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1* COPYRIGHT
2
acaf905b 3Copyright (C) 2001-2012 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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36
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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42*** Desktop fails to restore MH-Folder buffers
43
44When restoring MH folders from ".emacs.desktop", Emacs now opens them in
45the expected `mh-folder' mode instead of `dired-mode' (closes SF #1510145)
46
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47*** *MH-E Log* buffer can point to removed directory
48This was caused by using `set-buffer' instead of
49`with-current-buffer.' This has been fixed thanks to Stefan Monnier
50(closes SF #1903293).
51
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54* Changes in MH-E 8.2
55
bbe1ba5e 56Version 8.2 of MH-E appeared in GNU Emacs 23.1. This is a small
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57release that includes internal changes from the Emacs team. A new
58hook, `mh-pack-folder-hook', has been added.
59
60There is a known bug where you can't attach attachments in Emacs 21.
61This will be fixed in 8.2.1.
62
63** New Variables in MH-E 8.2
64
65*** mh-pack-folder-hook
66
67The `mh-pack-folder-hook' is run by `F p' (`mh-pack-folder') after
68renumbering the messages. Hook functions can access the current folder
69name with `mh-current-folder'.
70
71** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.2
72
73*** New version of mh-mm-save-part
74
75Several functions have been updated with code from Gnus 5.11 (closes
76SF #2235022).
77
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79
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80* Changes in MH-E 8.1
81
82Version 8.1 fixes some issues with forwarding messages, respects the
83MH environment variable, adds the abilities to use aliases with GPG
84and show HTML even though it is discouraged. A new hook,
85`mh-annotate-msg-hook', has been added.
86
87** New Features in MH-E 8.1
88
89*** Showing HTML When Text Is the Preferred Alternative
90
91The `:' (`mh-show-preferred-alternative') function displays the
92message with the default preferred alternative. This is as if
93`mm-discouraged-alternatives' was set to nil (closes SF #1777321).
94
95** New Variables in MH-E 8.1
96
97*** mh-annotate-msg-hook
98
99The `mh-annotate-msg-hook' hook is run whenever a message is sent and
100after the scan lines and message are annotated. Hook functions can
101access the current folder name with `mh-current-folder' and obtain the
102message numbers of the annotated messages with `mh-annotate-list'
103(closes SF #2032269).
104
105** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.1
106
107*** Can't Use Aliases with GPG
108
109GPG requires e-mail addresses, not aliases. So resolve aliases before
110passing addresses to GPG/PGP (closes SF #649226).
111
112*** mh-mml-forward-message: Disposition Should Be Inline
113
114The `f' (`mh-forward') function now forwards messages as inline
115attachments (closes SF #1378993).
116
117*** Illegal Filename Characters on Windows Filesystems
118
119The X-Image-URL cache created filenames with invalid characters on
120Windows. This has been fixed with assistance from Darel Henman (closes
121SF #1396499).
122
123*** Make Many Header Fields Invisible
124
125A vast landscape of header fields are now invisible. You may wish to
126browse `mh-invisible-header-fields-default' and clean up your
127`mh-invisible-header-fields' option. A permanent bug (SF #1916032) has
128been created where you can submit header fields that should be
129rendered invisible (closes SF #1701231).
130
131*** mh-forward Includes Messages in Reverse Order
132
133The `f' (`mh-forward') function now includes messages in ascending
134order (closes SF #1730393).
135
136*** Compile Fails on XEmacs 21.5 beta 28
137
138This has been fixed with help from Henrique Martins (closes SF
139#1749774).
140
141*** Rename Variant mu-mh to gnu-mh
142
143The GNU mailutils MH variant was named inconsistently. The variant has
144been renamed to gnu-mh throughout. Thanks to Darel Henman (closes SF
145#1768928).
146
147*** Respect MH environment Variable
148
149Even if the MH environment variable was set, an error was generated if
150"~/.mh_profile" was missing. This has been fixed thanks to Xavier
151Maillard (closes SF #1946861).
152
153*** Enhance mh-mairix-regexp-builder
154
155Additional items have been added to the Mairix search string in order
156to support org-mode. Thanks to Nick Dokos (closes SF #1965704).
157
158*** mh-mh-to-mime and mh-mh-to-mime-undo Reset Modes
159
160The functions `mh-mh-to-mime' and `mh-mh-to-mime-undo' would reset the
161buffer to fundamental mode. This has been fixed thanks to Sergey
162Poznyakoff (closes SF #1966722).
163
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166* Changes in MH-E 8.0.3
167
168Version 8.0.3 fixes errors in sending messages and in running spam
169filter commands in certain circumstances.
170
171** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0.3
172
173*** mh-send-args Cannot Be nil
174
175If `mh-send-uses-spost-flag' was set, an error would prevent the
176sending of messages. This has been fixed (closes SF #1564742).
177
178*** Missing Quotes in sa-learn Command Line
179
180This has been fixed (closes SF #1565460).
181
182*** Errors Associated with mh-junk-background
183
184The Spamassassin filter commands were used inconsistently and
185incorrectly; if `mh-junk-background' were nil, not all of the updating
186would happen correctly. In the other back-ends such as bogofilter and
187SpamProbe, a value of t for `mh-junk-background' would cause the
188commands associated with these filters to fail. These problems have
189been fixed (closes SF #1594802).
190
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193* Changes in MH-E 8.0.2
194
195Version 8.0.2 fixes the tool bar and `F n' on XEmacs, and `K a' on GNU
196mailutils.
197
198** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0.2
199
200*** Tool Bar Not Displayed in XEmacs
201
202The MH-E tool bar didn't show up in XEmacs; now it does. Thanks to Ted
203Phelps <phelps@gnusto.com> (closes SF #1506846).
204
205*** mh-mime-save-parts Assumes -store Default
206
207It was assumed that -store was the default for both mhn and mhstore.
208This has been fixed by using -store except when using nmh. Thanks to
209Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@Mirddin.farlep.net> (closes SF #1513140).
210
211*** F-n Doesn't Work
212
213The fix for SF #1499712 broke `F n' (`mh-index-new-messages') on
214XEmacs since a regular expression that XEmacs could not handle was
215added. This regexp has been fixed (closes SF #1514424).
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219* Changes in MH-E 8.0.1
220
221Version 8.0.1 works around a couple of bugs in GNU mailutils, spost,
222and Windows. MH-E now requires the use of version 1.0 of mailutils due
223to a bug in the folder command.
224
225** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0.1
226
227*** Infinite Loop When Searching (mailutils)
228
229The GNU mailutils folder command displays output when a folder doesn't
230exist. MH-E didn't expect this and responded with an infinite loop
231during searches. While this bug has since been fixed in mailutils,
232MH-E has been modified to work anyway (closes SF #1499712).
233
234*** spost Doesn't Have -msgid or -mime Flags
235
236The post replacement spost does not support the -msgid or -mime flags.
237A new variable `mh-send-uses-spost-flag' was added to control the use
238of these flags (closes SF #1486726).
239
240*** <2> in Search Folders Illegal in Windows
241
242The <2> suffix to the search folder names contain illegal filename
243characters in Windows. These cause searches to fail on Windows. This
244has been fixed by changing the suffix to -2 (closes SF #1507002).
245
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248* Changes in MH-E 8.0
249
250Version 8.0 supports GNU mailutils, S/MIME, picons, which-func-mode,
251sports an improved interface for hiding header fields, improves upon
252the MH variant detection, improves folder completion, makes the pick
253search equivalent to the other types of searches, spruces up the tool
254bar, creates the correct MIME type when including OpenOffice
255documents, works on a Mac, adds colors to buttons for signed or
256encrypted messages, incorporates new features introduced in
257Emacs 22.1, fixes a bunch of bugs, and best of all, comes with an
258updated manual!
259
260Internally, MH-E now sports a new software organization which will
261help future maintainability. As a side-effect, the number of XEmacs
262compilation warnings has plummeted from hundreds to just three. CVS
263users will notice that MH-E has been migrated from the CVS repository
264from SourceForge to Savannah (but only for those files that were
265already part of Emacs). As a result, the location of MH-E in the
266load-path has changed, and mh-e-autoloads.el was renamed to
267mh-autoloads.el. See section INSTALL in the README for details. While
268this migration will benefit maintainers, it will also benefit users:
269CVS Emacs users will not have to check out MH-E separately and welcome
270faster MH-E updates, and CVS MH-E users will welcome faster MH-E
271updates from Emacs developers. Read section CVS MH-E INSTALL in the
272README for details.
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274While not related to this release, the MH-E mailing lists are now
275gatewayed at gmane.org (closes SF #979308).
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277If you want to see the release notes for the alpha and beta releases
278leading up this release, please see:
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97af9a72 280 http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/emacs/emacs/etc/MH-E-NEWS?revision=1.25&view=markup
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7c36a00a 284** New Features in MH-E 8.0
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7c36a00a 286*** GNU mailutils Support
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7c36a00a 288MH-E now supports GNU mailutils 0.4 and higher versions.
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7c36a00a 290*** S/MIME Support
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7c36a00a 292MH-E now supports S/MIME using Gnus 5.10.6 or higher.
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7c36a00a 294*** Picon Support
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296In addition to the other methods of displaying an icon for the sender
297of a message, MH-E can now display images from a picon directory. The
298directory search path is found in the `mh-picon-directory-list'
299variable. More documentation is found in the "facedb" sections in the
300xfaces man page.
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7c36a00a 302*** Catchup Command
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304There is a new `F c' (`mh-catchup') command that marks all unread
305messages in the current folder as read.
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7c36a00a 307*** Use which-func-mode to Display Folder in Index Mode
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309Turning on `which-func-mode' displays the folder name of the message
310under the cursor in index folders (closes SF #855520).
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7c36a00a 312*** Quick Key Help
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314The `?' (`mh-help') function now displays the help in its own buffer
315called *MH-E Help* (closes SF #493740 and SF #656631).
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7c36a00a 317*** Search Unification
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319The old `F s' behavior of adding messages to the search sequence has
320been removed. The `F i' keybinding was deprecated and the new `F s'
321(`mh-search') command is used to initiate either indexed or pick
322searches. Within the MH-Search buffer (renamed from MH-Pick), the
323command `C-c C-p' (`mh-pick-do-search') now runs pick on the given
324folder recursively and displays the results in a search folder like
325the other search methods (closes SF #829207).
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7c36a00a 327*** Entry Points Have Moved
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329Emacs 21 users must now add `(require 'mh-autoloads)' because the
330entry points (such as `mh-rmail' and `mh-smail') have moved to
331different files which have made the autoloads that come with Emacs
332inaccurate. This change was necessary because the code was reorganized
333to remove circular dependencies, to make the code more stable and
334maintainable, and to reduce the time to load MH-E.
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7c36a00a 336*** MH-Folder Keymap Changes
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338There is now a keymap for the printing functions whose prefix is `P'.
339The command `l' (`mh-print-msg') has been replaced with `P l' although
340we suggest you use the new `P p' instead.
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7c36a00a 342Key 7.4.4 8.0
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344; - mh-toggle-mh-decode-mime-flag
345l mh-print-msg -
346/ f mh-narrow-to-from -
347/ r mh-narrow-to-range -
348/ g - mh-narrow-to-range
349/ m - mh-narrow-to-from
350F c - mh-catchup
351F i mh-index-search -
352F s mh-search-folder mh-search
353K e - mh-display-with-external-viewer
354K t - mh-toggle-mime-buttons
355P ? - mh-prefix-help
356P C - mh-ps-print-toggle-color
357P F - mh-ps-print-toggle-faces
358P f - mh-ps-print-msg-file
359P l - mh-print-msg
360P p - mh-ps-print-msg
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7c36a00a 362*** MH-Letter Keymap Changes
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364The change where `mh-letter-mode' derives from `mail-mode' adds a few
365keybindings. Some are interesting: experiment! Only the keybinding
366changes for MH-E functions are listed here.
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368Most of the changes have to do with the renaming of the functions with
369"mhn" in them to "mh" because nmh doesn't use `mhn'. The names were
9b053e76 370also made consistent with the family of "mml" functions.
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372The type of signing or encryption has been generalized so the method
373is now an option rather than a part of the function's name. The option
374is `mh-mml-method-default' and choices include PGP (MIME), PGP,
375S/MIME, or none.
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7c36a00a 377Key 7.4.4 8.0
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379C-c C-e mh-edit-mhn mh-mh-to-mime
380C-c RET C-e mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime
381 mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt
382C-c RET C-g - mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp
383C-c RET C-n - mh-mml-unsecure-message
384C-c RET C-s mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime
385 mh-mml-secure-message-sign
386C-c RET C-t - mh-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar
387C-c RET C-u mh-revert-mhn-edit mh-mh-to-mime-undo
388C-c RET C-x - mh-mh-compose-external-type
389C-c RET e mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime
390 Prefix Command
391C-c RET e e - mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt
392C-c RET e s - mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt
393C-c RET g - mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp
394C-c RET n - mh-mml-unsecure-message
395C-c RET s - Prefix Command
396C-c RET s e - mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt
397C-c RET s s - mh-mml-secure-message-sign
398C-c RET t - mh-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar
399C-c RET u mh-revert-mhn-edit mh-mh-to-mime-undo
400C-c RET x - mh-mh-compose-external-type
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402C-c C-f C-a - mh-to-field
403C-c C-f C-l - mh-to-field
404C-c C-f RET - mh-to-field
405C-c C-f a - mh-to-field
406C-c C-f l - mh-to-field
407C-c C-f m - mh-to-field
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7c36a00a 409*** MH-Search Keymap Changes
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411These are the changes associated with the new search mode. The command
412`C-c C-c' (`mh-index-do-search') now performs the standard indexed
413search, while `C-c C-p' (`mh-pick-do-search') runs pick as before,
414only better!
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416The `mh-to-field' keybindings were adjusted to be consistent with
417those in the MH-Letter mode.
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7c36a00a 419Key 7.4.4 8.0
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421C-c C-c mh-do-search mh-index-do-search
422C-c C-f C-d mh-to-field -
423C-c C-f C-f mh-to-field -
424C-c C-f C-r mh-to-field -
425C-c C-f RET - mh-to-field
426C-c C-f d mh-to-field -
427C-c C-f f mh-to-field -
428C-c C-f m - mh-to-field
429C-c C-f r mh-to-field -
430C-c TAB mh-index-do-search -
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7c36a00a 432*** Updates to X-Image-URL
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434Now support the use of `curl' and `fetch' as alternatives to `wget' to
435obtain the image. The display of images are controlled with the
436`mh-show-use-xface-flag' option while the `mh-fetch-x-image-url'
437option controls how the images are fetched.
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439The default of `mh-fetch-x-image-url' has been changed to "Never
440Fetch." Those of you who like the value of "Ask Before Fetching" will
441have to customize this option (closes SF #831278).
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443WARNING: There are security concerns with this feature. Please read
444the documentation for these options carefully before changing the
445default.
dec817ba 446
7c36a00a 447*** Updates to mh-identity-list
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449Note that the field names found in `mh-identity-list' that refer to
450the fields in `mh-identity-handlers' have changed in an incompatible
451way from 7.4.4. In general, the symbolic names now have a ":" prefix
452to avoid collisions with header fields. Before starting Emacs, edit
453your .emacs and insert ":" before "signature" if you have defined it.
