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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/etc/MH-E-NEWS [gnus-5_10-branch]
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[Emacs-diffs] Changes to emacs/etc/MH-E-NEWS [gnus-5_10-branch] |
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Sat, 04 Sep 2004 08:22:27 -0400 |
Index: emacs/etc/MH-E-NEWS
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+ * COPYRIGHT
+
+ Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+ Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification,
+ are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright
+ notice and this notice are preserved.
+
+ * Changes in MH-E 7.82
+
+ Version 7.82 continues to address the saga surrounding the use of CL
+ macros in CVS Emacs and fixes the auto-detection of vanilla MH (SF
+ #1014781).
+
+ * Changes in MH-E 7.81
+
+ Version 7.81 fixes a `wrong-type-argument' argument error that
+ sometimes occurred when processing the Message-ID, adds the ";
+ (mh-toggle-mh-decode-mime-flag)" command, and uses ":default" instead
+ of "default" in `mh-identity-handlers' to avoid problems with
+ "Default:" as a user defined field. If you have modified
+ `mh-identity-handlers' in your .emacs, you'll need to rename "default"
+ to ":default". This release also corrects the release numbering; the
+ previous version number was intended to be 7.80.
+
+ * Changes in MH-E 7.4.80
+
+ Version 7.4.80 now supports GNU mailutils, S/MIME, picons,
+ which-func-mode, has an improved interface for hiding header fields,
+ improves upon the MH variant detection, and contains many bug fixes.
+ Those of you familiar with the GNU version numbering schemes will
+ recognize this as an alpha release. This does not reflect on the
+ quality of this release which is as high as it has always been.
+ Although we are not ready to release 8.0, we want you to have access
+ to the work that has been hiding in CVS. At the same time we want to
+ make it clear that there are incompatible changes with previous
+ versions.
+
+ We are planning to release the long-awaited manual update synchronized
+ with version 8.0. We are using documentation from the manual in the
+ docstrings which is hoped to make "C-h f (describe-function)" really
+ useful and create a seamless experience when switching back and forth
+ between the manual and the docstrings. This has been done in about
+ half of the variables and functions in this version.
+
+ The writing of the manual has revealed a few inconsistencies in the
+ software whose fixes have resulted in incompatible changes, and there
+ may well be more. So, unlike version 7 which was chock full of new
+ features, version 8's strengths will include complete documentation
+ and higher quality.
+
+ ** New Features in MH-E 7.4.80
+
+ *** GNU mailutils Support
+
+ MH-E now supports GNU mailutils 0.4 and higher versions.
+
+ *** S/MIME Support
+
+ MH-E now supports S/MIME using Gnus 5.10.6 or higher.
+
+ *** Picon Support
+
+ In addition to the other methods of displaying an icon for the sender
+ of a message, MH-E can now display images from a picon directory. The
+ directory search path is found in the `mh-picon-directory-list'
+ variable. More documentation is found in the "facedb" sections in the
+ xfaces man page. [NOTE: need to make mh-picon-directory-list an option
+ and add xfaces facedb documentation to it.]
+
+ *** X-Image-URL Updates
+
+ Now support the use of `curl' and `fetch' as alternatives to `wget' to
+ obtain the image. The display of images are controlled with the
+ `mh-show-use-xface-flag' option while the `mh-fetch-x-image-url'
+ option controls how the images are fetched.
+
+ WARNING: There are security concerns with this feature. Please read
+ the documentation for these options carefully before changing the
+ default.
+
+ *** Updates to mh-identity-list
+
+ Note that the field names found in `mh-identity-list' that refer to
+ the fields in `mh-identity-handlers' have changed in an incompatible
+ way from 7.4.4. In general, the symbolic names now have a ":" prefix
+ to avoid collisions with header fields. Before starting Emacs, edit
+ your .emacs and insert ":" before "signature" if you have defined it.
+
+ You can change your attribution in replies with the new "Attribution
+ Verb" field, and you can set your default GPG user ID with the "GPG
+ key ID" field.
+
+ Signatures can now be read from the `mh-signature-file-name' variable,
+ or come from a function, in addition to a named file. If you write
+ your own function, variables that you can use include
+ `mh-signature-separator-regexp', `mh-signature-separator',
+ and `mh-signature-separator-p'.
+
+ The handling of these fields has been moved into a new
+ `mh-identity-handlers' option, an alist of fields (strings) and
+ handlers (functions). Strings are lowercase. Use ":signature" for
+ Signature and ":pgg-default-user-id" for GPG Key ID. The function
+ associated with the string "default" is used if no other functions are
+ appropriate. For this reason, don't name a header field "Default".
+
+ If you point your signature at a vCard file with a vcf suffix, then it
+ will be incorporated as a vCard body part (closes SF #802723).
+
+ *** Catchup Command
+
+ There is a new "F c (mh-catchup)" command that marks all unread
+ messages in the current folder as read.
+
+ *** Change Content-Type Renderer on the Fly in MH-Show Buffer
+
+ This has been implemented by adding the key binding "K e
+ (mh-display-with-external-viewer)". For inline text/html parts,
+ buttons aren't displayed by default. In that case use "K t
+ (mh-toggle-mime-buttons)" to display the button before viewing it with
+ an external browser (closes SF #839318).
+
+ *** Use which-func-mode to Display Folder in Index Mode
+
+ Turning on `which-func-mode' displays the folder name of the message
+ under the cursor in index folders (closes SF #855520).
+
+ *** Render Signature and vCard in Italics
+
+ This has been implemented. Use `mh-show-signature-face' to customize
+ the face used (closes SF #802722).
+
+ *** New Print Map
+
+ There is now a keymap for the printing functions whose prefix is "P".
+ The command "l (mh-print-msg)" has been replaced with "P l". Other new
+ functions in this keymap include:
+
+ P A mh-ps-print-toggle-mime
+ P C mh-ps-print-toggle-color
+ P F mh-ps-print-toggle-faces
+ P M mh-ps-print-toggle-mime
+ P f mh-ps-print-msg-file
+ P l mh-print-msg
+ P p mh-ps-print-msg
+ P s mh-ps-print-msg-show
+
+ *** Draft Buffer Keymap Changes
+
+ The keymap in the draft buffer has been modified slightly. The old
+ anonymous ftp and tar composition commands have been reinstated and
+ letter signing and encrypting keymaps have been added.
+
+ The type of signing or encryption has been generalized so the method
+ is now an option rather than a part of the function's name. The option
+ is `mh-mml-method-default' and choices include PGP (MIME), PGP,
+ S/MIME, or none.
+
+ Key 7.4.4 7.4.80
+
+ C-c RET C-e mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime
+ mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt
+ C-c RET C-s mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime
+ -
+ C-c RET C-g - mh-mhn-compose-anon-ftp
+ C-c RET C-n - mh-mml-unsecure-message
+ C-c RET C-s - mh-mml-secure-message-sign
+ C-c RET C-t - mh-mhn-compose-external-compressed-tar
+ C-c RET C-s mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime
+ mh-mml-secure-message-sign
+ C-c RET C-x - mh-mhn-compose-external-type
+ C-c RET e mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime
+ Prefix Command
+ C-c RET e e - mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt
+ C-c RET e s - mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt
+ C-c RET g - mh-mhn-compose-anon-ftp
+ C-c RET n - mh-mml-unsecure-message
+ C-c RET s mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime
+ Prefix Command
+ C-c RET s e - mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt
+ C-c RET s s - mh-mml-secure-message-sign
+ C-c RET t - mh-mhn-compose-external-compressed-tar
+ C-c RET x - mh-mhn-compose-external-type
+
+ *** Speedbar: Highlight Folders With Unseen
+
+ The speedbar now renders the folders with unseen messages in boldface
+ which makes them easier to identify (closes SF #623369).
+
+ *** Quick Key Help
+
+ The "? (mh-help)" function now displays the help in its own buffer
+ called *MH-E Help* (closes SF #493740 and SF #656631).
+
+ *** New Startup File mh-e-autoloads.el
+
+ If you are installing MH-E yourself, then you can replace any
+ autoloads you may have with "(require 'mh-e-autoloads.el)". See the
+ README for details.
+
+ *** Glimpse Support Removed
+
+ Since glimpse isn't free, we cannot mention it. Glimpse has been
+ removed from the option `mh-indexer-choices' (closes SF #831276).
+
+ *** mh-msg-is-in-seq Update
+
+ Can now specify an alternate message number to "S s
+ (mh-msg-is-in-seq)" with a prefix argument.
+
+ ** New Variables in MH-E 7.4.80
+
+ Variables that have been added to MH-E that have not been discussed
+ elsewhere are listed here.
+
+ *** mail-citation-hook
+
+ Hook for modifying a citation just inserted in the mail buffer.
+
+ *** mh-alias-reloaded-hook
+
+ Invoked by `mh-alias-reload' after reloading aliases.
+
+ *** mh-auto-fields-prompt-flag
+
+ Non-nil means to prompt before sending if fields in
+ `mh-auto-fields-list' are inserted.
+
+ *** mh-default-folder-for-message-function
+
+ Function to select a default folder for refiling or `Fcc'.
+
+ *** mh-forward-hook
+
+ Invoked on the forwarded letter by "f (mh-forward)".
+
+ *** mh-invisible-header-fields-default
+
+ List of hidden header fields. The header fields listed in this option
+ are hidden, although you can check off any field that you would like
+ to see. Header fields that you would like to hide that aren't listed
+ can be added to the `mh-invisible-header-fields' option (closes SF
+ #752045).
+
+ The option `mh-visible-header-fields' has been deleted.
+
+ *** mh-junk-background
+
+ If on, spam programs are run in background. This used to be the
+ default behavior but this could overwhelm a system if many messages
+ were black- or whitelisted at once. The spam programs are now run in
+ the foreground, but this option can be used to put them back in the
+ background.
+
+ *** mh-signature-separator-flag
+
+ Non-nil means a signature separator should be inserted. It is not
+ recommended that you change this option since various mail user
+ agents, including MH-E, use the separator to present the signature
+ differently, and to suppress the signature when replying or yanking a
+ letter into a draft.
+
+ *** mh-variant
+
+ Specifies the variant used by MH-E. The default setting of this option
+ is `Auto-detect' which means that MH-E will automatically choose the
+ first of nmh, MH, or GNU mailutils that it finds in the directories
+ listed in `mh-path', `mh-sys-path', and `exec-path'. If, for example,
+ you have both nmh and mailutils installed and `mh-variant-in-use' was
+ initialized to nmh but you want to use mailutils, then you can set
+ this option to `mailutils'.
+
+ When this variable is changed, MH-E resets `mh-progs', `mh-lib',
+ `mh-lib-progs', `mh-flists-present-flag', and `mh-variant-in-use'
+ accordingly.
+
+ If you've set these variables in your .emacs, it is strongly suggested
+ that you comment them out. The MH detection code has been completely
+ rewritten and it is very likely that you no longer to set them and
+ their setting may confuse other MH-E settings.
