg-hook' hook is run whenever a message is sent and
90after the scan lines and message are annotated. Hook functions can
91access the current folder name with `mh-current-folder' and obtain the
92message numbers of the annotated messages with `mh-annotate-list'
93(closes SF #2032269).
94
95** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.1
96
97*** Can't Use Aliases with GPG
98
99GPG requires e-mail addresses, not aliases. So resolve aliases before
100passing addresses to GPG/PGP (closes SF #649226).
101
102*** mh-mml-forward-message: Disposition Should Be Inline
103
104The `f' (`mh-forward') function now forwards messages as inline
105attachments (closes SF #1378993).
106
107*** Illegal Filename Characters on Windows Filesystems
108
109The X-Image-URL cache created filenames with invalid characters on
110Windows. This has been fixed with assistance from Darel Henman (closes
111SF #1396499).
112
113*** Make Many Header Fields Invisible
114
115A vast landscape of header fields are now invisible. You may wish to
116browse `mh-invisible-header-fields-default' and clean up your
117`mh-invisible-header-fields' option. A permanent bug (SF #1916032) has
118been created where you can submit header fields that should be
119rendered invisible (closes SF #1701231).
120
121*** mh-forward Includes Messages in Reverse Order
122
123The `f' (`mh-forward') function now includes messages in ascending
124order (closes SF #1730393).
125
126*** Compile Fails on XEmacs 21.5 beta 28
127
128This has been fixed with help from Henrique Martins (closes SF
129#1749774).
130
131*** Rename Variant mu-mh to gnu-mh
132
133The GNU mailutils MH variant was named inconsistently. The variant has
134been renamed to gnu-mh throughout. Thanks to Darel Henman (closes SF
135#1768928).
136
137*** Respect MH environment Variable
138
139Even if the MH environment variable was set, an error was generated if
140"~/.mh_profile" was missing. This has been fixed thanks to Xavier
141Maillard (closes SF #1946861).
142
143*** Enhance mh-mairix-regexp-builder
144
145Additional items have been added to the Mairix search string in order
146to support org-mode. Thanks to Nick Dokos (closes SF #1965704).
147
148*** mh-mh-to-mime and mh-mh-to-mime-undo Reset Modes
149
150The functions `mh-mh-to-mime' and `mh-mh-to-mime-undo' would reset the
151buffer to fundamental mode. This has been fixed thanks to Sergey
152Poznyakoff (closes SF #1966722).
153
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156* Changes in MH-E 8.0.3
157
158Version 8.0.3 fixes errors in sending messages and in running spam
159filter commands in certain circumstances.
160
161** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0.3
162
163*** mh-send-args Cannot Be nil
164
165If `mh-send-uses-spost-flag' was set, an error would prevent the
166sending of messages. This has been fixed (closes SF #1564742).
167
168*** Missing Quotes in sa-learn Command Line
169
170This has been fixed (closes SF #1565460).
171
172*** Errors Associated with mh-junk-background
173
174The Spamassassin filter commands were used inconsistently and
175incorrectly; if `mh-junk-background' were nil, not all of the updating
176would happen correctly. In the other back-ends such as bogofilter and
177SpamProbe, a value of t for `mh-junk-background' would cause the
178commands associated with these filters to fail. These problems have
179been fixed (closes SF #1594802).
180
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183* Changes in MH-E 8.0.2
184
185Version 8.0.2 fixes the tool bar and `F n' on XEmacs, and `K a' on GNU
186mailutils.
187
188** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0.2
189
190*** Tool Bar Not Displayed in XEmacs
191
192The MH-E tool bar didn't show up in XEmacs; now it does. Thanks to Ted
193Phelps <phelps@gnusto.com> (closes SF #1506846).
194
195*** mh-mime-save-parts Assumes -store Default
196
197It was assumed that -store was the default for both mhn and mhstore.
198This has been fixed by using -store except when using nmh. Thanks to
199Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@Mirddin.farlep.net> (closes SF #1513140).
200
201*** F-n Doesn't Work
202
203The fix for SF #1499712 broke `F n' (`mh-index-new-messages') on
204XEmacs since a regular expression that XEmacs could not handle was
205added. This regexp has been fixed (closes SF #1514424).
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209* Changes in MH-E 8.0.1
210
211Version 8.0.1 works around a couple of bugs in GNU mailutils, spost,
212and Windows. MH-E now requires the use of version 1.0 of mailutils due
213to a bug in the folder command.
214
215** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0.1
216
217*** Infinite Loop When Searching (mailutils)
218
219The GNU mailutils folder command displays output when a folder doesn't
220exist. MH-E didn't expect this and responded with an infinite loop
221during searches. While this bug has since been fixed in mailutils,
222MH-E has been modified to work anyway (closes SF #1499712).
223
224*** spost Doesn't Have -msgid or -mime Flags
225
226The post replacement spost does not support the -msgid or -mime flags.
227A new variable `mh-send-uses-spost-flag' was added to control the use
228of these flags (closes SF #1486726).
229
230*** <2> in Search Folders Illegal in Windows
231
232The <2> suffix to the search folder names contain illegal filename
233characters in Windows. These cause searches to fail on Windows. This
234has been fixed by changing the suffix to -2 (closes SF #1507002).
235
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238* Changes in MH-E 8.0
239
240Version 8.0 supports GNU mailutils, S/MIME, picons, which-func-mode,
241sports an improved interface for hiding header fields, improves upon
242the MH variant detection, improves folder completion, makes the pick
243search equivalent to the other types of searches, spruces up the tool
244bar, creates the correct MIME type when including OpenOffice
245documents, works on a Mac, adds colors to buttons for signed or
246encrypted messages, incorporates new features introduced in
247Emacs 22.1, fixes a bunch of bugs, and best of all, comes with an
248updated manual!
249
250Internally, MH-E now sports a new software organization which will
251help future maintainability. As a side-effect, the number of XEmacs
252compilation warnings has plummeted from hundreds to just three. CVS
253users will notice that MH-E has been migrated from the CVS repository
254from SourceForge to Savannah (but only for those files that were
255already part of Emacs). As a result, the location of MH-E in the
256load-path has changed, and mh-e-autoloads.el was renamed to
257mh-autoloads.el. See section INSTALL in the README for details. While
258this migration will benefit maintainers, it will also benefit users:
259CVS Emacs users will not have to check out MH-E separately and welcome
260faster MH-E updates, and CVS MH-E users will welcome faster MH-E
261updates from Emacs developers. Read section CVS MH-E INSTALL in the
262README for details.
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264While not related to this release, the MH-E mailing lists are now
265gatewayed at gmane.org (closes SF #979308).
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267If you want to see the release notes for the alpha and beta releases
268leading up this release, please see:
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97af9a72 270 http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/emacs/emacs/etc/MH-E-NEWS?revision=1.25&view=markup
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7c36a00a 274** New Features in MH-E 8.0
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7c36a00a 276*** GNU mailutils Support
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7c36a00a 278MH-E now supports GNU mailutils 0.4 and higher versions.
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7c36a00a 280*** S/MIME Support
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7c36a00a 282MH-E now supports S/MIME using Gnus 5.10.6 or higher.
66f7848b 283
7c36a00a 284*** Picon Support
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286In addition to the other methods of displaying an icon for the sender
287of a message, MH-E can now display images from a picon directory. The
288directory search path is found in the `mh-picon-directory-list'
289variable. More documentation is found in the "facedb" sections in the
290xfaces man page.
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7c36a00a 292*** Catchup Command
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294There is a new `F c' (`mh-catchup') command that marks all unread
295messages in the current folder as read.
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7c36a00a 297*** Use which-func-mode to Display Folder in Index Mode
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299Turning on `which-func-mode' displays the folder name of the message
300under the cursor in index folders (closes SF #855520).
66f7848b 301
7c36a00a 302*** Quick Key Help
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304The `?' (`mh-help') function now displays the help in its own buffer
305called *MH-E Help* (closes SF #493740 and SF #656631).
66f7848b 306
7c36a00a 307*** Search Unification
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309The old `F s' behavior of adding messages to the search sequence has
310been removed. The `F i' keybinding was deprecated and the new `F s'
311(`mh-search') command is used to initiate either indexed or pick
312searches. Within the MH-Search buffer (renamed from MH-Pick), the
313command `C-c C-p' (`mh-pick-do-search') now runs pick on the given
314folder recursively and displays the results in a search folder like
315the other search methods (closes SF #829207).
66f7848b 316
7c36a00a 317*** Entry Points Have Moved
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319Emacs 21 users must now add `(require 'mh-autoloads)' because the
320entry points (such as `mh-rmail' and `mh-smail') have moved to
321different files which have made the autoloads that come with Emacs
322inaccurate. This change was necessary because the code was reorganized
323to remove circular dependencies, to make the code more stable and
324maintainable, and to reduce the time to load MH-E.
66f7848b 325
7c36a00a 326*** MH-Folder Keymap Changes
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328There is now a keymap for the printing functions whose prefix is `P'.
329The command `l' (`mh-print-msg') has been replaced with `P l' although
330we suggest you use the new `P p' instead.
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7c36a00a 332Key 7.4.4 8.0
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334; - mh-toggle-mh-decode-mime-flag
335l mh-print-msg -
336/ f mh-narrow-to-from -
337/ r mh-narrow-to-range -
338/ g - mh-narrow-to-range
339/ m - mh-narrow-to-from
340F c - mh-catchup
341F i mh-index-search -
342F s mh-search-folder mh-search
343K e - mh-display-with-external-viewer
344K t - mh-toggle-mime-buttons
345P ? - mh-prefix-help
346P C - mh-ps-print-toggle-color
347P F - mh-ps-print-toggle-faces
348P f - mh-ps-print-msg-file
349P l - mh-print-msg
350P p - mh-ps-print-msg
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7c36a00a 352*** MH-Letter Keymap Changes
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354The change where `mh-letter-mode' derives from `mail-mode' adds a few
355keybindings. Some are interesting: experiment! Only the keybinding
356changes for MH-E functions are listed here.
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358Most of the changes have to do with the renaming of the functions with
359"mhn" in them to "mh" because nmh doesn't use `mhn'. The names were
9b053e76 360also made consistent with the family of "mml" functions.
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362The type of signing or encryption has been generalized so the method
363is now an option rather than a part of the function's name. The option
364is `mh-mml-method-default' and choices include PGP (MIME), PGP,
365S/MIME, or none.
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7c36a00a 367Key 7.4.4 8.0
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369C-c C-e mh-edit-mhn mh-mh-to-mime
370C-c RET C-e mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime
371 mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt
372C-c RET C-g - mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp
373C-c RET C-n - mh-mml-unsecure-message
374C-c RET C-s mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime
375 mh-mml-secure-message-sign
376C-c RET C-t - mh-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar
377C-c RET C-u mh-revert-mhn-edit mh-mh-to-mime-undo
378C-c RET C-x - mh-mh-compose-external-type
379C-c RET e mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime
380 Prefix Command
381C-c RET e e - mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt
382C-c RET e s - mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt
383C-c RET g - mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp
384C-c RET n - mh-mml-unsecure-message
385C-c RET s - Prefix Command
386C-c RET s e - mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt
387C-c RET s s - mh-mml-secure-message-sign
388C-c RET t - mh-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar
389C-c RET u mh-revert-mhn-edit mh-mh-to-mime-undo
390C-c RET x - mh-mh-compose-external-type
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392C-c C-f C-a - mh-to-field
393C-c C-f C-l - mh-to-field
394C-c C-f RET - mh-to-field
395C-c C-f a - mh-to-field
396C-c C-f l - mh-to-field
397C-c C-f m - mh-to-field
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7c36a00a 399*** MH-Search Keymap Changes
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401These are the changes associated with the new search mode. The command
402`C-c C-c' (`mh-index-do-search') now performs the standard indexed
403search, while `C-c C-p' (`mh-pick-do-search') runs pick as before,
404only better!
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406The `mh-to-field' keybindings were adjusted to be consistent with
407those in the MH-Letter mode.
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7c36a00a 409Key 7.4.4 8.0
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411C-c C-c mh-do-search mh-index-do-search
412C-c C-f C-d mh-to-field -
413C-c C-f C-f mh-to-field -
414C-c C-f C-r mh-to-field -
415C-c C-f RET - mh-to-field
416C-c C-f d mh-to-field -
417C-c C-f f mh-to-field -
418C-c C-f m - mh-to-field
419C-c C-f r mh-to-field -
420C-c TAB mh-index-do-search -
dec817ba 421
7c36a00a 422*** Updates to X-Image-URL
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424Now support the use of `curl' and `fetch' as alternatives to `wget' to
425obtain the image. The display of images are controlled with the
426`mh-show-use-xface-flag' option while the `mh-fetch-x-image-url'
427option controls how the images are fetched.
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429The default of `mh-fetch-x-image-url' has been changed to "Never
430Fetch." Those of you who like the value of "Ask Before Fetching" will
431have to customize this option (closes SF #831278).
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433WARNING: There are security concerns with this feature. Please read
434the documentation for these options carefully before changing the
435default.
dec817ba 436
7c36a00a 437*** Updates to mh-identity-list
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439Note that the field names found in `mh-identity-list' that refer to
440the fields in `mh-identity-handlers' have changed in an incompatible
441way from 7.4.4. In general, the symbolic names now have a ":" prefix
442to avoid collisions with header fields. Before starting Emacs, edit
443your .emacs and insert ":" before "signature" if you have defined it.
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445You can change your attribution in replies with the new "Attribution
446Verb" field, and you can set your default GPG user ID with the "GPG
447key ID" field.
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449Signatures can now be read from the `mh-signature-file-name' variable,
450or come from a function, in addition to a named file. If you write
451your own function, variables that you can use include
452`mh-signature-separator-regexp', `mh-signature-separator',
453and `mh-signature-separator-p'.
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455The handling of these fields has been moved into a new
456`mh-identity-handlers' option, an alist of fields (strings) and
457handlers (functions). Strings are lowercase. Use ":signature" for
458Signature and ":pgg-default-user-id" for GPG Key ID. The function
459associated with the string "default" is used if no other functions are
460appropriate. For this reason, don't name a header field "Default".
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462If you point your signature at a vCard file with a vcf suffix, then it
463will be incorporated as a vCard body part (closes SF #802723).
5384dc93 464
7c36a00a 465*** Updates to Speedbar
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467The speedbar now renders the folders with unseen messages in boldface
468which makes them easier to identify (closes SF #623369).
c80ba99d 469
7c36a00a 470*** Updates to mh-msg-is-in-seq
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472Can now specify an alternate message number to `S s'
473(`mh-msg-is-in-seq') with a prefix argument.
c80ba99d 474
7c36a00a 475*** Updates to mh-to-field-choices
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477In MH-Letter mode, you can use the `C-c C-f' (`mh-to-field') prefix to
478go to and insert fields. The fields `Reply-To:', `Mail-Reply-To:',
479`Mail-Followup-To:' can now be created via the `C-r', `C-a' (for
480author), and `C-l' keys respectively. The key for the `From:' field
481has been renamed from `C-r' to `C-m' for consistency with `mail-mode'
482(closes SF #1400139).