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455You can change your attribution in replies with the new "Attribution
456Verb" field, and you can set your default GPG user ID with the "GPG
457key ID" field.
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459Signatures can now be read from the `mh-signature-file-name' variable,
460or come from a function, in addition to a named file. If you write
461your own function, variables that you can use include
462`mh-signature-separator-regexp', `mh-signature-separator',
463and `mh-signature-separator-p'.
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465The handling of these fields has been moved into a new
466`mh-identity-handlers' option, an alist of fields (strings) and
467handlers (functions). Strings are lowercase. Use ":signature" for
468Signature and ":pgg-default-user-id" for GPG Key ID. The function
469associated with the string "default" is used if no other functions are
470appropriate. For this reason, don't name a header field "Default".
0951cd36 471
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472If you point your signature at a vCard file with a vcf suffix, then it
473will be incorporated as a vCard body part (closes SF #802723).
5384dc93 474
7c36a00a 475*** Updates to Speedbar
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477The speedbar now renders the folders with unseen messages in boldface
478which makes them easier to identify (closes SF #623369).
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7c36a00a 480*** Updates to mh-msg-is-in-seq
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482Can now specify an alternate message number to `S s'
483(`mh-msg-is-in-seq') with a prefix argument.
c80ba99d 484
7c36a00a 485*** Updates to mh-to-field-choices
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487In MH-Letter mode, you can use the `C-c C-f' (`mh-to-field') prefix to
488go to and insert fields. The fields `Reply-To:', `Mail-Reply-To:',
489`Mail-Followup-To:' can now be created via the `C-r', `C-a' (for
490author), and `C-l' keys respectively. The key for the `From:' field
491has been renamed from `C-r' to `C-m' for consistency with `mail-mode'
492(closes SF #1400139).
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7c36a00a 494*** Change Content-Type Renderer on the Fly in MH-Show Buffer
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496This has been implemented by adding the key binding `K e'
497(`mh-display-with-external-viewer'). For inline text/html parts,
498buttons aren't displayed by default. In that case use `K t'
499(`mh-toggle-mime-buttons') to display the button before viewing it
500with an external browser (closes SF #839318).
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501
502*** MH-E No Longer Calls install-mh
503
504The new variant detection code makes use of `mhparam' which assumes
505that your MH environment has already been set up. The code to call
506`install-mh', which could no longer be run anyway, was removed.
507
7c36a00a 508*** Add :package-version Keyword to Options
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510This `defcustom', `defgroup', and `defface' keyword was introduced in
511Emacs 22.1. MH-E has been extended to take advantage of it. With this
512keyword, you can now use `M-x customize-changed-options' to see what
513options in MH-E have changed between versions of Emacs. In a future
514version of Emacs, you'll be able to see changes between MH-E versions
515as well (closes SF #1452724).
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7c36a00a 517*** Render Signature and vCard in Italics
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519This has been implemented. Use `mh-show-signature-face' to customize
520the face used (closes SF #802722).
c80ba99d 521
7c36a00a 522*** Derive mh-letter-mode from mail-mode
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524MH-Letter mode is now derived from `mail-mode'. We were able to delete
525a lot of code. In return, there are a few `mail-mode' commands that
526are available that may or may not be useful and the `mail-mode-hook'
527is run (closes SF #1385571).
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528
529*** Remove Emacs 20 Support
530
531As it turns out, we had already added some code that didn't work on
532Emacs 20. However, now we've formalized it and removed code that was
533present solely for Emacs 20 support (closes SF #1359240).
534
7c36a00a 535*** Glimpse Support Removed
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537Since glimpse isn't free, we cannot mention it. Glimpse has been
538removed from the option `mh-indexer-choices' (closes SF #831276).
c80ba99d 539
7c36a00a 540*** Use run-hook-with-args
c80ba99d 541
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542We use normal hooks whenever possible and do not use
543`run-hook-with-args' (with one documented exception) (closes SF
544#643702).
c80ba99d 545
7c36a00a 546\f
c80ba99d 547
7c36a00a 548** New Variables in MH-E 8.0
c80ba99d 549
7c36a00a 550*** mh-after-commands-processed-hook
c80ba99d 551
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552Hook run by `x' (`mh-execute-commands') after performing outstanding
553refile and delete requests.
c80ba99d 554
7c36a00a 555*** mh-alias-reloaded-hook
c80ba99d 556
7c36a00a 557Invoked by `mh-alias-reload' after reloading aliases.
c80ba99d 558
7c36a00a 559*** mh-auto-fields-prompt-flag
c80ba99d 560
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561On means to prompt before sending if fields in `mh-auto-fields-list'
562are inserted.
c80ba99d 563
7c36a00a 564*** mh-before-commands-processed-hook
c80ba99d 565
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566Renamed from `mh-folder-updated-hook'. It wasn't clear whether
567`mh-folder-updated-hook' was run before or after the commands were
568executed. We now provide both with clear names.
c80ba99d 569
7c36a00a 570*** mh-compose-forward-as-mime-flag
c80ba99d 571
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572On means that messages are forwarded as attachments (closes SF
573#827203).
c80ba99d 574
7c36a00a 575*** mh-default-folder-for-message-function
c80ba99d 576
7c36a00a 577Function to select a default folder for refiling or `Fcc:'.
c80ba99d 578
7c36a00a 579*** mh-forward-hook
c80ba99d 580
7c36a00a 581Invoked on the forwarded letter by `f' (`mh-forward').
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582
583*** mh-highlight-citation-style
584
585Renamed from `mh-highlight-citation-p' since it wasn't a boolean. The
586new name is also more descriptive.
587
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588*** mh-identity-handlers
589
590Handler functions for fields in `mh-identity-list'.
591
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592*** mh-insert-signature-hook
593
594Renamed from `mh-letter-insert-signature-hook' since most of the other
595hooks do not carry the mode in the prefix and because the new name is
596equally clear.
597
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598*** mh-invisible-header-fields-default
599
600List of hidden header fields. The header fields listed in this option
601are hidden, although you can check off any field that you would like
602to see. Header fields that you would like to hide that aren't listed
603can be added to the `mh-invisible-header-fields' option (closes SF
604#752045).
605
606The option `mh-visible-header-fields' has been deleted.
607
608*** mh-junk-background
609
610If on, spam programs are run in background. This used to be the
611default behavior but this could overwhelm a system if many messages
612were black- or whitelisted at once. The spam programs are now run in
613the foreground, but this option can be used to put them back in the
614background.
615
616*** mh-junk-disposition
617
618Renamed from `mh-junk-mail-folder' since this variable can accept
619values other than folder names.
620
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621*** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hooks
622
623Renamed from `mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook'. By convention,
624abnormal hooks, which this is, either have a -function or -hooks
625suffix.
626
627*** mh-mhl-format-file
628
629Renamed from `mhl-formfile' to put it in the MH-E namespace and to be
630consistent with other similar options.
631
632*** mh-mh-to-mime-hook
633
634Renamed from `mh-edit-mhn-hook'. We have a family of `mh-mml-to-mime'
635functions and variables; the older mhn functions and variables were
636renamed to have a consistent `mh-mh-to-mime' prefix.
637
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638*** mh-mml-method-default
639
640Default method to use in security tags.
641
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642*** mh-new-messages-folders
643
644Renamed from `mh-index-new-messages-folders' for clarity.
645
646*** mh-path
647
648Additional list of directories to search for MH.
649
650*** mh-redist-full-contents-flag
651
652On means the `dist' command needs entire letter for redistribution.
653This was previously a variable. It's now an option.
654
655*** mh-search-mode-hook
656
657Renamed from `mh-pick-mode-hook' as part of the
658`mh-index.el'/`mh-pick.el' merge into `mh-search.el'.
659
660*** mh-search-program
661
662Renamed from `mh-index-program' as part of the
663`mh-index.el'/`mh-pick.el' merge into `mh-search.el'.
664
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665*** mh-signature-separator-flag
666
667On means a signature separator should be inserted. It is not
668recommended that you change this option since various mail user
669agents, including MH-E, use the separator to present the signature
670differently, and to suppress the signature when replying or yanking a
671letter into a draft.
672
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673*** mh-sortm-args
674
675Additional arguments for `sortm'. This was previously an internal
676variable. It's now an user-customizable option.
677
678*** mh-speed-update-interval
679
680Renamed from `mh-speed-flists-interval' for clarity.
681
682*** mh-ticked-messages-folders
683
684Renamed from `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders' for clarity.
685
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686*** mh-variant
687
688Specifies the variant used by MH-E. The default setting of this option
689is `Auto-detect' which means that MH-E will automatically choose the
690first of nmh, MH, or GNU mailutils that it finds in the directories
691listed in `mh-path', `mh-sys-path', and `exec-path'. If, for example,
692you have both nmh and mailutils installed and `mh-variant-in-use' was
693initialized to nmh but you want to use mailutils, then you can set
694this option to `mailutils'.
695
696When this variable is changed, MH-E resets `mh-progs', `mh-lib',
697`mh-lib-progs', `mh-flists-present-flag', and `mh-variant-in-use'
698accordingly.
699
700If you've set these variables in your .emacs, it is strongly suggested
701that you comment them out. The MH detection code has been completely
702rewritten and it is very likely that you no longer to set them and
703their setting may confuse other MH-E settings.
704
705*** mh-xemacs-tool-bar-position
706
707Renamed from `mh-xemacs-toolbar-position' per GNU Emacs naming conventions.
708
709*** mh-xemacs-use-tool-bar-flag
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710
711Renamed from `mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag' per GNU Emacs naming conventions.
712
713*** mh-yank-behavior
714
715Renamed from `mh-yank-from-start-of-msg' for clarity.
716
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717\f
718
719** Variables Deleted in MH-E 8.0
c80ba99d 720
7c36a00a 721*** mh-alias-system-aliases
c80ba99d 722
7c36a00a 723System definitions should not be a user option.
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724
725*** mh-edit-mhn-hook
726
727Renamed to `mh-mh-to-mime-hook'.
728
729*** mh-folder-updated-hook
730
731Renamed to `mh-before-commands-processed-hook'.
732
733*** mh-highlight-citation-p
734
735Renamed to `mh-highlight-citation-style'.
736
737*** mh-index-new-messages-folders
738
739Renamed to `mh-new-messages-folders'.
740
741*** mh-index-program
742
743Renamed to `mh-search-program'.
744
745*** mh-index-ticked-messages-folders
746
747Renamed to `mh-ticked-messages-folders'.
748
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749*** mh-junk-mail-folder
750
751Since this variable can accept values other than folder names, it was
752renamed to `mh-junk-disposition' to more accurately reflect the content.
753
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754*** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook
755
756Renamed to `mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hooks'.
757
758*** mh-letter-insert-signature-hook
759
760Renamed to `mh-insert-signature-hook'.
761
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762*** mh-pick-mode-hook
763
764Renamed to `mh-search-mode-hook'.
765
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766*** mh-show-use-goto-addr-flag
767
768This flag was redundant with and inconsistent with
769`goto-address-highlight-p' at the same time, so we removed it. Please
770customize `goto-address-highlight-p' if you wish to turn off email
771address and URL highlighting.
772
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773*** mh-speed-flists-interval
774
775Renamed to `mh-speed-update-interval'.
776
777*** mh-speed-run-flists-flag
778
779Deleted since setting `mh-speed-flists-interval' to 0 accomplishes the
780same thing.
781
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782*** mh-visible-header-fields
783
784Deleted since it would hide new header fields you might want to see.
785
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786*** mh-xemacs-toolbar-position
787
788Renamed to `mh-xemacs-tool-bar-position'.
789
790*** mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag
791
792Renamed to `mh-xemacs-use-tool-bar-flag'.
793
794*** mh-yank-from-start-of-msg
795
796Renamed to `mh-yank-behavior'.
797
7c36a00a 798*** mhl-formfile
c80ba99d 799
7c36a00a 800Renamed to `mh-mhl-format-file'.
c80ba99d 801
7c36a00a 802\f
c80ba99d 803
7c36a00a 804** New Faces in MH-E 8.0
c80ba99d 805
7c36a00a 806*** mh-folder-address
c80ba99d 807
7c36a00a 808Renamed from `mh-folder-address-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 809
7c36a00a 810*** mh-folder-body
c80ba99d 811
7c36a00a 812Renamed from `mh-folder-body-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 813
7c36a00a 814*** mh-folder-cur-msg-number
c80ba99d 815
7c36a00a 816Renamed from `mh-folder-cur-msg-number-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 817
7c36a00a 818*** mh-folder-date
c80ba99d 819
7c36a00a 820Renamed from `mh-folder-date-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 821
7c36a00a 822*** mh-folder-deleted
c80ba99d 823
7c36a00a 824Renamed from `mh-folder-deleted-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 825
7c36a00a 826*** mh-folder-followup
c80ba99d 827
7c36a00a 828Renamed from `mh-folder-followup-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 829
7c36a00a 830*** mh-folder-msg-number
c80ba99d 831
7c36a00a 832Renamed from `mh-folder-msg-number-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 833
7c36a00a 834*** mh-folder-refiled
c80ba99d 835
7c36a00a 836Renamed from `mh-folder-refiled-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 837
7c36a00a 838*** mh-folder-sent-to-me-hint
c80ba99d 839
7c36a00a 840Fontification hint face in messages sent directly to us.
c80ba99d 841
7c36a00a 842*** mh-folder-sent-to-me-sender
c80ba99d 843
7c36a00a 844Sender face in messages sent directly to us.
c80ba99d 845
7c36a00a 846*** mh-folder-subject
c80ba99d 847
7c36a00a 848Renamed from `mh-folder-subject-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 849
7c36a00a 850*** mh-folder-tick
c80ba99d 851
7c36a00a 852Renamed from `mh-folder-tick-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 853
7c36a00a 854*** mh-folder-to
c80ba99d 855
7c36a00a 856Renamed from `mh-folder-to-face' per new Emacs conventions.
c80ba99d 857
7c36a00a 858*** mh-letter-header-field
c80ba99d 859
7c36a00a 860Renamed from `mh-letter-header-field-face' per new Emacs conventions.
03ab074b 861
7c36a00a 862*** mh-search-folder
03ab074b 863
7c36a00a 864Renamed from `mh-index-folder-face'.
03ab074b 865
7c36a00a 866*** mh-show-cc
03ab074b 867
7c36a00a 868Renamed from `mh-show-cc-face' per new Emacs conventions.
03ab074b 869
7c36a00a 870*** mh-show-date
03ab074b 871
7c36a00a 872Renamed from `mh-show--face' per new Emacs conventions.
03ab074b 873
7c36a00a 874*** mh-show-from
03ab074b 875
7c36a00a 876Renamed from `mh-show-from-face' per new Emacs conventions.
d54e276a 877
7c36a00a 878*** mh-show-header
d54e276a 879
7c36a00a 880Renamed from `mh-show-header-face' per new Emacs conventions.
03ab074b 881
7c36a00a 882*** mh-show-pgg-bad
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883
884Face used to highlight a bad PGG signature.