+
+ ** Variables Deleted in MH-E
+
+ Variables that have been removed from MH-E that have not been
+ discussed elsewhere are listed here.
+
+ *** mh-alias-system-aliases
+
+ System definitions should not be a user option.
+
+ *** mh-junk-mail-folder
+
+ Since this variable can accept values other than folder names, it was
+ renamed to `mh-junk-disposition' to more accurately reflect the content.
+
+ ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.4.80
+
+ Many bugs were fixed in this version that aren't listed below.
+
+ *** mh-extract-rejected-mail Can't Do MIME (and Other Formats)
+
+ Now handles qmail and exim bounces (addresses SF #404965).
+
+ *** mh-rmail Hangs in XEmacs
+
+ We've determined that MH-E is incompatible with some versions of
+ XEmacs (21.5.9-21.5.16). More recent versions work fine. If you think
+ our list is too broad, please let us know which version of XEmacs you
+ are using (closes SF #644321).
+
+ *** Inconsistent Prompts
+
+ Prompt formats are now consistent throughout the application (closes
+ SF #730470).
+
+ *** Empty Shell Comments Confuse mh-mhn-directive-present-p
+
+ If you had a string that matched the regexp "^# $" in your draft, it
+ would cause an error. This has been fixed (closes SF #762458).
+
+ *** Quote Hashes When mhbuild Directives Used
+
+ A related bug, if you had empty shell comments but inserted your own
+ directives, you'd get another error from mhbuild. This has been fixed
+ by quoting the hash ("^# $") like this "##" before submitting to
+ mhbuild (closes SF #762464).
+
+ *** Inconsistent Usage in Scan Formatting Variables
+
+ The variables:
+
+ mh-note-cur
+ mh-note-deleted
+ mh-note-dist
+ mh-note-forw
+ mh-note-refiled
+ mh-note-repl
+ mh-note-seq
+
+ used to contain strings. Although only the first character was read,
+ the entire string would be inserted which may have caused problems.
+ These variables have been converted to character constants so that
+ only a single character can be inserted into the scan line (closes SF
+ #770772).
+
+ *** Bad Handling of Aliases That Conflict With Local User Names
+
+ If a user name existed both locally and in the aliases file, the local
+ user would be flashed, but the alias would be used when sending. This
+ has been fixed so that the user name that is flashed is the same as
+ the name that is sent (closes SF #772595).
+
+ *** Args out of range
+
+ In rare and non-reproducible circumstances, compilation sometimes
+ threw an "Args out of range" error. Nonetheless, this has been fixed
+ (closes SF #806577).
+
+ *** mh-forward hard-codes '-mime' Switch on nmh
+
+ Added new option `mh-compose-forward-as-mime-flag' that controls whether
+ messages are forwarded as MIME attachments (closes SF #827203).
+
+ *** Not Re-prompted to Sign After Pass Phrase Typo
+
+ If there were errors when sending a signed message (like getting the
+ pass phrase wrong), the MML markup remained in the draft buffer. The
+ draft buffer is now restored if there is an error (closes SF #839303).
+
+ *** Font-lock Gets Confused in MH-Letter Buffer
+
+ If a user manually moved the cursor to the end of the header field
+ separator line (by mouse click or keyboard navigation) and hit Enter
+ to start typing their message, any line in the body with a colon would
+ be fontified with a gray background. This has been fixed (closes SF
+ #855479).
+
+ *** mh-refile-msg Fails to Suggest Folder for Empty Message
+
+ If you received a message with an empty body from someone who is
+ listed in your aliases file, "o (mh-refile-msg)" failed to suggest the
+ correct folder. This has been fixed (closes SF #917096).
+
+ *** Error Visiting Folder With no Unseen Messages
+
+ If you visited a folder without unseen messages and the option "flist:
+ -noshowzero" is present in your ~/.mh_profile, you'd get an error. This
+ has been fixed (closes SF #933954).
+
+
+
+ * Changes in MH-E 7.4.4
+
+ Version 7.4.4 addresses programmatic issues from the FSF and prepares
+ MH-E for inclusion into an impending GNU Emacs release (21.4). There
+ are no user-visible changes (unless you are using XEmacs on DOS or
+ don't have the cl package installed). Filenames are now unique in
+ their first 8 characters (DOS 8.3 requirement). The runtime dependency
+ on the cl package has been removed. Desktop saving and restoration
+ code moved here from desktop.el.
+
+ * Changes in MH-E 7.4.3
+
+ Version 7.4.3 fixes the problem where `mh-identity-list' was not getting
+ set from .emacs.
+
+ * Changes in MH-E 7.4.2
+
+ Version 7.4.2 fixes the accidental dependence on nmh (closes SF
+ #791021).
+
+ * Changes in MH-E 7.4.1
+
+ Version 7.4.1 fixes the Makefile so it no longer tries to compile
+ mh-unit.el.
+
+ * Changes in MH-E 7.4
+
+ Version 7.4 contains many new useful features including arbitrary MH
+ range handling, new draft features such as draft form editing, as well
+ as sequence propagation and manipulation. We've also fixed bugs and
+ added a handful of new variables.
+
+ ** New Features in MH-E 7.4
+
+ *** Add Arbitrary Ranges to MH-E UI
+
+ MH-E now handles any legal MH range (such as last:5 or 4 8 10-12)
+ wherever you're prompted for a message number or sequence (closes SF
+ #728638).
+
+ *** Remove Prompting in mh-send
+
+ Brian Reid's original mhe didn't do prompting anywhere but used forms
+ instead. While we won't go that far, we eliminated prompting where a
+ form is already involved, such as in composing a message.
+
+ The new customization variable `mh-compose-prompt-flag' can be set to
+ t to get the original behavior (closes SF #745622).
+
+ *** Use TAB to Switch Fields in Header
+
+ When composing a message, TAB and SHIFT-TAB can be used to move
+ quickly between header fields. The new customization variable,
+ `mh-compose-skipped-header-fields', contains a list of header fields
+ that are skipped and truncated if they are too long (closes SF
+ #745627).
+
+ *** Alias Completion in Composition Buffer
+
+ Aliases can be completed in the draft with "M-TAB
+ (mh-letter-complete)". Or, if the customization variable
+ `mh-compose-space-does-completion-flag' is set to t, then a "SPC
+ (mh-letter-complete-or-space)" with do the same thing. If
+ `mh-alias-flash-on-comma' is non-nil, ", (mh-letter-confirm-address)"
+ will show the alias expansion in the minibuffer (closes SF #745634).
+
+ *** Auto Fields Should be Inserted During Send
+
+ Fields that were inserted by the multiple personality code when the
+ draft was sent now insert the header fields when the draft is composed
+ to give you a chance to edit them (closes SF #747890).
+
+ *** mh-index-tick-messages
+
+ The command "F ' (mh-index-ticked-messages)" creates a buffer with all
+ messages ticked with "' (mh-toggle-tick)" in the folders listed in the
+ new customization variable `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders'. Chances
+ are that if you set `mh-index-new-messages-folders', you'll want to
+ set `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders' accordingly.
+
+ In addition, a general function, "F q (mh-index-sequenced-messages)"
+ has been provided that displays messages in the `mh-unseen-seq' in the
+ folders listed `mh-index-new-messages-folders', unless a prefix
+ argument is given, in which case you can provide both a list of
+ folders and a sequence (closes SF #718833).
+
+ *** Narrow to Region
+
+ If there is a region, "/ r (mh-narrow-to-range)" will only consider
+ those messages in the region. In addition, there is now a stack of
+ folder limits which can be popped with "/ w (mh-widen)". With a prefix
+ arg, all the restrictions are popped off of the stack (closes SF
+ #732823).
+
+ *** Narrow to Ticked Sequence
+
+ The buffer can now be narrowed to ticked messages with "S '
+ (mh-narrow-to-tick)" (closes SF #732825).
+
+ *** Display Multiple Buttons for multipart/alternative
+
+ A new customizable variable,
+ `mh-display-buttons-for-alternatives-flag', was added to display
+ buttons for the alternatives. The default value is nil to retain the
+ current behavior (closes SF #741288).
+
+ *** Identity Menu Changes
+
+ A menu item has been added that inserts custom fields if the To or Cc
+ header fields match `mh-auto-fields-list'.
+
+ ** New Variables in MH-E 7.4
+
+ *** mh-alias-local-users-prefix
+
+ This string is prepended to the real names of users from the passwd
+ file. If nil, use the username string unmodified instead of the real
+ name from the gecos field of the passwd file.
+
+ *** mh-alias-passwd-gecos-comma-separator-flag
+
+ Non-nil means the gecos field in the passwd file uses comma as a
+ separator. Used to construct aliases for users in the passwd file."
+
+ *** mh-interpret-number-as-range-flag
+
+ Non-nil means interpret a number as a range. If the variable is
+ non-nil, and you use an integer, N, when asked for a range to scan,
+ then MH-E uses the range "last:N".
+
+ *** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook
+
+ This new hook is invoked at the beginning of the `F k
+ (mh-kill-folder)' command. It is a list of functions to be called,
+ with no arguments, which should return a value of non-nil if you
+ should not be asked if you're sure that you want to remove the folder.
+ This is useful for folders that are easily regenerated.
+
+ The default value of `mh-index-p' suppresses the prompt on folders
+ generated by an index search.
+
+ WARNING: Use this hook with care. If there is a bug in your hook which
+ returns t on +inbox and you hit `F k' by accident in the +inbox
+ buffer, you will not be happy.
+
+ *** mh-refile-preserves-sequences-flag
+
+ Non-nil means that sequences are preserved when messages are refiled.
+ If this variable is non-nil and a message belonging to a sequence
+ other than cur or Previous-Sequence (see mh-profile 5) is refiled then
+ it is put in the same sequence in the destination folder. Additional
+ sequences that should not to be preserved can be specified by setting
+ `mh-unpropagated-sequences' appropriately.
+
+ *** mh-visible-header-fields
+
+ Customize this instead of `mh-visible-headers', which is now a defvar.
+ This was done to mimic the relationship between
+ `mh-invisible-header-fields' and `mh-invisible-fields'.
+
+ ** Variables Deleted in MH-E 7.4
+
+ *** mh-visible-headers
+
+ See the paragraph for `mh-visible-header-fields' above.
+
+ ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.4
+
+ *** Aliases Constantly Reloaded
+
+ The system aliases are not loaded as often as they were, so the
+ completion speed has been dramatically improved if your passwd file is
+ large (closes SF #693859).
+
+ *** Folders in MH-Index View Not Saved
+
+ When you perform a search to produce an MH-Index buffer, the folders
+ that contain the messages are shown. If the MH-Index buffer was
+ deleted, or Emacs was restarted and the corresponding folder
+ rescanned, the folder information would be lost. This has been fixed
+ by saving the information in a file called ".mhe_index" (closes SF
+ #701762).