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7c36a00a 484*** Change Content-Type Renderer on the Fly in MH-Show Buffer
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486This has been implemented by adding the key binding `K e'
487(`mh-display-with-external-viewer'). For inline text/html parts,
488buttons aren't displayed by default. In that case use `K t'
489(`mh-toggle-mime-buttons') to display the button before viewing it
490with an external browser (closes SF #839318).
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491
492*** MH-E No Longer Calls install-mh
493
494The new variant detection code makes use of `mhparam' which assumes
495that your MH environment has already been set up. The code to call
496`install-mh', which could no longer be run anyway, was removed.
497
7c36a00a 498*** Add :package-version Keyword to Options
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500This `defcustom', `defgroup', and `defface' keyword was introduced in
501Emacs 22.1. MH-E has been extended to take advantage of it. With this
502keyword, you can now use `M-x customize-changed-options' to see what
503options in MH-E have changed between versions of Emacs. In a future
504version of Emacs, you'll be able to see changes between MH-E versions
505as well (closes SF #1452724).
c80ba99d 506
7c36a00a 507*** Render Signature and vCard in Italics
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509This has been implemented. Use `mh-show-signature-face' to customize
510the face used (closes SF #802722).
c80ba99d 511
7c36a00a 512*** Derive mh-letter-mode from mail-mode
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514MH-Letter mode is now derived from `mail-mode'. We were able to delete
515a lot of code. In return, there are a few `mail-mode' commands that
516are available that may or may not be useful and the `mail-mode-hook'
517is run (closes SF #1385571).
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518
519*** Remove Emacs 20 Support
520
521As it turns out, we had already added some code that didn't work on
522Emacs 20. However, now we've formalized it and removed code that was
523present solely for Emacs 20 support (closes SF #1359240).
524
7c36a00a 525*** Glimpse Support Removed
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527Since glimpse isn't free, we cannot mention it. Glimpse has been
528removed from the option `mh-indexer-choices' (closes SF #831276).
c80ba99d 529
7c36a00a 530*** Use run-hook-with-args
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532We use normal hooks whenever possible and do not use
533`run-hook-with-args' (with one documented exception) (closes SF
534#643702).
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c80ba99d 537
7c36a00a 538** New Variables in MH-E 8.0
c80ba99d 539
7c36a00a 540*** mh-after-commands-processed-hook
c80ba99d 541
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542Hook run by `x' (`mh-execute-commands') after performing outstanding
543refile and delete requests.
c80ba99d 544
7c36a00a 545*** mh-alias-reloaded-hook
c80ba99d 546
7c36a00a 547Invoked by `mh-alias-reload' after reloading aliases.
c80ba99d 548
7c36a00a 549*** mh-auto-fields-prompt-flag
c80ba99d 550
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551On means to prompt before sending if fields in `mh-auto-fields-list'
552are inserted.
c80ba99d 553
7c36a00a 554*** mh-before-commands-processed-hook
c80ba99d 555
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556Renamed from `mh-folder-updated-hook'. It wasn't clear whether
557`mh-folder-updated-hook' was run before or after the commands were
558executed. We now provide both with clear names.
c80ba99d 559
7c36a00a 560*** mh-compose-forward-as-mime-flag
c80ba99d 561
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562On means that messages are forwarded as attachments (closes SF
563#827203).
c80ba99d 564
7c36a00a 565*** mh-default-folder-for-message-function
c80ba99d 566
7c36a00a 567Function to select a default folder for refiling or `Fcc:'.
c80ba99d 568
7c36a00a 569*** mh-forward-hook
c80ba99d 570
7c36a00a 571Invoked on the forwarded letter by `f' (`mh-forward').
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572
573*** mh-highlight-citation-style
574
575Renamed from `mh-highlight-citation-p' since it wasn't a boolean. The
576new name is also more descriptive.
577
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578*** mh-identity-handlers
579
580Handler functions for fields in `mh-identity-list'.
581
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582*** mh-insert-signature-hook
583
584Renamed from `mh-letter-insert-signature-hook' since most of the other
585hooks do not carry the mode in the prefix and because the new name is
586equally clear.
587
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588*** mh-invisible-header-fields-default
589
590List of hidden header fields. The header fields listed in this option
591are hidden, although you can check off any field that you would like
592to see. Header fields that you would like to hide that aren't listed
593can be added to the `mh-invisible-header-fields' option (closes SF
594#752045).
595
596The option `mh-visible-header-fields' has been deleted.
597
598*** mh-junk-background
599
600If on, spam programs are run in background. This used to be the
601default behavior but this could overwhelm a system if many messages
602were black- or whitelisted at once. The spam programs are now run in
603the foreground, but this option can be used to put them back in the
604background.
605
606*** mh-junk-disposition
607
608Renamed from `mh-junk-mail-folder' since this variable can accept
609values other than folder names.
610
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611*** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hooks
612
613Renamed from `mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook'. By convention,
614abnormal hooks, which this is, either have a -function or -hooks
615suffix.
616
617*** mh-mhl-format-file
618
619Renamed from `mhl-formfile' to put it in the MH-E namespace and to be
620consistent with other similar options.
621
622*** mh-mh-to-mime-hook
623
624Renamed from `mh-edit-mhn-hook'. We have a family of `mh-mml-to-mime'
625functions and variables; the older mhn functions and variables were
626renamed to have a consistent `mh-mh-to-mime' prefix.
627
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628*** mh-mml-method-default
629
630Default method to use in security tags.
631
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632*** mh-new-messages-folders
633
634Renamed from `mh-index-new-messages-folders' for clarity.
635
636*** mh-path
637
638Additional list of directories to search for MH.
639
640*** mh-redist-full-contents-flag
641
642On means the `dist' command needs entire letter for redistribution.
643This was previously a variable. It's now an option.
644
645*** mh-search-mode-hook
646
647Renamed from `mh-pick-mode-hook' as part of the
648`mh-index.el'/`mh-pick.el' merge into `mh-search.el'.
649
650*** mh-search-program
651
652Renamed from `mh-index-program' as part of the
653`mh-index.el'/`mh-pick.el' merge into `mh-search.el'.
654
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655*** mh-signature-separator-flag
656
657On means a signature separator should be inserted. It is not
658recommended that you change this option since various mail user
659agents, including MH-E, use the separator to present the signature
660differently, and to suppress the signature when replying or yanking a
661letter into a draft.
662
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663*** mh-sortm-args
664
665Additional arguments for `sortm'. This was previously an internal
666variable. It's now an user-customizable option.
667
668*** mh-speed-update-interval
669
670Renamed from `mh-speed-flists-interval' for clarity.
671
672*** mh-ticked-messages-folders
673
674Renamed from `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders' for clarity.
675
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676*** mh-variant
677
678Specifies the variant used by MH-E. The default setting of this option
679is `Auto-detect' which means that MH-E will automatically choose the
680first of nmh, MH, or GNU mailutils that it finds in the directories
681listed in `mh-path', `mh-sys-path', and `exec-path'. If, for example,
682you have both nmh and mailutils installed and `mh-variant-in-use' was
683initialized to nmh but you want to use mailutils, then you can set
684this option to `mailutils'.
685
686When this variable is changed, MH-E resets `mh-progs', `mh-lib',
687`mh-lib-progs', `mh-flists-present-flag', and `mh-variant-in-use'
688accordingly.
689
690If you've set these variables in your .emacs, it is strongly suggested
691that you comment them out. The MH detection code has been completely
692rewritten and it is very likely that you no longer to set them and
693their setting may confuse other MH-E settings.
694
695*** mh-xemacs-tool-bar-position
696
697Renamed from `mh-xemacs-toolbar-position' per GNU Emacs naming conventions.
698
699*** mh-xemacs-use-tool-bar-flag
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700
701Renamed from `mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag' per GNU Emacs naming conventions.
702
703*** mh-yank-behavior
704
705Renamed from `mh-yank-from-start-of-msg' for clarity.
706
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707\f
708
709** Variables Deleted in MH-E 8.0
c80ba99d 710
7c36a00a 711*** mh-alias-system-aliases
c80ba99d 712
7c36a00a 713System definitions should not be a user option.
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714
715*** mh-edit-mhn-hook
716
717Renamed to `mh-mh-to-mime-hook'.
718
719*** mh-folder-updated-hook
720
721Renamed to `mh-before-commands-processed-hook'.
722
723*** mh-highlight-citation-p
724
725Renamed to `mh-highlight-citation-style'.
726
727*** mh-index-new-messages-folders
728
729Renamed to `mh-new-messages-folders'.
730
731*** mh-index-program
732
733Renamed to `mh-search-program'.
734
735*** mh-index-ticked-messages-folders
736
737Renamed to `mh-ticked-messages-folders'.
738
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739*** mh-junk-mail-folder
740
741Since this variable can accept values other than folder names, it was
742renamed to `mh-junk-disposition' to more accurately reflect the content.
743
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744*** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook
745
746Renamed to `mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hooks'.
747
748*** mh-letter-insert-signature-hook
749
750Renamed to `mh-insert-signature-hook'.
751
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752*** mh-pick-mode-hook
753
754Renamed to `mh-search-mode-hook'.
755
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756*** mh-show-use-goto-addr-flag
757
758This flag was redundant with and inconsistent with
759`goto-address-highlight-p' at the same time, so we removed it. Please
760customize `goto-address-highlight-p' if you wish to turn off email
761address and URL highlighting.
762
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763*** mh-speed-flists-interval
764
765Renamed to `mh-speed-update-interval'.
766
767*** mh-speed-run-flists-flag
768
769Deleted since setting `mh-speed-flists-interval' to 0 accomplishes the
770same thing.
771
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772*** mh-visible-header-fields
773
774Deleted since it would hide new header fields you might want to see.
775
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776*** mh-xemacs-toolbar-position
777
778Renamed to `mh-xemacs-tool-bar-position'.
779
780*** mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag
781
782Renamed to `mh-xemacs-use-tool-bar-flag'.
783
784*** mh-yank-from-start-of-msg
785
786Renamed to `mh-yank-behavior'.
787
7c36a00a 788*** mhl-formfile
c80ba99d 789
7c36a00a 790Renamed to `mh-mhl-format-file'.
c80ba99d 791
7c36a00a 792\f
c80ba99d 793
7c36a00a 794** New Faces in MH-E 8.0
c80ba99d 795
7c36a00a 796*** mh-folder-address
c80ba99d 797
7c36a00a 798Renamed from `mh-folder-address-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 799
7c36a00a 800*** mh-folder-body
c80ba99d 801
7c36a00a 802Renamed from `mh-folder-body-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 803
7c36a00a 804*** mh-folder-cur-msg-number
c80ba99d 805
7c36a00a 806Renamed from `mh-folder-cur-msg-number-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 807
7c36a00a 808*** mh-folder-date
c80ba99d 809
7c36a00a 810Renamed from `mh-folder-date-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 811
7c36a00a 812*** mh-folder-deleted
c80ba99d 813
7c36a00a 814Renamed from `mh-folder-deleted-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 815
7c36a00a 816*** mh-folder-followup
c80ba99d 817
7c36a00a 818Renamed from `mh-folder-followup-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 819
7c36a00a 820*** mh-folder-msg-number
c80ba99d 821
7c36a00a 822Renamed from `mh-folder-msg-number-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 823
7c36a00a 824*** mh-folder-refiled
c80ba99d 825
7c36a00a 826Renamed from `mh-folder-refiled-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 827
7c36a00a 828*** mh-folder-sent-to-me-hint
c80ba99d 829
7c36a00a 830Fontification hint face in messages sent directly to us.
c80ba99d 831
7c36a00a 832*** mh-folder-sent-to-me-sender
c80ba99d 833
7c36a00a 834Sender face in messages sent directly to us.
c80ba99d 835
7c36a00a 836*** mh-folder-subject
c80ba99d 837
7c36a00a 838Renamed from `mh-folder-subject-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 839
7c36a00a 840*** mh-folder-tick
c80ba99d 841
7c36a00a 842Renamed from `mh-folder-tick-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 843
7c36a00a 844*** mh-folder-to
c80ba99d 845
7c36a00a 846Renamed from `mh-folder-to-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 847
7c36a00a 848*** mh-letter-header-field
c80ba99d 849
7c36a00a 850Renamed from `mh-letter-header-field-face' per new Emacs conventions.
03ab074b 851
7c36a00a 852*** mh-search-folder
03ab074b 853
7c36a00a 854Renamed from `mh-index-folder-face'.
03ab074b 855
7c36a00a 856*** mh-show-cc
03ab074b 857
7c36a00a 858Renamed from `mh-show-cc-face' per new Emacs conventions.
03ab074b 859
7c36a00a 860*** mh-show-date
03ab074b 861
7c36a00a 862Renamed from `mh-show--face' per new Emacs conventions.
03ab074b 863
7c36a00a 864*** mh-show-from
03ab074b 865
7c36a00a 866Renamed from `mh-show-from-face' per new Emacs conventions.
d54e276a 867
7c36a00a 868*** mh-show-header
d54e276a 869
7c36a00a 870Renamed from `mh-show-header-face' per new Emacs conventions.
03ab074b 871
7c36a00a 872*** mh-show-pgg-bad
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873
874Face used to highlight a bad PGG signature.
875
7c36a00a 876*** mh-show-pgg-good
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877
878Face used to highlight a good PGG signature.
879
7c36a00a 880*** mh-show-pgg-unknown
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881
882Face used to highlight a PGG signature whose status is unknown. This
883face is also used for a signature when the signer is untrusted.
884
7c36a00a 885*** mh-show-signature
e495eaec 886
7c36a00a 887Face used to highlight the signature.
e495eaec 888
7c36a00a 889*** mh-show-subject
e495eaec 890
7c36a00a 891Renamed from `mh-show-subject-face' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 892
7c36a00a 893*** mh-show-to
e495eaec 894
7c36a00a 895Renamed from `mh-show-to-face' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 896
7c36a00a 897*** mh-show-xface
e495eaec 898
7c36a00a 899Renamed from `mh-show-xface-face' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 900
7c36a00a 901*** mh-speedbar-folder
e495eaec 902
7c36a00a 903Renamed from `mh-speedbar-folder-face' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 904
7c36a00a 905*** mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages
e495eaec 906
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907Renamed from `mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages-face' per new
908Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 909
7c36a00a 910*** mh-speedbar-selected-folder
e495eaec 911
7c36a00a 912Renamed from `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-face' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 913
7c36a00a 914*** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages
e495eaec 915
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916Renamed from `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages-face'
917per new Emacs conventions.