885
7c36a00a 886*** mh-show-pgg-good
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887
888Face used to highlight a good PGG signature.
889
7c36a00a 890*** mh-show-pgg-unknown
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891
892Face used to highlight a PGG signature whose status is unknown. This
893face is also used for a signature when the signer is untrusted.
894
7c36a00a 895*** mh-show-signature
e495eaec 896
7c36a00a 897Face used to highlight the signature.
e495eaec 898
7c36a00a 899*** mh-show-subject
e495eaec 900
7c36a00a 901Renamed from `mh-show-subject-face' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 902
7c36a00a 903*** mh-show-to
e495eaec 904
7c36a00a 905Renamed from `mh-show-to-face' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 906
7c36a00a 907*** mh-show-xface
e495eaec 908
7c36a00a 909Renamed from `mh-show-xface-face' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 910
7c36a00a 911*** mh-speedbar-folder
e495eaec 912
7c36a00a 913Renamed from `mh-speedbar-folder-face' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 914
7c36a00a 915*** mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages
e495eaec 916
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917Renamed from `mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages-face' per new
918Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 919
7c36a00a 920*** mh-speedbar-selected-folder
e495eaec 921
7c36a00a 922Renamed from `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-face' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 923
7c36a00a 924*** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages
e495eaec 925
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926Renamed from `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages-face'
927per new Emacs conventions.
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928
929\f
930
7c36a00a 931** Faces Deleted in MH-E 8.0
eccf9613 932
7c36a00a 933*** mh-folder-address-face
eccf9613 934
7c36a00a 935Renamed to `mh-folder-address' per new Emacs conventions.
d103d8b3 936
7c36a00a 937*** mh-folder-body-face
d103d8b3 938
7c36a00a 939Renamed to `mh-folder-body' per new Emacs conventions.
e495eaec 940
7c36a00a 941*** mh-folder-cur-msg-face
f0d73c14 942
7c36a00a 943Deleted. Not used.
f0d73c14 944
7c36a00a 945*** mh-folder-cur-msg-number-face
f0d73c14 946
7c36a00a 947Renamed to `mh-folder-cur-msg-number' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 948
7c36a00a 949*** mh-folder-date-face
f0d73c14 950
7c36a00a 951Renamed to `mh-folder-date' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 952
7c36a00a 953*** mh-folder-deleted-face
f0d73c14 954
7c36a00a 955Renamed to `mh-folder-deleted' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 956
7c36a00a 957*** mh-folder-followup-face
f0d73c14 958
7c36a00a 959Renamed to `mh-folder-followup' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 960
7c36a00a 961*** mh-folder-msg-number-face
f0d73c14 962
7c36a00a 963Renamed to `mh-folder-msg-number' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 964
7c36a00a 965*** mh-folder-refiled-face
f0d73c14 966
7c36a00a 967Renamed to `mh-folder-refiled' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 968
7c36a00a 969*** mh-folder-subject-face
f0d73c14 970
7c36a00a 971Renamed to `mh-folder-subject' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 972
7c36a00a 973*** mh-folder-tick-face
f0d73c14 974
7c36a00a 975Renamed to `mh-folder-tick' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 976
7c36a00a 977*** mh-folder-to-face
f0d73c14 978
7c36a00a 979Renamed to `mh-folder-to' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 980
7c36a00a 981*** mh-index-folder-face
f0d73c14 982
7c36a00a 983Renamed to `mh-search-folder'.
f0d73c14 984
7c36a00a 985*** mh-letter-header-field-face
f0d73c14 986
7c36a00a 987Renamed to `mh-letter-header-field' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 988
7c36a00a 989*** mh-show-cc-face
f0d73c14 990
7c36a00a 991Renamed to `mh-show-cc' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 992
7c36a00a 993*** mh-show-date-face
f0d73c14 994
7c36a00a 995Renamed to `mh-show-date' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 996
7c36a00a 997*** mh-show-from-face
f0d73c14 998
7c36a00a 999Renamed to `mh-show-from' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 1000
7c36a00a 1001*** mh-show-header-face
f0d73c14 1002
7c36a00a 1003Renamed to `mh-show-header' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 1004
7c36a00a 1005*** mh-show-subject-face
f0d73c14 1006
7c36a00a 1007Renamed to `mh-show-subject' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 1008
7c36a00a 1009*** mh-show-to-face
f0d73c14 1010
7c36a00a 1011Renamed to `mh-show-to' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 1012
7c36a00a 1013*** mh-show-xface-face
f0d73c14 1014
7c36a00a 1015Renamed to `mh-show-xface' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 1016
7c36a00a 1017*** mh-speedbar-folder-face
f0d73c14 1018
7c36a00a 1019Renamed to `mh-speedbar-folder' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 1020
7c36a00a 1021*** mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages-face
f0d73c14 1022
7c36a00a 1023Renamed to `mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 1024
7c36a00a 1025*** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-face
f0d73c14 1026
7c36a00a 1027Renamed to `mh-speedbar-selected-folder' per new Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 1028
7c36a00a 1029*** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages-face
f0d73c14 1030
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1031Renamed to `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages' per new
1032Emacs conventions.
f0d73c14 1033
7c36a00a 1034\f
f0d73c14 1035
7c36a00a 1036** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0
f0d73c14 1037
7c36a00a 1038*** Face Variable Names Now Follow Current Conventions
f0d73c14 1039
7c36a00a 1040The -face suffix has been dropped from all face names.
f0d73c14 1041
7c36a00a 1042*** Swish Fixes
f0d73c14 1043
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1044Items in swish indexes that aren't mail messages are now handled more
1045gracefully.
f0d73c14 1046
7c36a00a 1047*** Spamassassin Fixes
f0d73c14 1048
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1049If you use spamassassin, there was an error when you tried to junk
1050mail if the option `mh-junk-background' was set. This has been fixed.
f0d73c14 1051
7c36a00a 1052*** Mairix Support
f0d73c14 1053
7c36a00a 1054Indexing now compatible with Mairix version 0.12 and later.
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1055
1056*** mh-extract-rejected-mail Can't Do MIME (and Other Formats)
1057
1058Now handles qmail and exim bounces (addresses SF #404965).
1059
1060*** mh-rmail Hangs in XEmacs
1061
1062We've determined that MH-E is incompatible with some versions of
1063XEmacs (21.5.9-21.5.16). More recent versions work fine. If you think
1064our list is too broad, please let us know which version of XEmacs you
1065are using (closes SF #644321).
1066
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1067*** Completions Offered by mh-refile-message Are Not Sorted
1068
1069This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #698734).
1070
1071*** Add Message-ID to Outgoing Messages
1072
1073If you replied to a message in your `+outbox', an `In-Reply-To:'
1074header field was created that broke threading at the recipient's end.
1075We now add a `Message-ID:' to outgoing messages which fixes this
1076(closes SF #725425).
1077
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1078*** Inconsistent Prompts
1079
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1080Emacs changed their defaults in prompts from "Prompt: [value]" to
1081"Prompt (default value): ". All MH-E prompts have been updated to
1082comply with the new standard and are therefore now consistent
1083throughout the application (closes SF #730470, SF #1275933).
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1084
1085*** Empty Shell Comments Confuse mh-mhn-directive-present-p
1086
1087If you had a string that matched the regexp "^# $" in your draft, it
1088would cause an error. This has been fixed (closes SF #762458).
1089
1090*** Quote Hashes When mhbuild Directives Used
1091
1092A related bug, if you had empty shell comments but inserted your own
1093directives, you'd get another error from mhbuild. This has been fixed
1094by quoting the hash ("^# $") like this "##" before submitting to
1095mhbuild (closes SF #762464).
1096
1097*** Inconsistent Usage in Scan Formatting Variables
1098
1099The variables:
1100
1101 mh-note-cur
1102 mh-note-deleted
1103 mh-note-dist
1104 mh-note-forw
1105 mh-note-refiled
1106 mh-note-repl
1107 mh-note-seq
1108
1109used to contain strings. Although only the first character was read,
1110the entire string would be inserted which may have caused problems.
1111These variables have been converted to character constants so that
1112only a single character can be inserted into the scan line (closes SF
1113#770772).
1114
1115*** Bad Handling of Aliases That Conflict With Local User Names
1116
1117If a user name existed both locally and in the aliases file, the local
1118user would be flashed, but the alias would be used when sending. This
1119has been fixed so that the user name that is flashed is the same as
1120the name that is sent (closes SF #772595).
1121
7c36a00a 1122*** Initialization Fails If ~/Mail Exists
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1124MH-E no longer calls `install-mh' so this issue has gone away (closes
1125SF #835192).
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1126
1127*** Not Re-prompted to Sign After Pass Phrase Typo
1128
1129If there were errors when sending a signed message (like getting the
1130pass phrase wrong), the MML markup remained in the draft buffer. The
1131draft buffer is now restored if there is an error (closes SF #839303).
1132
1133*** Font-lock Gets Confused in MH-Letter Buffer
1134
1135If a user manually moved the cursor to the end of the header field
1136separator line (by mouse click or keyboard navigation) and hit Enter
1137to start typing their message, any line in the body with a colon would
1138be fontified with a gray background. This has been fixed (closes SF
1139#855479).
1140
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1141*** RETURN Causes Infinite Loop in mh-letter
1142
1143This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #887346).
1144
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1145*** mh-refile-msg Fails to Suggest Folder for Empty Message
1146
1147If you received a message with an empty body from someone who is
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1148listed in your aliases file, `o' (`mh-refile-msg') failed to suggest
1149the correct folder. This has been fixed (closes SF #917096).
1150
1151*** Missing Headers When Replying to All
1152
1153User needed to edit `replgroupcomps' (closes SF #918194).
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1154
1155*** Error Visiting Folder With no Unseen Messages
1156
1157If you visited a folder without unseen messages and the option "flist:
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1158-noshowzero" is present in your `~/.mh_profile', you'd get an error.
1159This has been fixed (closes SF #933954).
1160
1161*** Error Message When Trying to Send Using MH-E
1162
1163This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1002103).
1164
1165*** mh-find-path Doesn't Use mhparam
1166
1167MH-E no longer peeks into the MH profile `~/.mh_profile' directly. It
1168uses `mhparam' instead (closes SF #1016027).
1169
1170*** rmmproc Refile Complains No Such Message
1171
1172MH-E would get confused about which folder to delete messages from if
1173you were refiling and deleting messages at the same time. This has
1174been fixed (closes SF #1023959).
1175
1176*** auto-mode-alist Updated
1177
1178MH-E originally updated auto-mode-alist to set the major mode of
1179drafts. Now that we explicitly set the mode, there is no reason to do
1180this, and this behavior caused problems for people who didn't use MH-E
1181who were editing files that looked like MH message files (closes SF
1182#1032353).
1183
1184*** ! Doesn't Do Regions
1185
1186Now it does (closes SF #1046330).
1187
1188*** mh-show-unquote-From Fails (read-only buffer)
1189
1190MH-E quotes the `From ' header field that is inserted by MTAs.
1191However, it was trying to do this in a read-only buffer. This has been
1192fixed (closes SF #1089870).
1193
1194*** Whitespace in pick Expressions
1195
1196The `C-u / s RET' command now works. In addition, you can now add
1197whitespace to any of the limiting (/) commands (closes SF #1122655).
1198
1199*** mh-index-previous-folder Does Not Work Correctly
1200
1201If your cursor was on an item below a folder heading and you used
1202`M-TAB' (`mh-index-previous-folder'), you would move to the previous
1203folder heading. This has been fixed (closes SF #1126188).
1204
1205*** Default Identity Prevents Insertion of Auto Fields
1206
1207Auto insertion of an identity now occurs even when the default
1208identity is used (closes SF #1204506).
1209
1210*** mh-compose-forward and Default Message Number
1211
1212`mh-compose-forward' will now default to the sent message in the sent
1213folder and the `cur' message in other folders. It also takes ranges of
1214messages and can include multiple messages at a time (closes SF
1215#1205890).
1216
1217*** Better Handling of Empty cur Sequence
1218
1219If you refiled a message into a folder and then used `F r'
1220(`mh-rescan-folder') in that folder, your cursor would be taken to the
1221first message. The cursor now stays where it was (closes SF #1207247).
1222
1223*** mh-customize Uses Group mh, Not mh-e
1224
1225The `mh' customization group alias has been deleted to avoid some
1226problems that were found (closes SF #1213716).
1227
1228*** "Args out of range" Error in Displaying Message
1229
1230This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1227504).
1231
1232*** Front-and-back Truncation in mailto: Rendering
1233
1234This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1227510).
1235
1236*** Name of the Draft File in mh-comp.el
1237
1238MH is documented to use the draft file. If you use a draft file for
1239something else (like Sylpheed), then use draft folders (closes SF
1240#1231483).
1241
1242*** font-lock Error in mh-letter-mode
1243
1244An error in MH-E was introduced as a result of a change in CVS Emacs.
1245This has been fixed (closes SF #1241017).
1246
1247*** Msg Display Broken After Displaying Msg with Inline Image
1248
1249Messages with inline images no longer trim certain message header
1250fields (closes SF #1306141).
1251
1252*** mh-visit-folder Munges font-lock-keywords
1253
1254MH-E broke highlighting in Gnus buffers. This was actually a problem
1255in CVS Emacs 22 and has been fixed there (closes SF #1393879).
1256
1257*** Illegal Filename Chars for W32 Filesystems
1258
1259Windows users who view `X-Image-URL:' images could not cache the
1260images since the cached image file names had illegal characters. This
1261has been fixed (closes SF #1396499).
1262
1263*** mh-send Doesn't Handle mml Insertions Via mail-user-agent
1264
1265Can now forward messages in Gnus if MH-E is your `mail-user-agent'
1266(closes SF #1399307).
1267
1268*** Can't Narrow to Subject with Regexp Chars
1269
1270The command `/ s' could not limit subjects that had special pick
1271characters (such as [, *, $, .). This has been fixed (closes SF
1272#1432548).
1273
1274*** `/ s' Can Miss the Original Mail
1275
1276The command `/ s' failed to include the message with the "Re:" in the
1277Subject. This has been fixed (closes SF #1438369).
1278
1279*** mhparam -components Fails on mailutils
1280
1281This error prevented MH-E from loading when using GNU mailutils. GNU
1282mailutils drops the `s' in this argument, so we did too since
1283-component still works in nmh and MH (closes SF #1446985).
1284
1285*** `/ s' Still Has Problems With []'d Mail
1286
1287On XEmacs, subjects that had special characters would prevent `/ s'
1288from narrowing to the given subject. These characters are now quoted
1289correctly in XEmacs (closes SF #1447598).
1290
1291*** Variable mh-send-args Is a String, Not a List
1292
1293This was causing errors when sending under GNU mailutils. The internal
1294variable `mh-send-args' is now a list which fixes the problem (closes
1295SF #1448604).
1296
1297*** Update Icons
1298
1299Most of the tool bar icons have been replaced by GTK or GNOME 2 icons
1300(closes SF #1452715).
1301
1302*** Strip Build Number From emacs-version in X-Mailer
1303
1304This has been done (closes SF #1466481).