+
+ *** Ticking Messages in +mhe-index/new
+
+ If a new message in a buffer created by "F n" was ticked (with "'"),
+ the message would not be added to the tick sequence in the source
+ folder. This has been fixed so that any sequence changes in any index
+ folder (from within MH-E of course) are now reflected back to the
+ corresponding source folder (closes SF #709664).
+
+ *** Custom Vars Set by a Function
+
+ The default setting of customization variable `mh-summary-height' is
+ now `nil' which means MH-E will change the size dynamically according
+ to the size of the frame (closes SF #723267).
+
+ *** Folder Completion Slow
+
+ The first folder completion was very slow. This has been fixed (closes
+ SF #730426).
+
+ *** Tick Sequence Persistent When Refiled
+
+ Sequences are now preserved when messages are refiled (closes SF
+ #737128).
+
+ *** Auto-inserted Header Fields Inconsistent
+
+ For consistency, all automatically inserted header fields (such as
+ X-Mailer and X-Face) are added when the draft is first presented to
+ you. This also gives you a chance to edit or delete them if necessary
+ (closes SF #745624). Note that we would be distressed if you deleted
+ the X-Mailer field.
+
+ *** Toolbar Spec Error
+
+ The following message appeared when displaying a message in XEmacs:
+
+ Signaling: (error "Toolbar spec must be list or nil" )
+
+ This has been fixed (closes SF #745655).
+
+ *** mh-index-search Doesn't Find Short Acronyms
+
+ Swish typically ignores words with fewer than four letters, but will
+ still look for acronyms. Unfortunately, MH-E was downcasing the input
+ words which defeated this feature. This has been fixed (closes SF
+ #755718).
+
+
+
+ * Changes in MH-E 7.3
+
+ This release includes the new features of an index view of unseen
+ messages in all folders, spam software support, relative folder
+ specification @ support, marking messages, recipient handling by
+ mh-default-folder-list, Face and X-Image-URL header field support, and
+ Fcc completion. Function arguments have been unified. Bugs have been
+ fixed.
+
+ ** New Features in MH-E 7.3
+
+ *** Unified Function Arguments
+
+ Any function with MSG-OR-SEQ in its docstring uses the displayed
+ message by default for this argument. However, if a prefix argument is
+ provided, then the user is prompted for a message sequence. If the
+ variable `transient-mark-mode' is non-nil and the mark is active, then
+ the function operates on the messages in the selected region. In a
+ program, MSG-OR-SEQ can be a message number, a list of message
+ numbers, a region in a cons cell, or a sequence.
+
+ *** MH-Index View of Unseen Messages
+
+ Use "F n (mh-index-new-messages)" or Folder -> View New Messages menu
+ item to display messages in the `mh-unseen-seq' sequence in folders
+ specified by `mh-index-new-messages-folders'. With a prefix argument,
+ enter a space-separated list of folders, or nothing to search all
+ folders.
+
+ Like other MH-Index folders, use "v (mh-index-visit-folder)" if you
+ wish to visit the original folder with the unseen message. This is
+ usually not necessary since the original message is annotated if you
+ reply, deleted if you delete the message, or refiled if you refile the
+ message (closes SF #701756).
+
+ *** Spam Software Support
+
+ MH-E now supports several spam filters including Bogofilter,
+ SpamProbe, and SpamAssassin. Spam that is mistakenly considered to be
+ good mail can be reclassified as spam with "J b (mh-junk-blacklist)".
+ Conversely, good mail that is accidently considered to be spam can be
+ reclassified with "J w (mh-junk-whitelist)" (closes SF #669518).
+
+ If a message is blacklisted, and `mh-junk-mail-folder' is a string,
+ then the message is refiled to that folder. If this variable is nil,
+ the message is deleted. If a message is whitelisted, then the message
+ is refiled to `mh-inbox'.
+
+ To change the spam program being used, customize `mh-junk-program'.
+ This should only be necessary if you have multiple filters on your
+ system and MH-E picked the wrong one. These customization variables
+ are found in the new customization group `mh-junk'.
+
+ The documentation for the following functions describes what setup is
+ needed for the different spam fighting programs:
+
+ - `mh-bogofilter-blacklist'
+ - `mh-spamprobe-blacklist'
+ - `mh-spamassassin-blacklist'
+
+ *** Relative Folder Specification @ Supported
+
+ You can now use the relative folder marker @ in folder names (closes
+ SF #666774).
+
+ *** Marking Messages
+
+ Messages can now be highlighted with "' (mh-toggle-tick)", Sequence ->
+ Toggle Tick Mark menu item or the "Toggle tick mark" button. These
+ messages are added to the "tick" sequence, although this sequence can
+ be changed in `mh-tick-seq'. The highlighting effect can be modified
+ by customizing `mh-folder-tick-face' (closes SF #623367).
+
+ There is also a new keybinding "/ ' (mh-narrow-to-tick)" and menu item
+ Sequence -> Narrow to Tick Sequence to narrow the view to the
+ highlighted messages.
+
+ *** mh-default-folder-list Now Takes Recipients
+
+ If you wish to file a message based upon the recipient of a message
+ (such as a mailing list), you can now indicate that when filling out
+ the address in the `mh-default-folder-list' customization variable.
+
+ *** Face Header Field Supported
+
+ In addition to the X-Face header field, the Face header field, which
+ can display color images, is now supported. As a bonus, the external
+ xface-e21 library is no longer required.
+
+ *** X-Image-URL Support
+
+ Images specified in X-Image-URL header fields are now supported.
+ See the customization variable `mh-fetch-x-image-url' to enable this
+ support.
+
+ *** Fcc Completion
+
+ Folders in Fcc fields in message drafts can now be completed with
+ M-TAB.
+
+ ** New Variables in MH-E 7.3
+
+ Variables that have been added to MH-E that have not been discussed
+ elsewhere are listed here.
+
+ *** mh-auto-fields-list
+
+ Alist of addresses for which header lines are automatically inserted.
+ When a regular expression matches in the To or cc fields of a message,
+ the corresponding header field is automatically inserted in the
+ message header. It also allows the automatic setting of an identity
+ (using `mh-insert-identity') to set an alternate identity when sending
+ messages to a certain person or mailing list.
+
+ Since this is a more general use of `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-flag'
+ and `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-list', these variables have been removed.
+
+ *** mh-show-xface-face
+
+ Face for displaying the X-Face image.
+
+ *** mh-xemacs-toolbar-position
+
+ This customization variable allows the user to place the toolbar on
+ the four edges of the frame.
+
+ *** mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag
+
+ This customization variable is used to enable or disable the toolbar
+ under XEmacs.
+
+ ** Variables Deleted in MH-E 7.3
+
+ Variables that have been removed from MH-E that have not been
+ discussed elsewhere are listed here.
+
+ *** mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message-flag
+
+ No longer needed since the external program mimencode is no longer
+ used.
+
+ *** mh-index-show-hook
+
+ This hook was never used, so it was removed.
+
+ *** mh-tool-bar-reply-3-buttons-flag
+
+ Obsolete. This functionality is present `mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons'.
+
+ ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.3
+
+ *** Can't Refile Message
+
+ Messages with invalid addresses were causing errors in ali which
+ prevented the refiling of messages. The ali error is now shown in the
+ "*MH-E Log*" buffer and refiling suggests the last folder used (closes
+ SF #680388).
+
+ *** Empty Body Triggers Duped Header
+
+ If the body was empty the header would be treated like the body and
+ was therefore displayed twice. This has been fixed (closes SF
+ #681162).
+
+ *** mml or mhl Directives Not Always Processed
+
+ The mml and mhl directives used to create body parts were not
+ processed if one re-edited a draft, or if they added the directives
+ manually. The directives are now always processed upon sending the
+ letter. You may still, of course, use "C-c C-m m (mh-mml-to-mime)" or
+ "C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" to manually create the MIME body parts from
+ the directives and then send the draft.
+
+ *** mh-alias-grab-from-field Fails
+
+ MH-E was adding aliases with angle brackets around the address when
+ there wasn't a phrase (usually, the user's name), to go with it. This
+ caused ali to fail which caused problems in MH-E. This is probably a
+ bug in ali, but MH-E no longer inserts angle brackets around the
+ address unless there is a phrase, which avoids the problem (closes SF
+ #690216).
+
+ *** XEmacs Fixes
+
+ MH-E is now fully supported under XEmacs and compiles without any
+ warnings.
+
+ In particular, the following now work under XEmacs:
+
+ - X-Face, Face, and X-Image-URL header fields
+ - MH-E logo in mode line
+ - Emphasis (bold, italics, etc.)
+ - Smilies
+ - Toolbar
+
+ *** Indexed Folders Should Respect mh-show-threads-flag
+
+ Indexed folders are now threaded if `mh-show-threads-flag' is non-nil
+ (closes SF #709667).
+
+ *** Threading Index View Loses Folder Info
+
+ This has been fixed (closes SF #709672).
+
+ *** No Undo Information When Re-editing Drafts
+
+ Undo is turned on in the draft buffer when using "e (mh-edit-again)"
+ (closes SF #712777).
+
+ *** Forwarded base64-encoded Messages Are Incorrectly Displayed
+
+ This has been fixed (closes SF #681518).
+
+ *** Append to *MH-E Log* Buffer
+
+ The last 100 lines of log messages are kept in the *MH-E Log* buffer.
+ Previously, the buffer was erased every time it was written (closes SF
+ #685476). In addition, many of the MH-E commands now send their output
+ into this buffer instead of a plethora of other special-purpose
+ buffers.
+
+ *** mh-inc-folder Complains if No Mail and No Current Message
+
+ The function `mh-inc-folder' no longer calls `mh-show' if point is not
+ on a valid scan line. This keeps `mh-inc-folder' from complaining
+ (closes SF #678115).
+
+ *** Folder Normalization Strips Leading Slash
+
+ Leading "/" characters in folder names entered by the user were being
+ lost. This has been fixed (closes SF #676890).
+
+ *** Print Header Doesn't Show Message
+
+ When printing a sequence, the header simply indicated that a sequence,
+ but not which one, was being printed and did not show the message
+ number. This has been fixed. If more than one message is printed, a
+ page of the scan lines is printed and its header indicates the
+ sequence or message range. The pages with the actual messages all set
+ the header to the folder and message displayed on that page.
+
+ *** Aliases Constantly Reloaded
+
+ Empty lists are now handled properly (closes SF #693859).
+
+ *** Remove RCS Keywords
+
+ Removed RCS keywords per Emacs conventions (closes SF #680731).
+
+ *** Replace Mimencode
+
+ MH-E was enhanced to decode message based on charset and
+ Content-Transfer-Encoding. This eliminates the need for the external
+ program mimencode (closes SF #674857).
+
+
+
+ * Changes in MH-E 7.2
+
+ This release includes the new features of filing hints, hierarchical
+ file name completion, indexed search and pick integration, unification
+ between `mh-visit-folder' and the speedbar, a displayed message
+ indicator, buffer name organization, support for mairix indexed
+ search, and last but not least, the MH-E logo has been added to the
+ mode line. Code that handles sequences and message regions runs
+ faster. Bugs have been fixed.