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918
919\f
920
7c36a00a 921** Faces Deleted in MH-E 8.0
eccf9613 922
7c36a00a 923*** mh-folder-address-face
eccf9613 924
7c36a00a 925Renamed to `mh-folder-address' per new Emacs conventions.
d103d8b3 926
7c36a00a 927*** mh-folder-body-face
d103d8b3 928
7c36a00a 929Renamed to `mh-folder-body' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 930
7c36a00a 931*** mh-folder-cur-msg-face
f0d73c14 932
7c36a00a 933Deleted. Not used.
f0d73c14 934
7c36a00a 935*** mh-folder-cur-msg-number-face
f0d73c14 936
7c36a00a 937Renamed to `mh-folder-cur-msg-number' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 938
7c36a00a 939*** mh-folder-date-face
f0d73c14 940
7c36a00a 941Renamed to `mh-folder-date' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 942
7c36a00a 943*** mh-folder-deleted-face
f0d73c14 944
7c36a00a 945Renamed to `mh-folder-deleted' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 946
7c36a00a 947*** mh-folder-followup-face
f0d73c14 948
7c36a00a 949Renamed to `mh-folder-followup' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 950
7c36a00a 951*** mh-folder-msg-number-face
f0d73c14 952
7c36a00a 953Renamed to `mh-folder-msg-number' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 954
7c36a00a 955*** mh-folder-refiled-face
f0d73c14 956
7c36a00a 957Renamed to `mh-folder-refiled' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 958
7c36a00a 959*** mh-folder-subject-face
f0d73c14 960
7c36a00a 961Renamed to `mh-folder-subject' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 962
7c36a00a 963*** mh-folder-tick-face
f0d73c14 964
7c36a00a 965Renamed to `mh-folder-tick' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 966
7c36a00a 967*** mh-folder-to-face
f0d73c14 968
7c36a00a 969Renamed to `mh-folder-to' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 970
7c36a00a 971*** mh-index-folder-face
f0d73c14 972
7c36a00a 973Renamed to `mh-search-folder'.
f0d73c14 974
7c36a00a 975*** mh-letter-header-field-face
f0d73c14 976
7c36a00a 977Renamed to `mh-letter-header-field' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 978
7c36a00a 979*** mh-show-cc-face
f0d73c14 980
7c36a00a 981Renamed to `mh-show-cc' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 982
7c36a00a 983*** mh-show-date-face
f0d73c14 984
7c36a00a 985Renamed to `mh-show-date' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 986
7c36a00a 987*** mh-show-from-face
f0d73c14 988
7c36a00a 989Renamed to `mh-show-from' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 990
7c36a00a 991*** mh-show-header-face
f0d73c14 992
7c36a00a 993Renamed to `mh-show-header' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 994
7c36a00a 995*** mh-show-subject-face
f0d73c14 996
7c36a00a 997Renamed to `mh-show-subject' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 998
7c36a00a 999*** mh-show-to-face
f0d73c14 1000
7c36a00a 1001Renamed to `mh-show-to' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 1002
7c36a00a 1003*** mh-show-xface-face
f0d73c14 1004
7c36a00a 1005Renamed to `mh-show-xface' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 1006
7c36a00a 1007*** mh-speedbar-folder-face
f0d73c14 1008
7c36a00a 1009Renamed to `mh-speedbar-folder' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 1010
7c36a00a 1011*** mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages-face
f0d73c14 1012
7c36a00a 1013Renamed to `mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 1014
7c36a00a 1015*** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-face
f0d73c14 1016
7c36a00a 1017Renamed to `mh-speedbar-selected-folder' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 1018
7c36a00a 1019*** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages-face
f0d73c14 1020
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1021Renamed to `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages' per new
1022Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 1023
7c36a00a 1024\f
f0d73c14 1025
7c36a00a 1026** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0
f0d73c14 1027
7c36a00a 1028*** Face Variable Names Now Follow Current Conventions
f0d73c14 1029
7c36a00a 1030The -face suffix has been dropped from all face names.
f0d73c14 1031
7c36a00a 1032*** Swish Fixes
f0d73c14 1033
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1034Items in swish indexes that aren't mail messages are now handled more
1035gracefully.
f0d73c14 1036
7c36a00a 1037*** Spamassassin Fixes
f0d73c14 1038
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1039If you use spamassassin, there was an error when you tried to junk
1040mail if the option `mh-junk-background' was set. This has been fixed.
f0d73c14 1041
7c36a00a 1042*** Mairix Support
f0d73c14 1043
7c36a00a 1044Indexing now compatible with Mairix version 0.12 and later.
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1045
1046*** mh-extract-rejected-mail Can't Do MIME (and Other Formats)
1047
1048Now handles qmail and exim bounces (addresses SF #404965).
1049
1050*** mh-rmail Hangs in XEmacs
1051
1052We've determined that MH-E is incompatible with some versions of
1053XEmacs (21.5.9-21.5.16). More recent versions work fine. If you think
1054our list is too broad, please let us know which version of XEmacs you
1055are using (closes SF #644321).
1056
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1057*** Completions Offered by mh-refile-message Are Not Sorted
1058
1059This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #698734).
1060
1061*** Add Message-ID to Outgoing Messages
1062
1063If you replied to a message in your `+outbox', an `In-Reply-To:'
1064header field was created that broke threading at the recipient's end.
1065We now add a `Message-ID:' to outgoing messages which fixes this
1066(closes SF #725425).
1067
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1068*** Inconsistent Prompts
1069
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1070Emacs changed their defaults in prompts from "Prompt: [value]" to
1071"Prompt (default value): ". All MH-E prompts have been updated to
1072comply with the new standard and are therefore now consistent
1073throughout the application (closes SF #730470, SF #1275933).
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1074
1075*** Empty Shell Comments Confuse mh-mhn-directive-present-p
1076
1077If you had a string that matched the regexp "^# $" in your draft, it
1078would cause an error. This has been fixed (closes SF #762458).
1079
1080*** Quote Hashes When mhbuild Directives Used
1081
1082A related bug, if you had empty shell comments but inserted your own
1083directives, you'd get another error from mhbuild. This has been fixed
1084by quoting the hash ("^# $") like this "##" before submitting to
1085mhbuild (closes SF #762464).
1086
1087*** Inconsistent Usage in Scan Formatting Variables
1088
1089The variables:
1090
1091 mh-note-cur
1092 mh-note-deleted
1093 mh-note-dist
1094 mh-note-forw
1095 mh-note-refiled
1096 mh-note-repl
1097 mh-note-seq
1098
1099used to contain strings. Although only the first character was read,
1100the entire string would be inserted which may have caused problems.
1101These variables have been converted to character constants so that
1102only a single character can be inserted into the scan line (closes SF
1103#770772).
1104
1105*** Bad Handling of Aliases That Conflict With Local User Names
1106
1107If a user name existed both locally and in the aliases file, the local
1108user would be flashed, but the alias would be used when sending. This
1109has been fixed so that the user name that is flashed is the same as
1110the name that is sent (closes SF #772595).
1111
7c36a00a 1112*** Initialization Fails If ~/Mail Exists
f0d73c14 1113
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1114MH-E no longer calls `install-mh' so this issue has gone away (closes
1115SF #835192).
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1116
1117*** Not Re-prompted to Sign After Pass Phrase Typo
1118
1119If there were errors when sending a signed message (like getting the
1120pass phrase wrong), the MML markup remained in the draft buffer. The
1121draft buffer is now restored if there is an error (closes SF #839303).
1122
1123*** Font-lock Gets Confused in MH-Letter Buffer
1124
1125If a user manually moved the cursor to the end of the header field
1126separator line (by mouse click or keyboard navigation) and hit Enter
1127to start typing their message, any line in the body with a colon would
1128be fontified with a gray background. This has been fixed (closes SF
1129#855479).
1130
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1131*** RETURN Causes Infinite Loop in mh-letter
1132
1133This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #887346).
1134
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1135*** mh-refile-msg Fails to Suggest Folder for Empty Message
1136
1137If you received a message with an empty body from someone who is
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1138listed in your aliases file, `o' (`mh-refile-msg') failed to suggest
1139the correct folder. This has been fixed (closes SF #917096).
1140
1141*** Missing Headers When Replying to All
1142
1143User needed to edit `replgroupcomps' (closes SF #918194).
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1144
1145*** Error Visiting Folder With no Unseen Messages
1146
1147If you visited a folder without unseen messages and the option "flist:
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1148-noshowzero" is present in your `~/.mh_profile', you'd get an error.
1149This has been fixed (closes SF #933954).
1150
1151*** Error Message When Trying to Send Using MH-E
1152
1153This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1002103).
1154
1155*** mh-find-path Doesn't Use mhparam
1156
1157MH-E no longer peeks into the MH profile `~/.mh_profile' directly. It
1158uses `mhparam' instead (closes SF #1016027).
1159
1160*** rmmproc Refile Complains No Such Message
1161
1162MH-E would get confused about which folder to delete messages from if
1163you were refiling and deleting messages at the same time. This has
1164been fixed (closes SF #1023959).
1165
1166*** auto-mode-alist Updated
1167
1168MH-E originally updated auto-mode-alist to set the major mode of
1169drafts. Now that we explicitly set the mode, there is no reason to do
1170this, and this behavior caused problems for people who didn't use MH-E
1171who were editing files that looked like MH message files (closes SF
1172#1032353).
1173
1174*** ! Doesn't Do Regions
1175
1176Now it does (closes SF #1046330).
1177
1178*** mh-show-unquote-From Fails (read-only buffer)
1179
1180MH-E quotes the `From ' header field that is inserted by MTAs.
1181However, it was trying to do this in a read-only buffer. This has been
1182fixed (closes SF #1089870).
1183
1184*** Whitespace in pick Expressions
1185
1186The `C-u / s RET' command now works. In addition, you can now add
1187whitespace to any of the limiting (/) commands (closes SF #1122655).
1188
1189*** mh-index-previous-folder Does Not Work Correctly
1190
1191If your cursor was on an item below a folder heading and you used
1192`M-TAB' (`mh-index-previous-folder'), you would move to the previous
1193folder heading. This has been fixed (closes SF #1126188).
1194
1195*** Default Identity Prevents Insertion of Auto Fields
1196
1197Auto insertion of an identity now occurs even when the default
1198identity is used (closes SF #1204506).
1199
1200*** mh-compose-forward and Default Message Number
1201
1202`mh-compose-forward' will now default to the sent message in the sent
1203folder and the `cur' message in other folders. It also takes ranges of
1204messages and can include multiple messages at a time (closes SF
1205#1205890).
1206
1207*** Better Handling of Empty cur Sequence
1208
1209If you refiled a message into a folder and then used `F r'
1210(`mh-rescan-folder') in that folder, your cursor would be taken to the
1211first message. The cursor now stays where it was (closes SF #1207247).
1212
1213*** mh-customize Uses Group mh, Not mh-e
1214
1215The `mh' customization group alias has been deleted to avoid some
1216problems that were found (closes SF #1213716).
1217
1218*** "Args out of range" Error in Displaying Message
1219
1220This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1227504).
1221
1222*** Front-and-back Truncation in mailto: Rendering
1223
1224This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1227510).
1225
1226*** Name of the Draft File in mh-comp.el
1227
1228MH is documented to use the draft file. If you use a draft file for
1229something else (like Sylpheed), then use draft folders (closes SF
1230#1231483).
1231
1232*** font-lock Error in mh-letter-mode
1233
1234An error in MH-E was introduced as a result of a change in CVS Emacs.
1235This has been fixed (closes SF #1241017).
1236
1237*** Msg Display Broken After Displaying Msg with Inline Image
1238
1239Messages with inline images no longer trim certain message header
1240fields (closes SF #1306141).
1241
1242*** mh-visit-folder Munges font-lock-keywords
1243
1244MH-E broke highlighting in Gnus buffers. This was actually a problem
1245in CVS Emacs 22 and has been fixed there (closes SF #1393879).
1246
1247*** Illegal Filename Chars for W32 Filesystems
1248
1249Windows users who view `X-Image-URL:' images could not cache the
1250images since the cached image file names had illegal characters. This
1251has been fixed (closes SF #1396499).
1252
1253*** mh-send Doesn't Handle mml Insertions Via mail-user-agent
1254
1255Can now forward messages in Gnus if MH-E is your `mail-user-agent'
1256(closes SF #1399307).
1257
1258*** Can't Narrow to Subject with Regexp Chars
1259
1260The command `/ s' could not limit subjects that had special pick
1261characters (such as [, *, $, .). This has been fixed (closes SF
1262#1432548).
1263
1264*** `/ s' Can Miss the Original Mail
1265
1266The command `/ s' failed to include the message with the "Re:" in the
1267Subject. This has been fixed (closes SF #1438369).
1268
1269*** mhparam -components Fails on mailutils
1270
1271This error prevented MH-E from loading when using GNU mailutils. GNU
1272mailutils drops the `s' in this argument, so we did too since
1273-component still works in nmh and MH (closes SF #1446985).
1274
1275*** `/ s' Still Has Problems With []'d Mail
1276
1277On XEmacs, subjects that had special characters would prevent `/ s'
1278from narrowing to the given subject. These characters are now quoted
1279correctly in XEmacs (closes SF #1447598).
1280
1281*** Variable mh-send-args Is a String, Not a List
1282
1283This was causing errors when sending under GNU mailutils. The internal
1284variable `mh-send-args' is now a list which fixes the problem (closes
1285SF #1448604).
1286
1287*** Update Icons
1288
1289Most of the tool bar icons have been replaced by GTK or GNOME 2 icons
1290(closes SF #1452715).
1291
1292*** Strip Build Number From emacs-version in X-Mailer
1293
1294This has been done (closes SF #1466481).
1295
1296*** Rename Function and Variable Definers
1297
1298If you had ever shown help for an MH-E symbol that was both a function
1299or variable, you might have found that the hyperlink to the file
1300brought you to the wrong definition. This has been fixed by renaming
1301the macros `mh-defgroup', `mh-defcustom', `mh-defface',
1302`mh-defun-compat', and `mh-defmacro-compat' to `defgroup-mh',
1303`defcustom-mh', `defface-mh', `defun-mh', `defmacro-mh' respectively
1304(closes SF #1472029).
1305
1306*** mh-insert-letter Uses Wrong Default
1307
1308If you had used `C-c TAB' (`mh-insert-letter') to insert a letter into
1309your draft, specified a different folder, and chose the default
1310message number, you got the wrong message. This has been fixed (closes
1311SF #1473729).
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1314
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1315* Changes in MH-E 7.4.4
1316
1317Version 7.4.4 addresses programmatic issues from the FSF and prepares
bf247b6e 1318MH-E for inclusion into an impending GNU Emacs release (22.1). There
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1319are no user-visible changes (unless you are using XEmacs on DOS or
1320don't have the cl package installed). Filenames are now unique in
1321their first 8 characters (DOS 8.3 requirement). The runtime dependency
1322on the cl package has been removed. Desktop saving and restoration
1323code moved here from desktop.el.
