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MH-E manual 8.1 released

Bill Wohler — 2008-09-21T18:24:10

The MH-E manual for MH-E 8.1 notes that forwarded MIME messages are now inline, describes the new function `mh-show-preferred-alternative' and new hook `mh-annotate-msg-hook', and adds documentation for the `browse-url-at-mouse' key binding. The variant mu-mh has been renamed to gnu-mh. Read on for more details. Project home page at: http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/. 2008-09-22 Bill Wohler newt.com> Release MH-E manual version 8.1. * mh-e.texi (VERSION, EDITION, UPDATED, UPDATE-MONTH): Update for release 8.1. * mh-e.texi: Retain dual license as agreed to by the FSF. However, bump GPL to Version 3. Use < at >include for license text. 2008-08-11 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Getting Started): Rename variant mu-mh to gnu-mh and be explicit about GNU mailutils MH elsewhere (with thanks to Darel Henman) (closes SF #1768928). 2008-08-01 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Reading Mail) (Viewing Attachments): Describe new function mh-show-preferred-alternative. (Sending Mail, Redistributing, Sending Message): Describe new hook mh-annotate-msg-hook. 2008-06-15 Glenn Morris gnu.org> * mh-e.texi: Remove option of licensing under GPL. Add Cover-Texts to GFDL permissions notice. (GPL): Remove section. (GFDL): Include doclicense.texi rather than the actual text. 2008-03-17 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Viewing): Update URL for adding header fields to mh-invisible-header-fields-default. 2008-03-16 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Preface): Add Gnus to requirements. (Forwarding): Note that forwarded MIME messages are now inline. 2007-09-26 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (HTML): Mention binding of S-mouse-2 to browse-url-at-mouse. 2007-06-06 Juanma Barranquero gmail.com> * mh-e.texi (HTML): Fix typos.

MH-E 8.1 released

Bill Wohler — 2008-08-24T21:03:34

Project home page at: http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/. * Changes in MH-E 8.1 Version 8.1 fixes some issues with forwarding messages, respects the MH environment variable, adds the abilities to use aliases with GPG and show HTML even though it is discouraged. A new hook, `mh-annotate-msg-hook', has been added. ** New Features in MH-E 8.1 *** Showing HTML When Text Is the Preferred Alternative The `:' (`mh-show-preferred-alternative') function displays the message with the default preferred alternative. This is as if `mm-discouraged-alternatives' was set to nil (closes SF #1777321). ** New Variables in MH-E 8.1 *** mh-annotate-msg-hook The `mh-annotate-msg-hook' hook is run whenever a message is sent and after the scan lines and message are annotated. Hook functions can access the current folder name with `mh-current-folder' and obtain the message numbers of the annotated messages with `mh-annotate-list' (closes SF #2032269). ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.1 *** Can't Use Aliases with GPG GPG requires e-mail addresses, not aliases. So resolve aliases before passing addresses to GPG/PGP (closes SF #649226). *** mh-mml-forward-message: Disposition Should Be Inline The `f' (`mh-forward') function now forwards messages as inline attachments (closes SF #1378993). *** Illegal Filename Characters on Windows Filesystems The X-Image-URL cache created filenames with invalid characters on Windows. This has been fixed with assistance from Darel Henman (closes SF #1396499). *** Make Many Header Fields Invisible A vast landscape of header fields are now invisible. You may wish to browse `mh-invisible-header-fields-default' and clean up your `mh-invisible-header-fields' option. A permanent bug (SF #1916032) has been created where you can submit header fields that should be rendered invisible (closes SF #1701231). *** mh-forward Includes Messages in Reverse Order The `f' (`mh-forward') function now includes messages in ascending order (closes SF #1730393). *** Compile Fails on XEmacs 21.5 beta 28 This has been fixed with help from Henrique Martins (closes SF #1749774). *** Rename Variant mu-mh to gnu-mh The GNU mailutils MH variant was named inconsistently. The variant has been renamed to gnu-mh throughout. Thanks to Darel Henman (closes SF #1768928). *** Respect MH environment Variable Even if the MH environment variable was set, an error was generated if "~/.mh_profile" was missing. This has been fixed thanks to Xavier Maillard (closes SF #1946861). *** Enhance mh-mairix-regexp-builder Additional items have been added to the Mairix search string in order to support org-mode. Thanks to Nick Dokos (closes SF #1965704). *** mh-mh-to-mime and mh-mh-to-mime-undo Reset Modes The functions `mh-mh-to-mime' and `mh-mh-to-mime-undo' would reset the buffer to fundamental mode. This has been fixed thanks to Sergey Poznyakoff (closes SF #1966722).