+
+ ** New Features in MH-E 7.2
+
+ *** Filing Hints
+
+ When you file a message, MH-E now looks for an alias corresponding to
+ the address of the sender and offers that as a default folder (closes
+ SF #657096). The new variable `mh-default-folder-prefix' can be used
+ to put these folders in a sub-folder. The new variable
+ `mh-default-folder-must-exist-flag' means to suppress the suggested
+ folder (thereby providing the previous folder used) if the folder
+ doesn't already exist. The new variable `mh-default-folder-list' can
+ be used to map additional addresses and folders.
+
+ *** Hierarchical File Name Completion
+
+ When you completed filenames in the past, you were presented with a
+ list of all your folders at all depths in the tree. Now you are
+ presented with only one level at a time (closes SF #664821).
+ As a result, the variables `mh-auto-folder-collect-flag' and
+ `mh-folder-list-change-hook' are obsolete.
+
+ *** Indexed Search and Pick Integration
+
+ The indexed and pick searches have been integrated (closes SF
+ #664816). Both "F s (mh-search-folder)" and "F i (mh-index-search)"
+ use the pick template for forming queries. To submit the query, use
+ "C-c C-c (mh-do-search)" which will use the query method you selected.
+ If you change your mind while forming the query, you can use "C-c C-i
+ (mh-index-do-search)" or "C-c C-p (mh-pick-do-search)" to submit the
+ query using the respective method.
+
+ Second, the results from a pick search are now saved in a sub-folder
+ of +mhe-index like an indexed search.
+
+ Third, `pick' is now a valid choice for `mh-index-program'.
+
+ *** mh-visit-folder Metamorphosis Continues
+
+ When visiting a folder from the speedbar, only the unseen messages are
+ shown if there are unseen messages. If there aren't any unseen
+ messages, all of the messages are shown if there are fewer than
+ `mh-large-folder' messages; otherwise, the user is prompted for the
+ range of messages to display. The "F v (mh-visit-folder)" command has
+ been modified to mimic this behavior. Use a prefix arg to force the
+ message range prompt.
+
+ *** Displayed Message Indicator
+
+ In graphical Emacs, the message that is shown is marked by a triangle
+ in the fringe. In textual Emacs, there is a ">" in the first column
+ (closes SF #664824).
+
+ *** Buffer Name Organization
+
+ All ephemeral buffer names start with " *mh" while all interesting
+ buffers start with "*MH-E ". The "*Folders*", "*Sequences*", and
+ "*Recipients*" buffers were therefore renamed to "*MH-E Folders*",
+ "*MH-E Sequences*" and "*MH-E Recipients*" respectively (programmers
+ should see mh-utils.el for the names of the new constants). Also, the
+ output of MH commands is saved in the "*MH-E Log*" buffer.
+
+ *** mh-index-program
+
+ Add choices for `mairix' and `pick'.
+
+ *** Logo Displayed on Mode Line
+
+ ** New Variables in MH-E 7.2
+
+ The new variables have been discussed elsewhere.
+
+ ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.2
+
+ *** mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message
+
+ Messages that had been encoded with base64 were not decoded. This has
+ been fixed with this new function (closes SF #674190). As a result,
+ the variable `mh-decode-quoted-printable-flag' has been renamed to
+ `mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message-flag'.
+
+ *** mh-kill-folder
+
+ Now restores previous window configuration (closes SF #664828).
+
+ *** mh-mime-display
+
+ MH-E was not using the charset defined in the content-type
+ header. This meant that mail in a different charset would not
+ be properly displayed. This has been fixed (closes SF #655123).
+
+ *** mh-read-address
+
+ In XEmacs and Emacs20, this function would always prompt using "To: "
+ instead of using the command argument. This has been fixed (closes SF
+ #670913).
+
+ *** mh-rmail
+
+ Unseen messages are now shown in addition to new ones (closes SF
+ #667542).
+
+ *** mh-scan-msg-overflow-regexp
+
+ Change the variable so that a space is always maintained in the
+ beginning of the scan line.
+
+ *** mh-swish-execute-search
+
+ The example configuration file in the docstring didn't show the
+ backslash in the FileRules filename. If the example had been used
+ literally by the user, no files would be indexed! This has been fixed
+ (closes SF #665888).
+
+ *** mh-thread-refile
+
+ The "T o (mh-thread-refile)" command did not provide refiling hints
+ like `mh-refile-msg'. This has been fixed (closes SF #664829).
+
+ *** mh-toggle-threads
+
+ If the threaded view was modified and then toggled, the standard view
+ may not have been accurate (as it contained a potentially old first
+ message to last message range). This has been fixed (closes SF
+ #626117).
+
+ *** mh-tool-bar-show-set, mh-tool-bar-letter-set, mh-tool-bar-folder-set
+
+ Clicking the customize and help buttons now deletes the other windows
+ in the frame.
+
+ *** mh-version
+
+ The "M-x mh-version" command displayed "Aliasfile: aliases". This has
+ been fixed (closes SF #664467). See Buffer Name Organization above.
+
+
+
+ * Changes in MH-E 7.1
+
+ This release includes the new features of multiple identities and
+ alias completion. In addition, indexed searching has been revamped.
+ Various other features have been added and a few bugs were fixed.
+
+ ** New Features in MH-E 7.1
+
+ *** Multiple Identities
+
+ MH-E now supports multiple identities (closes SF #628782). That means
+ that you can have different From and Organization header fields (or
+ any other header field of your choice) as well as different signatures
+ depending on your context. Usually, the contexts are home and work.
+
+ Add your identities to the variable `mh-identity-list' and set the
+ default identity with the variable `mh-identity-default'. Your
+ identity can be switched on the fly by using the Identity menu or by
+ calling "M-x mh-insert-identity RET".
+
+ This functionality can be customized within the mh-identity group.
+
+ *** Alias Completion and Harvesting
+
+ The contributed file mh-alias.el has been rewritten and incorporated
+ into MH-E.
+
+ By default, aliases are culled from the system files
+ "/etc/nmh/MailAliases," "/usr/lib/mh/MailAliases," and "/etc/passwd"
+ (see `mh-alias-system-aliases') and from your "AliasFile" MH profile
+ component. These aliases are then used for completion in the
+ minibuffer when entering addresses. Within the header of the message
+ draft, "M-TAB (mh-letter-complete)" is used to do alias completion.
+
+ The package also provides for alias creation based upon the From
+ header field of the current message. Use the lasso button
+ (mh-alias-grab-from-field).
+
+ This functionality can be customized within the mh-alias group.
+
+ *** Index Folder Updates
+
+ The results of an index search "F i (mh-index-search)" are now stored
+ in a bona fide folder so that you can refile messages and reply to
+ messages directly from the result folder. This folder is a sub-folder
+ of +mhe-index and the name is based upon the search string (closes SF
+ #623321).
+
+ If a prefix argument is given then the search in the current index
+ buffer is redone.
+
+ The index folder lists the names of the source folders as before.
+ However, instead of using RET on the name of the folder to visit the
+ folder, use "v (mh-show-index-visit-folder)" anywhere within the
+ results to visit that folder narrowed to the results of the search.
+ Additional functions have been added to navigate including "TAB
+ (mh-index-next-folder)", and "SHIFT-TAB (mh-index-previous-folder)."
+
+ *** mh-visit-folder Interface Updated
+
+ A change was made to the prompting of the message range. In general,
+ you can use the same format for messages and sequences as you can in
+ MH with a single exception: a single number means to scan that many
+ messages, rather than scan that message number. This turns out to be
+ much more useful than visiting a single message and is consistent with
+ Gnus and the MH-E speedbar (closes SF #655891).
+
+ If mh-visit-folder is called non-interactively and RANGE is nil then
+ all messages are displayed. This behavior is now documented and
+ provides backwards compatibility.
+
+ *** Threading Improvements
+
+ After incorporating new mail into a threaded folder, unseen messages
+ can be spread about. Two new functions have been added to make it
+ easier to find them: these are "M-n (mh-next-unread-msg)" and "M-p
+ (mh-previous-unread-msg)" (closes SF #630328)
+
+ Two new functions were added to delete and refile threads. They are "T
+ d (mh-thread-delete)" and "T o (mh-thread-refile)" respectively
+ (closes SF #630493).
+
+ In addition, the key "k" used to be bound to the function
+ `mh-delete-subject': it is now bound to
+ `mh-show-delete-subject-or-thread'.
+
+ New functions to navigate threads include "T u (mh-thread-ancestor)",
+ which can jump to the root message of the current thread given an
+ optional argument, "T n (mh-thread-next-sibling)", and "T p
+ (mh-thread-previous-sibling)"
+
+ *** Refiling of Messages in Region
+
+ If mark is active and `transient-mark-mode' is enabled then all the
+ messages in the region are refiled.
+
+ *** vCard Handling
+
+ If a signature cannot be identified, but there is a vCard attachment,
+ then that vCard will be presented as a signature (closes SF #649216).
+
+ *** New Info Added to mh-version
+
+ Information about Gnus versions available at both compile time and run
+ time has been added.
+
+ ** New Variables in MH-E 7.1
+
+ The defcustom groups were reorganized. Rather than iterate the
+ specific changes here, you are invited to browse the groups with "M-x
+ mh-customize RET".
+
+ *** mh-alias-completion-ignore-case-flag
+
+ Non-nil means don't consider case significant in MH alias completion.
+ This is the default in plain MH, so it is the default here as well. It
+ can be useful to set this to t if, for example, you use lowercase
+ aliases for people and uppercase for mailing lists.
+
+ *** mh-alias-expand-aliases-flag
+
+ Non-nil means to expand aliases entered in the minibuffer. In other
+ words, aliases entered in the minibuffer will be expanded to the full
+ address in the message draft. By default, this expansion is not
+ performed.
+
+ *** mh-alias-flash-on-comma
+
+ Specify whether to flash the translation of the alias or warn if there
+ isn't a translation of the alias.
+
+ *** mh-alias-insert-file
+
+ Filename to use to store new MH-E aliases. This variable can also be a
+ list of filenames, in which case MH-E will prompt for one of them. If
+ nil, the default, then MH-E will use the first file found in the
+ "AliasFile" component of the MH profile.
+
+ *** mh-alias-insertion-location
+
+ Specifies where new aliases are entered in alias files. Options are
+ sorted alphabetically (the default), at the top of the file or at the
+ bottom.
+
+ *** mh-alias-local-users
+
+ If t, local users are completed in MH-E To: and Cc: prompts.
+
+ If you set this variable to a string, it will be executed to generate
+ a password file. A value of "ypcat passwd" is helpful if NIS is in
+ use.
+
+ *** mh-alias-system-aliases
+
+ A list of system files from which to cull aliases. If these files are
+ modified, they are automatically reread. This list need include only
+ system aliases and the passwd file, since personal alias files listed
+ in your "AliasFile" MH profile component are automatically included.