1324
1325* Changes in MH-E 7.4.3
1326
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1328set from .emacs.
1329
1330* Changes in MH-E 7.4.2
1331
1332Version 7.4.2 fixes the accidental dependence on nmh (closes SF
1333#791021).
1334
1335* Changes in MH-E 7.4.1
1336
1337Version 7.4.1 fixes the Makefile so it no longer tries to compile
1338mh-unit.el.
1339
1340* Changes in MH-E 7.4
1341
1342Version 7.4 contains many new useful features including arbitrary MH
1343range handling, new draft features such as draft form editing, as well
1344as sequence propagation and manipulation. We've also fixed bugs and
1345added a handful of new variables.
1346
1347** New Features in MH-E 7.4
1348
1349*** Add Arbitrary Ranges to MH-E UI
1350
1351MH-E now handles any legal MH range (such as last:5 or 4 8 10-12)
1352wherever you're prompted for a message number or sequence (closes SF
1353#728638).
1354
1355*** Remove Prompting in mh-send
1356
1357Brian Reid's original mhe didn't do prompting anywhere but used forms
1358instead. While we won't go that far, we eliminated prompting where a
1359form is already involved, such as in composing a message.
1360
1361The new customization variable `mh-compose-prompt-flag' can be set to
1362t to get the original behavior (closes SF #745622).
1363
1364*** Use TAB to Switch Fields in Header
1365
1366When composing a message, TAB and SHIFT-TAB can be used to move
1367quickly between header fields. The new customization variable,
1368`mh-compose-skipped-header-fields', contains a list of header fields
1369that are skipped and truncated if they are too long (closes SF
1370#745627).
1371
1372*** Alias Completion in Composition Buffer
1373
1374Aliases can be completed in the draft with "M-TAB
1375(mh-letter-complete)". Or, if the customization variable
1376`mh-compose-space-does-completion-flag' is set to t, then a "SPC
1377(mh-letter-complete-or-space)" with do the same thing. If
1378`mh-alias-flash-on-comma' is non-nil, ", (mh-letter-confirm-address)"
1379will show the alias expansion in the minibuffer (closes SF #745634).
1380
1381*** Auto Fields Should be Inserted During Send
1382
1383Fields that were inserted by the multiple personality code when the
1384draft was sent now insert the header fields when the draft is composed
1385to give you a chance to edit them (closes SF #747890).
1386
1387*** mh-index-tick-messages
1388
1389The command "F ' (mh-index-ticked-messages)" creates a buffer with all
1390messages ticked with "' (mh-toggle-tick)" in the folders listed in the
1391new customization variable `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders'. Chances
1392are that if you set `mh-index-new-messages-folders', you'll want to
1393set `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders' accordingly.
1394
1395In addition, a general function, "F q (mh-index-sequenced-messages)"
1396has been provided that displays messages in the `mh-unseen-seq' in the
1397folders listed `mh-index-new-messages-folders', unless a prefix
1398argument is given, in which case you can provide both a list of
1399folders and a sequence (closes SF #718833).
1400
1401*** Narrow to Region
1402
1403If there is a region, "/ r (mh-narrow-to-range)" will only consider
1404those messages in the region. In addition, there is now a stack of
1405folder limits which can be popped with "/ w (mh-widen)". With a prefix
1406arg, all the restrictions are popped off of the stack (closes SF
1407#732823).
1408
1409*** Narrow to Ticked Sequence
1410
1411The buffer can now be narrowed to ticked messages with "S '
1412(mh-narrow-to-tick)" (closes SF #732825).
1413
1414*** Display Multiple Buttons for multipart/alternative
1415
1416A new customizable variable,
1417`mh-display-buttons-for-alternatives-flag', was added to display
1418buttons for the alternatives. The default value is nil to retain the
1419current behavior (closes SF #741288).
1420
1421*** Identity Menu Changes
1422
1423A menu item has been added that inserts custom fields if the To or Cc
1424header fields match `mh-auto-fields-list'.
1425
1426** New Variables in MH-E 7.4
1427
1428*** mh-alias-local-users-prefix
1429
1430This string is prepended to the real names of users from the passwd
1431file. If nil, use the username string unmodified instead of the real
1432name from the gecos field of the passwd file.
1433
1434*** mh-alias-passwd-gecos-comma-separator-flag
1435
1436Non-nil means the gecos field in the passwd file uses comma as a
1437separator. Used to construct aliases for users in the passwd file."
1438
1439*** mh-interpret-number-as-range-flag
1440
1441Non-nil means interpret a number as a range. If the variable is
1442non-nil, and you use an integer, N, when asked for a range to scan,
1443then MH-E uses the range "last:N".
1444
1445*** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook
1446
1447This new hook is invoked at the beginning of the `F k
1448(mh-kill-folder)' command. It is a list of functions to be called,
1449with no arguments, which should return a value of non-nil if you
1450should not be asked if you're sure that you want to remove the folder.
1451This is useful for folders that are easily regenerated.
1452
1453The default value of `mh-index-p' suppresses the prompt on folders
1454generated by an index search.
1455
1456WARNING: Use this hook with care. If there is a bug in your hook which
1457returns t on +inbox and you hit `F k' by accident in the +inbox
1458buffer, you will not be happy.
1459
1460*** mh-refile-preserves-sequences-flag
1461
1462Non-nil means that sequences are preserved when messages are refiled.
1463If this variable is non-nil and a message belonging to a sequence
1464other than cur or Previous-Sequence (see mh-profile 5) is refiled then
1465it is put in the same sequence in the destination folder. Additional
1466sequences that should not to be preserved can be specified by setting
1467`mh-unpropagated-sequences' appropriately.
1468
1469*** mh-visible-header-fields
1470
1471Customize this instead of `mh-visible-headers', which is now a defvar.
1472This was done to mimic the relationship between
1473`mh-invisible-header-fields' and `mh-invisible-fields'.
1474
1475** Variables Deleted in MH-E 7.4
1476
1477*** mh-visible-headers
1478
1479See the paragraph for `mh-visible-header-fields' above.
1480
1481** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.4
1482
1483*** Aliases Constantly Reloaded
1484
1485The system aliases are not loaded as often as they were, so the
1486completion speed has been dramatically improved if your passwd file is
1487large (closes SF #693859).
1488
1489*** Folders in MH-Index View Not Saved
1490
1491When you perform a search to produce an MH-Index buffer, the folders
1492that contain the messages are shown. If the MH-Index buffer was
1493deleted, or Emacs was restarted and the corresponding folder
1494rescanned, the folder information would be lost. This has been fixed
1495by saving the information in a file called ".mhe_index" (closes SF
1496#701762).
1497
1498*** Ticking Messages in +mhe-index/new
1499
1500If a new message in a buffer created by "F n" was ticked (with "'"),
1501the message would not be added to the tick sequence in the source
1502folder. This has been fixed so that any sequence changes in any index
1503folder (from within MH-E of course) are now reflected back to the
1504corresponding source folder (closes SF #709664).
1505
1506*** Custom Vars Set by a Function
1507
1508The default setting of customization variable `mh-summary-height' is
1509now `nil' which means MH-E will change the size dynamically according
1510to the size of the frame (closes SF #723267).
1511
1512*** Folder Completion Slow
1513
1514The first folder completion was very slow. This has been fixed (closes
1515SF #730426).
1516
1517*** Tick Sequence Persistent When Refiled
1518
1519Sequences are now preserved when messages are refiled (closes SF
1520#737128).
1521
1522*** Auto-inserted Header Fields Inconsistent
1523
1524For consistency, all automatically inserted header fields (such as
1525X-Mailer and X-Face) are added when the draft is first presented to
1526you. This also gives you a chance to edit or delete them if necessary
1527(closes SF #745624). Note that we would be distressed if you deleted
1528the X-Mailer field.
1529
1530*** Toolbar Spec Error
1531
1532The following message appeared when displaying a message in XEmacs:
1533
1534 Signaling: (error "Toolbar spec must be list or nil" )
1535
1536This has been fixed (closes SF #745655).
1537
1538*** mh-index-search Doesn't Find Short Acronyms
1539
1540Swish typically ignores words with fewer than four letters, but will
1541still look for acronyms. Unfortunately, MH-E was downcasing the input
1542words which defeated this feature. This has been fixed (closes SF
1543#755718).
1544
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1546
1547* Changes in MH-E 7.3
1548
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1549This release includes the new features of an index view of unseen
1550messages in all folders, spam software support, relative folder
1551specification @ support, marking messages, recipient handling by
1552mh-default-folder-list, Face and X-Image-URL header field support, and
1553Fcc completion. Function arguments have been unified. Bugs have been
1554fixed.
1555
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1556** New Features in MH-E 7.3
1557
286fbd0f 1558*** Unified Function Arguments
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1559
1560Any function with MSG-OR-SEQ in its docstring uses the displayed
1561message by default for this argument. However, if a prefix argument is
1562provided, then the user is prompted for a message sequence. If the
1563variable `transient-mark-mode' is non-nil and the mark is active, then
1564the function operates on the messages in the selected region. In a
1565program, MSG-OR-SEQ can be a message number, a list of message
1566numbers, a region in a cons cell, or a sequence.
1567
286fbd0f 1568*** MH-Index View of Unseen Messages
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1569
1570Use "F n (mh-index-new-messages)" or Folder -> View New Messages menu
1571item to display messages in the `mh-unseen-seq' sequence in folders
1572specified by `mh-index-new-messages-folders'. With a prefix argument,
1573enter a space-separated list of folders, or nothing to search all
1574folders.
1575
1576Like other MH-Index folders, use "v (mh-index-visit-folder)" if you
1577wish to visit the original folder with the unseen message. This is
1578usually not necessary since the original message is annotated if you
1579reply, deleted if you delete the message, or refiled if you refile the
1580message (closes SF #701756).
1581
286fbd0f 1582*** Spam Software Support
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1583
1584MH-E now supports several spam filters including Bogofilter,
1585SpamProbe, and SpamAssassin. Spam that is mistakenly considered to be
1586good mail can be reclassified as spam with "J b (mh-junk-blacklist)".
1587Conversely, good mail that is accidently considered to be spam can be
1588reclassified with "J w (mh-junk-whitelist)" (closes SF #669518).
1589
1590If a message is blacklisted, and `mh-junk-mail-folder' is a string,
1591then the message is refiled to that folder. If this variable is nil,
1592the message is deleted. If a message is whitelisted, then the message
1593is refiled to `mh-inbox'.
1594
1595To change the spam program being used, customize `mh-junk-program'.
1596This should only be necessary if you have multiple filters on your
1597system and MH-E picked the wrong one. These customization variables
1598are found in the new customization group `mh-junk'.
1599
1600The documentation for the following functions describes what setup is
1601needed for the different spam fighting programs:
1602
1603 - `mh-bogofilter-blacklist'
1604 - `mh-spamprobe-blacklist'
1605 - `mh-spamassassin-blacklist'
1606
286fbd0f 1607*** Relative Folder Specification @ Supported
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1608
1609You can now use the relative folder marker @ in folder names (closes
1610SF #666774).
1611
286fbd0f 1612*** Marking Messages
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1613
1614Messages can now be highlighted with "' (mh-toggle-tick)", Sequence ->
1615Toggle Tick Mark menu item or the "Toggle tick mark" button. These
1616messages are added to the "tick" sequence, although this sequence can
1617be changed in `mh-tick-seq'. The highlighting effect can be modified
1618by customizing `mh-folder-tick-face' (closes SF #623367).
1619
1620There is also a new keybinding "/ ' (mh-narrow-to-tick)" and menu item
1621Sequence -> Narrow to Tick Sequence to narrow the view to the
1622highlighted messages.
1623
286fbd0f 1624*** mh-default-folder-list Now Takes Recipients
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1625
1626If you wish to file a message based upon the recipient of a message
1627(such as a mailing list), you can now indicate that when filling out
1628the address in the `mh-default-folder-list' customization variable.
1629
286fbd0f 1630*** Face Header Field Supported
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1631
1632In addition to the X-Face header field, the Face header field, which
1633can display color images, is now supported. As a bonus, the external
1634xface-e21 library is no longer required.
1635
286fbd0f 1636*** X-Image-URL Support
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1637
1638Images specified in X-Image-URL header fields are now supported.
1639See the customization variable `mh-fetch-x-image-url' to enable this
1640support.
1641
286fbd0f 1642*** Fcc Completion
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1643
1644Folders in Fcc fields in message drafts can now be completed with
1645M-TAB.
1646
1647** New Variables in MH-E 7.3
1648
1649Variables that have been added to MH-E that have not been discussed
1650elsewhere are listed here.
1651
1652*** mh-auto-fields-list
1653
1654Alist of addresses for which header lines are automatically inserted.
1655When a regular expression matches in the To or cc fields of a message,
1656the corresponding header field is automatically inserted in the
1657message header. It also allows the automatic setting of an identity
1658(using `mh-insert-identity') to set an alternate identity when sending
1659messages to a certain person or mailing list.
1660
1661Since this is a more general use of `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-flag'
1662and `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-list', these variables have been removed.
1663
1664*** mh-show-xface-face
1665
1666Face for displaying the X-Face image.
1667
1668*** mh-xemacs-toolbar-position
1669
1670This customization variable allows the user to place the toolbar on
1671the four edges of the frame.
1672
1673*** mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag
1674
1675This customization variable is used to enable or disable the toolbar
1676under XEmacs.
1677
1678** Variables Deleted in MH-E 7.3
1679
1680Variables that have been removed from MH-E that have not been
1681discussed elsewhere are listed here.
1682
1683*** mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message-flag
1684
1685No longer needed since the external program mimencode is no longer
1686used.
1687
1688*** mh-index-show-hook
1689
1690This hook was never used, so it was removed.
1691
1692*** mh-tool-bar-reply-3-buttons-flag
1693
1694Obsolete. This functionality is present `mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons'.
1695
1696** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.3
1697
286fbd0f 1698*** Can't Refile Message
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1699
1700Messages with invalid addresses were causing errors in ali which
1701prevented the refiling of messages. The ali error is now shown in the
1702"*MH-E Log*" buffer and refiling suggests the last folder used (closes
1703SF #680388).
1704
286fbd0f 1705*** Empty Body Triggers Duped Header
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1706
1707If the body was empty the header would be treated like the body and
1708was therefore displayed twice. This has been fixed (closes SF
1709#681162).
1710
286fbd0f 1711*** mml or mhl Directives Not Always Processed
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1712
1713The mml and mhl directives used to create body parts were not
1714processed if one re-edited a draft, or if they added the directives
1715manually. The directives are now always processed upon sending the
1716letter. You may still, of course, use "C-c C-m m (mh-mml-to-mime)" or
1717"C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" to manually create the MIME body parts from
1718the directives and then send the draft.