Beta wiki offering

Bill Wohler — 2007-03-20T05:39:21

SourceForge is offering a beta wiki program. I've signed up and turned it on. Please go to http://mh-e.wiki.sourceforge.net/ and check it out. Rather than post, "I have an idea", just add a page for it and link to it from the home page for now. It looks like there is a discussion forum per page, so discussion can happen right there on the page. I have a few ideas, but I'll hold back for a while and see what you folks do with a blank page ;-). If you run into problems or have any feedback, please share it with us at mh-e-users< at >lists.sourceforge.net; I'll summarize on the wiki beta mailing list if the issue hasn't already been raised. The mailing list is sitedocs-wikibeta< at >lists.sourceforge.net, by the way.

MH-E manual 8.0.3 released

Bill Wohler — 2006-11-13T06:45:58

The MH-E manual for MH-E 8.0.3 adds documentation for the options `read-mail-command' and `mm-discouraged-alternatives'. In addition, adding an MH directory to PATH has been added to the spam filter examples. Project home page at: http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/. 2006-11-12 Bill Wohler newt.com> Release MH-E manual version 8.0.3. * README: Update for release 8.0.3. * mh-e.texi (VERSION, EDITION, UPDATED, UPDATE-MONTH): Update for release 8.0.3. * mh-e.texi (Incorporating Mail): Use output of "mhparam Path" to set MAILDIR. (Reading Mail): Document the customization of read-mail-command for MH-E. (Viewing Attachments): Document mm-discouraged-alternatives. (Tool Bar): Fix Texinfo for mh-xemacs-use-tool-bar-flag. (Junk): Add more information about the settings of mh-junk-background in a program. Add /usr/bin/mh to PATH in examples. 2006-09-15 Jay Belanger truman.edu> * calc.texi, emacs.texi, mh-e.texi (GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE): Change "Library Public License" to "Lesser Public License" throughout. Use "yyyy" to represent year.

MH-E 8.0.3 released

Bill Wohler — 2006-11-13T06:43:37

Project home page at: http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/. Version 8.0.3 fixes errors in sending messages and in running spam filter commands in certain circumstances. ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0.3 *** mh-send-args Cannot Be nil If `mh-send-uses-spost-flag' was set, an error would prevent the sending of messages. This has been fixed (closes SF #1564742). *** Missing Quotes in sa-learn Command Line This has been fixed (closes SF #1565460). *** Errors Associated with mh-junk-background The Spamassassin filter commands were used inconsistently and incorrectly; if `mh-junk-background' were nil, not all of the updating would happen correctly. In the other back-ends such as bogofilter and SpamProbe, a value of t for `mh-junk-background' would cause the commands associated with these filters to fail. These problems have been fixed (closes SF #1594802).

MH-E 8.0.2 released

Bill Wohler — 2006-07-04T03:07:21

Project home page at: http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/. * Changes in MH-E 8.0.2 Version 8.0.2 fixes the tool bar and `F n' on XEmacs, and `K a' on GNU mailutils. ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0.2 *** Tool Bar Not Displayed in XEmacs The MH-E tool bar didn't show up in XEmacs; now it does. Thanks to Ted Phelps gnusto.com> (closes SF #1506846). *** mh-mime-save-parts Assumes -store Default It was assumed that -store was the default for both mhn and mhstore. This has been fixed by using -store except when using nmh. Thanks to Sergey Poznyakoff Mirddin.farlep.net> (closes SF #1513140). *** F-n Doesn't Work The fix for SF #1499712 broke `F n' (`mh-index-new-messages') on XEmacs since a regular expression that XEmacs could not handle was added. This regexp has been fixed (closes SF #1514424).

MH-E manual 8.0.1 released

Bill Wohler — 2006-06-21T19:02:19

Project home page at: http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/. The MH-E manual for MH-E 8.0.1 contains a small update to the prerequisites: GNU mailutils 1.0 or higher is now required.