+
+ *** mh-identity-default
+
+ Default identity to use when `mh-letter-mode' is called.
+
+ *** mh-identity-list
+
+ List holding MH-E identity.
+
+ *** mh-invisible-header-fields
+
+ Simple user interface to change `mh-invisible-headers'.
+
+ *** mh-letter-complete-function
+
+ Function to call when completing outside of fields specific to
+ aliases. By default, it is bound to 'ispell-complete-word.
+
+ *** mh-show-threads-flag
+
+ Non-nil means new folders start in threaded mode. Threading large
+ number of messages can be time consuming. So if the flag is non-nil
+ then threading will be done only if the number of messages being
+ threaded is less than `mh-large-folder' (closes SF #646794).
+
+ *** mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons
+
+ Buttons to include in MH-E folder/show toolbar.
+
+ *** mh-tool-bar-letter-buttons
+
+ Buttons to include in MH-E letter toolbar.
+
+ ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.1
+
+ *** mh-get-new-mail
+
+ Call new function `mh-add-cur-notation' to undo the work of
+ `mh-remove-cur-notation' if there was no new mail (closes SF #647681).
+
+ *** mh-set-cmd-note
+
+ No longer updates the default `mh-cmd-note' value. This resulted in
+ the misplacement of the current mark when the message number width
+ changed (closes SF #643701).
+
+
+
+ * Changes in MH-E 7.0
+
+ This is a major release which includes a lot of new features including
+ improved MIME handling, speedbar folder browsing, and indexed
+ searching. In this version, MH-E runs under XEmacs, passes checkdoc,
+ and compiles clean under all supported platforms.
+
+ The "passes checkdoc" feature above required changing the name of
+ several user-visible variables. It is likely that this affects you.
+ Please be sure to see the table at the end of these notes and rename
+ your variables accordingly.
+
+ MH-E has been written mh-e, Mh-e, MH-e and MH-E. We have decided that
+ the proper term should be MH-E. Please try to use MH-E in your
+ writing.
+
+ ** New Features in MH-E 7.0
+
+ *** Speedbar
+
+ There is now support for the speedbar. Try "M-x speedbar" (closes SF
+ #503727).
+
+ Press the middle mouse button on the `+' icons to open a folder,
+ middle mouse button on a folder name to open the folder. Folders with
+ unseen messages are shown in bold, so this is a handy way to browse
+ new messages that you have filed with procmail or slocal.
+
+ See the new customization variable `mh-large-folder,' which controls
+ when the speedbar asks for how many messages to scan when opening a
+ large folder and `mh-speed-run-flists-flag' whose default value of t
+ means to use the flists command to populate the count of unseen and
+ total messages in each folder.
+
+ *** Indexed Search
+
+ Interoperability with swish++, swish, glimpse, and namazu has been
+ added to enable lightening-fast searches of your mail. If none of
+ these are present, grep is used. Try "F i (mh-index-search)".
+
+ For more information, read the documentation for the functions
+ `mh-swish++-execute-search,' `mh-swish-execute-search,'
+ `mh-namazu-execute-search,' or `mh-glimpse-execute-search' depending
+ on your preferred indexing program to see what kind of setup is needed
+ to generate the index.
+
+ *** Threading
+
+ Use "T t (mh-toggle-threads)" to view the threads in the folder. Use
+ it again to return to a non-threaded view.
+
+ *** Brief Help
+
+ Use "? (mh-help)" and "X ? (mh-prefix-help)," where X is a prefix
+ character, for a brief synopsis in the minibuffer of frequently used
+ commands. In the MH-Letter or MH-Pick buffers, use "C-c ? (mh-help)"
+ (closes SF #493740).
+
+ *** Folder Keymap Shared by Show Buffer
+
+ You can now use the MH-Folder mode commands from the MH-Show buffer.
+ Because of this, the MH-Show buffer is now read-only (closes SF
+ #493749 and SF #527946) and you now have to use "M (mh-modify)" to
+ edit a message.
+
+ *** Better Scanning
+
+ You no longer have to modify your scan format if your folders have
+ more than 9999 messages in them. If you've only modified your scan
+ format file to allow for the wider message numbers, consider using the
+ default behavior of MH-E and simplify your MH-E configuration
+ considerably (closes SF #635791).
+
+ To do this, you may have to remove your modifications of
+ `mh-scan.*-regexp' and `mh-cmd-note' and your customization of
+ `mh-scan-format-file'.
+
+ You may still want the updated format files for running MH commands
+ outside of MH-E; the default of `mh-scan-format-file' will cause them
+ to be ignored.
+
+ If you prefer fixed-width message numbers, set the new customization
+ variable to nil , set this variable to
+ nil and call `mh-set-cmd-note' with the width specified by the scan format in
+ `mh-scan-format-file'. For example, the default width is 4, so you would use
+ "(mh-set-cmd-note 4)" if `mh-scan-format-file' were nil.
+
+ *** X-Face
+
+ MH-E now displays the content of the X-Face header field in the From
+ field. When sending a message, an X-Face field is appended to the
+ header if it doesn't already exist and "~/.face" is present. See the
+ new customization variables `mh-show-use-xface-flag' and `mh-x-face-file'
+ (closes SF #480770).
+
+ MH-E depends on the external x-face package found in
+ ftp://ftp.jpl.org/pub/elisp/ to do this. The `uncompface' binary is
+ also required to be in the execute PATH. It can be obtained from:
+ http://freshmeat.net/redir/compface/1439/url_tgz/compface-1.4.tar.gz.
+
+ It has also been observed that if you don't see the faces, you might
+ have to do this (for unknown reasons):
+
+ mv /usr/local/include/compface.h /usr/include/
+
+ *** Graphical Smileys
+
+ Smiley's are now converted to cute little images. See the new
+ customization variable `mh-graphical-smileys-flag.'
+
+ *** Text Emphasis
+
+ ASCII formatting is now converted to the appropriate font. For
+ example, _underline_ is underlined, *bold* appears in bold, /italic/
+ appears in italic, etc. See `gnus-emphasis-alist' for the whole list.
+ See the new customization variables `mh-decode-mime' and
+ `mh-graphical-emphasis-flag.'
+
+ *** Attachment Handling
+
+ Inline attachments are now displayed. Regular attachments appear as
+ buttons in show buffer. Use "K TAB (mh-next-button)" or "K SHIFT-TAB
+ (mh-prev-button)" to cycle through these buttons. Use "K v
+ (mh-folder-toggle-mime-part)" to view, "K o
+ (mh-folder-save-mime-part)" to save one part or "K-a
+ (mh-save-mime-parts)" to save all parts, or "K i
+ (mh-folder-inline-mime-part)" to view the attachment inline.
+
+ See the new customization variable `mh-decode-mime' for additional
+ information. Other customization variables that affect this new feature
+ include `mh-store-mime-parts-default-directory' and
+ `mh-display-buttons-for-inline-parts-flag'.
+
+ HTML documents can be viewed inline if Gnus v5.10 and w3 or w3m lisp
+ packages are present. Set the customization variable
+ `mm-text-html-renderer' accordingly (closes SF #453352).
+
+ *** Quoted-printable Handling
+
+ Quoted-printable body parts are now decoded.
+
+ *** More Choices for `mh-yank-from-start-of-msg'
+
+ Historically, if this variable was t, the entire message, with full
+ headers would be included and every line would begin with
+ `mh-ins-buf-prefix.' This usage is deprecated in favor of the setting
+ `supercite' below. The default has been changed to `attribution.' The
+ following symbols are now understood:
+
+ `body': yank the message minus the header.
+
+ `supercite': include the entire message, with full headers. This also
+ causes the invocation of `sc-cite-original' without the setting of
+ `mail-citation-hook', now deprecated practice.
+
+ `autosupercite': do as for `supercite' automatically when show buffer
+ matches the message being replied-to.
+
+ `attribution': yank the message minus the header and add a simple
+ attribution line at the top.
+
+ `autoattrib': do as for `attribution' automatically when show buffer
+ matches the message being replied-to.
+
+ There is a new customization variable called
+ `mh-extract-from-attribution-verb' which is used for attribution which
+ provides a method for setting a different language.
+
+ *** Use Gnus mml Instead of mhn
+
+ When inserting attachments into a message draft, Gnus mml directives
+ are now used instead of mhn directives. One beneficial side-effect of
+ this is that attachments can now appear inline as well as separate.
+
+ The new customization variable `mh-compose-insertion' controls whether
+ Gnus or mhn is used to insert MIME message directives in messages
+ (default: 'gnus, if the mml library exists).
+
+ *** Content-Type Now Obtained Automatically
+
+ The value of the Content-Type no longer needs to be entered by the
+ user.
+
+ *** Attachments Automatically Included Upon Send
+
+ You no longer have to run "C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" before sending a
+ message with attachments--this is done automatically when you send the
+ message with "C-c C-c (mh-send-letter)". There is, however, a new key
+ binding "C-c C-m m (mh-mml-to-mime)" which is analogous to "C-c C-e
+ (mh-edit-mhn)".
+
+ *** GPG Handling
+
+ Messages that have been signed or encrypted with GPG are verified and
+ decrypted automatically. To sign or encrypt a message, use "C-c RET
+ C-s (mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime)" and "C-c C-m C-e
+ (mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime)." You need Gnus version 5.10
+ for this feature. These functions are provided by the pgg.el package.
+
+ Users report "flashing" with the pgg.el package and prefer the gpg.el
+ package instead. To use gpg.el instead of the pgg.el package you need:
+
+ (setq mml2015-use 'gpg)
+
+ To mimic automatic encryption in gpg.el, use:
+
+ (setq mm-verify-option 'always)
+ (setq mm-decrypt-option 'always)
+
+ The venerable mailcrypt package is also an option. However, now that
+ show buffers are read-only, mailcrypt version 3.5.6 and older fail
+ when they attempt to decrypt the contents.
+
+ *** Mail-Followup-To Header Field
+
+ Support for this controversial field has been added because nmh
+ supports it (closes SF #627035). If you want to add it to outgoing
+ mail for selected mailing lists, add those mailing lists to the new
+ customization variable `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-list.' If you think
+ this field is evil, set the new customization variable
+ `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-flag' to nil.
+
+ *** Gnus Issues
+
+ If you update Gnus, you must recompile MH-E. Note that if you are
+ running the stock version of MH-E that comes with Emacs or the MH-E
+ package on a Debian GNU/Linux, this is done for you.
+
+ ** New Variables in MH-E 7.0
+
+ New customization variables not mentioned earlier include:
+
+ *** mh-letter-insert-signature-hook
+
+ Invoked at the beginning of the "C-c C-s (mh-insert-signature)"
+ command. Can be used to determine which signature file to use based on
+ message content. On return, if `mh-signature-file-name' is non-nil
+ that file will be inserted at the current point in the buffer.