1305
1306*** Rename Function and Variable Definers
1307
1308If you had ever shown help for an MH-E symbol that was both a function
1309or variable, you might have found that the hyperlink to the file
1310brought you to the wrong definition. This has been fixed by renaming
1311the macros `mh-defgroup', `mh-defcustom', `mh-defface',
1312`mh-defun-compat', and `mh-defmacro-compat' to `defgroup-mh',
1313`defcustom-mh', `defface-mh', `defun-mh', `defmacro-mh' respectively
1314(closes SF #1472029).
1315
1316*** mh-insert-letter Uses Wrong Default
1317
1318If you had used `C-c TAB' (`mh-insert-letter') to insert a letter into
1319your draft, specified a different folder, and chose the default
1320message number, you got the wrong message. This has been fixed (closes
1321SF #1473729).
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1324
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1325* Changes in MH-E 7.4.4
1326
1327Version 7.4.4 addresses programmatic issues from the FSF and prepares
bf247b6e 1328MH-E for inclusion into an impending GNU Emacs release (22.1). There
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1329are no user-visible changes (unless you are using XEmacs on DOS or
1330don't have the cl package installed). Filenames are now unique in
1331their first 8 characters (DOS 8.3 requirement). The runtime dependency
1332on the cl package has been removed. Desktop saving and restoration
1333code moved here from desktop.el.
1334
1335* Changes in MH-E 7.4.3
1336
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1338set from .emacs.
1339
1340* Changes in MH-E 7.4.2
1341
1342Version 7.4.2 fixes the accidental dependence on nmh (closes SF
1343#791021).
1344
1345* Changes in MH-E 7.4.1
1346
1347Version 7.4.1 fixes the Makefile so it no longer tries to compile
1348mh-unit.el.
1349
1350* Changes in MH-E 7.4
1351
1352Version 7.4 contains many new useful features including arbitrary MH
1353range handling, new draft features such as draft form editing, as well
1354as sequence propagation and manipulation. We've also fixed bugs and
1355added a handful of new variables.
1356
1357** New Features in MH-E 7.4
1358
1359*** Add Arbitrary Ranges to MH-E UI
1360
1361MH-E now handles any legal MH range (such as last:5 or 4 8 10-12)
1362wherever you're prompted for a message number or sequence (closes SF
1363#728638).
1364
1365*** Remove Prompting in mh-send
1366
1367Brian Reid's original mhe didn't do prompting anywhere but used forms
1368instead. While we won't go that far, we eliminated prompting where a
1369form is already involved, such as in composing a message.
1370
1371The new customization variable `mh-compose-prompt-flag' can be set to
1372t to get the original behavior (closes SF #745622).
1373
1374*** Use TAB to Switch Fields in Header
1375
1376When composing a message, TAB and SHIFT-TAB can be used to move
1377quickly between header fields. The new customization variable,
1378`mh-compose-skipped-header-fields', contains a list of header fields
1379that are skipped and truncated if they are too long (closes SF
1380#745627).
1381
1382*** Alias Completion in Composition Buffer
1383
1384Aliases can be completed in the draft with "M-TAB
1385(mh-letter-complete)". Or, if the customization variable
1386`mh-compose-space-does-completion-flag' is set to t, then a "SPC
1387(mh-letter-complete-or-space)" with do the same thing. If
1388`mh-alias-flash-on-comma' is non-nil, ", (mh-letter-confirm-address)"
1389will show the alias expansion in the minibuffer (closes SF #745634).
1390
1391*** Auto Fields Should be Inserted During Send
1392
1393Fields that were inserted by the multiple personality code when the
1394draft was sent now insert the header fields when the draft is composed
1395to give you a chance to edit them (closes SF #747890).
1396
1397*** mh-index-tick-messages
1398
1399The command "F ' (mh-index-ticked-messages)" creates a buffer with all
1400messages ticked with "' (mh-toggle-tick)" in the folders listed in the
1401new customization variable `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders'. Chances
1402are that if you set `mh-index-new-messages-folders', you'll want to
1403set `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders' accordingly.
1404
1405In addition, a general function, "F q (mh-index-sequenced-messages)"
1406has been provided that displays messages in the `mh-unseen-seq' in the
1407folders listed `mh-index-new-messages-folders', unless a prefix
1408argument is given, in which case you can provide both a list of
1409folders and a sequence (closes SF #718833).
1410
1411*** Narrow to Region
1412
1413If there is a region, "/ r (mh-narrow-to-range)" will only consider
1414those messages in the region. In addition, there is now a stack of
1415folder limits which can be popped with "/ w (mh-widen)". With a prefix
1416arg, all the restrictions are popped off of the stack (closes SF
1417#732823).
1418
1419*** Narrow to Ticked Sequence
1420
1421The buffer can now be narrowed to ticked messages with "S '
1422(mh-narrow-to-tick)" (closes SF #732825).
1423
1424*** Display Multiple Buttons for multipart/alternative
1425
1426A new customizable variable,
1427`mh-display-buttons-for-alternatives-flag', was added to display
1428buttons for the alternatives. The default value is nil to retain the
1429current behavior (closes SF #741288).
1430
1431*** Identity Menu Changes
1432
1433A menu item has been added that inserts custom fields if the To or Cc
1434header fields match `mh-auto-fields-list'.
1435
1436** New Variables in MH-E 7.4
1437
1438*** mh-alias-local-users-prefix
1439
1440This string is prepended to the real names of users from the passwd
1441file. If nil, use the username string unmodified instead of the real
1442name from the gecos field of the passwd file.
1443
1444*** mh-alias-passwd-gecos-comma-separator-flag
1445
1446Non-nil means the gecos field in the passwd file uses comma as a
1447separator. Used to construct aliases for users in the passwd file."
1448
1449*** mh-interpret-number-as-range-flag
1450
1451Non-nil means interpret a number as a range. If the variable is
1452non-nil, and you use an integer, N, when asked for a range to scan,
1453then MH-E uses the range "last:N".
1454
1455*** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook
1456
1457This new hook is invoked at the beginning of the `F k
1458(mh-kill-folder)' command. It is a list of functions to be called,
1459with no arguments, which should return a value of non-nil if you
1460should not be asked if you're sure that you want to remove the folder.
1461This is useful for folders that are easily regenerated.
1462
1463The default value of `mh-index-p' suppresses the prompt on folders
1464generated by an index search.
1465
1466WARNING: Use this hook with care. If there is a bug in your hook which
1467returns t on +inbox and you hit `F k' by accident in the +inbox
1468buffer, you will not be happy.
1469
1470*** mh-refile-preserves-sequences-flag
1471
1472Non-nil means that sequences are preserved when messages are refiled.
1473If this variable is non-nil and a message belonging to a sequence
1474other than cur or Previous-Sequence (see mh-profile 5) is refiled then
1475it is put in the same sequence in the destination folder. Additional
1476sequences that should not to be preserved can be specified by setting
1477`mh-unpropagated-sequences' appropriately.
1478
1479*** mh-visible-header-fields
1480
1481Customize this instead of `mh-visible-headers', which is now a defvar.
1482This was done to mimic the relationship between
1483`mh-invisible-header-fields' and `mh-invisible-fields'.
1484
1485** Variables Deleted in MH-E 7.4
1486
1487*** mh-visible-headers
1488
1489See the paragraph for `mh-visible-header-fields' above.
1490
1491** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.4
1492
1493*** Aliases Constantly Reloaded
1494
1495The system aliases are not loaded as often as they were, so the
1496completion speed has been dramatically improved if your passwd file is
1497large (closes SF #693859).
1498
1499*** Folders in MH-Index View Not Saved
1500
1501When you perform a search to produce an MH-Index buffer, the folders
1502that contain the messages are shown. If the MH-Index buffer was
1503deleted, or Emacs was restarted and the corresponding folder
1504rescanned, the folder information would be lost. This has been fixed
1505by saving the information in a file called ".mhe_index" (closes SF
1506#701762).
1507
1508*** Ticking Messages in +mhe-index/new
1509
1510If a new message in a buffer created by "F n" was ticked (with "'"),
1511the message would not be added to the tick sequence in the source
1512folder. This has been fixed so that any sequence changes in any index
1513folder (from within MH-E of course) are now reflected back to the
1514corresponding source folder (closes SF #709664).
1515
1516*** Custom Vars Set by a Function
1517
1518The default setting of customization variable `mh-summary-height' is
1519now `nil' which means MH-E will change the size dynamically according
1520to the size of the frame (closes SF #723267).
1521
1522*** Folder Completion Slow
1523
1524The first folder completion was very slow. This has been fixed (closes
1525SF #730426).
1526
1527*** Tick Sequence Persistent When Refiled
1528
1529Sequences are now preserved when messages are refiled (closes SF
1530#737128).
1531
1532*** Auto-inserted Header Fields Inconsistent
1533
1534For consistency, all automatically inserted header fields (such as
1535X-Mailer and X-Face) are added when the draft is first presented to
1536you. This also gives you a chance to edit or delete them if necessary
1537(closes SF #745624). Note that we would be distressed if you deleted
1538the X-Mailer field.
1539
1540*** Toolbar Spec Error
1541
1542The following message appeared when displaying a message in XEmacs:
1543
1544 Signaling: (error "Toolbar spec must be list or nil" )
1545
1546This has been fixed (closes SF #745655).
1547
1548*** mh-index-search Doesn't Find Short Acronyms
1549
1550Swish typically ignores words with fewer than four letters, but will
1551still look for acronyms. Unfortunately, MH-E was downcasing the input
1552words which defeated this feature. This has been fixed (closes SF
1553#755718).
1554
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1556
1557* Changes in MH-E 7.3
1558
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1559This release includes the new features of an index view of unseen
1560messages in all folders, spam software support, relative folder
1561specification @ support, marking messages, recipient handling by
1562mh-default-folder-list, Face and X-Image-URL header field support, and
1563Fcc completion. Function arguments have been unified. Bugs have been
1564fixed.
1565
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1566** New Features in MH-E 7.3
1567
286fbd0f 1568*** Unified Function Arguments
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1569
1570Any function with MSG-OR-SEQ in its docstring uses the displayed
1571message by default for this argument. However, if a prefix argument is
1572provided, then the user is prompted for a message sequence. If the
1573variable `transient-mark-mode' is non-nil and the mark is active, then
1574the function operates on the messages in the selected region. In a
1575program, MSG-OR-SEQ can be a message number, a list of message
1576numbers, a region in a cons cell, or a sequence.
1577
286fbd0f 1578*** MH-Index View of Unseen Messages
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1579
1580Use "F n (mh-index-new-messages)" or Folder -> View New Messages menu
1581item to display messages in the `mh-unseen-seq' sequence in folders
1582specified by `mh-index-new-messages-folders'. With a prefix argument,
1583enter a space-separated list of folders, or nothing to search all
1584folders.
1585
1586Like other MH-Index folders, use "v (mh-index-visit-folder)" if you
1587wish to visit the original folder with the unseen message. This is
1588usually not necessary since the original message is annotated if you
1589reply, deleted if you delete the message, or refiled if you refile the
1590message (closes SF #701756).
1591
286fbd0f 1592*** Spam Software Support
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1593
1594MH-E now supports several spam filters including Bogofilter,
1595SpamProbe, and SpamAssassin. Spam that is mistakenly considered to be
1596good mail can be reclassified as spam with "J b (mh-junk-blacklist)".
e4920bc9 1597Conversely, good mail that is accidentally considered to be spam can be
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1598reclassified with "J w (mh-junk-whitelist)" (closes SF #669518).
1599
1600If a message is blacklisted, and `mh-junk-mail-folder' is a string,
1601then the message is refiled to that folder. If this variable is nil,
1602the message is deleted. If a message is whitelisted, then the message
1603is refiled to `mh-inbox'.
1604
1605To change the spam program being used, customize `mh-junk-program'.
1606This should only be necessary if you have multiple filters on your
1607system and MH-E picked the wrong one. These customization variables
1608are found in the new customization group `mh-junk'.
1609
1610The documentation for the following functions describes what setup is
1611needed for the different spam fighting programs:
1612
1613 - `mh-bogofilter-blacklist'
1614 - `mh-spamprobe-blacklist'
1615 - `mh-spamassassin-blacklist'
1616
286fbd0f 1617*** Relative Folder Specification @ Supported
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1618
1619You can now use the relative folder marker @ in folder names (closes
1620SF #666774).
1621
286fbd0f 1622*** Marking Messages
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1623
1624Messages can now be highlighted with "' (mh-toggle-tick)", Sequence ->
1625Toggle Tick Mark menu item or the "Toggle tick mark" button. These
1626messages are added to the "tick" sequence, although this sequence can
1627be changed in `mh-tick-seq'. The highlighting effect can be modified
1628by customizing `mh-folder-tick-face' (closes SF #623367).
1629
1630There is also a new keybinding "/ ' (mh-narrow-to-tick)" and menu item
1631Sequence -> Narrow to Tick Sequence to narrow the view to the
1632highlighted messages.
1633
286fbd0f 1634*** mh-default-folder-list Now Takes Recipients
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1635
1636If you wish to file a message based upon the recipient of a message
1637(such as a mailing list), you can now indicate that when filling out
1638the address in the `mh-default-folder-list' customization variable.
1639
286fbd0f 1640*** Face Header Field Supported
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1641
1642In addition to the X-Face header field, the Face header field, which
1643can display color images, is now supported. As a bonus, the external
1644xface-e21 library is no longer required.
1645
286fbd0f 1646*** X-Image-URL Support
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1647
1648Images specified in X-Image-URL header fields are now supported.
1649See the customization variable `mh-fetch-x-image-url' to enable this
1650support.
1651
286fbd0f 1652*** Fcc Completion
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1653
1654Folders in Fcc fields in message drafts can now be completed with
1655M-TAB.
1656
1657** New Variables in MH-E 7.3
1658
1659Variables that have been added to MH-E that have not been discussed
1660elsewhere are listed here.
1661
1662*** mh-auto-fields-list
1663
1664Alist of addresses for which header lines are automatically inserted.
1665When a regular expression matches in the To or cc fields of a message,
1666the corresponding header field is automatically inserted in the
1667message header. It also allows the automatic setting of an identity
1668(using `mh-insert-identity') to set an alternate identity when sending
1669messages to a certain person or mailing list.
1670
1671Since this is a more general use of `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-flag'
1672and `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-list', these variables have been removed.
1673
1674*** mh-show-xface-face
1675
1676Face for displaying the X-Face image.
1677
1678*** mh-xemacs-toolbar-position
1679
1680This customization variable allows the user to place the toolbar on
1681the four edges of the frame.
1682
1683*** mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag
1684
1685This customization variable is used to enable or disable the toolbar
1686under XEmacs.
1687
1688** Variables Deleted in MH-E 7.3
1689
1690Variables that have been removed from MH-E that have not been
1691discussed elsewhere are listed here.
1692
1693*** mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message-flag
1694
1695No longer needed since the external program mimencode is no longer
1696used.
1697
1698*** mh-index-show-hook
1699
1700This hook was never used, so it was removed.
1701
1702*** mh-tool-bar-reply-3-buttons-flag
1703
1704Obsolete. This functionality is present `mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons'.