MH-E 8.0 released

Bill Wohler — 2006-06-21T19:01:48

Project home page at: http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/. * Changes in MH-E 8.0.1 Version 8.0.1 works around a couple of bugs in GNU mailutils, spost, and Windows. MH-E now requires the use of version 1.0 of mailutils due to a bug in the folder command. ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0.1 *** Infinite Loop When Searching (mailutils) The GNU mailutils folder command displays output when a folder doesn't exist. MH-E didn't expect this and responded with an infinite loop during searches. While this bug has since been fixed in mailutils, MH-E has been modified to work anyway (closes SF #1499712). *** spost Doesn't Have -msgid or -mime Flags The post replacement spost does not support the -msgid or -mime flags. A new variable `mh-send-uses-spost-flag' was added to control the use of these flags (closes SF #1486726). *** <2> in Search Folders Illegal in Windows The <2> suffix to the search folder names contain illegal filename characters in Windows. These cause searches to fail on Windows. This has been fixed by changing the suffix to -2 (closes SF #1507002).

Announcing MH at SourceForge and update to MH book

Jerry Peek — 2006-06-01T19:09:59

Last summer, Bill Wohler, John Romine, and I decided that MH's existence at the University of California, Irvine, had become tenuous since John left UCI's ICS department. We decided to move the MH archive and book to SourceForge. MH's new home is http://rand-mh.sourceforge.net/. (We couldn't get just "mh" because SourceForge won't allow names that short.) Bill has done most of the moving and reorganizing... thanks, Bill! ------ THE BOOK: is now at http://rand-mh.sourceforge.net/book/. Bill took this opportunity to rework the look and feel and navigation. Now that most of us don't have slow Internet access, there's a single large table of contents (on the book's home page) and a single index. There's also a Google site search (though it may be a month or two before all of the pages have been spidered). If you want to contribute, please join rand-mh-devel< at >lists.sourceforge.net [1]. One of us can make you a developer. It would be great for one of the MH mailutils developers to embellish the book if necessary. Another idea that was floated was to convert the HTML to a wiki to make it even easier for folks to contribute. If anyone knows how to do that automatically, please start a conversation on rand-mh-devel. ------- THE MH ARCHIVE: Bill also tried to make sense of the entropic pile of files at UCI and to repack them at SourceForge. These files were split into 5 packages: Archives, Contributed Software, Documentation, MH, and MH Book [2]. Nearly everything was preserved; only very obvious trash was discarded. (The old files are all still on ftp://ftp.ics.uci.edu/pub/mh/ and on http://www.ics.uci.edu/~mh/book/

"SourceForge.net Team": SourceForge.net mailing list service upgrade (Mailman)

Bill Wohler — 2006-05-24T00:50:21

Looks like SourceForge has implemented one of my feature requests. This upgrade will make several things easier for me as list maintainer, so I welcome it. I imagine you shouldn't notice anything during the transition period, but do be aware of it, and please let me know if you notice anything unusual with respect to the mailing lists.