1719
286fbd0f 1720*** mh-alias-grab-from-field Fails
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1721
1722MH-E was adding aliases with angle brackets around the address when
1723there wasn't a phrase (usually, the user's name), to go with it. This
1724caused ali to fail which caused problems in MH-E. This is probably a
1725bug in ali, but MH-E no longer inserts angle brackets around the
1726address unless there is a phrase, which avoids the problem (closes SF
1727#690216).
1728
286fbd0f 1729*** XEmacs Fixes
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1730
1731MH-E is now fully supported under XEmacs and compiles without any
1732warnings.
1733
1734In particular, the following now work under XEmacs:
1735
1736- X-Face, Face, and X-Image-URL header fields
1737- MH-E logo in mode line
1738- Emphasis (bold, italics, etc.)
1739- Smilies
1740- Toolbar
1741
286fbd0f 1742*** Indexed Folders Should Respect mh-show-threads-flag
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1743
1744Indexed folders are now threaded if `mh-show-threads-flag' is non-nil
1745(closes SF #709667).
1746
286fbd0f 1747*** Threading Index View Loses Folder Info
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1748
1749This has been fixed (closes SF #709672).
1750
286fbd0f 1751*** No Undo Information When Re-editing Drafts
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1752
1753Undo is turned on in the draft buffer when using "e (mh-edit-again)"
1754(closes SF #712777).
1755
286fbd0f 1756*** Forwarded base64-encoded Messages Are Incorrectly Displayed
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1757
1758This has been fixed (closes SF #681518).
1759
286fbd0f 1760*** Append to *MH-E Log* Buffer
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1761
1762The last 100 lines of log messages are kept in the *MH-E Log* buffer.
1763Previously, the buffer was erased every time it was written (closes SF
1764#685476). In addition, many of the MH-E commands now send their output
1765into this buffer instead of a plethora of other special-purpose
1766buffers.
1767
286fbd0f 1768*** mh-inc-folder Complains if No Mail and No Current Message
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1769
1770The function `mh-inc-folder' no longer calls `mh-show' if point is not
1771on a valid scan line. This keeps `mh-inc-folder' from complaining
1772(closes SF #678115).
1773
286fbd0f 1774*** Folder Normalization Strips Leading Slash
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1775
1776Leading "/" characters in folder names entered by the user were being
1777lost. This has been fixed (closes SF #676890).
1778
286fbd0f 1779*** Print Header Doesn't Show Message
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1780
1781When printing a sequence, the header simply indicated that a sequence,
1782but not which one, was being printed and did not show the message
1783number. This has been fixed. If more than one message is printed, a
1784page of the scan lines is printed and its header indicates the
1785sequence or message range. The pages with the actual messages all set
1786the header to the folder and message displayed on that page.
1787
286fbd0f 1788*** Aliases Constantly Reloaded
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1789
1790Empty lists are now handled properly (closes SF #693859).
1791
286fbd0f 1792*** Remove RCS Keywords
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1793
1794Removed RCS keywords per Emacs conventions (closes SF #680731).
1795
286fbd0f 1796*** Replace Mimencode
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1797
1798MH-E was enhanced to decode message based on charset and
1799Content-Transfer-Encoding. This eliminates the need for the external
1800program mimencode (closes SF #674857).
1801
1802\f
1803
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1804* Changes in MH-E 7.2
1805
1806This release includes the new features of filing hints, hierarchical
1807file name completion, indexed search and pick integration, unification
1808between `mh-visit-folder' and the speedbar, a displayed message
1809indicator, buffer name organization, support for mairix indexed
1810search, and last but not least, the MH-E logo has been added to the
1811mode line. Code that handles sequences and message regions runs
1812faster. Bugs have been fixed.
1813
1814** New Features in MH-E 7.2
1815
1816*** Filing Hints
1817
1818When you file a message, MH-E now looks for an alias corresponding to
1819the address of the sender and offers that as a default folder (closes
1820SF #657096). The new variable `mh-default-folder-prefix' can be used
1821to put these folders in a sub-folder. The new variable
1822`mh-default-folder-must-exist-flag' means to suppress the suggested
1823folder (thereby providing the previous folder used) if the folder
1824doesn't already exist. The new variable `mh-default-folder-list' can
1825be used to map additional addresses and folders.
1826
1827*** Hierarchical File Name Completion
1828
1829When you completed filenames in the past, you were presented with a
1830list of all your folders at all depths in the tree. Now you are
1831presented with only one level at a time (closes SF #664821).
1832As a result, the variables `mh-auto-folder-collect-flag' and
1833`mh-folder-list-change-hook' are obsolete.
1834
1835*** Indexed Search and Pick Integration
1836
1837The indexed and pick searches have been integrated (closes SF
1838#664816). Both "F s (mh-search-folder)" and "F i (mh-index-search)"
1839use the pick template for forming queries. To submit the query, use
1840"C-c C-c (mh-do-search)" which will use the query method you selected.
1841If you change your mind while forming the query, you can use "C-c C-i
1842(mh-index-do-search)" or "C-c C-p (mh-pick-do-search)" to submit the
1843query using the respective method.
1844
1845Second, the results from a pick search are now saved in a sub-folder
1846of +mhe-index like an indexed search.
1847
1848Third, `pick' is now a valid choice for `mh-index-program'.
1849
1850*** mh-visit-folder Metamorphosis Continues
1851
1852When visiting a folder from the speedbar, only the unseen messages are
1853shown if there are unseen messages. If there aren't any unseen
1854messages, all of the messages are shown if there are fewer than
1855`mh-large-folder' messages; otherwise, the user is prompted for the
1856range of messages to display. The "F v (mh-visit-folder)" command has
1857been modified to mimic this behavior. Use a prefix arg to force the
1858message range prompt.
1859
1860*** Displayed Message Indicator
1861
1862In graphical Emacs, the message that is shown is marked by a triangle
1863in the fringe. In textual Emacs, there is a ">" in the first column
1864(closes SF #664824).
1865
1866*** Buffer Name Organization
1867
1868All ephemeral buffer names start with " *mh" while all interesting
1869buffers start with "*MH-E ". The "*Folders*", "*Sequences*", and
1870"*Recipients*" buffers were therefore renamed to "*MH-E Folders*",
1871"*MH-E Sequences*" and "*MH-E Recipients*" respectively (programmers
1872should see mh-utils.el for the names of the new constants). Also, the
1873output of MH commands is saved in the "*MH-E Log*" buffer.
1874
1875*** mh-index-program
1876
1877Add choices for `mairix' and `pick'.
1878
1879*** Logo Displayed on Mode Line
1880
1881** New Variables in MH-E 7.2
1882
1883The new variables have been discussed elsewhere.
1884
1885** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.2
1886
1887*** mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message
1888
1889Messages that had been encoded with base64 were not decoded. This has
1890been fixed with this new function (closes SF #674190). As a result,
1891the variable `mh-decode-quoted-printable-flag' has been renamed to
1892`mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message-flag'.
1893
1894*** mh-kill-folder
1895
1896Now restores previous window configuration (closes SF #664828).
1897
1898*** mh-mime-display
1899
1900MH-E was not using the charset defined in the content-type
1901header. This meant that mail in a different charset would not
1902be properly displayed. This has been fixed (closes SF #655123).
1903
1904*** mh-read-address
1905
1906In XEmacs and Emacs20, this function would always prompt using "To: "
1907instead of using the command argument. This has been fixed (closes SF
1908#670913).
1909
1910*** mh-rmail
1911
1912Unseen messages are now shown in addition to new ones (closes SF
1913#667542).
1914
1915*** mh-scan-msg-overflow-regexp
1916
1917Change the variable so that a space is always maintained in the
1918beginning of the scan line.
1919
1920*** mh-swish-execute-search
1921
1922The example configuration file in the docstring didn't show the
1923backslash in the FileRules filename. If the example had been used
1924literally by the user, no files would be indexed! This has been fixed
1925(closes SF #665888).
1926
1927*** mh-thread-refile
1928
1929The "T o (mh-thread-refile)" command did not provide refiling hints
1930like `mh-refile-msg'. This has been fixed (closes SF #664829).
1931
1932*** mh-toggle-threads
1933
1934If the threaded view was modified and then toggled, the standard view
1935may not have been accurate (as it contained a potentially old first
1936message to last message range). This has been fixed (closes SF
1937#626117).
1938
1939*** mh-tool-bar-show-set, mh-tool-bar-letter-set, mh-tool-bar-folder-set
1940
1941Clicking the customize and help buttons now deletes the other windows
1942in the frame.
1943
1944*** mh-version
1945
1946The "M-x mh-version" command displayed "Aliasfile: aliases". This has
1947been fixed (closes SF #664467). See Buffer Name Organization above.
1948
1949\f
1950
1951* Changes in MH-E 7.1
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1952
1953This release includes the new features of multiple identities and
1954alias completion. In addition, indexed searching has been revamped.
1955Various other features have been added and a few bugs were fixed.
1956
1957** New Features in MH-E 7.1
1958
1959*** Multiple Identities
1960
1961MH-E now supports multiple identities (closes SF #628782). That means
1962that you can have different From and Organization header fields (or
1963any other header field of your choice) as well as different signatures
1964depending on your context. Usually, the contexts are home and work.
1965
1966Add your identities to the variable `mh-identity-list' and set the
1967default identity with the variable `mh-identity-default'. Your
1968identity can be switched on the fly by using the Identity menu or by
1969calling "M-x mh-insert-identity RET".
1970
1971This functionality can be customized within the mh-identity group.
1972
1973*** Alias Completion and Harvesting
1974
1975The contributed file mh-alias.el has been rewritten and incorporated
1976into MH-E.
1977
1978By default, aliases are culled from the system files
1979"/etc/nmh/MailAliases," "/usr/lib/mh/MailAliases," and "/etc/passwd"
1980(see `mh-alias-system-aliases') and from your "AliasFile" MH profile
1981component. These aliases are then used for completion in the
1982minibuffer when entering addresses. Within the header of the message
1983draft, "M-TAB (mh-letter-complete)" is used to do alias completion.
1984
1985The package also provides for alias creation based upon the From
1986header field of the current message. Use the lasso button
1987(mh-alias-grab-from-field).
1988
1989This functionality can be customized within the mh-alias group.
1990
1991*** Index Folder Updates
1992
1993The results of an index search "F i (mh-index-search)" are now stored
1994in a bona fide folder so that you can refile messages and reply to
1995messages directly from the result folder. This folder is a sub-folder
1996of +mhe-index and the name is based upon the search string (closes SF
1997#623321).
1998
1999If a prefix argument is given then the search in the current index
2000buffer is redone.
2001
2002The index folder lists the names of the source folders as before.
2003However, instead of using RET on the name of the folder to visit the
2004folder, use "v (mh-show-index-visit-folder)" anywhere within the
2005results to visit that folder narrowed to the results of the search.
2006Additional functions have been added to navigate including "TAB
2007(mh-index-next-folder)", and "SHIFT-TAB (mh-index-previous-folder)."
2008
2009*** mh-visit-folder Interface Updated
2010
2011A change was made to the prompting of the message range. In general,
2012you can use the same format for messages and sequences as you can in
2013MH with a single exception: a single number means to scan that many
2014messages, rather than scan that message number. This turns out to be
2015much more useful than visiting a single message and is consistent with
2016Gnus and the MH-E speedbar (closes SF #655891).
2017
2018If mh-visit-folder is called non-interactively and RANGE is nil then
2019all messages are displayed. This behavior is now documented and
2020provides backwards compatibility.
2021
2022*** Threading Improvements
2023
2024After incorporating new mail into a threaded folder, unseen messages
2025can be spread about. Two new functions have been added to make it
2026easier to find them: these are "M-n (mh-next-unread-msg)" and "M-p
2027(mh-previous-unread-msg)" (closes SF #630328)
2028
2029Two new functions were added to delete and refile threads. They are "T
2030d (mh-thread-delete)" and "T o (mh-thread-refile)" respectively
2031(closes SF #630493).
2032
2033In addition, the key "k" used to be bound to the function
2034`mh-delete-subject': it is now bound to
2035`mh-show-delete-subject-or-thread'.
2036
2037New functions to navigate threads include "T u (mh-thread-ancestor)",
2038which can jump to the root message of the current thread given an
2039optional argument, "T n (mh-thread-next-sibling)", and "T p
2040(mh-thread-previous-sibling)"
2041
2042*** Refiling of Messages in Region
2043
2044If mark is active and `transient-mark-mode' is enabled then all the
2045messages in the region are refiled.
2046
2047*** vCard Handling
2048
2049If a signature cannot be identified, but there is a vCard attachment,
2050then that vCard will be presented as a signature (closes SF #649216).
2051
2052*** New Info Added to mh-version
2053
2054Information about Gnus versions available at both compile time and run
2055time has been added.
2056
2057** New Variables in MH-E 7.1
2058
2059The defcustom groups were reorganized. Rather than iterate the
2060specific changes here, you are invited to browse the groups with "M-x
2061mh-customize RET".
2062
2063*** mh-alias-completion-ignore-case-flag
2064
2065Non-nil means don't consider case significant in MH alias completion.
2066This is the default in plain MH, so it is the default here as well. It
2067can be useful to set this to t if, for example, you use lowercase
2068aliases for people and uppercase for mailing lists.
2069
2070*** mh-alias-expand-aliases-flag
2071
2072Non-nil means to expand aliases entered in the minibuffer. In other
2073words, aliases entered in the minibuffer will be expanded to the full
2074address in the message draft. By default, this expansion is not
2075performed.
2076
2077*** mh-alias-flash-on-comma
2078
2079Specify whether to flash the translation of the alias or warn if there
2080isn't a translation of the alias.
2081
2082*** mh-alias-insert-file
2083
2084Filename to use to store new MH-E aliases. This variable can also be a
2085list of filenames, in which case MH-E will prompt for one of them. If
2086nil, the default, then MH-E will use the first file found in the
2087"AliasFile" component of the MH profile.
2088
2089*** mh-alias-insertion-location
2090
2091Specifies where new aliases are entered in alias files. Options are
2092sorted alphabetically (the default), at the top of the file or at the
2093bottom.
2094
2095*** mh-alias-local-users
2096
2097If t, local users are completed in MH-E To: and Cc: prompts.
2098
2099If you set this variable to a string, it will be executed to generate
2100a password file. A value of "ypcat passwd" is helpful if NIS is in
2101use.
2102
2103*** mh-alias-system-aliases
2104
2105A list of system files from which to cull aliases. If these files are
2106modified, they are automatically reread. This list need include only
2107system aliases and the passwd file, since personal alias files listed
2108in your "AliasFile" MH profile component are automatically included.
2109
2110*** mh-identity-default
2111
2112Default identity to use when `mh-letter-mode' is called.
2113
2114*** mh-identity-list
2115
2116List holding MH-E identity.
2117
2118*** mh-invisible-header-fields
2119
2120Simple user interface to change `mh-invisible-headers'.