1705
1706** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.3
1707
286fbd0f 1708*** Can't Refile Message
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1709
1710Messages with invalid addresses were causing errors in ali which
1711prevented the refiling of messages. The ali error is now shown in the
1712"*MH-E Log*" buffer and refiling suggests the last folder used (closes
1713SF #680388).
1714
286fbd0f 1715*** Empty Body Triggers Duped Header
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1716
1717If the body was empty the header would be treated like the body and
1718was therefore displayed twice. This has been fixed (closes SF
1719#681162).
1720
286fbd0f 1721*** mml or mhl Directives Not Always Processed
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1722
1723The mml and mhl directives used to create body parts were not
1724processed if one re-edited a draft, or if they added the directives
1725manually. The directives are now always processed upon sending the
1726letter. You may still, of course, use "C-c C-m m (mh-mml-to-mime)" or
1727"C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" to manually create the MIME body parts from
1728the directives and then send the draft.
1729
286fbd0f 1730*** mh-alias-grab-from-field Fails
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1731
1732MH-E was adding aliases with angle brackets around the address when
1733there wasn't a phrase (usually, the user's name), to go with it. This
1734caused ali to fail which caused problems in MH-E. This is probably a
1735bug in ali, but MH-E no longer inserts angle brackets around the
1736address unless there is a phrase, which avoids the problem (closes SF
1737#690216).
1738
286fbd0f 1739*** XEmacs Fixes
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1740
1741MH-E is now fully supported under XEmacs and compiles without any
1742warnings.
1743
1744In particular, the following now work under XEmacs:
1745
1746- X-Face, Face, and X-Image-URL header fields
1747- MH-E logo in mode line
1748- Emphasis (bold, italics, etc.)
1749- Smilies
1750- Toolbar
1751
286fbd0f 1752*** Indexed Folders Should Respect mh-show-threads-flag
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1753
1754Indexed folders are now threaded if `mh-show-threads-flag' is non-nil
1755(closes SF #709667).
1756
286fbd0f 1757*** Threading Index View Loses Folder Info
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1758
1759This has been fixed (closes SF #709672).
1760
286fbd0f 1761*** No Undo Information When Re-editing Drafts
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1762
1763Undo is turned on in the draft buffer when using "e (mh-edit-again)"
1764(closes SF #712777).
1765
286fbd0f 1766*** Forwarded base64-encoded Messages Are Incorrectly Displayed
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1767
1768This has been fixed (closes SF #681518).
1769
286fbd0f 1770*** Append to *MH-E Log* Buffer
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1771
1772The last 100 lines of log messages are kept in the *MH-E Log* buffer.
1773Previously, the buffer was erased every time it was written (closes SF
1774#685476). In addition, many of the MH-E commands now send their output
1775into this buffer instead of a plethora of other special-purpose
1776buffers.
1777
286fbd0f 1778*** mh-inc-folder Complains if No Mail and No Current Message
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1779
1780The function `mh-inc-folder' no longer calls `mh-show' if point is not
1781on a valid scan line. This keeps `mh-inc-folder' from complaining
1782(closes SF #678115).
1783
286fbd0f 1784*** Folder Normalization Strips Leading Slash
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1785
1786Leading "/" characters in folder names entered by the user were being
1787lost. This has been fixed (closes SF #676890).
1788
286fbd0f 1789*** Print Header Doesn't Show Message
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1790
1791When printing a sequence, the header simply indicated that a sequence,
1792but not which one, was being printed and did not show the message
1793number. This has been fixed. If more than one message is printed, a
1794page of the scan lines is printed and its header indicates the
1795sequence or message range. The pages with the actual messages all set
1796the header to the folder and message displayed on that page.
1797
286fbd0f 1798*** Aliases Constantly Reloaded
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1799
1800Empty lists are now handled properly (closes SF #693859).
1801
286fbd0f 1802*** Remove RCS Keywords
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1803
1804Removed RCS keywords per Emacs conventions (closes SF #680731).
1805
286fbd0f 1806*** Replace Mimencode
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1807
1808MH-E was enhanced to decode message based on charset and
1809Content-Transfer-Encoding. This eliminates the need for the external
1810program mimencode (closes SF #674857).
1811
1812\f
1813
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1814* Changes in MH-E 7.2
1815
1816This release includes the new features of filing hints, hierarchical
1817file name completion, indexed search and pick integration, unification
1818between `mh-visit-folder' and the speedbar, a displayed message
1819indicator, buffer name organization, support for mairix indexed
1820search, and last but not least, the MH-E logo has been added to the
1821mode line. Code that handles sequences and message regions runs
1822faster. Bugs have been fixed.
1823
1824** New Features in MH-E 7.2
1825
1826*** Filing Hints
1827
1828When you file a message, MH-E now looks for an alias corresponding to
1829the address of the sender and offers that as a default folder (closes
1830SF #657096). The new variable `mh-default-folder-prefix' can be used
1831to put these folders in a sub-folder. The new variable
1832`mh-default-folder-must-exist-flag' means to suppress the suggested
1833folder (thereby providing the previous folder used) if the folder
1834doesn't already exist. The new variable `mh-default-folder-list' can
1835be used to map additional addresses and folders.
1836
1837*** Hierarchical File Name Completion
1838
1839When you completed filenames in the past, you were presented with a
1840list of all your folders at all depths in the tree. Now you are
1841presented with only one level at a time (closes SF #664821).
1842As a result, the variables `mh-auto-folder-collect-flag' and
1843`mh-folder-list-change-hook' are obsolete.
1844
1845*** Indexed Search and Pick Integration
1846
1847The indexed and pick searches have been integrated (closes SF
1848#664816). Both "F s (mh-search-folder)" and "F i (mh-index-search)"
1849use the pick template for forming queries. To submit the query, use
1850"C-c C-c (mh-do-search)" which will use the query method you selected.
1851If you change your mind while forming the query, you can use "C-c C-i
1852(mh-index-do-search)" or "C-c C-p (mh-pick-do-search)" to submit the
1853query using the respective method.
1854
1855Second, the results from a pick search are now saved in a sub-folder
1856of +mhe-index like an indexed search.
1857
1858Third, `pick' is now a valid choice for `mh-index-program'.
1859
1860*** mh-visit-folder Metamorphosis Continues
1861
1862When visiting a folder from the speedbar, only the unseen messages are
1863shown if there are unseen messages. If there aren't any unseen
1864messages, all of the messages are shown if there are fewer than
1865`mh-large-folder' messages; otherwise, the user is prompted for the
1866range of messages to display. The "F v (mh-visit-folder)" command has
1867been modified to mimic this behavior. Use a prefix arg to force the
1868message range prompt.
1869
1870*** Displayed Message Indicator
1871
1872In graphical Emacs, the message that is shown is marked by a triangle
1873in the fringe. In textual Emacs, there is a ">" in the first column
1874(closes SF #664824).
1875
1876*** Buffer Name Organization
1877
1878All ephemeral buffer names start with " *mh" while all interesting
1879buffers start with "*MH-E ". The "*Folders*", "*Sequences*", and
1880"*Recipients*" buffers were therefore renamed to "*MH-E Folders*",
1881"*MH-E Sequences*" and "*MH-E Recipients*" respectively (programmers
1882should see mh-utils.el for the names of the new constants). Also, the
1883output of MH commands is saved in the "*MH-E Log*" buffer.
1884
1885*** mh-index-program
1886
1887Add choices for `mairix' and `pick'.
1888
1889*** Logo Displayed on Mode Line
1890
1891** New Variables in MH-E 7.2
1892
1893The new variables have been discussed elsewhere.
1894
1895** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.2
1896
1897*** mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message
1898
1899Messages that had been encoded with base64 were not decoded. This has
1900been fixed with this new function (closes SF #674190). As a result,
1901the variable `mh-decode-quoted-printable-flag' has been renamed to
1902`mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message-flag'.
1903
1904*** mh-kill-folder
1905
1906Now restores previous window configuration (closes SF #664828).
1907
1908*** mh-mime-display
1909
1910MH-E was not using the charset defined in the content-type
1911header. This meant that mail in a different charset would not
1912be properly displayed. This has been fixed (closes SF #655123).
1913
1914*** mh-read-address
1915
1916In XEmacs and Emacs20, this function would always prompt using "To: "
1917instead of using the command argument. This has been fixed (closes SF
1918#670913).
1919
1920*** mh-rmail
1921
1922Unseen messages are now shown in addition to new ones (closes SF
1923#667542).
1924
1925*** mh-scan-msg-overflow-regexp
1926
1927Change the variable so that a space is always maintained in the
1928beginning of the scan line.
1929
1930*** mh-swish-execute-search
1931
1932The example configuration file in the docstring didn't show the
1933backslash in the FileRules filename. If the example had been used
1934literally by the user, no files would be indexed! This has been fixed
1935(closes SF #665888).
1936
1937*** mh-thread-refile
1938
1939The "T o (mh-thread-refile)" command did not provide refiling hints
1940like `mh-refile-msg'. This has been fixed (closes SF #664829).
1941
1942*** mh-toggle-threads
1943
1944If the threaded view was modified and then toggled, the standard view
1945may not have been accurate (as it contained a potentially old first
1946message to last message range). This has been fixed (closes SF
1947#626117).
1948
1949*** mh-tool-bar-show-set, mh-tool-bar-letter-set, mh-tool-bar-folder-set
1950
1951Clicking the customize and help buttons now deletes the other windows
1952in the frame.
1953
1954*** mh-version
1955
1956The "M-x mh-version" command displayed "Aliasfile: aliases". This has
1957been fixed (closes SF #664467). See Buffer Name Organization above.
1958
1959\f
1960
1961* Changes in MH-E 7.1
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1962
1963This release includes the new features of multiple identities and
1964alias completion. In addition, indexed searching has been revamped.
1965Various other features have been added and a few bugs were fixed.
1966
1967** New Features in MH-E 7.1
1968
1969*** Multiple Identities
1970
1971MH-E now supports multiple identities (closes SF #628782). That means
1972that you can have different From and Organization header fields (or
1973any other header field of your choice) as well as different signatures
1974depending on your context. Usually, the contexts are home and work.
1975
1976Add your identities to the variable `mh-identity-list' and set the
1977default identity with the variable `mh-identity-default'. Your
1978identity can be switched on the fly by using the Identity menu or by
1979calling "M-x mh-insert-identity RET".
1980
1981This functionality can be customized within the mh-identity group.
1982
1983*** Alias Completion and Harvesting
1984
1985The contributed file mh-alias.el has been rewritten and incorporated
1986into MH-E.
1987
1988By default, aliases are culled from the system files
1989"/etc/nmh/MailAliases," "/usr/lib/mh/MailAliases," and "/etc/passwd"
1990(see `mh-alias-system-aliases') and from your "AliasFile" MH profile
1991component. These aliases are then used for completion in the
1992minibuffer when entering addresses. Within the header of the message
1993draft, "M-TAB (mh-letter-complete)" is used to do alias completion.
1994
1995The package also provides for alias creation based upon the From
1996header field of the current message. Use the lasso button
1997(mh-alias-grab-from-field).
1998
1999This functionality can be customized within the mh-alias group.
2000
2001*** Index Folder Updates
2002
2003The results of an index search "F i (mh-index-search)" are now stored
2004in a bona fide folder so that you can refile messages and reply to
2005messages directly from the result folder. This folder is a sub-folder
2006of +mhe-index and the name is based upon the search string (closes SF
2007#623321).
2008
2009If a prefix argument is given then the search in the current index
2010buffer is redone.
2011
2012The index folder lists the names of the source folders as before.
2013However, instead of using RET on the name of the folder to visit the
2014folder, use "v (mh-show-index-visit-folder)" anywhere within the
2015results to visit that folder narrowed to the results of the search.
2016Additional functions have been added to navigate including "TAB
2017(mh-index-next-folder)", and "SHIFT-TAB (mh-index-previous-folder)."
2018
2019*** mh-visit-folder Interface Updated
2020
2021A change was made to the prompting of the message range. In general,
2022you can use the same format for messages and sequences as you can in
2023MH with a single exception: a single number means to scan that many
2024messages, rather than scan that message number. This turns out to be
2025much more useful than visiting a single message and is consistent with
2026Gnus and the MH-E speedbar (closes SF #655891).
2027
2028If mh-visit-folder is called non-interactively and RANGE is nil then
2029all messages are displayed. This behavior is now documented and
2030provides backwards compatibility.
2031
2032*** Threading Improvements
2033
2034After incorporating new mail into a threaded folder, unseen messages
2035can be spread about. Two new functions have been added to make it
2036easier to find them: these are "M-n (mh-next-unread-msg)" and "M-p
2037(mh-previous-unread-msg)" (closes SF #630328)
2038
2039Two new functions were added to delete and refile threads. They are "T
2040d (mh-thread-delete)" and "T o (mh-thread-refile)" respectively
2041(closes SF #630493).
2042
2043In addition, the key "k" used to be bound to the function
2044`mh-delete-subject': it is now bound to
2045`mh-show-delete-subject-or-thread'.
2046
2047New functions to navigate threads include "T u (mh-thread-ancestor)",
2048which can jump to the root message of the current thread given an
2049optional argument, "T n (mh-thread-next-sibling)", and "T p
2050(mh-thread-previous-sibling)"
2051
2052*** Refiling of Messages in Region
2053
2054If mark is active and `transient-mark-mode' is enabled then all the
2055messages in the region are refiled.
2056
2057*** vCard Handling
2058
2059If a signature cannot be identified, but there is a vCard attachment,
2060then that vCard will be presented as a signature (closes SF #649216).
2061
2062*** New Info Added to mh-version
2063
2064Information about Gnus versions available at both compile time and run
2065time has been added.
2066
2067** New Variables in MH-E 7.1
2068
2069The defcustom groups were reorganized. Rather than iterate the
2070specific changes here, you are invited to browse the groups with "M-x
2071mh-customize RET".
2072
2073*** mh-alias-completion-ignore-case-flag
2074
2075Non-nil means don't consider case significant in MH alias completion.
2076This is the default in plain MH, so it is the default here as well. It
2077can be useful to set this to t if, for example, you use lowercase
2078aliases for people and uppercase for mailing lists.
2079
2080*** mh-alias-expand-aliases-flag
2081
2082Non-nil means to expand aliases entered in the minibuffer. In other
2083words, aliases entered in the minibuffer will be expanded to the full
2084address in the message draft. By default, this expansion is not
2085performed.
2086
2087*** mh-alias-flash-on-comma
2088
2089Specify whether to flash the translation of the alias or warn if there
2090isn't a translation of the alias.
2091
2092*** mh-alias-insert-file
2093
2094Filename to use to store new MH-E aliases. This variable can also be a
2095list of filenames, in which case MH-E will prompt for one of them. If
2096nil, the default, then MH-E will use the first file found in the
2097"AliasFile" component of the MH profile.
2098
2099*** mh-alias-insertion-location
2100
2101Specifies where new aliases are entered in alias files. Options are
2102sorted alphabetically (the default), at the top of the file or at the
2103bottom.
2104
2105*** mh-alias-local-users
2106
2107If t, local users are completed in MH-E To: and Cc: prompts.
