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1 | User-visible changes to mh-e in version 5.0 from 4.1. |
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3 | Note: This being a major release, there are many internal changes. | |
4 | This document lists only changes to the external interfaces of mh-e. | |
5 | ||
6 | When upgrading, you must either explicitly reload the new versions of | |
7 | all mh-e files that are already loaded or restart your Emacs. | |
8 | ||
9 | mh-e 5.0.1 contains minor changes from mh-e 5.0 to integrate it with | |
10 | Emacs 19.29. | |
11 | ||
12 | mh-e 5.0.2 contains additional minor changes to integrate it with | |
13 | reporter.el (requires reporter.el version 3.1c or later) and Emacs | |
14 | 19.30. The mh-goto-msg function is much faster, which also speeds up | |
15 | several other operations. | |
16 | ||
17 | Major Changes and New Features in mh-e | |
18 | ====================================== | |
19 | ||
20 | The emphasis for this release has been on consistency and | |
21 | documentation. Many documentation strings were enhanced. | |
22 | Documentation strings were changed to comments for internal functions | |
23 | and variables. | |
24 | ||
25 | There is now proper documentation in the form of a 75-page users | |
26 | manual. The Texinfo source is mh-e.texi; the formatted Info document | |
27 | is mh-e.info. | |
28 | ||
29 | There is a new command `mh-update-sequences', which updates MH's | |
30 | idea of what messages are in the Unseen sequence and what is the current | |
31 | folder and message. `mh-quit' calls it. While `mh-execute-commands' | |
32 | has always done this updating as a side effect, the new function is | |
33 | faster. | |
34 | ||
35 | The MH profile entry "Inbox:" is supported. | |
36 | ||
37 | If the show-buffer is modified, the user is queried before mh-e | |
38 | reuses the buffer to show a different message. This buffer is also | |
39 | auto-saved and backed up correctly. | |
40 | ||
41 | `mh-store-buffer' is significantly more robust. It now handles | |
42 | messages created by a wide variety of packaging software. The status | |
43 | message for `uudecode' includes the name of the file created. An error | |
44 | is signaled if the subprocess exits with a non-zero status. | |
45 | ||
46 | `mh-search-folder' behaves predictably, adding messages found to the | |
47 | `search' sequence. It correctly handles the case of no messages found. | |
48 | ||
49 | `mh-burst-digest' (`M-b') now only rescans the part of the folder | |
50 | affected by the burst. It is now much faster in a large folder. | |
51 | ||
52 | New mh-e Hooks and Customization Variables | |
53 | ========================================== | |
54 | ||
55 | `mh-default-folder-for-message-function': new name for the old | |
56 | `mh-msg-folder-hook', which wasn't a hook. The old name was confusing, | |
57 | leading people to think they could use `add-hook' with it, when | |
58 | actually `setq' is the correct way. | |
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60 | `mh-sortm-args': When this variable is used has changed. Now | |
61 | `mh-sortm-args' is passed if there IS a prefix argument to | |
62 | `mh-sort-folder'. The assumption is that for arguments you normally | |
63 | want, you would specify them in an MH profile entry. | |
64 | ||
65 | `mh-mhn-args': new hook, a list of additional arguments to pass to | |
66 | the `mhn' program if `mh-edit-mhn' is given a prefix argument. | |
67 | ||
68 | `mh-edit-mhn-hook': new hook called by `mh-edit-mhn', the function | |
69 | that formats MIME messages. | |
70 | ||
71 | `mh-folder-list-change-hook': new hook, called whenever the cached | |
72 | list of folders, `mh-folder-list', is changed. | |
73 | ||
74 | `mh-find-path-hook': new hook, called when entering mh-e. | |
75 | ||
76 | `mh-repl-formfile': new variable, used to change the format file | |
77 | used by `mh-reply' from the default of "replcomps". | |
78 | ||
79 | New variables to customize the scan format and notating: | |
80 | `mh-note-deleted', `mh-note-refiled', `mh-note-seq', `mh-note-cur', | |
81 | `mh-note-copied', `mh-note-printed'. | |
82 | ||
83 | Key Binding Changes in mh-e | |
84 | =========================== | |
85 | ||
86 | `RET' runs `mh-show' for consistency with the Finder and Info. The | |
87 | old binding `.' still works, but `RET' is now the standard binding. | |
88 | ||
89 | `M-<' now runs `mh-first-msg' for consistency with `M->', which runs | |
90 | `mh-last-msg'. | |
91 | ||
92 | `C-c C-f C-d' in MH-Letter mode moves to a Dcc: header field. | |
93 | ||
94 | `C-c C-f C-r' in MH-Letter mode moves to a From: header field. | |
95 | ||
96 | `g' is now the standard binding for `mh-goto-msg'. The old binding | |
97 | `j' still works. | |
98 | ||
99 | Other Improvements and Changes to mh-e | |
100 | ====================================== | |
101 | ||
102 | `mh-lpr-command-format' no longer passes the "-p" argument to `lpr' | |
103 | by default. The mail header typically has the date anyway. | |
104 | ||
105 | When prompting for a sequence name, if no sequences have been used | |
106 | yet, mh-e will offer the first sequence the current message is in. | |
107 | ||
108 | The patterns of more mailers are recognized by | |
109 | `mh-extract-rejected-mail'. | |
110 | ||
111 | `mh-insert-prefix-string' no longer wraps the call to the | |
112 | `mail-citation-hook' function in a `save-excursion' so the hook writer | |
113 | can choose whether to leave point at the beginning or the end of the | |
114 | yanked text. | |
115 | ||
116 | `mh-write-msg-to-file': The prompt now refers to "message" or | |
117 | "message body" depending on which will be written. (This is controlled | |
118 | by a prefix argument.) The file defaults to the last-used file instead | |
119 | of supplying only the directory name. | |
120 | ||
121 | mh-e uses message ranges when running MH commands. Thus "rmm 1 2 3 | |
122 | 4 6" is now "rmm 1-4 6". This change makes it less likely to overflow | |
123 | system argument list limits, and it might be faster, too. | |
124 | ||
125 | Bug Fixes to mh-e | |
126 | ================= | |
127 | ||
128 | mh-e's idea of the unseen sequence now stays in sync with MH's | |
129 | better. | |
130 | ||
131 | Functions that are supposed to find fields in the message header no | |
132 | longer look in the message body. | |
133 | ||
134 | mh-e would sometimes fail to remove the "%" from a scan line when the | |
135 | message was removed from a sequence if the message was also in the | |
136 | Previous sequence. | |
137 | ||
138 | The variable `mh-inc-prog' is now correctly used in all places. | |
139 | ||
140 | `mh-pipe-msg' runs the process in the correct directory. | |
141 | ||
142 | A partially scanned folder will no longer lose the "/select" | |
143 | annotation when you execute marked deletes and refiles with `x'. | |
144 |