2121
2122*** mh-letter-complete-function
2123
2124Function to call when completing outside of fields specific to
2125aliases. By default, it is bound to 'ispell-complete-word.
2126
2127*** mh-show-threads-flag
2128
2129Non-nil means new folders start in threaded mode. Threading large
2130number of messages can be time consuming. So if the flag is non-nil
2131then threading will be done only if the number of messages being
2132threaded is less than `mh-large-folder' (closes SF #646794).
2133
2134*** mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons
2135
2136Buttons to include in MH-E folder/show toolbar.
2137
2138*** mh-tool-bar-letter-buttons
2139
2140Buttons to include in MH-E letter toolbar.
2141
2142** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.1
2143
2144*** mh-get-new-mail
2145
2146Call new function `mh-add-cur-notation' to undo the work of
2147`mh-remove-cur-notation' if there was no new mail (closes SF #647681).
2148
2149*** mh-set-cmd-note
2150
2151No longer updates the default `mh-cmd-note' value. This resulted in
2152the misplacement of the current mark when the message number width
2153changed (closes SF #643701).
2154
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2156
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2158
2159This is a major release which includes a lot of new features including
2160improved MIME handling, speedbar folder browsing, and indexed
2161searching. In this version, MH-E runs under XEmacs, passes checkdoc,
2162and compiles clean under all supported platforms.
2163
2164The "passes checkdoc" feature above required changing the name of
2165several user-visible variables. It is likely that this affects you.
2166Please be sure to see the table at the end of these notes and rename
2167your variables accordingly.
2168
2169MH-E has been written mh-e, Mh-e, MH-e and MH-E. We have decided that
2170the proper term should be MH-E. Please try to use MH-E in your
2171writing.
2172
2173** New Features in MH-E 7.0
2174
2175*** Speedbar
2176
2177There is now support for the speedbar. Try "M-x speedbar" (closes SF
177c0ea7 2178#503727).
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2179
2180Press the middle mouse button on the `+' icons to open a folder,
2181middle mouse button on a folder name to open the folder. Folders with
2182unseen messages are shown in bold, so this is a handy way to browse
2183new messages that you have filed with procmail or slocal.
2184
2185See the new customization variable `mh-large-folder,' which controls
2186when the speedbar asks for how many messages to scan when opening a
2187large folder and `mh-speed-run-flists-flag' whose default value of t
2188means to use the flists command to populate the count of unseen and
2189total messages in each folder.
2190
2191*** Indexed Search
2192
2193Interoperability with swish++, swish, glimpse, and namazu has been
2194added to enable lightening-fast searches of your mail. If none of
2195these are present, grep is used. Try "F i (mh-index-search)".
2196
2197For more information, read the documentation for the functions
2198`mh-swish++-execute-search,' `mh-swish-execute-search,'
2199`mh-namazu-execute-search,' or `mh-glimpse-execute-search' depending
2200on your preferred indexing program to see what kind of setup is needed
2201to generate the index.
2202
2203*** Threading
2204
2205Use "T t (mh-toggle-threads)" to view the threads in the folder. Use
2206it again to return to a non-threaded view.
2207
2208*** Brief Help
2209
2210Use "? (mh-help)" and "X ? (mh-prefix-help)," where X is a prefix
2211character, for a brief synopsis in the minibuffer of frequently used
2212commands. In the MH-Letter or MH-Pick buffers, use "C-c ? (mh-help)"
2213(closes SF #493740).
2214
2215*** Folder Keymap Shared by Show Buffer
2216
2217You can now use the MH-Folder mode commands from the MH-Show buffer.
2218Because of this, the MH-Show buffer is now read-only (closes SF
2219#493749 and SF #527946) and you now have to use "M (mh-modify)" to
2220edit a message.
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2222*** Better Scanning
2223
2224You no longer have to modify your scan format if your folders have
2225more than 9999 messages in them. If you've only modified your scan
2226format file to allow for the wider message numbers, consider using the
2227default behavior of MH-E and simplify your MH-E configuration
2228considerably (closes SF #635791).
2229
2230To do this, you may have to remove your modifications of
2231`mh-scan.*-regexp' and `mh-cmd-note' and your customization of
2232`mh-scan-format-file'.
2233
2234You may still want the updated format files for running MH commands
2235outside of MH-E; the default of `mh-scan-format-file' will cause them
2236to be ignored.
2237
2238If you prefer fixed-width message numbers, set the new customization
2239variable to nil , set this variable to
2240nil and call `mh-set-cmd-note' with the width specified by the scan format in
2241`mh-scan-format-file'. For example, the default width is 4, so you would use
2242"(mh-set-cmd-note 4)" if `mh-scan-format-file' were nil.
2243
2244*** X-Face
2245
2246MH-E now displays the content of the X-Face header field in the From
2247field. When sending a message, an X-Face field is appended to the
2248header if it doesn't already exist and "~/.face" is present. See the
2249new customization variables `mh-show-use-xface-flag' and `mh-x-face-file'
2250(closes SF #480770).
2251
2252MH-E depends on the external x-face package found in
2253ftp://ftp.jpl.org/pub/elisp/ to do this. The `uncompface' binary is
2254also required to be in the execute PATH. It can be obtained from:
2255http://freshmeat.net/redir/compface/1439/url_tgz/compface-1.4.tar.gz.
2256
2257It has also been observed that if you don't see the faces, you might
2258have to do this (for unknown reasons):
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2260 mv /usr/local/include/compface.h /usr/include/
2261
2262*** Graphical Smileys
2263
2264Smiley's are now converted to cute little images. See the new
2265customization variable `mh-graphical-smileys-flag.'
2266
2267*** Text Emphasis
2268
2269ASCII formatting is now converted to the appropriate font. For
2270example, _underline_ is underlined, *bold* appears in bold, /italic/
2271appears in italic, etc. See `gnus-emphasis-alist' for the whole list.
2272See the new customization variables `mh-decode-mime' and
2273`mh-graphical-emphasis-flag.'
2274
2275*** Attachment Handling
2276
2277Inline attachments are now displayed. Regular attachments appear as
2278buttons in show buffer. Use "K TAB (mh-next-button)" or "K SHIFT-TAB
2279(mh-prev-button)" to cycle through these buttons. Use "K v
2280(mh-folder-toggle-mime-part)" to view, "K o
2281(mh-folder-save-mime-part)" to save one part or "K-a
2282(mh-save-mime-parts)" to save all parts, or "K i
2283(mh-folder-inline-mime-part)" to view the attachment inline.
2284
2285See the new customization variable `mh-decode-mime' for additional
2286information. Other customization variables that affect this new feature
2287include `mh-store-mime-parts-default-directory' and
2288`mh-display-buttons-for-inline-parts-flag'.
2289
2290HTML documents can be viewed inline if Gnus v5.10 and w3 or w3m lisp
2291packages are present. Set the customization variable
2292`mm-text-html-renderer' accordingly (closes SF #453352).
2293
2294*** Quoted-printable Handling
2295
2296Quoted-printable body parts are now decoded.
2297
2298*** More Choices for `mh-yank-from-start-of-msg'
2299
2300Historically, if this variable was t, the entire message, with full
2301headers would be included and every line would begin with
2302`mh-ins-buf-prefix.' This usage is deprecated in favor of the setting
2303`supercite' below. The default has been changed to `attribution.' The
2304following symbols are now understood:
2305
2306`body': yank the message minus the header.
2307
2308`supercite': include the entire message, with full headers. This also
2309causes the invocation of `sc-cite-original' without the setting of
2310`mail-citation-hook', now deprecated practice.
2311
2312`autosupercite': do as for `supercite' automatically when show buffer
2313matches the message being replied-to.
2314
2315`attribution': yank the message minus the header and add a simple
2316attribution line at the top.
2317
2318`autoattrib': do as for `attribution' automatically when show buffer
2319matches the message being replied-to.
2320
2321There is a new customization variable called
2322`mh-extract-from-attribution-verb' which is used for attribution which
2323provides a method for setting a different language.
2324
2325*** Use Gnus mml Instead of mhn
2326
2327When inserting attachments into a message draft, Gnus mml directives
2328are now used instead of mhn directives. One beneficial side-effect of
2329this is that attachments can now appear inline as well as separate.
2330
2331The new customization variable `mh-compose-insertion' controls whether
2332Gnus or mhn is used to insert MIME message directives in messages
2333(default: 'gnus, if the mml library exists).
2334
2335*** Content-Type Now Obtained Automatically
2336
2337The value of the Content-Type no longer needs to be entered by the
2338user.
2339
2340*** Attachments Automatically Included Upon Send
2341
2342You no longer have to run "C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" before sending a
2343message with attachments--this is done automatically when you send the
2344message with "C-c C-c (mh-send-letter)". There is, however, a new key
2345binding "C-c C-m m (mh-mml-to-mime)" which is analogous to "C-c C-e
2346(mh-edit-mhn)".
2347
2348*** GPG Handling
2349
2350Messages that have been signed or encrypted with GPG are verified and
2351decrypted automatically. To sign or encrypt a message, use "C-c RET
2352C-s (mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime)" and "C-c C-m C-e
2353(mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime)." You need Gnus version 5.10
2354for this feature. These functions are provided by the pgg.el package.
2355
2356Users report "flashing" with the pgg.el package and prefer the gpg.el
2357package instead. To use gpg.el instead of the pgg.el package you need:
2358
2359 (setq mml2015-use 'gpg)
2360
2361To mimic automatic encryption in gpg.el, use:
2362
2363 (setq mm-verify-option 'always)
2364 (setq mm-decrypt-option 'always)
2365
2366The venerable mailcrypt package is also an option. However, now that
2367show buffers are read-only, mailcrypt version 3.5.6 and older fail
2368when they attempt to decrypt the contents.
2369
2370*** Mail-Followup-To Header Field
2371
2372Support for this controversial field has been added because nmh
2373supports it (closes SF #627035). If you want to add it to outgoing
2374mail for selected mailing lists, add those mailing lists to the new
2375customization variable `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-list.' If you think
2376this field is evil, set the new customization variable
2377`mh-insert-mail-followup-to-flag' to nil.
2378
2379*** Gnus Issues
2380
2381If you update Gnus, you must recompile MH-E. Note that if you are
2382running the stock version of MH-E that comes with Emacs or the MH-E
2383package on a Debian GNU/Linux, this is done for you.
2384
2385** New Variables in MH-E 7.0
2386
2387New customization variables not mentioned earlier include:
2388
2389*** mh-letter-insert-signature-hook
2390
2391Invoked at the beginning of the "C-c C-s (mh-insert-signature)"
2392command. Can be used to determine which signature file to use based on
2393message content. On return, if `mh-signature-file-name' is non-nil
2394that file will be inserted at the current point in the buffer.
2395
2396*** mh-show-maximum-size
2397
2398Maximum size of message (in bytes) to display automatically. Provides
2399an opportunity to skip over large messages which may be slow to load.
2400Use a value of 0 to display all messages automatically regardless of
2401size (closes SF #488696).
2402
2403*** mh-tool-bar-reply-3-buttons-flag
2404
2405Non-nil means use three buttons for reply commands in tool-bar. If you
2406have room on your tool-bar because you are using a large font, you may
2407set this variable to expand the single reply button into three buttons
2408that won't lead to minibuffer prompt about who to reply to.
2409
2410** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.0
2411
2412*** mh-delete-msg, mh-refile-msg, mh-undo
2413
2414Mandrake Linux includes XEmacs initialization code that binds
2415`transient-mark-mode' which causes problems in MH-E. These problems
2416have been fixed (closes SF #541915).
2417
2418*** mh-edit-again
2419
2420This would sometimes yield a read-only buffer. This has been fixed
2421(closes SF #624283 and SF #625538).
2422
2423*** mh-forward
2424
2425When using nmh, always specify -mime so as to preserve the original
2426message(s).
2427
2428*** mh-inc-folder
2429
2430If you had narrowed to a sequence and then incorporated new mail,
2431those new messages would not be present in your +inbox when you
2432widened. This has been fixed (closes SF #489430, SF #489437, SF
2433#629233).
2434
2435*** mh-insert-letter
2436
2437No longer uses mhl to include a message as this mangled the header and
2438gave supercite fits (closes SF #629153).
2439
2440*** mh-letter-mode
2441
2442"M-q (fill-paragraph)" now fills quoted paragraphs (for example,
2443starting with "> ") correctly (closes SF #489927).
2444
177c0ea7 2445*** mh-next-undeleted-msg, mh-previous-undeleted-msg
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2446
2447If there are no more undeleted messages the point remains at its
2448original position and a message is produced (closes SF #494304).
2449
2450*** mh-pick-mode
2451
2452Now calls `mh-pick-mode-hook' as documented.
2453
2454*** mh-put-msg-in-seq
2455
2456Now puts all messages in region in sequence (closes SF #630324).
2457
2458*** mh-refile-msg, mh-write-msg-to-file
2459
2460These functions stomped on the variables that held the name of the
2461last file and folder respectively for the other function. This has
2462been fixed so that the last folder or file name is preserved (closes
2463SF #580772).
2464
2465*** mh-region-to-sequence
2466
2467If the region in MH-Folder was set with "C-x h (mark-whole-buffer)",
2468you couldn't perform operations on all of the messages as you would
2469expect. This has been fixed (closes SF #621632).
2470
2471*** mh-reply
2472
2473Performing an undo the first thing after replying would blank out the
2474entire draft. Now just the insertion of the yanked message is undone
2475leaving the header and signature intact for additional editing (closes
2476SF #623693).
2477
2478*** mh-show-mode
2479
2480Now calls `mh-show-mode-hook' as documented (closes SF #627222).
2481
2482*** mh-subject-thread-to-sequence
2483
2484Make 'subject sequence a real one, exported to MH. This means you can,
2485for example, mh-forward it. But it also shows up with a mark in the
2486scan output (closes SF #489445).
2487
2488*** Other Bug Fixes
2489
2490The following bugs have also been closed:
2491
2492SF #495450: Folder buffer read-only after inc
2493SF #489706: mh-page-msg bombs out
2494SF #580772: mh-last-destination is overloaded
2495
2496*** Variables renamed to conform with Emacs coding conventions
2497
2498The coding conventions require that boolean variables end in -flag.
2499The following two tables show which variables were affected (closes SF
2500#627015).