2108
2109If you set this variable to a string, it will be executed to generate
2110a password file. A value of "ypcat passwd" is helpful if NIS is in
2111use.
2112
2113*** mh-alias-system-aliases
2114
2115A list of system files from which to cull aliases. If these files are
2116modified, they are automatically reread. This list need include only
2117system aliases and the passwd file, since personal alias files listed
2118in your "AliasFile" MH profile component are automatically included.
2119
2120*** mh-identity-default
2121
2122Default identity to use when `mh-letter-mode' is called.
2123
2124*** mh-identity-list
2125
2126List holding MH-E identity.
2127
2128*** mh-invisible-header-fields
2129
2130Simple user interface to change `mh-invisible-headers'.
2131
2132*** mh-letter-complete-function
2133
2134Function to call when completing outside of fields specific to
2135aliases. By default, it is bound to 'ispell-complete-word.
2136
2137*** mh-show-threads-flag
2138
2139Non-nil means new folders start in threaded mode. Threading large
2140number of messages can be time consuming. So if the flag is non-nil
2141then threading will be done only if the number of messages being
2142threaded is less than `mh-large-folder' (closes SF #646794).
2143
2144*** mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons
2145
2146Buttons to include in MH-E folder/show toolbar.
2147
2148*** mh-tool-bar-letter-buttons
2149
2150Buttons to include in MH-E letter toolbar.
2151
2152** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.1
2153
2154*** mh-get-new-mail
2155
2156Call new function `mh-add-cur-notation' to undo the work of
2157`mh-remove-cur-notation' if there was no new mail (closes SF #647681).
2158
2159*** mh-set-cmd-note
2160
2161No longer updates the default `mh-cmd-note' value. This resulted in
2162the misplacement of the current mark when the message number width
2163changed (closes SF #643701).
2164
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2166
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2168
2169This is a major release which includes a lot of new features including
2170improved MIME handling, speedbar folder browsing, and indexed
2171searching. In this version, MH-E runs under XEmacs, passes checkdoc,
2172and compiles clean under all supported platforms.
2173
2174The "passes checkdoc" feature above required changing the name of
2175several user-visible variables. It is likely that this affects you.
2176Please be sure to see the table at the end of these notes and rename
2177your variables accordingly.
2178
2179MH-E has been written mh-e, Mh-e, MH-e and MH-E. We have decided that
2180the proper term should be MH-E. Please try to use MH-E in your
2181writing.
2182
2183** New Features in MH-E 7.0
2184
2185*** Speedbar
2186
2187There is now support for the speedbar. Try "M-x speedbar" (closes SF
177c0ea7 2188#503727).
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2189
2190Press the middle mouse button on the `+' icons to open a folder,
2191middle mouse button on a folder name to open the folder. Folders with
2192unseen messages are shown in bold, so this is a handy way to browse
2193new messages that you have filed with procmail or slocal.
2194
2195See the new customization variable `mh-large-folder,' which controls
2196when the speedbar asks for how many messages to scan when opening a
2197large folder and `mh-speed-run-flists-flag' whose default value of t
2198means to use the flists command to populate the count of unseen and
2199total messages in each folder.
2200
2201*** Indexed Search
2202
2203Interoperability with swish++, swish, glimpse, and namazu has been
2204added to enable lightening-fast searches of your mail. If none of
2205these are present, grep is used. Try "F i (mh-index-search)".
2206
2207For more information, read the documentation for the functions
2208`mh-swish++-execute-search,' `mh-swish-execute-search,'
2209`mh-namazu-execute-search,' or `mh-glimpse-execute-search' depending
2210on your preferred indexing program to see what kind of setup is needed
2211to generate the index.
2212
2213*** Threading
2214
2215Use "T t (mh-toggle-threads)" to view the threads in the folder. Use
2216it again to return to a non-threaded view.
2217
2218*** Brief Help
2219
2220Use "? (mh-help)" and "X ? (mh-prefix-help)," where X is a prefix
2221character, for a brief synopsis in the minibuffer of frequently used
2222commands. In the MH-Letter or MH-Pick buffers, use "C-c ? (mh-help)"
2223(closes SF #493740).
2224
2225*** Folder Keymap Shared by Show Buffer
2226
2227You can now use the MH-Folder mode commands from the MH-Show buffer.
2228Because of this, the MH-Show buffer is now read-only (closes SF
2229#493749 and SF #527946) and you now have to use "M (mh-modify)" to
2230edit a message.
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2232*** Better Scanning
2233
2234You no longer have to modify your scan format if your folders have
2235more than 9999 messages in them. If you've only modified your scan
2236format file to allow for the wider message numbers, consider using the
2237default behavior of MH-E and simplify your MH-E configuration
2238considerably (closes SF #635791).
2239
2240To do this, you may have to remove your modifications of
2241`mh-scan.*-regexp' and `mh-cmd-note' and your customization of
2242`mh-scan-format-file'.
2243
2244You may still want the updated format files for running MH commands
2245outside of MH-E; the default of `mh-scan-format-file' will cause them
2246to be ignored.
2247
2248If you prefer fixed-width message numbers, set the new customization
2249variable to nil , set this variable to
2250nil and call `mh-set-cmd-note' with the width specified by the scan format in
2251`mh-scan-format-file'. For example, the default width is 4, so you would use
2252"(mh-set-cmd-note 4)" if `mh-scan-format-file' were nil.
2253
2254*** X-Face
2255
2256MH-E now displays the content of the X-Face header field in the From
2257field. When sending a message, an X-Face field is appended to the
2258header if it doesn't already exist and "~/.face" is present. See the
2259new customization variables `mh-show-use-xface-flag' and `mh-x-face-file'
2260(closes SF #480770).
2261
2262MH-E depends on the external x-face package found in
2263ftp://ftp.jpl.org/pub/elisp/ to do this. The `uncompface' binary is
2264also required to be in the execute PATH. It can be obtained from:
2265http://freshmeat.net/redir/compface/1439/url_tgz/compface-1.4.tar.gz.
2266
2267It has also been observed that if you don't see the faces, you might
2268have to do this (for unknown reasons):
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2270 mv /usr/local/include/compface.h /usr/include/
2271
2272*** Graphical Smileys
2273
2274Smiley's are now converted to cute little images. See the new
2275customization variable `mh-graphical-smileys-flag.'
2276
2277*** Text Emphasis
2278
2279ASCII formatting is now converted to the appropriate font. For
2280example, _underline_ is underlined, *bold* appears in bold, /italic/
2281appears in italic, etc. See `gnus-emphasis-alist' for the whole list.
2282See the new customization variables `mh-decode-mime' and
2283`mh-graphical-emphasis-flag.'
2284
2285*** Attachment Handling
2286
2287Inline attachments are now displayed. Regular attachments appear as
2288buttons in show buffer. Use "K TAB (mh-next-button)" or "K SHIFT-TAB
2289(mh-prev-button)" to cycle through these buttons. Use "K v
2290(mh-folder-toggle-mime-part)" to view, "K o
2291(mh-folder-save-mime-part)" to save one part or "K-a
2292(mh-save-mime-parts)" to save all parts, or "K i
2293(mh-folder-inline-mime-part)" to view the attachment inline.
2294
2295See the new customization variable `mh-decode-mime' for additional
2296information. Other customization variables that affect this new feature
2297include `mh-store-mime-parts-default-directory' and
2298`mh-display-buttons-for-inline-parts-flag'.
2299
2300HTML documents can be viewed inline if Gnus v5.10 and w3 or w3m lisp
2301packages are present. Set the customization variable
2302`mm-text-html-renderer' accordingly (closes SF #453352).
2303
2304*** Quoted-printable Handling
2305
2306Quoted-printable body parts are now decoded.
2307
2308*** More Choices for `mh-yank-from-start-of-msg'
2309
2310Historically, if this variable was t, the entire message, with full
2311headers would be included and every line would begin with
2312`mh-ins-buf-prefix.' This usage is deprecated in favor of the setting
2313`supercite' below. The default has been changed to `attribution.' The
2314following symbols are now understood:
2315
2316`body': yank the message minus the header.
2317
2318`supercite': include the entire message, with full headers. This also
2319causes the invocation of `sc-cite-original' without the setting of
2320`mail-citation-hook', now deprecated practice.
2321
2322`autosupercite': do as for `supercite' automatically when show buffer
2323matches the message being replied-to.
2324
2325`attribution': yank the message minus the header and add a simple
2326attribution line at the top.
2327
2328`autoattrib': do as for `attribution' automatically when show buffer
2329matches the message being replied-to.
2330
2331There is a new customization variable called
2332`mh-extract-from-attribution-verb' which is used for attribution which
2333provides a method for setting a different language.
2334
2335*** Use Gnus mml Instead of mhn
2336
2337When inserting attachments into a message draft, Gnus mml directives
2338are now used instead of mhn directives. One beneficial side-effect of
2339this is that attachments can now appear inline as well as separate.
2340
2341The new customization variable `mh-compose-insertion' controls whether
2342Gnus or mhn is used to insert MIME message directives in messages
2343(default: 'gnus, if the mml library exists).
2344
2345*** Content-Type Now Obtained Automatically
2346
2347The value of the Content-Type no longer needs to be entered by the
2348user.
2349
2350*** Attachments Automatically Included Upon Send
2351
2352You no longer have to run "C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" before sending a
2353message with attachments--this is done automatically when you send the
2354message with "C-c C-c (mh-send-letter)". There is, however, a new key
2355binding "C-c C-m m (mh-mml-to-mime)" which is analogous to "C-c C-e
2356(mh-edit-mhn)".
2357
2358*** GPG Handling
2359
2360Messages that have been signed or encrypted with GPG are verified and
2361decrypted automatically. To sign or encrypt a message, use "C-c RET
2362C-s (mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime)" and "C-c C-m C-e
2363(mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime)." You need Gnus version 5.10
2364for this feature. These functions are provided by the pgg.el package.
2365
2366Users report "flashing" with the pgg.el package and prefer the gpg.el
2367package instead. To use gpg.el instead of the pgg.el package you need:
2368
2369 (setq mml2015-use 'gpg)
2370
2371To mimic automatic encryption in gpg.el, use:
2372
2373 (setq mm-verify-option 'always)
2374 (setq mm-decrypt-option 'always)
2375
2376The venerable mailcrypt package is also an option. However, now that
2377show buffers are read-only, mailcrypt version 3.5.6 and older fail
2378when they attempt to decrypt the contents.
2379
2380*** Mail-Followup-To Header Field
2381
2382Support for this controversial field has been added because nmh
2383supports it (closes SF #627035). If you want to add it to outgoing
2384mail for selected mailing lists, add those mailing lists to the new
2385customization variable `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-list.' If you think
2386this field is evil, set the new customization variable
2387`mh-insert-mail-followup-to-flag' to nil.
2388
2389*** Gnus Issues
2390
2391If you update Gnus, you must recompile MH-E. Note that if you are
2392running the stock version of MH-E that comes with Emacs or the MH-E
2393package on a Debian GNU/Linux, this is done for you.
2394
2395** New Variables in MH-E 7.0
2396
2397New customization variables not mentioned earlier include:
2398
2399*** mh-letter-insert-signature-hook
2400
2401Invoked at the beginning of the "C-c C-s (mh-insert-signature)"
2402command. Can be used to determine which signature file to use based on
2403message content. On return, if `mh-signature-file-name' is non-nil
2404that file will be inserted at the current point in the buffer.
2405
2406*** mh-show-maximum-size
2407
2408Maximum size of message (in bytes) to display automatically. Provides
2409an opportunity to skip over large messages which may be slow to load.
2410Use a value of 0 to display all messages automatically regardless of
2411size (closes SF #488696).
2412
2413*** mh-tool-bar-reply-3-buttons-flag
2414
2415Non-nil means use three buttons for reply commands in tool-bar. If you
2416have room on your tool-bar because you are using a large font, you may
2417set this variable to expand the single reply button into three buttons
2418that won't lead to minibuffer prompt about who to reply to.
2419
2420** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.0
2421
2422*** mh-delete-msg, mh-refile-msg, mh-undo
2423
2424Mandrake Linux includes XEmacs initialization code that binds
2425`transient-mark-mode' which causes problems in MH-E. These problems
2426have been fixed (closes SF #541915).
2427
2428*** mh-edit-again
2429
2430This would sometimes yield a read-only buffer. This has been fixed
2431(closes SF #624283 and SF #625538).
2432
2433*** mh-forward
2434
2435When using nmh, always specify -mime so as to preserve the original
2436message(s).
2437
2438*** mh-inc-folder
2439
2440If you had narrowed to a sequence and then incorporated new mail,
2441those new messages would not be present in your +inbox when you
2442widened. This has been fixed (closes SF #489430, SF #489437, SF
2443#629233).
2444
2445*** mh-insert-letter
2446
2447No longer uses mhl to include a message as this mangled the header and
2448gave supercite fits (closes SF #629153).
2449
2450*** mh-letter-mode
2451
2452"M-q (fill-paragraph)" now fills quoted paragraphs (for example,
2453starting with "> ") correctly (closes SF #489927).
2454
177c0ea7 2455*** mh-next-undeleted-msg, mh-previous-undeleted-msg
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2456
2457If there are no more undeleted messages the point remains at its
2458original position and a message is produced (closes SF #494304).
2459
2460*** mh-pick-mode
2461
2462Now calls `mh-pick-mode-hook' as documented.
2463
2464*** mh-put-msg-in-seq
2465
2466Now puts all messages in region in sequence (closes SF #630324).
2467
2468*** mh-refile-msg, mh-write-msg-to-file
2469
2470These functions stomped on the variables that held the name of the
2471last file and folder respectively for the other function. This has
2472been fixed so that the last folder or file name is preserved (closes
2473SF #580772).
2474
2475*** mh-region-to-sequence
2476
2477If the region in MH-Folder was set with "C-x h (mark-whole-buffer)",
2478you couldn't perform operations on all of the messages as you would
2479expect. This has been fixed (closes SF #621632).
2480
2481*** mh-reply
2482
2483Performing an undo the first thing after replying would blank out the
2484entire draft. Now just the insertion of the yanked message is undone
2485leaving the header and signature intact for additional editing (closes
2486SF #623693).
2487
2488*** mh-show-mode
2489
2490Now calls `mh-show-mode-hook' as documented (closes SF #627222).
2491
2492*** mh-subject-thread-to-sequence
2493
2494Make 'subject sequence a real one, exported to MH. This means you can,
2495for example, mh-forward it. But it also shows up with a mark in the
2496scan output (closes SF #489445).
2497
2498*** Other Bug Fixes
2499
2500The following bugs have also been closed:
2501
2502SF #495450: Folder buffer read-only after inc
2503SF #489706: mh-page-msg bombs out
2504SF #580772: mh-last-destination is overloaded
2505
2506*** Variables renamed to conform with Emacs coding conventions
2507
2508The coding conventions require that boolean variables end in -flag.
2509The following two tables show which variables were affected (closes SF
2510#627015).