+
+ *** mh-show-maximum-size
+
+ Maximum size of message (in bytes) to display automatically. Provides
+ an opportunity to skip over large messages which may be slow to load.
+ Use a value of 0 to display all messages automatically regardless of
+ size (closes SF #488696).
+
+ *** mh-tool-bar-reply-3-buttons-flag
+
+ Non-nil means use three buttons for reply commands in tool-bar. If you
+ have room on your tool-bar because you are using a large font, you may
+ set this variable to expand the single reply button into three buttons
+ that won't lead to minibuffer prompt about who to reply to.
+
+ ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.0
+
+ *** mh-delete-msg, mh-refile-msg, mh-undo
+
+ Mandrake Linux includes XEmacs initialization code that binds
+ `transient-mark-mode' which causes problems in MH-E. These problems
+ have been fixed (closes SF #541915).
+
+ *** mh-edit-again
+
+ This would sometimes yield a read-only buffer. This has been fixed
+ (closes SF #624283 and SF #625538).
+
+ *** mh-forward
+
+ When using nmh, always specify -mime so as to preserve the original
+ message(s).
+
+ *** mh-inc-folder
+
+ If you had narrowed to a sequence and then incorporated new mail,
+ those new messages would not be present in your +inbox when you
+ widened. This has been fixed (closes SF #489430, SF #489437, SF
+ #629233).
+
+ *** mh-insert-letter
+
+ No longer uses mhl to include a message as this mangled the header and
+ gave supercite fits (closes SF #629153).
+
+ *** mh-letter-mode
+
+ "M-q (fill-paragraph)" now fills quoted paragraphs (for example,
+ starting with "> ") correctly (closes SF #489927).
+
+ *** mh-next-undeleted-msg, mh-previous-undeleted-msg
+
+ If there are no more undeleted messages the point remains at its
+ original position and a message is produced (closes SF #494304).
+
+ *** mh-pick-mode
+
+ Now calls `mh-pick-mode-hook' as documented.
+
+ *** mh-put-msg-in-seq
+
+ Now puts all messages in region in sequence (closes SF #630324).
+
+ *** mh-refile-msg, mh-write-msg-to-file
+
+ These functions stomped on the variables that held the name of the
+ last file and folder respectively for the other function. This has
+ been fixed so that the last folder or file name is preserved (closes
+ SF #580772).
+
+ *** mh-region-to-sequence
+
+ If the region in MH-Folder was set with "C-x h (mark-whole-buffer)",
+ you couldn't perform operations on all of the messages as you would
+ expect. This has been fixed (closes SF #621632).
+
+ *** mh-reply
+
+ Performing an undo the first thing after replying would blank out the
+ entire draft. Now just the insertion of the yanked message is undone
+ leaving the header and signature intact for additional editing (closes
+ SF #623693).
+
+ *** mh-show-mode
+
+ Now calls `mh-show-mode-hook' as documented (closes SF #627222).
+
+ *** mh-subject-thread-to-sequence
+
+ Make 'subject sequence a real one, exported to MH. This means you can,
+ for example, mh-forward it. But it also shows up with a mark in the
+ scan output (closes SF #489445).
+
+ *** Other Bug Fixes
+
+ The following bugs have also been closed:
+
+ SF #495450: Folder buffer read-only after inc
+ SF #489706: mh-page-msg bombs out
+ SF #580772: mh-last-destination is overloaded
+
+ *** Variables renamed to conform with Emacs coding conventions
+
+ The coding conventions require that boolean variables end in -flag.
+ The following two tables show which variables were affected (closes SF
+ #627015).
+
+ Customization Variables (defcustom)
+
+ Old Name New Name
+
+ mh-auto-folder-collect mh-auto-folder-collect-flag
+ mh-bury-show-buffer mh-bury-show-buffer-flag
+ mh-clean-message-header mh-clean-message-header-flag
+ mh-decode-quoted-printable mh-decode-quoted-printable-flag
+ mh-delete-yanked-msg-window mh-delete-yanked-msg-window-flag
+ mh-do-not-confirm mh-do-not-confirm-flag
+ mh-highlight-citation-p mh-highlight-citation
+ mh-insert-x-mailer-p mh-insert-x-mailer-flag
+ mh-print-background mh-print-background-flag
+ mh-recenter-summary-p mh-recenter-summary-flag
+ mh-recursive-folders mh-recursive-folders-flag
+ mh-reply-show-message-p mh-reply-show-message-flag
+ mh-show-use-goto-addr mh-show-use-goto-addr-flag
+ mh-update-sequences-after-mh-show mh-update-sequences-after-mh-show-flag
+
+ Regular Variables (defvar)
+
+ Old Name New Name
+
+ mh-mhn-compose-insert-p mh-mhn-compose-insert-flag
+ mh-nmh-p mh-nmh-flag
+ mh-page-to-next-msg-p mh-page-to-next-msg-flag
+
+
+
+ * Changes in mh-e 6.1
+
+ This is a minor release which includes a few bug fixes. The
+ distribution now includes the ChangeLog.
+
+ ** New Features in mh-e 6.1
+
+ *** Fontification
+
+ Unseen messages now displayed in bold.
+
+ *** Viewing folders and sequences
+
+ The folder and sequence listings that "F l (mh-list-folders)" and "S l
+ (mh-list-sequences)" create are now displayed in view mode.
+
+ ** Bug Fixes in mh-e 6.1
+
+ *** mh-folder-unseen-seq-name
+
+ Byte compilation failed when initializing this variable when the
+ user's MH environment was not set up. This has been fixed (closes
+ Debian #140232 and Debian #140817).
+
+ *** mh-forward
+
+ When forwarding a sequence, the mode of the draft would not be set to
+ MH-Letter correctly. This has been fixed (closes SF #489448).
+
+ *** mh-insert-prefix-string
+
+ Fixed to work under XEmacs. Thanks to Will Partain
+ <partain at dcs.gla.ac.uk>.
+
+ *** mh-quit
+
+ mh-quit now cleans up the buffers named `mh-temp-buffer,'
+ 'mh-temp-folders-buffer' and 'mh-temp-sequences-buffer.'
+
+
+ * Changes in mh-e 6.0
+
+ mh-e is now maintained at SourceForge (see
+ http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/). This is where you need to go to obtain
+ new versions of mh-e, report bugs and receive support.
+
+ The maintainers have moved much of their personal configurations into
+ the codebase, so you may find that you may be able to reduce your mh-e
+ customizations as well.
+
+ There are several incompatibilities in this version from older
+ versions. Please read the following notes carefully for details. Pay
+ particular attention to the key binding changes in the MH-Folder
+ section. If you have customized your scan format, you will want to
+ read about the new variable `mh-scan-format-file'.
+
+ The manual could not be updated in time for this release. It will be
+ updated in the near future. If the Preface in your manual indicates
+ the older version (version 1.3, for mh-e version 5.0.2), please check
+ the following page occasionally for an update:
+
+ https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13357
+
+
+ ** New Features in mh-e 6.0
+
+ *** Customization
+
+ mh-e now uses the customize feature of Emacs. Use "M-x customize-group
+ mh RET" to customize mh-e.
+
+ *** Menus
+
+ All mh-e modes now provide menus that contain most mh-e functions.
+
+ *** Toolbars
+
+ All mh-e modes now have toolbar buttons for oft-used functions (Emacs 21).
+
+ *** Fontification
+
+ All mh-e buffers now have font-lock keywords. To use, either call
+ (turn-on-font-lock) from the appropriate hook, or set
+ `global-font-lock-mode' to t. To customize, use "M-x
+ customize-apropos-faces ^mh RET".
+
+ If you have customized your scan lines, you will have to update your
+ scan regexps. The existing regexps were changed to extract a match so
+ you will have to add appropriate grouping constructs to take advantage
+ of the fontification. Your old settings will continue to work, but the
+ folder will not be fontified. For example:
+
+ (setq mh-good-msg-regexp "^\\(.....\\)[^D^]")
+
+ You will most likely have to update the new variable
+ `mh-scan-subject-regexp' as well. There is another new variable
+ `mh-scan-date-regexp' which you may also find useful. Run "M-x apropos
+ mh.*regexp" for a complete list.
+
+ *** mail-user-agent support
+
+ You can now set `mail-user-agent' to `mh-e-user-agent' so that packages
+ that need to send mail will use mh-e (closes SF #406883, SF #470024).
+
+ *** replgroupcomps support
+
+ If you reply to `cc' or `all' and you use nmh, the nmh repl option
+ -group will be used. This means that the file `replgroupcomps' will be
+ used. If you have customized `replcomps', you will definitely want to
+ either copy `$NMH_LIB/replgroupcomps' to your mail directory and modify
+ it the same way that you modified your `replcomps' file, or simply
+ copy your `replcomps' file to `replgroupcomps'.
+
+ *** MH-Folder mode
+
+ The variable `mh-summary-height' used to have a default of 4. It now
+ varies from 4 to 10 depending on the height of the frame.
+
+ Clicking the mouse on a message shows that message.
+
+ Delete, refile and undo now operate on a region (but only if
+ `transient-mark-mode' is non-nil).
+
+ SPC (mh-page-msg) now displays the message if it is not already
+ visible. If the bottom of a message is showing, SPC (mh-page-msg)
+ moves to the next message (respecting the direction you are moving
+ through the folder).
+
+ The threading commands "T u (mh-next-unseen-subject-thread)",
+ "T t (mh-toggle-subject-thread)", "T s (mh-narrow-to-subject-thread)",
+ and "T k (mh-delete-subject-thread)" have been added. These functions
+ do not offer threading in the true sense of the word, but do allow
+ some manipulation by subject.
+
+ Major, major keymap changes. This was done to free up movement
+ commands in the buffer, and to provide for additional features, such
+ as the threading commands. At the same time, better and more
+ consistent mnemonics were realized that should make it easier to
+ remember key bindings.
+
+ Added new sub-keymaps for folder commands, sequence commands,
+ extraction commands, and digest commands which begin with with F, S,
+ X, and D, respectively. These sub-keymaps allowed some consistency
+ (e.g., especially with l(ist) and k(ill)).
+
+ Here are the actual changes and rationale:
+
+ Old New Rationale
+
+ e - Deleted. Already have x. Now used by mh-edit-again.
+ j - Deleted. Already have g.
+
+ M-a e Better mnemonic. Matches rmail. Frees movement command.
+ M-e E Better mnemonic. Consistent with e.
+ - S Why not? mh-sort-folder.
+
+ M-f Fv Frees movement command
+ M-f Ff Alias (keep?)
+ M-f Fo Alias (keep?)