2501
2502Customization Variables (defcustom)
2503
2504Old Name New Name
2505
2506mh-auto-folder-collect mh-auto-folder-collect-flag
2507mh-bury-show-buffer mh-bury-show-buffer-flag
2508mh-clean-message-header mh-clean-message-header-flag
2509mh-decode-quoted-printable mh-decode-quoted-printable-flag
2510mh-delete-yanked-msg-window mh-delete-yanked-msg-window-flag
2511mh-do-not-confirm mh-do-not-confirm-flag
2512mh-highlight-citation-p mh-highlight-citation
2513mh-insert-x-mailer-p mh-insert-x-mailer-flag
2514mh-print-background mh-print-background-flag
2515mh-recenter-summary-p mh-recenter-summary-flag
2516mh-recursive-folders mh-recursive-folders-flag
2517mh-reply-show-message-p mh-reply-show-message-flag
2518mh-show-use-goto-addr mh-show-use-goto-addr-flag
2519mh-update-sequences-after-mh-show mh-update-sequences-after-mh-show-flag
2520
2521Regular Variables (defvar)
2522
2523Old Name New Name
2524
2525mh-mhn-compose-insert-p mh-mhn-compose-insert-flag
2526mh-nmh-p mh-nmh-flag
2527mh-page-to-next-msg-p mh-page-to-next-msg-flag
2528
2529\f
2530
a1b4049d 2531* Changes in mh-e 6.1
a933dad1 2532
a1b4049d
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2533This is a minor release which includes a few bug fixes. The
2534distribution now includes the ChangeLog.
a933dad1 2535
a1b4049d 2536** New Features in mh-e 6.1
a933dad1 2537
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2538*** Fontification
2539
2540Unseen messages now displayed in bold.
2541
2542*** Viewing folders and sequences
2543
2544The folder and sequence listings that "F l (mh-list-folders)" and "S l
2545(mh-list-sequences)" create are now displayed in view mode.
2546
2547** Bug Fixes in mh-e 6.1
2548
2549*** mh-folder-unseen-seq-name
2550
2551Byte compilation failed when initializing this variable when the
2552user's MH environment was not set up. This has been fixed (closes
2553Debian #140232 and Debian #140817).
2554
2555*** mh-forward
2556
2557When forwarding a sequence, the mode of the draft would not be set to
2558MH-Letter correctly. This has been fixed (closes SF #489448).
2559
2560*** mh-insert-prefix-string
2561
2562Fixed to work under XEmacs. Thanks to Will Partain
2563<partain at dcs.gla.ac.uk>.
2564
2565*** mh-quit
2566
bdcfe844 2567mh-quit now cleans up the buffers named `mh-temp-buffer,'
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2568'mh-temp-folders-buffer' and 'mh-temp-sequences-buffer.'
2569
2570\f
2571* Changes in mh-e 6.0
2572
2573mh-e is now maintained at SourceForge (see
2574http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/). This is where you need to go to obtain
2575new versions of mh-e, report bugs and receive support.
2576
2577The maintainers have moved much of their personal configurations into
2578the codebase, so you may find that you may be able to reduce your mh-e
2579customizations as well.
2580
2581There are several incompatibilities in this version from older
2582versions. Please read the following notes carefully for details. Pay
2583particular attention to the key binding changes in the MH-Folder
2584section. If you have customized your scan format, you will want to
2585read about the new variable `mh-scan-format-file'.
2586
2587The manual could not be updated in time for this release. It will be
2588updated in the near future. If the Preface in your manual indicates
2589the older version (version 1.3, for mh-e version 5.0.2), please check
2590the following page occasionally for an update:
2591
2592 https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13357
2593
2594
2595** New Features in mh-e 6.0
2596
2597*** Customization
2598
2599mh-e now uses the customize feature of Emacs. Use "M-x customize-group
2600mh RET" to customize mh-e.
2601
2602*** Menus
2603
2604All mh-e modes now provide menus that contain most mh-e functions.
2605
2606*** Toolbars
2607
2608All mh-e modes now have toolbar buttons for oft-used functions (Emacs 21).
2609
2610*** Fontification
2611
2612All mh-e buffers now have font-lock keywords. To use, either call
2613(turn-on-font-lock) from the appropriate hook, or set
2614`global-font-lock-mode' to t. To customize, use "M-x
2615customize-apropos-faces ^mh RET".
2616
2617If you have customized your scan lines, you will have to update your
2618scan regexps. The existing regexps were changed to extract a match so
2619you will have to add appropriate grouping constructs to take advantage
2620of the fontification. Your old settings will continue to work, but the
2621folder will not be fontified. For example:
2622
2623 (setq mh-good-msg-regexp "^\\(.....\\)[^D^]")
2624
2625You will most likely have to update the new variable
2626`mh-scan-subject-regexp' as well. There is another new variable
2627`mh-scan-date-regexp' which you may also find useful. Run "M-x apropos
2628mh.*regexp" for a complete list.
2629
2630*** mail-user-agent support
2631
2632You can now set `mail-user-agent' to `mh-e-user-agent' so that packages
2633that need to send mail will use mh-e (closes SF #406883, SF #470024).
2634
2635*** replgroupcomps support
2636
2637If you reply to `cc' or `all' and you use nmh, the nmh repl option
2638-group will be used. This means that the file `replgroupcomps' will be
2639used. If you have customized `replcomps', you will definitely want to
2640either copy `$NMH_LIB/replgroupcomps' to your mail directory and modify
2641it the same way that you modified your `replcomps' file, or simply
2642copy your `replcomps' file to `replgroupcomps'.
2643
2644*** MH-Folder mode
2645
2646The variable `mh-summary-height' used to have a default of 4. It now
2647varies from 4 to 10 depending on the height of the frame.
2648
2649Clicking the mouse on a message shows that message.
2650
2651Delete, refile and undo now operate on a region (but only if
2652`transient-mark-mode' is non-nil).
2653
2654SPC (mh-page-msg) now displays the message if it is not already
2655visible. If the bottom of a message is showing, SPC (mh-page-msg)
2656moves to the next message (respecting the direction you are moving
2657through the folder).
2658
177c0ea7 2659The threading commands "T u (mh-next-unseen-subject-thread)",
a1b4049d
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2660"T t (mh-toggle-subject-thread)", "T s (mh-narrow-to-subject-thread)",
2661and "T k (mh-delete-subject-thread)" have been added. These functions
2662do not offer threading in the true sense of the word, but do allow
2663some manipulation by subject.
2664
2665Major, major keymap changes. This was done to free up movement
2666commands in the buffer, and to provide for additional features, such
2667as the threading commands. At the same time, better and more
2668consistent mnemonics were realized that should make it easier to
2669remember key bindings.
2670
2671Added new sub-keymaps for folder commands, sequence commands,
cd1181db 2672extraction commands, and digest commands which begin with F, S,
a1b4049d
BW
2673X, and D, respectively. These sub-keymaps allowed some consistency
2674(e.g., especially with l(ist) and k(ill)).
2675
2676Here are the actual changes and rationale:
2677
2678Old New Rationale
2679
2680e - Deleted. Already have x. Now used by mh-edit-again.
2681j - Deleted. Already have g.
2682
2683M-a e Better mnemonic. Matches rmail. Frees movement command.
2684M-e E Better mnemonic. Consistent with e.
2685- S Why not? mh-sort-folder.
2686
2687M-f Fv Frees movement command
2688M-f Ff Alias (keep?)
2689M-f Fo Alias (keep?)
2690M-k Fk No reason but to keep with folder commands
2691M-l Fl No reason but to keep with folder commands
2692M-p Fp No reason but to keep with folder commands
2693M-r Fr Frees movement command
2694M-s Fs No reason but to keep with folder commands
2695M-u Fu No reason but to keep with folder commands
2696
2697M-% Sd Better mnemonic
2698M-# Sk Better mnemonic
2699M-q Sl Better mnemonic
2700C-xn Sn Frees up standard key binding
2701% Sp Better mnemonic for putting a message in a sequence
2702? Ss Shows sequences that message is in
2703C-xw Sw Frees up standard key binding
2704
2705M-n Xs Better mnemonic (extract shar)
2706M-n Xu Better mnemonic (extract uuencode)
2707
2708M-SPC D SPC Frees mark command
2709M-\177 D \177 No reason but to keep with digest commands
2710M-b Db Frees movement command
2711
2712As the number of variables increases, it is becoming important to
2713organize the mh-e namespace. Several variables having to do with the
2714format of scan lines were renamed, as follows:
2715
2716Old New
2717
2718mh-good-msg-regexp mh-scan-good-msg-regexp
2719mh-deleted-msg-regexp mh-scan-deleted-msg-regexp
2720mh-refiled-msg-regexp mh-scan-refiled-msg-regexp
2721mh-valid-scan-line mh-scan-valid-regexp
2722mh-cur-scan-msg-regexp mh-scan-cur-msg-number-regexp
2723- mh-scan-cur-msg-regexp
2724- mh-scan-rcpt-regexp
2725- mh-scan-format-regexp
2726mh-msg-number-regexp mh-scan-msg-number-regexp
2727mh-msg-search-regexp mh-scan-msg-search-regexp
2728
2729*** MH-Show mode
2730
2731While the MIME support is not complete, quoted-printable body parts
2732are now decoded.
2733
2734Some MTAs quote From at the beginning of the line with a ">". The ">"
2735is now removed in the display, but not on disk.
2736
2737*** MH-Letter mode
2738
2739New function "C-c C-o (mh-split-line)" splits lines in a draft
2740preserving the fill prefix and indentation. This is useful when
2741responding to several sentences in a single paragraph separately.
2742
2743"M-q (fill-paragraph)" can now be used on the message that is being
2744replied to. The fill prefix such as "> " is preserved.
2745
2746You no longer have to run "C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" manually as this is
2747now done automatically when the message is sent.
2748
2749The X-Mailer header field is now added to messages as they are sent.
2750
2751"C-c C-m C-i (mh-mhn-compose-insertion)" now makes a pretty good guess
2752at the type of file using the `file' command and no longer asks the
2753user for the media type. If the necessary version of `file' is not
2754available, the user is asked for the media type as before; however,
2755the list of media types is now taken from the system mailcap if
2756available. Failing that, the built-in list of types has been
2757supplemented so in most cases the type you need should be present
2758(closes SF #406883, #441179).
2759
2760** New Variables in mh-e 6.0
2761
2762New variables not mentioned earlier include:
2763
2764*** mh-insert-x-mailer-p
2765
2766Default value of t means that an X-Mailer header field should be
2767added.
2768
2769*** mh-reply-show-message-p
2770
2771The setting of this variable determines whether the MH show-buffer is
2772displayed with the current message when using mh-reply without a prefix
2773argument. Set it to nil if you already include the message
2774automatically in your draft using "repl: -filter repl.filter" in
2775"~/.mh_profile."
2776
2777*** mh-scan-format-file
2778
2779Specifies the format file to pass to the scan program. If t, the
2780format string will be taken from the either `mh-scan-format-mh' or
2781`mh-scan-format-nmh' depending on whether MH or nmh is in use. If nil,
2782the default scan output will be used.
2783
2784If you customize the scan format, you may need to modify a few
2785variables containing regexps that mh-e uses to identify specific
2786portions of the output. Use `M-x apropos RET mh-scan.*regexp' to
2787obtain a list of these variables.
2788
2789*** mh-scan-format-mh
2790
2791Scan format string for MH, provided to the scan program via the
2792-format arg. This format is identical to the default except that
2793additional hints for fontification have been added to the sixth
2794column.
2795
2796*** mh-scan-format-nmh
2797
2798Scan format string for nmh, provided to the scan program via the
2799-format arg. This format is identical to the default except that
2800additional hints for fontification have been added to the sixth
2801column.
2802
2803*** mh-show-use-goto-addr
2804
2805Non-nil means URLs and e-mail addresses are highlighted using
2806goto-addr in MH-Show buffer.
2807
2808*** mh-letter-fill-column
2809
2810Fill column to use in `mh-letter-mode'. This is useful to make the
2811lines a bit shorter to allow for quoting in replies.
2812
2813*** mh-folder-updated-hook
2814
2815Invoked when the actions in a folder (such as moves and deletes) are
2816performed. Variables that are useful in this hook include
2817`mh-delete-list' and `mh-refile-list' which can be used to see which
2818changes are being made to current folder, `mh-current-folder'.
2819
2820*** mh-unseen-updated-hook
2821
2822Invoked after the unseen sequence has been updated. The variable
2823`mh-seen-list' can be used to obtain the list of messages which will
2824be removed from the unseen sequence
2825
2826** Bug Fixes in mh-e 6.0
2827
2828*** mh-edit-again and mh-extract-rejected-mail
2829
2830Now insert a header separator (--------) which packages such as
2831mailcrypt expect.
2832
2833*** mh-find-progs
2834
2835Now uses `mhparam' to set `mh-lib-progs' and `mh-lib'. Added more
2836directories to `mh-progs' so that mh-e can autoconfigure in more
2837environments. Chances are that you no longer have to set these
2838variables, and if you do, you will only have to set `mh-progs'.
2839Unless, of course, you are using an ancient version of MH that doesn't
2840have `mhparam'.
2841
2842*** mh-folder-mode-map
2843
2844The DEL/<delete>/<backspace> change in Emacs 21 broke
2845`mh-previous-page'. This has been fixed (closes SF #228907).
2846
2847*** mh-forward
2848
2849If you had "forw: -mime" to your .mh_profile, forwarding a message
2850resulted in:
2851
2852 Search failed: "^------- Forwarded Message"
2853
2854In addition, the Subject field was not filled in. This has been fixed
2855(closes SF #223603).
2856
2857*** mh-kill-folder
2858
2859The user is now always prompted before this action; the variable
2860`mh-do-not-confirm' is no longer consulted here. Therefore users who
2861wanted to set `mh-do-not-confirm' but didn't because of the
2862`mh-kill-folder' dependency may now do so.
a933dad1 2863
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2864*** mh-make-folder-mode-line
2865
2866Properly deals with folders that do not have any lines in them. Prints
2867"no msgs" instead of "0 msgs". Does not try to print a range when
2868there are no messages.
2869
2870*** mh-mhn-compose-insertion
2871
2872Now gets the MIME type automatically (assuming the local file command
2873supports the -i and -b options). If this use of the file command is
2874not supported, the list of MIME types has been expanded to use the
2875system's mailcap file.
2876
2877*** mh-nmh-p
2878
2879This variable (t when nmh is in use rather than MH) assumed that the
2880string "nmh" is in `mh-lib-progs' or `mh-lib'. This has been fixed
2881(closes SF #441776).
2882
2883*** mh-refile-msg
2884
2885No longer lets you specify an empty folder (closes SF #476824).
2886
2887*** mh-regenerate-headers
2888
2889Now suppresses "scan: bad message list" messages.
2890
2891*** mh-print-msg
2892
2893This function was looking for `mhl' in the wrong place on nmh on
2894Redhat LINUX 7.0. This has been fixed (closes SF #481128).
2895
2896*** mh-show
2897
2898Now updates `cur' sequence after a message is shown (closes SF #481772).
2899
2900*** mh-showing
2901
2902Renamed variable and function to `mh-showing-mode' to conform with
2903minor mode conventions. Added optional arg to function so it would
2904behave like a normal minor mode: no or nil arg toggles mode, 0 arg
2905turns off, non-nil turns on. This fixed the error that occurred when
2906`desktop-create-buffer' recreated mh-e buffers because it was calling
2907`mh-showing' with an arg.