2511
2512Customization Variables (defcustom)
2513
2514Old Name New Name
2515
2516mh-auto-folder-collect mh-auto-folder-collect-flag
2517mh-bury-show-buffer mh-bury-show-buffer-flag
2518mh-clean-message-header mh-clean-message-header-flag
2519mh-decode-quoted-printable mh-decode-quoted-printable-flag
2520mh-delete-yanked-msg-window mh-delete-yanked-msg-window-flag
2521mh-do-not-confirm mh-do-not-confirm-flag
2522mh-highlight-citation-p mh-highlight-citation
2523mh-insert-x-mailer-p mh-insert-x-mailer-flag
2524mh-print-background mh-print-background-flag
2525mh-recenter-summary-p mh-recenter-summary-flag
2526mh-recursive-folders mh-recursive-folders-flag
2527mh-reply-show-message-p mh-reply-show-message-flag
2528mh-show-use-goto-addr mh-show-use-goto-addr-flag
2529mh-update-sequences-after-mh-show mh-update-sequences-after-mh-show-flag
2530
2531Regular Variables (defvar)
2532
2533Old Name New Name
2534
2535mh-mhn-compose-insert-p mh-mhn-compose-insert-flag
2536mh-nmh-p mh-nmh-flag
2537mh-page-to-next-msg-p mh-page-to-next-msg-flag
2538
2539\f
2540
a1b4049d 2541* Changes in mh-e 6.1
a933dad1 2542
a1b4049d
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2543This is a minor release which includes a few bug fixes. The
2544distribution now includes the ChangeLog.
a933dad1 2545
a1b4049d 2546** New Features in mh-e 6.1
a933dad1 2547
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2548*** Fontification
2549
2550Unseen messages now displayed in bold.
2551
2552*** Viewing folders and sequences
2553
2554The folder and sequence listings that "F l (mh-list-folders)" and "S l
2555(mh-list-sequences)" create are now displayed in view mode.
2556
2557** Bug Fixes in mh-e 6.1
2558
2559*** mh-folder-unseen-seq-name
2560
2561Byte compilation failed when initializing this variable when the
2562user's MH environment was not set up. This has been fixed (closes
2563Debian #140232 and Debian #140817).
2564
2565*** mh-forward
2566
2567When forwarding a sequence, the mode of the draft would not be set to
2568MH-Letter correctly. This has been fixed (closes SF #489448).
2569
2570*** mh-insert-prefix-string
2571
2572Fixed to work under XEmacs. Thanks to Will Partain
2573<partain at dcs.gla.ac.uk>.
2574
2575*** mh-quit
2576
bdcfe844 2577mh-quit now cleans up the buffers named `mh-temp-buffer,'
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2578'mh-temp-folders-buffer' and 'mh-temp-sequences-buffer.'
2579
2580\f
2581* Changes in mh-e 6.0
2582
2583mh-e is now maintained at SourceForge (see
2584http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/). This is where you need to go to obtain
2585new versions of mh-e, report bugs and receive support.
2586
2587The maintainers have moved much of their personal configurations into
2588the codebase, so you may find that you may be able to reduce your mh-e
2589customizations as well.
2590
2591There are several incompatibilities in this version from older
2592versions. Please read the following notes carefully for details. Pay
2593particular attention to the key binding changes in the MH-Folder
2594section. If you have customized your scan format, you will want to
2595read about the new variable `mh-scan-format-file'.
2596
2597The manual could not be updated in time for this release. It will be
2598updated in the near future. If the Preface in your manual indicates
2599the older version (version 1.3, for mh-e version 5.0.2), please check
2600the following page occasionally for an update:
2601
2602 https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13357
2603
2604
2605** New Features in mh-e 6.0
2606
2607*** Customization
2608
2609mh-e now uses the customize feature of Emacs. Use "M-x customize-group
2610mh RET" to customize mh-e.
2611
2612*** Menus
2613
2614All mh-e modes now provide menus that contain most mh-e functions.
2615
2616*** Toolbars
2617
2618All mh-e modes now have toolbar buttons for oft-used functions (Emacs 21).
2619
2620*** Fontification
2621
2622All mh-e buffers now have font-lock keywords. To use, either call
2623(turn-on-font-lock) from the appropriate hook, or set
2624`global-font-lock-mode' to t. To customize, use "M-x
2625customize-apropos-faces ^mh RET".
2626
2627If you have customized your scan lines, you will have to update your
2628scan regexps. The existing regexps were changed to extract a match so
2629you will have to add appropriate grouping constructs to take advantage
2630of the fontification. Your old settings will continue to work, but the
2631folder will not be fontified. For example:
2632
2633 (setq mh-good-msg-regexp "^\\(.....\\)[^D^]")
2634
2635You will most likely have to update the new variable
2636`mh-scan-subject-regexp' as well. There is another new variable
2637`mh-scan-date-regexp' which you may also find useful. Run "M-x apropos
2638mh.*regexp" for a complete list.
2639
2640*** mail-user-agent support
2641
2642You can now set `mail-user-agent' to `mh-e-user-agent' so that packages
2643that need to send mail will use mh-e (closes SF #406883, SF #470024).
2644
2645*** replgroupcomps support
2646
2647If you reply to `cc' or `all' and you use nmh, the nmh repl option
2648-group will be used. This means that the file `replgroupcomps' will be
2649used. If you have customized `replcomps', you will definitely want to
2650either copy `$NMH_LIB/replgroupcomps' to your mail directory and modify
2651it the same way that you modified your `replcomps' file, or simply
2652copy your `replcomps' file to `replgroupcomps'.
2653
2654*** MH-Folder mode
2655
2656The variable `mh-summary-height' used to have a default of 4. It now
2657varies from 4 to 10 depending on the height of the frame.
2658
2659Clicking the mouse on a message shows that message.
2660
2661Delete, refile and undo now operate on a region (but only if
2662`transient-mark-mode' is non-nil).
2663
2664SPC (mh-page-msg) now displays the message if it is not already
2665visible. If the bottom of a message is showing, SPC (mh-page-msg)
2666moves to the next message (respecting the direction you are moving
2667through the folder).
2668
177c0ea7 2669The threading commands "T u (mh-next-unseen-subject-thread)",
a1b4049d
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2670"T t (mh-toggle-subject-thread)", "T s (mh-narrow-to-subject-thread)",
2671and "T k (mh-delete-subject-thread)" have been added. These functions
2672do not offer threading in the true sense of the word, but do allow
2673some manipulation by subject.
2674
2675Major, major keymap changes. This was done to free up movement
2676commands in the buffer, and to provide for additional features, such
2677as the threading commands. At the same time, better and more
2678consistent mnemonics were realized that should make it easier to
2679remember key bindings.
2680
2681Added new sub-keymaps for folder commands, sequence commands,
cd1181db 2682extraction commands, and digest commands which begin with F, S,
a1b4049d
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2683X, and D, respectively. These sub-keymaps allowed some consistency
2684(e.g., especially with l(ist) and k(ill)).
2685
2686Here are the actual changes and rationale:
2687
2688Old New Rationale
2689
2690e - Deleted. Already have x. Now used by mh-edit-again.
2691j - Deleted. Already have g.
2692
2693M-a e Better mnemonic. Matches rmail. Frees movement command.
2694M-e E Better mnemonic. Consistent with e.
2695- S Why not? mh-sort-folder.
2696
2697M-f Fv Frees movement command
2698M-f Ff Alias (keep?)
2699M-f Fo Alias (keep?)
2700M-k Fk No reason but to keep with folder commands
2701M-l Fl No reason but to keep with folder commands
2702M-p Fp No reason but to keep with folder commands
2703M-r Fr Frees movement command
2704M-s Fs No reason but to keep with folder commands
2705M-u Fu No reason but to keep with folder commands
2706
2707M-% Sd Better mnemonic
2708M-# Sk Better mnemonic
2709M-q Sl Better mnemonic
2710C-xn Sn Frees up standard key binding
2711% Sp Better mnemonic for putting a message in a sequence
2712? Ss Shows sequences that message is in
2713C-xw Sw Frees up standard key binding
2714
2715M-n Xs Better mnemonic (extract shar)
2716M-n Xu Better mnemonic (extract uuencode)
2717
2718M-SPC D SPC Frees mark command
2719M-\177 D \177 No reason but to keep with digest commands
2720M-b Db Frees movement command
2721
2722As the number of variables increases, it is becoming important to
2723organize the mh-e namespace. Several variables having to do with the
2724format of scan lines were renamed, as follows:
2725
2726Old New
2727
2728mh-good-msg-regexp mh-scan-good-msg-regexp
2729mh-deleted-msg-regexp mh-scan-deleted-msg-regexp
2730mh-refiled-msg-regexp mh-scan-refiled-msg-regexp
2731mh-valid-scan-line mh-scan-valid-regexp
2732mh-cur-scan-msg-regexp mh-scan-cur-msg-number-regexp
2733- mh-scan-cur-msg-regexp
2734- mh-scan-rcpt-regexp
2735- mh-scan-format-regexp
2736mh-msg-number-regexp mh-scan-msg-number-regexp
2737mh-msg-search-regexp mh-scan-msg-search-regexp
2738
2739*** MH-Show mode
2740
2741While the MIME support is not complete, quoted-printable body parts
2742are now decoded.
2743
2744Some MTAs quote From at the beginning of the line with a ">". The ">"
2745is now removed in the display, but not on disk.
2746
2747*** MH-Letter mode
2748
2749New function "C-c C-o (mh-split-line)" splits lines in a draft
2750preserving the fill prefix and indentation. This is useful when
2751responding to several sentences in a single paragraph separately.
2752
2753"M-q (fill-paragraph)" can now be used on the message that is being
2754replied to. The fill prefix such as "> " is preserved.
2755
2756You no longer have to run "C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" manually as this is
2757now done automatically when the message is sent.
2758
2759The X-Mailer header field is now added to messages as they are sent.
2760
2761"C-c C-m C-i (mh-mhn-compose-insertion)" now makes a pretty good guess
2762at the type of file using the `file' command and no longer asks the
2763user for the media type. If the necessary version of `file' is not
2764available, the user is asked for the media type as before; however,
2765the list of media types is now taken from the system mailcap if
2766available. Failing that, the built-in list of types has been
2767supplemented so in most cases the type you need should be present
2768(closes SF #406883, #441179).
2769
2770** New Variables in mh-e 6.0
2771
2772New variables not mentioned earlier include:
2773
2774*** mh-insert-x-mailer-p
2775
2776Default value of t means that an X-Mailer header field should be
2777added.
2778
2779*** mh-reply-show-message-p
2780
2781The setting of this variable determines whether the MH show-buffer is
2782displayed with the current message when using mh-reply without a prefix
2783argument. Set it to nil if you already include the message
2784automatically in your draft using "repl: -filter repl.filter" in
2785"~/.mh_profile."
2786
2787*** mh-scan-format-file
2788
2789Specifies the format file to pass to the scan program. If t, the
2790format string will be taken from the either `mh-scan-format-mh' or
2791`mh-scan-format-nmh' depending on whether MH or nmh is in use. If nil,
2792the default scan output will be used.
2793
2794If you customize the scan format, you may need to modify a few
2795variables containing regexps that mh-e uses to identify specific
2796portions of the output. Use `M-x apropos RET mh-scan.*regexp' to
2797obtain a list of these variables.
2798
2799*** mh-scan-format-mh
2800
2801Scan format string for MH, provided to the scan program via the
2802-format arg. This format is identical to the default except that
2803additional hints for fontification have been added to the sixth
2804column.
2805
2806*** mh-scan-format-nmh
2807
2808Scan format string for nmh, provided to the scan program via the
2809-format arg. This format is identical to the default except that
2810additional hints for fontification have been added to the sixth
2811column.
2812
2813*** mh-show-use-goto-addr
2814
2815Non-nil means URLs and e-mail addresses are highlighted using
2816goto-addr in MH-Show buffer.
2817
2818*** mh-letter-fill-column
2819
2820Fill column to use in `mh-letter-mode'. This is useful to make the
2821lines a bit shorter to allow for quoting in replies.
2822
2823*** mh-folder-updated-hook
2824
2825Invoked when the actions in a folder (such as moves and deletes) are
2826performed. Variables that are useful in this hook include
2827`mh-delete-list' and `mh-refile-list' which can be used to see which
2828changes are being made to current folder, `mh-current-folder'.
2829
2830*** mh-unseen-updated-hook
2831
2832Invoked after the unseen sequence has been updated. The variable
2833`mh-seen-list' can be used to obtain the list of messages which will
2834be removed from the unseen sequence
2835
2836** Bug Fixes in mh-e 6.0
2837
2838*** mh-edit-again and mh-extract-rejected-mail
2839
2840Now insert a header separator (--------) which packages such as
2841mailcrypt expect.
2842
2843*** mh-find-progs
2844
2845Now uses `mhparam' to set `mh-lib-progs' and `mh-lib'. Added more
2846directories to `mh-progs' so that mh-e can autoconfigure in more
2847environments. Chances are that you no longer have to set these
2848variables, and if you do, you will only have to set `mh-progs'.
2849Unless, of course, you are using an ancient version of MH that doesn't
2850have `mhparam'.
2851
2852*** mh-folder-mode-map
2853
2854The DEL/<delete>/<backspace> change in Emacs 21 broke
2855`mh-previous-page'. This has been fixed (closes SF #228907).
2856
2857*** mh-forward
2858
2859If you had "forw: -mime" to your .mh_profile, forwarding a message
2860resulted in:
2861
2862 Search failed: "^------- Forwarded Message"
2863
2864In addition, the Subject field was not filled in. This has been fixed
2865(closes SF #223603).
2866
2867*** mh-kill-folder
2868
2869The user is now always prompted before this action; the variable
2870`mh-do-not-confirm' is no longer consulted here. Therefore users who
2871wanted to set `mh-do-not-confirm' but didn't because of the
2872`mh-kill-folder' dependency may now do so.
a933dad1 2873
a1b4049d
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2874*** mh-make-folder-mode-line
2875
2876Properly deals with folders that do not have any lines in them. Prints
2877"no msgs" instead of "0 msgs". Does not try to print a range when
2878there are no messages.
2879
2880*** mh-mhn-compose-insertion
2881
2882Now gets the MIME type automatically (assuming the local file command
2883supports the -i and -b options). If this use of the file command is
2884not supported, the list of MIME types has been expanded to use the
2885system's mailcap file.
2886
2887*** mh-nmh-p
2888
2889This variable (t when nmh is in use rather than MH) assumed that the
2890string "nmh" is in `mh-lib-progs' or `mh-lib'. This has been fixed
2891(closes SF #441776).
2892
2893*** mh-refile-msg
2894
2895No longer lets you specify an empty folder (closes SF #476824).
2896
2897*** mh-regenerate-headers
2898
2899Now suppresses "scan: bad message list" messages.
2900
2901*** mh-print-msg
2902
2903This function was looking for `mhl' in the wrong place on nmh on
2904Redhat LINUX 7.0. This has been fixed (closes SF #481128).
2905
2906*** mh-show
2907
2908Now updates `cur' sequence after a message is shown (closes SF #481772).
2909
2910*** mh-showing
2911
2912Renamed variable and function to `mh-showing-mode' to conform with
2913minor mode conventions. Added optional arg to function so it would
2914behave like a normal minor mode: no or nil arg toggles mode, 0 arg
2915turns off, non-nil turns on. This fixed the error that occurred when
2916`desktop-create-buffer' recreated mh-e buffers because it was calling
2917`mh-showing' with an arg.