+ M-k Fk No reason but to keep with folder commands
+ M-l Fl No reason but to keep with folder commands
+ M-p Fp No reason but to keep with folder commands
+ M-r Fr Frees movement command
+ M-s Fs No reason but to keep with folder commands
+ M-u Fu No reason but to keep with folder commands
+
+ M-% Sd Better mnemonic
+ M-# Sk Better mnemonic
+ M-q Sl Better mnemonic
+ C-xn Sn Frees up standard key binding
+ % Sp Better mnemonic for putting a message in a sequence
+ ? Ss Shows sequences that message is in
+ C-xw Sw Frees up standard key binding
+
+ M-n Xs Better mnemonic (extract shar)
+ M-n Xu Better mnemonic (extract uuencode)
+
+ M-SPC D SPC Frees mark command
+ M-\177 D \177 No reason but to keep with digest commands
+ M-b Db Frees movement command
+
+ As the number of variables increases, it is becoming important to
+ organize the mh-e namespace. Several variables having to do with the
+ format of scan lines were renamed, as follows:
+
+ Old New
+
+ mh-good-msg-regexp mh-scan-good-msg-regexp
+ mh-deleted-msg-regexp mh-scan-deleted-msg-regexp
+ mh-refiled-msg-regexp mh-scan-refiled-msg-regexp
+ mh-valid-scan-line mh-scan-valid-regexp
+ mh-cur-scan-msg-regexp mh-scan-cur-msg-number-regexp
+ - mh-scan-cur-msg-regexp
+ - mh-scan-rcpt-regexp
+ - mh-scan-format-regexp
+ mh-msg-number-regexp mh-scan-msg-number-regexp
+ mh-msg-search-regexp mh-scan-msg-search-regexp
+
+ *** MH-Show mode
+
+ While the MIME support is not complete, quoted-printable body parts
+ are now decoded.
+
+ Some MTAs quote From at the beginning of the line with a ">". The ">"
+ is now removed in the display, but not on disk.
+
+ *** MH-Letter mode
+
+ New function "C-c C-o (mh-split-line)" splits lines in a draft
+ preserving the fill prefix and indentation. This is useful when
+ responding to several sentences in a single paragraph separately.
+
+ "M-q (fill-paragraph)" can now be used on the message that is being
+ replied to. The fill prefix such as "> " is preserved.
+
+ You no longer have to run "C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" manually as this is
+ now done automatically when the message is sent.
+
+ The X-Mailer header field is now added to messages as they are sent.
+
+ "C-c C-m C-i (mh-mhn-compose-insertion)" now makes a pretty good guess
+ at the type of file using the `file' command and no longer asks the
+ user for the media type. If the necessary version of `file' is not
+ available, the user is asked for the media type as before; however,
+ the list of media types is now taken from the system mailcap if
+ available. Failing that, the built-in list of types has been
+ supplemented so in most cases the type you need should be present
+ (closes SF #406883, #441179).
+
+ ** New Variables in mh-e 6.0
+
+ New variables not mentioned earlier include:
+
+ *** mh-insert-x-mailer-p
+
+ Default value of t means that an X-Mailer header field should be
+ added.
+
+ *** mh-reply-show-message-p
+
+ The setting of this variable determines whether the MH show-buffer is
+ displayed with the current message when using mh-reply without a prefix
+ argument. Set it to nil if you already include the message
+ automatically in your draft using "repl: -filter repl.filter" in
+ "~/.mh_profile."
+
+ *** mh-scan-format-file
+
+ Specifies the format file to pass to the scan program. If t, the
+ format string will be taken from the either `mh-scan-format-mh' or
+ `mh-scan-format-nmh' depending on whether MH or nmh is in use. If nil,
+ the default scan output will be used.
+
+ If you customize the scan format, you may need to modify a few
+ variables containing regexps that mh-e uses to identify specific
+ portions of the output. Use `M-x apropos RET mh-scan.*regexp' to
+ obtain a list of these variables.
+
+ *** mh-scan-format-mh
+
+ Scan format string for MH, provided to the scan program via the
+ -format arg. This format is identical to the default except that
+ additional hints for fontification have been added to the sixth
+ column.
+
+ *** mh-scan-format-nmh
+
+ Scan format string for nmh, provided to the scan program via the
+ -format arg. This format is identical to the default except that
+ additional hints for fontification have been added to the sixth
+ column.
+
+ *** mh-show-use-goto-addr
+
+ Non-nil means URLs and e-mail addresses are highlighted using
+ goto-addr in MH-Show buffer.
+
+ *** mh-letter-fill-column
+
+ Fill column to use in `mh-letter-mode'. This is useful to make the
+ lines a bit shorter to allow for quoting in replies.
+
+ *** mh-folder-updated-hook
+
+ Invoked when the actions in a folder (such as moves and deletes) are
+ performed. Variables that are useful in this hook include
+ `mh-delete-list' and `mh-refile-list' which can be used to see which
+ changes are being made to current folder, `mh-current-folder'.
+
+ *** mh-unseen-updated-hook
+
+ Invoked after the unseen sequence has been updated. The variable
+ `mh-seen-list' can be used to obtain the list of messages which will
+ be removed from the unseen sequence
+
+ ** Bug Fixes in mh-e 6.0
+
+ *** mh-edit-again and mh-extract-rejected-mail
+
+ Now insert a header separator (--------) which packages such as
+ mailcrypt expect.
+
+ *** mh-find-progs
+
+ Now uses `mhparam' to set `mh-lib-progs' and `mh-lib'. Added more
+ directories to `mh-progs' so that mh-e can autoconfigure in more
+ environments. Chances are that you no longer have to set these
+ variables, and if you do, you will only have to set `mh-progs'.
+ Unless, of course, you are using an ancient version of MH that doesn't
+ have `mhparam'.
+
+ *** mh-folder-mode-map
+
+ The DEL/<delete>/<backspace> change in Emacs 21 broke
+ `mh-previous-page'. This has been fixed (closes SF #228907).
+
+ *** mh-forward
+
+ If you had "forw: -mime" to your .mh_profile, forwarding a message
+ resulted in:
+
+ Search failed: "^------- Forwarded Message"
+
+ In addition, the Subject field was not filled in. This has been fixed
+ (closes SF #223603).
+
+ *** mh-kill-folder
+
+ The user is now always prompted before this action; the variable
+ `mh-do-not-confirm' is no longer consulted here. Therefore users who
+ wanted to set `mh-do-not-confirm' but didn't because of the
+ `mh-kill-folder' dependency may now do so.
+
+ *** mh-make-folder-mode-line
+
+ Properly deals with folders that do not have any lines in them. Prints
+ "no msgs" instead of "0 msgs". Does not try to print a range when
+ there are no messages.
+
+ *** mh-mhn-compose-insertion
+
+ Now gets the MIME type automatically (assuming the local file command
+ supports the -i and -b options). If this use of the file command is
+ not supported, the list of MIME types has been expanded to use the
+ system's mailcap file.
+
+ *** mh-nmh-p
+
+ This variable (t when nmh is in use rather than MH) assumed that the
+ string "nmh" is in `mh-lib-progs' or `mh-lib'. This has been fixed
+ (closes SF #441776).
+
+ *** mh-refile-msg
+
+ No longer lets you specify an empty folder (closes SF #476824).
+
+ *** mh-regenerate-headers
+
+ Now suppresses "scan: bad message list" messages.
+
+ *** mh-print-msg
+
+ This function was looking for `mhl' in the wrong place on nmh on
+ Redhat LINUX 7.0. This has been fixed (closes SF #481128).
+
+ *** mh-show
+
+ Now updates `cur' sequence after a message is shown (closes SF #481772).
+
+ *** mh-showing
+
+ Renamed variable and function to `mh-showing-mode' to conform with
+ minor mode conventions. Added optional arg to function so it would
+ behave like a normal minor mode: no or nil arg toggles mode, 0 arg
+ turns off, non-nil turns on. This fixed the error that occurred when
+ `desktop-create-buffer' recreated mh-e buffers because it was calling
+ `mh-showing' with an arg.
+
+ *** mh-version
+
+ Fixed for nmh. Now displays mh-e version correctly. Cleaned up output
+ and display `mh-progs', etc.
+
+ *** mh-widen
+
+ Now attempts to stay on the same message number (closes SF #480922).
+
+ No longer wipes out pending deletes and refiles without warning
+ (closes SF #481036).
+
+
+ * Changes in mh-e 5.0.2
+
+ This version contains additional minor changes to integrate it with
+ reporter.el (requires reporter.el version 3.1c or later) and Emacs
+ 19.30. The mh-goto-msg function is much faster, which also speeds up
+ several other operations.
+
+
+ * Changes in mh-e 5.0.1
+
+ This version contains minor changes from mh-e 5.0 to integrate it with
+ Emacs 19.29.
+
+
+ * User-visible changes to mh-e 5.0
+
+ Note: This being a major release, there are many internal changes.
+ This document lists only changes to the external interfaces of mh-e.
+
+ When upgrading, you must either explicitly reload the new versions of
+ all mh-e files that are already loaded or restart your Emacs.
+
+
+ ** Major Changes and New Features in mh-e 5.0
+
+ The emphasis for this release has been on consistency and
+ documentation. Many documentation strings were enhanced. Documentation
+ strings were changed to comments for internal functions and variables.
+
+ *** There is now proper documentation in the form of a 75-page users
+ manual. The Texinfo source is mh-e.texi; the formatted Info document
+ is mh-e.info.
+
+ *** There is a new command `mh-update-sequences', which updates MH's
+ idea of what messages are in the Unseen sequence and what is the
+ current folder and message. `mh-quit' calls it. While
+ `mh-execute-commands' has always done this updating as a side effect,
+ the new function is faster.
+
+ *** The MH profile entry "Inbox:" is supported.
+
+ *** If the show-buffer is modified, the user is queried before mh-e
+ reuses the buffer to show a different message. This buffer is also
+ auto-saved and backed up correctly.
+
+ *** `mh-store-buffer' is significantly more robust. It now handles
+ messages created by a wide variety of packaging software. The status
+ message for `uudecode' includes the name of the file created. An error
+ is signaled if the subprocess exits with a non-zero status.
+
+ *** `mh-search-folder' behaves predictably, adding messages found to
+ the `search' sequence. It correctly handles the case of no messages
+ found.
+
+ *** `mh-burst-digest' (`M-b') now only rescans the part of the folder
+ affected by the burst. It is now much faster in a large folder.
+
+
+ ** New Hooks and Customization Variables in mh-e 5.0
+
+ *** `mh-default-folder-for-message-function': new name for the old
+ `mh-msg-folder-hook', which wasn't a hook. The old name was confusing,
+ leading people to think they could use `add-hook' with it, when
+ actually `setq' is the correct way.
+
+ *** `mh-sortm-args': When this variable is used has changed. Now
+ `mh-sortm-args' is passed if there IS a prefix argument to
+ `mh-sort-folder'. The assumption is that for arguments you normally
+ want, you would specify them in an MH profile entry.
+
+ *** `mh-mhn-args': new hook, a list of additional arguments to pass to
+ the `mhn' program if `mh-edit-mhn' is given a prefix argument.
+
+ *** `mh-edit-mhn-hook': new hook called by `mh-edit-mhn', the function
+ that formats MIME messages.