MH-E 8.0 released

Bill Wohler — 2006-05-06T18:21:11

Project home page at: http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/. * Changes in MH-E 8.0 Version 8.0 supports GNU mailutils, S/MIME, picons, which-func-mode, sports an improved interface for hiding header fields, improves upon the MH variant detection, improves folder completion, makes the pick search equivalent to the other types of searches, spruces up the tool bar, creates the correct MIME type when including OpenOffice documents, works on a Mac, adds colors to buttons for signed or encrypted messages, incorporates new features introduced in Emacs 22.1, fixes a bunch of bugs, and best of all, comes with an updated manual! Internally, MH-E now sports a new software organization which will help future maintainability. As a side-effect, the number of XEmacs compilation warnings has plummeted from hundreds to just three. CVS users will notice that MH-E has been migrated from the CVS repository from SourceForge to Savannah (but only for those files that were already part of Emacs). As a result, the location of MH-E in the load-path has changed, and mh-e-autoloads.el was renamed to mh-autoloads.el. See section INSTALL in the README for details. While this migration will benefit maintainers, it will also benefit users: CVS Emacs users will not have to check out MH-E separately and welcome faster MH-E updates, and CVS MH-E users will welcome faster MH-E updates from Emacs developers. Read section CVS MH-E INSTALL in the README for details. While not related to this release, the MH-E mailing lists are now gatewayed at gmane.org (closes SF #979308). If you want to see the release notes for the alpha and beta releases leading up this release, please see: http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/etc/MH-E-NEWS?rev=1.25&root=emacs&view=markup ** New Features in MH-E 8.0 *** 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. *** Catchup Command There is a new `F c' (`mh-catchup') command that marks all unread messages in the current folder as read. *** 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). *** 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). *** Search Unification The old `F s' behavior of adding messages to the search sequence has been removed. The `F i' keybinding was deprecated and the new `F s' (`mh-search') command is used to initiate either indexed or pick searches. Within the MH-Search buffer (renamed from MH-Pick), the command `C-c C-p' (`mh-pick-do-search') now runs pick on the given folder recursively and displays the results in a search folder like the other search methods (closes SF #829207). *** Entry Points Have Moved Emacs 21 users must now add `(require 'mh-autoloads)' because the entry points (such as `mh-rmail' and `mh-smail') have moved to different files which have made the autoloads that come with Emacs inaccurate. This change was necessary because the code was reorganized to remove circular dependencies, to make the code more stable and maintainable, and to reduce the time to load MH-E. *** MH-Folder Keymap Changes 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' although we suggest you use the new `P p' instead. Key 7.4.4 8.0 ; - mh-toggle-mh-decode-mime-flag l mh-print-msg - / f mh-narrow-to-from - / r mh-narrow-to-range - / g - mh-narrow-to-range / m - mh-narrow-to-from F c - mh-catchup F i mh-index-search - F s mh-search-folder mh-search K e - mh-display-with-external-viewer K t - mh-toggle-mime-buttons P ? - mh-prefix-help P C - mh-ps-print-toggle-color P F - mh-ps-print-toggle-faces P f - mh-ps-print-msg-file P l - mh-print-msg P p - mh-ps-print-msg *** MH-Letter Keymap Changes The change where `mh-letter-mode' derives from `mail-mode' adds a few keybindings. Some are interesting: experiment! Only the keybinding changes for MH-E functions are listed here. Most of the changes have to do with the renaming of the functions with "mhn" in them to "mh" because nmh doesn't use `mhn'. The names were also made consistent with the the family of "mml" functions. 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 8.0 C-c C-e mh-edit-mhn mh-mh-to-mime C-c RET C-e mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt C-c RET C-g - mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp C-c RET C-n - mh-mml-unsecure-message C-c RET C-s mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime mh-mml-secure-message-sign C-c RET C-t - mh-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar C-c RET C-u mh-revert-mhn-edit mh-mh-to-mime-undo C-c RET C-x - mh-mh-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-mh-compose-anon-ftp C-c RET n - mh-mml-unsecure-message C-c RET s - 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-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar C-c RET u mh-revert-mhn-edit mh-mh-to-mime-undo C-c RET x - mh-mh-compose-external-type C-c C-f C-a - mh-to-field C-c C-f C-l - mh-to-field C-c C-f RET - mh-to-field C-c C-f a - mh-to-field C-c C-f l - mh-to-field C-c C-f m - mh-to-field *** MH-Search Keymap Changes These are the changes associated with the new search mode. The command `C-c C-c' (`mh-index-do-search') now performs the standard indexed search, while `C-c C-p' (`mh-pick-do-search') runs pick as before, only better! The `mh-to-field' keybindings were adjusted to be consistent with those in the MH-Letter mode. Key 7.4.4 8.0 C-c C-c mh-do-search mh-index-do-search C-c C-f C-d mh-to-field - C-c C-f C-f mh-to-field - C-c C-f C-r mh-to-field - C-c C-f RET - mh-to-field C-c C-f d mh-to-field - C-c C-f f mh-to-field - C-c C-f m - mh-to-field C-c C-f r mh-to-field - C-c TAB mh-index-do-search - *** Updates to X-Image-URL 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. The default of `mh-fetch-x-image-url' has been changed to "Never Fetch." Those of you who like the value of "Ask Before Fetching" will have to customize this option (closes SF #831278). 