2908
2909*** mh-version
2910
2911Fixed for nmh. Now displays mh-e version correctly. Cleaned up output
2912and display `mh-progs', etc.
2913
2914*** mh-widen
2915
2916Now attempts to stay on the same message number (closes SF #480922).
2917
2918No longer wipes out pending deletes and refiles without warning
2919(closes SF #481036).
2920
2921\f
2922* Changes in mh-e 5.0.2
2923
2924This version contains additional minor changes to integrate it with
a933dad1
DL
2925reporter.el (requires reporter.el version 3.1c or later) and Emacs
292619.30. The mh-goto-msg function is much faster, which also speeds up
2927several other operations.
2928
a1b4049d
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2929\f
2930* Changes in mh-e 5.0.1
2931
2932This version contains minor changes from mh-e 5.0 to integrate it with
2933Emacs 19.29.
2934
2935\f
2936* User-visible changes to mh-e 5.0
2937
2938Note: This being a major release, there are many internal changes.
2939This document lists only changes to the external interfaces of mh-e.
2940
2941When upgrading, you must either explicitly reload the new versions of
2942all mh-e files that are already loaded or restart your Emacs.
a933dad1 2943
a933dad1 2944
a1b4049d
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2945** Major Changes and New Features in mh-e 5.0
2946
2947The emphasis for this release has been on consistency and
2948documentation. Many documentation strings were enhanced. Documentation
2949strings were changed to comments for internal functions and variables.
2950
2951*** There is now proper documentation in the form of a 75-page users
2952manual. The Texinfo source is mh-e.texi; the formatted Info document
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2954
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2955*** There is a new command `mh-update-sequences', which updates MH's
2956idea of what messages are in the Unseen sequence and what is the
2957current folder and message. `mh-quit' calls it. While
2958`mh-execute-commands' has always done this updating as a side effect,
2959the new function is faster.
a933dad1 2960
a1b4049d 2961*** The MH profile entry "Inbox:" is supported.
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2963*** If the show-buffer is modified, the user is queried before mh-e
2964reuses the buffer to show a different message. This buffer is also
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2965auto-saved and backed up correctly.
2966
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2967*** `mh-store-buffer' is significantly more robust. It now handles
2968messages created by a wide variety of packaging software. The status
2969message for `uudecode' includes the name of the file created. An error
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2970is signaled if the subprocess exits with a non-zero status.
2971
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2972*** `mh-search-folder' behaves predictably, adding messages found to
2973the `search' sequence. It correctly handles the case of no messages
2974found.
2975
2976*** `mh-burst-digest' (`M-b') now only rescans the part of the folder
2977affected by the burst. It is now much faster in a large folder.
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a933dad1 2979
a1b4049d 2980** New Hooks and Customization Variables in mh-e 5.0
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2982*** `mh-default-folder-for-message-function': new name for the old
2983`mh-msg-folder-hook', which wasn't a hook. The old name was confusing,
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2984leading people to think they could use `add-hook' with it, when
2985actually `setq' is the correct way.
2986
a1b4049d 2987*** `mh-sortm-args': When this variable is used has changed. Now
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a1b4049d 2989`mh-sort-folder'. The assumption is that for arguments you normally
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2990want, you would specify them in an MH profile entry.
2991
a1b4049d 2992*** `mh-mhn-args': new hook, a list of additional arguments to pass to
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2994
a1b4049d 2995*** `mh-edit-mhn-hook': new hook called by `mh-edit-mhn', the function
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2997
a1b4049d 2998*** `mh-folder-list-change-hook': new hook, called whenever the cached
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2999list of folders, `mh-folder-list', is changed.
3000
a1b4049d 3001*** `mh-find-path-hook': new hook, called when entering mh-e.
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a1b4049d 3003*** `mh-repl-formfile': new variable, used to change the format file
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3004used by `mh-reply' from the default of "replcomps".
3005
a1b4049d 3006*** New variables to customize the scan format and notating:
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3007`mh-note-deleted', `mh-note-refiled', `mh-note-seq', `mh-note-cur',
3008`mh-note-copied', `mh-note-printed'.
3009
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3011** Key Binding Changes in mh-e 5.0
3012
3013*** `RET' runs `mh-show' for consistency with the Finder and Info. The
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3014old binding `.' still works, but `RET' is now the standard binding.
3015
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3016*** `M-<' now runs `mh-first-msg' for consistency with `M->', which
3017runs `mh-last-msg'.
a933dad1 3018
a1b4049d 3019*** `C-c C-f C-d' in MH-Letter mode moves to a Dcc: header field.
a933dad1 3020
a1b4049d 3021*** `C-c C-f C-r' in MH-Letter mode moves to a From: header field.
a933dad1 3022
a1b4049d 3023*** `g' is now the standard binding for `mh-goto-msg'. The old binding
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3024`j' still works.
3025
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3027** Other Improvements and Changes to mh-e 5.0
3028
3029*** `mh-lpr-command-format' no longer passes the "-p" argument to
3030`lpr' by default. The mail header typically has the date anyway.
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a1b4049d 3032*** When prompting for a sequence name, if no sequences have been used
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3033yet, mh-e will offer the first sequence the current message is in.
3034
a1b4049d 3035*** The patterns of more mailers are recognized by
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3036`mh-extract-rejected-mail'.
3037
a1b4049d 3038*** `mh-insert-prefix-string' no longer wraps the call to the
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3039`mail-citation-hook' function in a `save-excursion' so the hook writer
3040can choose whether to leave point at the beginning or the end of the
3041yanked text.
3042
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3043*** `mh-write-msg-to-file': The prompt now refers to "message" or
3044"message body" depending on which will be written. (This is controlled
3045by a prefix argument.) The file defaults to the last-used file instead
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3046of supplying only the directory name.
3047
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3048*** mh-e uses message ranges when running MH commands. Thus "rmm 1 2 3
30494 6" is now "rmm 1-4 6". This change makes it less likely to overflow
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3050system argument list limits, and it might be faster, too.
3051
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3053** Bug Fixes to mh-e 5.0
3054
3055*** mh-e's idea of the unseen sequence now stays in sync with MH's
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3056better.
3057
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3058*** Functions that are supposed to find fields in the message header
3059no longer look in the message body.
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3061*** mh-e would sometimes fail to remove the "%" from a scan line when
3062the message was removed from a sequence if the message was also in the
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3063Previous sequence.
3064
a1b4049d 3065*** The variable `mh-inc-prog' is now correctly used in all places.
a933dad1 3066
a1b4049d 3067*** `mh-pipe-msg' runs the process in the correct directory.
a933dad1 3068
a1b4049d 3069*** A partially scanned folder will no longer lose the "/select"
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3070annotation when you execute marked deletes and refiles with `x'.
3071
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3073* Changes to mh-e 4.0
3074
3075This file is automatically generated from news-mh-e.txinfo. Do not edit.
3076
3077[MH-E-ONEWS has been incorporated here and removed. news-mh-e.txinfo
3078is no longer available.]
3079
3080Note: there are many internal changes to mh-e in this release. If you
3081have the previous version loaded into your Emacs, you will probably not
3082be able to load this version on top of it.
3083
3084** New Features in mh-e 4.0
3085
3086*** Background folder collection. The first time you are prompted for
3087a folder, you must wait while mh-e collects the names of all existing
3088folders. Now however, if you abort, collecting will continue in the
3089background, and you can do something else in Emacs until the
3090collection completes. Normally, mh-e will begin collecting folders
3091names in the background when you first load it; you can disable this
3092feature by setting `mh-auto-folder-collect' to nil.
3093
3094*** There is support for composing MIME messages using the `mhn'
3095program from MH 6.8. See the documentation string for mh-edit-mhn.
3096(While composing a letter, type `C-h k C-c C-e'.) See also mhn(1).
3097There is as yet no support for reading MIME messages.
3098
3099*** `mh-show', typically on `.', repositions to the start of the
3100message if the message is already visible. It used to do nothing in
3101this case.
3102
3103*** The function `mh-unshar-msg' is renamed `mh-store-msg'. It now
3104does uudecoding, too. Someday it should do MIME. It remembers the last
3105directory you used and offers it as the default for next time.
3106
3107*** New function `mh-header-display', on `,', displays the message
3108with all headers, including those normally not displayed. Type `.' to
3109display the message normally again.
3110
3111*** New function `mh-list-sequences' lists the sequences in use in the
3112current folder.
3113
3114*** New function `mh-version' displays version information about MH
3115and mh-e. Please use the output in bug reports.
3116
3117*** `mh-quit' now burys the folder buffer and show buffer.
3118
3119
3120** New hooks and customization variables in mh-e 4.0
3121
3122*** `mh-pick-mode-hook': new hook called by new mode `mh-pick-mode'.
3123The pick buffer didn't used to have its own mode. Another advantage of
3124`mh-pick-mode' is that `C-h m' works in the pick buffer.
3125
3126*** `mail-citation-hook': new variable for supercite.
3127
3128*** `mh-refile-msg-hook': new hook called by `mh-refile-msg' (and
3129`mh-refile-or-write-again' when refiling).
3130
3131*** `mh-msg-folder-hook': new hook used by `mh-refile-msg' and
3132`mh-to-fcc' to provide a default folder for user prompt.
3133
3134*** `mh-show-hook': new hook called by `mh-show'.
3135
3136*** `mh-delete-msg-hook': new hook called by `mh-delete-msg'.
3137
3138*** `mh-show-mode-hook': new hook called by new mode `mh-show-mode'
3139for `show-' buffers.
3140
3141*** `mh-comp-formfile': new variable so can customize `components'
3142file.
3143
3144*** `mh-sortm-args': new variable, a list of extra arguments to be
3145passed to sortm by `mh-sort-folder'. Give an argument to
3146`mh-sort-folder' to suppress this behavior.
3147
3148*** `mh-send-prog': new variable so can customize name of `send'
3149program in case of name conflicts.
3150
3151*** `mh-scan-prog': new variable so can customize name of `scan'
3152program to generate custom effects.
3153
3154*** `mh-inc-prog': new variable so can customize name of `inc' program
3155to do fancy management of incoming messages.
3156
3157*** `mh-forwarded-letter-subject': new function used by `mh-forward'
3158to compute the Subject line of the new message. It is a small function
3159which can be replaced by the user for customization. Uses the new
3160variable `mh-forward-subject-format', which allows some simple
3161customizations without rewriting even `mh-forwarded-letter-subject'.
3162
3163*** `mh-new-draft-cleaned-headers': new variable, header lines removed
3164by `mh-edit-again' and `mh-extract-rejected-mail' before offering a
3165message as a new draft.
3166
3167*** `mh-signature-file-name': new variable used by
3168`mh-insert-signature' to so can customize name of the file to insert.
3169
3170*** `mh-read-address': new function called to read all To: and Cc:
3171addresses.
3172
3173*** `mh-msg-folder-hook': new hook used by `mh-refile-msg' and
3174`mh-to-fcc' to provide a default folder for user prompt.
3175
3176
3177** Key binding changes in mh-e 4.0
3178
3179*** `,' runs new function `mh-header-display'. It is like `.' but it
3180displays *all* the headers.
3181
3182*** `M-#' runs the new function `mh-delete-seq'. One used to have to
3183type `C-u M-%' to delete a sequence.
3184
3185*** `<' no longer does `mh-first-msg', but `M->' now does
3186`mh-last-msg'. This allows first and last to be consistent (`>' was
3187taken) and is more likely to be discovered by chance anyway.
3188
3189*** `M-d' runs `mh-redistribute', `r' runs `mh-reply' (on the theory
3190that the more commonly used function should be easier to type, and the
3191obscure action of redistributing can be harder to type).
3192
3193*** `M-o' changed to `C-o' (`mh-write-msg-to-file'). It was
3194interfering with arrow keys for some people.
3195
3196*** `M-n' now runs `mh-store-msg' (formerly `mh-unshar-msg').
3197
3198*** `b' no longer runs `mh-quit'; use `q' instead. `b' may be used in
3199a future version for something else.
3200
3201
3202** Minor improvements to mh-e 4.0
3203
3204*** The mh-e code is now divided into multiple Emacs Lisp files, so it
3205starts up faster because Emacs doesn't have to load all of it at once.
3206(This change also makes it easier for the maintainer to manage
3207things.)
3208
3209*** When searching for the directory containing the MH programs,
3210search the user's PATH in addition to the built-in directories, to
3211increase the chance of finding the MH programs.
3212
3213*** The subject for a forwarded message no longer has ugly square
3214brackets around it.
3215
3216*** The name of the folder is no longer appears twice in the show
3217buffer mode line.
3218
3219*** When typing a folder name in the minibuffer, parent folders
3220complete to the trailing slash (/), for easier typing of subfolders.
3221
3222*** The folder buffer mode name changed from `mh-e scan' or `mh-e
3223show' to `MH-Folder', which makes the hook name easier to guess. Added
3224`mh-showing' to `minor-mode-alist' so there is still an indication in
3225the mode line of whether messages will be shown automatically.
3226
3227*** `mh-rename-seq' does completion on the old sequence name.
3228
3229*** If called by a user who has never used MH on this system before,
3230mh-e runs the MH program `install-mh' to get them set up.
3231
3232*** Undo history for previous messages is not kept to avoid wasting
3233memory.
3234
3235*** The internal temp buffer used by mh-e has `buffer-offer-save'
3236explicitly nil. This change benefits people who change the
3237`buffer-offer-save' default.
3238
3239
3240** Bug fixes to mh-e 4.0
3241
3242*** `mh-to-field': don't bomb if no To: field.
3243
3244*** `mh-get-new-mail': restore annotations, e.g., cur, even if no new
3245mail.
3246
3247*** `mh-rename-seq': verify that the new seq name was accepted by
3248`mark' before updating state.
3249
3250*** `mh-internal-seq': the Previous sequence is not notated, since it
3251would notate everything scanned.
3252
3253*** `mh-read-draft': don't call `find-file-noselect' so an
3254`auto-mode-alist' doesn't trigger `mh-letter-mode-hook' twice. Faster,
3255too.
3256
3257*** `mh-show': If user moves onto a message that doesn't exist, don't
3258leave the cursor in the show pane.
3259
3260*** `mh-delete-scan-msgs': use `equal', not `=', on the result of
3261`mh-get-msg-num', since it may be nil.
3262
3263*** `mh-get-field': do anchored search so searching for `reply-to:'
3264doesn't find `in-reply-to:'.
3265
3266*** `mh-widen': do nothing if not narrowed.
3267
3268*** `mh-clean-message-header': find end of headers even if no body.
3269
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3271This file is part of GNU Emacs.
3272
ab73e885 3273GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5b87ad55 3274it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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3275the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
3276(at your option) any later version.
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3277
3278GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
3279but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
3280MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
3281GNU General Public License for more details.
3282
3283You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
ab73e885 3284along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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3285
3286\f
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3287Local variables:
3288mode: outline
3289paragraph-separate: "[ \f]*$"
3290end:
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