+
+ *** `mh-folder-list-change-hook': new hook, called whenever the cached
+ list of folders, `mh-folder-list', is changed.
+
+ *** `mh-find-path-hook': new hook, called when entering mh-e.
+
+ *** `mh-repl-formfile': new variable, used to change the format file
+ used by `mh-reply' from the default of "replcomps".
+
+ *** New variables to customize the scan format and notating:
+ `mh-note-deleted', `mh-note-refiled', `mh-note-seq', `mh-note-cur',
+ `mh-note-copied', `mh-note-printed'.
+
+
+ ** Key Binding Changes in mh-e 5.0
+
+ *** `RET' runs `mh-show' for consistency with the Finder and Info. The
+ old binding `.' still works, but `RET' is now the standard binding.
+
+ *** `M-<' now runs `mh-first-msg' for consistency with `M->', which
+ runs `mh-last-msg'.
+
+ *** `C-c C-f C-d' in MH-Letter mode moves to a Dcc: header field.
+
+ *** `C-c C-f C-r' in MH-Letter mode moves to a From: header field.
+
+ *** `g' is now the standard binding for `mh-goto-msg'. The old binding
+ `j' still works.
+
+
+ ** Other Improvements and Changes to mh-e 5.0
+
+ *** `mh-lpr-command-format' no longer passes the "-p" argument to
+ `lpr' by default. The mail header typically has the date anyway.
+
+ *** When prompting for a sequence name, if no sequences have been used
+ yet, mh-e will offer the first sequence the current message is in.
+
+ *** The patterns of more mailers are recognized by
+ `mh-extract-rejected-mail'.
+
+ *** `mh-insert-prefix-string' no longer wraps the call to the
+ `mail-citation-hook' function in a `save-excursion' so the hook writer
+ can choose whether to leave point at the beginning or the end of the
+ yanked text.
+
+ *** `mh-write-msg-to-file': The prompt now refers to "message" or
+ "message body" depending on which will be written. (This is controlled
+ by a prefix argument.) The file defaults to the last-used file instead
+ of supplying only the directory name.
+
+ *** mh-e uses message ranges when running MH commands. Thus "rmm 1 2 3
+ 4 6" is now "rmm 1-4 6". This change makes it less likely to overflow
+ system argument list limits, and it might be faster, too.
+
+
+ ** Bug Fixes to mh-e 5.0
+
+ *** mh-e's idea of the unseen sequence now stays in sync with MH's
+ better.
+
+ *** Functions that are supposed to find fields in the message header
+ no longer look in the message body.
+
+ *** mh-e would sometimes fail to remove the "%" from a scan line when
+ the message was removed from a sequence if the message was also in the
+ Previous sequence.
+
+ *** The variable `mh-inc-prog' is now correctly used in all places.
+
+ *** `mh-pipe-msg' runs the process in the correct directory.
+
+ *** A partially scanned folder will no longer lose the "/select"
+ annotation when you execute marked deletes and refiles with `x'.
+
+
+ * Changes to mh-e 4.0
+
+ This file is automatically generated from news-mh-e.txinfo. Do not edit.
+
+ [MH-E-ONEWS has been incorporated here and removed. news-mh-e.txinfo
+ is no longer available.]
+
+ Note: there are many internal changes to mh-e in this release. If you
+ have the previous version loaded into your Emacs, you will probably not
+ be able to load this version on top of it.
+
+ ** New Features in mh-e 4.0
+
+ *** Background folder collection. The first time you are prompted for
+ a folder, you must wait while mh-e collects the names of all existing
+ folders. Now however, if you abort, collecting will continue in the
+ background, and you can do something else in Emacs until the
+ collection completes. Normally, mh-e will begin collecting folders
+ names in the background when you first load it; you can disable this
+ feature by setting `mh-auto-folder-collect' to nil.
+
+ *** There is support for composing MIME messages using the `mhn'
+ program from MH 6.8. See the documentation string for mh-edit-mhn.
+ (While composing a letter, type `C-h k C-c C-e'.) See also mhn(1).
+ There is as yet no support for reading MIME messages.
+
+ *** `mh-show', typically on `.', repositions to the start of the
+ message if the message is already visible. It used to do nothing in
+ this case.
+
+ *** The function `mh-unshar-msg' is renamed `mh-store-msg'. It now
+ does uudecoding, too. Someday it should do MIME. It remembers the last
+ directory you used and offers it as the default for next time.
+
+ *** New function `mh-header-display', on `,', displays the message
+ with all headers, including those normally not displayed. Type `.' to
+ display the message normally again.
+
+ *** New function `mh-list-sequences' lists the sequences in use in the
+ current folder.
+
+ *** New function `mh-version' displays version information about MH
+ and mh-e. Please use the output in bug reports.
+
+ *** `mh-quit' now burys the folder buffer and show buffer.
+
+
+ ** New hooks and customization variables in mh-e 4.0
+
+ *** `mh-pick-mode-hook': new hook called by new mode `mh-pick-mode'.
+ The pick buffer didn't used to have its own mode. Another advantage of
+ `mh-pick-mode' is that `C-h m' works in the pick buffer.
+
+ *** `mail-citation-hook': new variable for supercite.
+
+ *** `mh-refile-msg-hook': new hook called by `mh-refile-msg' (and
+ `mh-refile-or-write-again' when refiling).
+
+ *** `mh-msg-folder-hook': new hook used by `mh-refile-msg' and
+ `mh-to-fcc' to provide a default folder for user prompt.
+
+ *** `mh-show-hook': new hook called by `mh-show'.
+
+ *** `mh-delete-msg-hook': new hook called by `mh-delete-msg'.
+
+ *** `mh-show-mode-hook': new hook called by new mode `mh-show-mode'
+ for `show-' buffers.
+
+ *** `mh-comp-formfile': new variable so can customize `components'
+ file.
+
+ *** `mh-sortm-args': new variable, a list of extra arguments to be
+ passed to sortm by `mh-sort-folder'. Give an argument to
+ `mh-sort-folder' to suppress this behavior.
+
+ *** `mh-send-prog': new variable so can customize name of `send'
+ program in case of name conflicts.
+
+ *** `mh-scan-prog': new variable so can customize name of `scan'
+ program to generate custom effects.
+
+ *** `mh-inc-prog': new variable so can customize name of `inc' program
+ to do fancy management of incoming messages.
+
+ *** `mh-forwarded-letter-subject': new function used by `mh-forward'
+ to compute the Subject line of the new message. It is a small function
+ which can be replaced by the user for customization. Uses the new
+ variable `mh-forward-subject-format', which allows some simple
+ customizations without rewriting even `mh-forwarded-letter-subject'.
+
+ *** `mh-new-draft-cleaned-headers': new variable, header lines removed
+ by `mh-edit-again' and `mh-extract-rejected-mail' before offering a
+ message as a new draft.
+
+ *** `mh-signature-file-name': new variable used by
+ `mh-insert-signature' to so can customize name of the file to insert.
+
+ *** `mh-read-address': new function called to read all To: and Cc:
+ addresses.
+
+ *** `mh-msg-folder-hook': new hook used by `mh-refile-msg' and
+ `mh-to-fcc' to provide a default folder for user prompt.
+
+
+ ** Key binding changes in mh-e 4.0
+
+ *** `,' runs new function `mh-header-display'. It is like `.' but it
+ displays *all* the headers.
+
+ *** `M-#' runs the new function `mh-delete-seq'. One used to have to
+ type `C-u M-%' to delete a sequence.
+
+ *** `<' no longer does `mh-first-msg', but `M->' now does
+ `mh-last-msg'. This allows first and last to be consistent (`>' was
+ taken) and is more likely to be discovered by chance anyway.
+
+ *** `M-d' runs `mh-redistribute', `r' runs `mh-reply' (on the theory
+ that the more commonly used function should be easier to type, and the
+ obscure action of redistributing can be harder to type).
+
+ *** `M-o' changed to `C-o' (`mh-write-msg-to-file'). It was
+ interfering with arrow keys for some people.
+
+ *** `M-n' now runs `mh-store-msg' (formerly `mh-unshar-msg').
+
+ *** `b' no longer runs `mh-quit'; use `q' instead. `b' may be used in
+ a future version for something else.
+
+
+ ** Minor improvements to mh-e 4.0
+
+ *** The mh-e code is now divided into multiple Emacs Lisp files, so it
+ starts up faster because Emacs doesn't have to load all of it at once.
+ (This change also makes it easier for the maintainer to manage
+ things.)
+
+ *** When searching for the directory containing the MH programs,
+ search the user's PATH in addition to the built-in directories, to
+ increase the chance of finding the MH programs.
+
+ *** The subject for a forwarded message no longer has ugly square
+ brackets around it.
+
+ *** The name of the folder is no longer appears twice in the show
+ buffer mode line.
+
+ *** When typing a folder name in the minibuffer, parent folders
+ complete to the trailing slash (/), for easier typing of subfolders.
+
+ *** The folder buffer mode name changed from `mh-e scan' or `mh-e
+ show' to `MH-Folder', which makes the hook name easier to guess. Added
+ `mh-showing' to `minor-mode-alist' so there is still an indication in
+ the mode line of whether messages will be shown automatically.
+
+ *** `mh-rename-seq' does completion on the old sequence name.
+
+ *** If called by a user who has never used MH on this system before,
+ mh-e runs the MH program `install-mh' to get them set up.
+
+ *** Undo history for previous messages is not kept to avoid wasting
+ memory.
+
+ *** The internal temp buffer used by mh-e has `buffer-offer-save'
+ explicitly nil. This change benefits people who change the
+ `buffer-offer-save' default.
+
+
+ ** Bug fixes to mh-e 4.0
+
+ *** `mh-to-field': don't bomb if no To: field.
+
+ *** `mh-get-new-mail': restore annotations, e.g., cur, even if no new
+ mail.
+
+ *** `mh-rename-seq': verify that the new seq name was accepted by
+ `mark' before updating state.
+
+ *** `mh-internal-seq': the Previous sequence is not notated, since it
+ would notate everything scanned.
+
+ *** `mh-read-draft': don't call `find-file-noselect' so an
+ `auto-mode-alist' doesn't trigger `mh-letter-mode-hook' twice. Faster,
+ too.
+
+ *** `mh-show': If user moves onto a message that doesn't exist, don't
+ leave the cursor in the show pane.
+
+ *** `mh-delete-scan-msgs': use `equal', not `=', on the result of
+ `mh-get-msg-num', since it may be nil.
+
+ *** `mh-get-field': do anchored search so searching for `reply-to:'
+ doesn't find `in-reply-to:'.
+
+ *** `mh-widen': do nothing if not narrowed.
+
+ *** `mh-clean-message-header': find end of headers even if no body.
+
+
+ Local variables:
+ mode: outline
+ paragraph-separate: "[ ]*$"
+ end:
+
+ arch-tag: f6696cad-eb1b-4c5f-8057-4e3954a98d18
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