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). *** Updates to Speedbar The speedbar now renders the folders with unseen messages in boldface which makes them easier to identify (closes SF #623369). *** Updates to mh-msg-is-in-seq Can now specify an alternate message number to `S s' (`mh-msg-is-in-seq') with a prefix argument. *** Updates to mh-to-field-choices In MH-Letter mode, you can use the `C-c C-f' (`mh-to-field') prefix to go to and insert fields. The fields `Reply-To:', `Mail-Reply-To:', `Mail-Followup-To:' can now be created via the `C-r', `C-a' (for author), and `C-l' keys respectively. The key for the `From:' field has been renamed from `C-r' to `C-m' for consistency with `mail-mode' (closes SF #1400139). *** 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). *** MH-E No Longer Calls install-mh The new variant detection code makes use of `mhparam' which assumes that your MH environment has already been set up. The code to call `install-mh', which could no longer be run anyway, was removed. *** Add :package-version Keyword to Options This `defcustom', `defgroup', and `defface' keyword was introduced in Emacs 22.1. MH-E has been extended to take advantage of it. With this keyword, you can now use `M-x customize-changed-options' to see what options in MH-E have changed between versions of Emacs. In a future version of Emacs, you'll be able to see changes between MH-E versions as well (closes SF #1452724). *** Render Signature and vCard in Italics This has been implemented. Use `mh-show-signature-face' to customize the face used (closes SF #802722). *** Derive mh-letter-mode from mail-mode MH-Letter mode is now derived from `mail-mode'. We were able to delete a lot of code. In return, there are a few `mail-mode' commands that are available that may or may not be useful and the `mail-mode-hook' is run (closes SF #1385571). *** Remove Emacs 20 Support As it turns out, we had already added some code that didn't work on Emacs 20. However, now we've formalized it and removed code that was present solely for Emacs 20 support (closes SF #1359240). *** 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). *** Use run-hook-with-args We use normal hooks whenever possible and do not use `run-hook-with-args' (with one documented exception) (closes SF #643702). ** New Variables in MH-E 8.0 *** mh-after-commands-processed-hook Hook run by `x' (`mh-execute-commands') after performing outstanding refile and delete requests. *** mh-alias-reloaded-hook Invoked by `mh-alias-reload' after reloading aliases. *** mh-auto-fields-prompt-flag On means to prompt before sending if fields in `mh-auto-fields-list' are inserted. *** mh-before-commands-processed-hook Renamed from `mh-folder-updated-hook'. It wasn't clear whether `mh-folder-updated-hook' was run before or after the commands were executed. We now provide both with clear names. *** mh-compose-forward-as-mime-flag On means that messages are forwarded as attachments (closes SF #827203). *** 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-highlight-citation-style Renamed from `mh-highlight-citation-p' since it wasn't a boolean. The new name is also more descriptive. *** mh-identity-handlers Handler functions for fields in `mh-identity-list'. *** mh-insert-signature-hook Renamed from `mh-letter-insert-signature-hook' since most of the other hooks do not carry the mode in the prefix and because the new name is equally clear. *** 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-junk-disposition Renamed from `mh-junk-mail-folder' since this variable can accept values other than folder names. *** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hooks Renamed from `mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook'. By convention, abnormal hooks, which this is, either have a -function or -hooks suffix. *** mh-mhl-format-file Renamed from `mhl-formfile' to put it in the MH-E namespace and to be consistent with other similar options. *** mh-mh-to-mime-hook Renamed from `mh-edit-mhn-hook'. We have a family of `mh-mml-to-mime' functions and variables; the older mhn functions and variables were renamed to have a consistent `mh-mh-to-mime' prefix. *** mh-mml-method-default Default method to use in security tags. *** mh-new-messages-folders Renamed from `mh-index-new-messages-folders' for clarity. *** mh-path Additional list of directories to search for MH. *** mh-redist-full-contents-flag On means the `dist' command needs entire letter for redistribution. This was previously a variable. It's now an option. *** mh-search-mode-hook Renamed from `mh-pick-mode-hook' as part of the `mh-index.el'/`mh-pick.el' merge into `mh-search.el'. *** mh-search-program Renamed from `mh-index-program' as part of the `mh-index.el'/`mh-pick.el' merge into `mh-search.el'. *** mh-signature-separator-flag On 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-sortm-args