2918
2919*** mh-version
2920
2921Fixed for nmh. Now displays mh-e version correctly. Cleaned up output
2922and display `mh-progs', etc.
2923
2924*** mh-widen
2925
2926Now attempts to stay on the same message number (closes SF #480922).
2927
2928No longer wipes out pending deletes and refiles without warning
2929(closes SF #481036).
2930
2931\f
2932* Changes in mh-e 5.0.2
2933
2934This version contains additional minor changes to integrate it with
a933dad1
DL
2935reporter.el (requires reporter.el version 3.1c or later) and Emacs
293619.30. The mh-goto-msg function is much faster, which also speeds up
2937several other operations.
2938
a1b4049d
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2939\f
2940* Changes in mh-e 5.0.1
2941
2942This version contains minor changes from mh-e 5.0 to integrate it with
2943Emacs 19.29.
2944
2945\f
2946* User-visible changes to mh-e 5.0
2947
2948Note: This being a major release, there are many internal changes.
2949This document lists only changes to the external interfaces of mh-e.
2950
2951When upgrading, you must either explicitly reload the new versions of
2952all mh-e files that are already loaded or restart your Emacs.
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2955** Major Changes and New Features in mh-e 5.0
2956
2957The emphasis for this release has been on consistency and
2958documentation. Many documentation strings were enhanced. Documentation
2959strings were changed to comments for internal functions and variables.
2960
2961*** There is now proper documentation in the form of a 75-page users
2962manual. The Texinfo source is mh-e.texi; the formatted Info document
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2963is mh-e.info.
2964
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2965*** There is a new command `mh-update-sequences', which updates MH's
2966idea of what messages are in the Unseen sequence and what is the
2967current folder and message. `mh-quit' calls it. While
2968`mh-execute-commands' has always done this updating as a side effect,
2969the new function is faster.
a933dad1 2970
a1b4049d 2971*** The MH profile entry "Inbox:" is supported.
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2973*** If the show-buffer is modified, the user is queried before mh-e
2974reuses the buffer to show a different message. This buffer is also
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2975auto-saved and backed up correctly.
2976
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2977*** `mh-store-buffer' is significantly more robust. It now handles
2978messages created by a wide variety of packaging software. The status
2979message for `uudecode' includes the name of the file created. An error
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2980is signaled if the subprocess exits with a non-zero status.
2981
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2982*** `mh-search-folder' behaves predictably, adding messages found to
2983the `search' sequence. It correctly handles the case of no messages
2984found.
2985
2986*** `mh-burst-digest' (`M-b') now only rescans the part of the folder
2987affected by the burst. It is now much faster in a large folder.
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a1b4049d 2990** New Hooks and Customization Variables in mh-e 5.0
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2992*** `mh-default-folder-for-message-function': new name for the old
2993`mh-msg-folder-hook', which wasn't a hook. The old name was confusing,
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2994leading people to think they could use `add-hook' with it, when
2995actually `setq' is the correct way.
2996
a1b4049d 2997*** `mh-sortm-args': When this variable is used has changed. Now
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a1b4049d 2999`mh-sort-folder'. The assumption is that for arguments you normally
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3000want, you would specify them in an MH profile entry.
3001
a1b4049d 3002*** `mh-mhn-args': new hook, a list of additional arguments to pass to
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3003the `mhn' program if `mh-edit-mhn' is given a prefix argument.
3004
a1b4049d 3005*** `mh-edit-mhn-hook': new hook called by `mh-edit-mhn', the function
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3006that formats MIME messages.
3007
a1b4049d 3008*** `mh-folder-list-change-hook': new hook, called whenever the cached
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3009list of folders, `mh-folder-list', is changed.
3010
a1b4049d 3011*** `mh-find-path-hook': new hook, called when entering mh-e.
a933dad1 3012
a1b4049d 3013*** `mh-repl-formfile': new variable, used to change the format file
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3014used by `mh-reply' from the default of "replcomps".
3015
a1b4049d 3016*** New variables to customize the scan format and notating:
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3017`mh-note-deleted', `mh-note-refiled', `mh-note-seq', `mh-note-cur',
3018`mh-note-copied', `mh-note-printed'.
3019
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3021** Key Binding Changes in mh-e 5.0
3022
3023*** `RET' runs `mh-show' for consistency with the Finder and Info. The
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3024old binding `.' still works, but `RET' is now the standard binding.
3025
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3026*** `M-<' now runs `mh-first-msg' for consistency with `M->', which
3027runs `mh-last-msg'.
a933dad1 3028
a1b4049d 3029*** `C-c C-f C-d' in MH-Letter mode moves to a Dcc: header field.
a933dad1 3030
a1b4049d 3031*** `C-c C-f C-r' in MH-Letter mode moves to a From: header field.
a933dad1 3032
a1b4049d 3033*** `g' is now the standard binding for `mh-goto-msg'. The old binding
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3034`j' still works.
3035
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3037** Other Improvements and Changes to mh-e 5.0
3038
3039*** `mh-lpr-command-format' no longer passes the "-p" argument to
3040`lpr' by default. The mail header typically has the date anyway.
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a1b4049d 3042*** When prompting for a sequence name, if no sequences have been used
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3043yet, mh-e will offer the first sequence the current message is in.
3044
a1b4049d 3045*** The patterns of more mailers are recognized by
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3046`mh-extract-rejected-mail'.
3047
a1b4049d 3048*** `mh-insert-prefix-string' no longer wraps the call to the
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3049`mail-citation-hook' function in a `save-excursion' so the hook writer
3050can choose whether to leave point at the beginning or the end of the
3051yanked text.
3052
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3053*** `mh-write-msg-to-file': The prompt now refers to "message" or
3054"message body" depending on which will be written. (This is controlled
3055by a prefix argument.) The file defaults to the last-used file instead
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3056of supplying only the directory name.
3057
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3058*** mh-e uses message ranges when running MH commands. Thus "rmm 1 2 3
30594 6" is now "rmm 1-4 6". This change makes it less likely to overflow
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3060system argument list limits, and it might be faster, too.
3061
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3063** Bug Fixes to mh-e 5.0
3064
3065*** mh-e's idea of the unseen sequence now stays in sync with MH's
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3066better.
3067
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3068*** Functions that are supposed to find fields in the message header
3069no longer look in the message body.
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3071*** mh-e would sometimes fail to remove the "%" from a scan line when
3072the message was removed from a sequence if the message was also in the
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3073Previous sequence.
3074
a1b4049d 3075*** The variable `mh-inc-prog' is now correctly used in all places.
a933dad1 3076
a1b4049d 3077*** `mh-pipe-msg' runs the process in the correct directory.
a933dad1 3078
a1b4049d 3079*** A partially scanned folder will no longer lose the "/select"
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3080annotation when you execute marked deletes and refiles with `x'.
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3083* Changes to mh-e 4.0
3084
3085This file is automatically generated from news-mh-e.txinfo. Do not edit.
3086
3087[MH-E-ONEWS has been incorporated here and removed. news-mh-e.txinfo
3088is no longer available.]
3089
3090Note: there are many internal changes to mh-e in this release. If you
3091have the previous version loaded into your Emacs, you will probably not
3092be able to load this version on top of it.
3093
3094** New Features in mh-e 4.0
3095
3096*** Background folder collection. The first time you are prompted for
3097a folder, you must wait while mh-e collects the names of all existing
3098folders. Now however, if you abort, collecting will continue in the
3099background, and you can do something else in Emacs until the
3100collection completes. Normally, mh-e will begin collecting folders
3101names in the background when you first load it; you can disable this
3102feature by setting `mh-auto-folder-collect' to nil.
3103
3104*** There is support for composing MIME messages using the `mhn'
3105program from MH 6.8. See the documentation string for mh-edit-mhn.
3106(While composing a letter, type `C-h k C-c C-e'.) See also mhn(1).
3107There is as yet no support for reading MIME messages.
3108
3109*** `mh-show', typically on `.', repositions to the start of the
3110message if the message is already visible. It used to do nothing in
3111this case.
3112
3113*** The function `mh-unshar-msg' is renamed `mh-store-msg'. It now
3114does uudecoding, too. Someday it should do MIME. It remembers the last
3115directory you used and offers it as the default for next time.
3116
3117*** New function `mh-header-display', on `,', displays the message
3118with all headers, including those normally not displayed. Type `.' to
3119display the message normally again.
3120
3121*** New function `mh-list-sequences' lists the sequences in use in the
3122current folder.
3123
3124*** New function `mh-version' displays version information about MH
3125and mh-e. Please use the output in bug reports.
3126
3127*** `mh-quit' now burys the folder buffer and show buffer.
3128
3129
3130** New hooks and customization variables in mh-e 4.0
3131
3132*** `mh-pick-mode-hook': new hook called by new mode `mh-pick-mode'.
3133The pick buffer didn't used to have its own mode. Another advantage of
3134`mh-pick-mode' is that `C-h m' works in the pick buffer.
3135
3136*** `mail-citation-hook': new variable for supercite.
3137
3138*** `mh-refile-msg-hook': new hook called by `mh-refile-msg' (and
3139`mh-refile-or-write-again' when refiling).
3140
3141*** `mh-msg-folder-hook': new hook used by `mh-refile-msg' and
3142`mh-to-fcc' to provide a default folder for user prompt.
3143
3144*** `mh-show-hook': new hook called by `mh-show'.
3145
3146*** `mh-delete-msg-hook': new hook called by `mh-delete-msg'.
3147
3148*** `mh-show-mode-hook': new hook called by new mode `mh-show-mode'
3149for `show-' buffers.
3150
3151*** `mh-comp-formfile': new variable so can customize `components'
3152file.
3153
3154*** `mh-sortm-args': new variable, a list of extra arguments to be
3155passed to sortm by `mh-sort-folder'. Give an argument to
3156`mh-sort-folder' to suppress this behavior.
3157
3158*** `mh-send-prog': new variable so can customize name of `send'
3159program in case of name conflicts.
3160
3161*** `mh-scan-prog': new variable so can customize name of `scan'
3162program to generate custom effects.
3163
3164*** `mh-inc-prog': new variable so can customize name of `inc' program
3165to do fancy management of incoming messages.
3166
3167*** `mh-forwarded-letter-subject': new function used by `mh-forward'
3168to compute the Subject line of the new message. It is a small function
3169which can be replaced by the user for customization. Uses the new
3170variable `mh-forward-subject-format', which allows some simple
3171customizations without rewriting even `mh-forwarded-letter-subject'.
3172
3173*** `mh-new-draft-cleaned-headers': new variable, header lines removed
3174by `mh-edit-again' and `mh-extract-rejected-mail' before offering a
3175message as a new draft.
3176
3177*** `mh-signature-file-name': new variable used by
3178`mh-insert-signature' to so can customize name of the file to insert.
3179
3180*** `mh-read-address': new function called to read all To: and Cc:
3181addresses.
3182
3183*** `mh-msg-folder-hook': new hook used by `mh-refile-msg' and
3184`mh-to-fcc' to provide a default folder for user prompt.
3185
3186
3187** Key binding changes in mh-e 4.0
3188
3189*** `,' runs new function `mh-header-display'. It is like `.' but it
3190displays *all* the headers.
3191
3192*** `M-#' runs the new function `mh-delete-seq'. One used to have to
3193type `C-u M-%' to delete a sequence.
3194
3195*** `<' no longer does `mh-first-msg', but `M->' now does
3196`mh-last-msg'. This allows first and last to be consistent (`>' was
3197taken) and is more likely to be discovered by chance anyway.
3198
3199*** `M-d' runs `mh-redistribute', `r' runs `mh-reply' (on the theory
3200that the more commonly used function should be easier to type, and the
3201obscure action of redistributing can be harder to type).
3202
3203*** `M-o' changed to `C-o' (`mh-write-msg-to-file'). It was
3204interfering with arrow keys for some people.
3205
3206*** `M-n' now runs `mh-store-msg' (formerly `mh-unshar-msg').
3207
3208*** `b' no longer runs `mh-quit'; use `q' instead. `b' may be used in
3209a future version for something else.
3210
3211
3212** Minor improvements to mh-e 4.0
3213
3214*** The mh-e code is now divided into multiple Emacs Lisp files, so it
3215starts up faster because Emacs doesn't have to load all of it at once.
3216(This change also makes it easier for the maintainer to manage
3217things.)
3218
3219*** When searching for the directory containing the MH programs,
3220search the user's PATH in addition to the built-in directories, to
3221increase the chance of finding the MH programs.
3222
3223*** The subject for a forwarded message no longer has ugly square
3224brackets around it.
3225
3226*** The name of the folder is no longer appears twice in the show
3227buffer mode line.
3228
3229*** When typing a folder name in the minibuffer, parent folders
3230complete to the trailing slash (/), for easier typing of subfolders.
3231
3232*** The folder buffer mode name changed from `mh-e scan' or `mh-e
3233show' to `MH-Folder', which makes the hook name easier to guess. Added
3234`mh-showing' to `minor-mode-alist' so there is still an indication in
3235the mode line of whether messages will be shown automatically.
3236
3237*** `mh-rename-seq' does completion on the old sequence name.
3238
3239*** If called by a user who has never used MH on this system before,
3240mh-e runs the MH program `install-mh' to get them set up.
3241
3242*** Undo history for previous messages is not kept to avoid wasting
3243memory.
3244
3245*** The internal temp buffer used by mh-e has `buffer-offer-save'
3246explicitly nil. This change benefits people who change the
3247`buffer-offer-save' default.
3248
3249
3250** Bug fixes to mh-e 4.0
3251
3252*** `mh-to-field': don't bomb if no To: field.
3253
3254*** `mh-get-new-mail': restore annotations, e.g., cur, even if no new
3255mail.
3256
3257*** `mh-rename-seq': verify that the new seq name was accepted by
3258`mark' before updating state.
3259
3260*** `mh-internal-seq': the Previous sequence is not notated, since it
3261would notate everything scanned.
3262
3263*** `mh-read-draft': don't call `find-file-noselect' so an
3264`auto-mode-alist' doesn't trigger `mh-letter-mode-hook' twice. Faster,
3265too.
3266
3267*** `mh-show': If user moves onto a message that doesn't exist, don't
3268leave the cursor in the show pane.
3269
3270*** `mh-delete-scan-msgs': use `equal', not `=', on the result of
3271`mh-get-msg-num', since it may be nil.
3272
3273*** `mh-get-field': do anchored search so searching for `reply-to:'
3274doesn't find `in-reply-to:'.
3275
3276*** `mh-widen': do nothing if not narrowed.
3277
3278*** `mh-clean-message-header': find end of headers even if no body.
3279
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3281This file is part of GNU Emacs.
3282
ab73e885 3283GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
5b87ad55 3284it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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3285the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
3286(at your option) any later version.
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3287
3288GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
3289but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
3290MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
3291GNU General Public License for more details.
3292
3293You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
ab73e885 3294along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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3295
3296\f
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3297Local variables:
3298mode: outline
3299paragraph-separate: "[ \f]*$"
3300end:
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