Additional arguments for `sortm'. This was previously an internal variable. It's now an user-customizable option. *** mh-speed-update-interval Renamed from `mh-speed-flists-interval' for clarity. *** mh-ticked-messages-folders Renamed from `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders' for clarity. *** 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. *** mh-xemacs-tool-bar-position Renamed from `mh-xemacs-toolbar-position' per GNU Emacs naming conventions. *** mh-xemacs-use-tool-bar-flag Renamed from `mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag' per GNU Emacs naming conventions. *** mh-yank-behavior Renamed from `mh-yank-from-start-of-msg' for clarity. ** Variables Deleted in MH-E 8.0 *** mh-alias-system-aliases System definitions should not be a user option. *** mh-edit-mhn-hook Renamed to `mh-mh-to-mime-hook'. *** mh-folder-updated-hook Renamed to `mh-before-commands-processed-hook'. *** mh-highlight-citation-p Renamed to `mh-highlight-citation-style'. *** mh-index-new-messages-folders Renamed to `mh-new-messages-folders'. *** mh-index-program Renamed to `mh-search-program'. *** mh-index-ticked-messages-folders Renamed to `mh-ticked-messages-folders'. *** 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. *** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook Renamed to `mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hooks'. *** mh-letter-insert-signature-hook Renamed to `mh-insert-signature-hook'. *** mh-pick-mode-hook Renamed to `mh-search-mode-hook'. *** mh-show-use-goto-addr-flag This flag was redundant with and inconsistent with `goto-address-highlight-p' at the same time, so we removed it. Please customize `goto-address-highlight-p' if you wish to turn off email address and URL highlighting. *** mh-speed-flists-interval Renamed to `mh-speed-update-interval'. *** mh-speed-run-flists-flag Deleted since setting `mh-speed-flists-interval' to 0 accomplishes the same thing. *** mh-visible-header-fields Deleted since it would hide new header fields you might want to see. *** mh-xemacs-toolbar-position Renamed to `mh-xemacs-tool-bar-position'. *** mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag Renamed to `mh-xemacs-use-tool-bar-flag'. *** mh-yank-from-start-of-msg Renamed to `mh-yank-behavior'. *** mhl-formfile Renamed to `mh-mhl-format-file'. ** New Faces in MH-E 8.0 *** mh-folder-address Renamed from `mh-folder-address-face' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-folder-body Renamed from `mh-folder-body-face' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-folder-cur-msg-number Renamed from `mh-folder-cur-msg-number-face' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-folder-date Renamed from `mh-folder-date-face' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-folder-deleted Renamed from `mh-folder-deleted-face' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-folder-followup Renamed from `mh-folder-followup-face' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-folder-msg-number Renamed from `mh-folder-msg-number-face' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-folder-refiled Renamed from `mh-folder-refiled-face' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-folder-sent-to-me-hint Fontification hint face in messages sent directly to us. *** mh-folder-sent-to-me-sender Sender face in messages sent directly to us. *** mh-folder-subject Renamed from `mh-folder-subject-face' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-folder-tick Renamed from `mh-folder-tick-face' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-folder-to Renamed from `mh-folder-to-face' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-letter-header-field Renamed from `mh-letter-header-field-face' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-search-folder Renamed from `mh-index-folder-face'. *** mh-show-cc Renamed from `mh-show-cc-face' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-show-date Renamed from `mh-show--face' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-show-from Renamed from `mh-show-from-face' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-show-header Renamed from `mh-show-header-face' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-show-pgg-bad Face used to highlight a bad PGG signature. *** mh-show-pgg-good Face used to highlight a good PGG signature. *** mh-show-pgg-unknown Face used to highlight a PGG signature whose status is unknown. This face is also used for a signature when the signer is untrusted. *** mh-show-signature Face used to highlight the signature. *** mh-show-subject Renamed from `mh-show-subject-face' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-show-to Renamed from `mh-show-to-face' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-show-xface Renamed from `mh-show-xface-face' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-speedbar-folder Renamed from `mh-speedbar-folder-face' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages Renamed from `mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages-face' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-speedbar-selected-folder Renamed from `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-face' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages Renamed from `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages-face' per new Emacs conventions. ** Faces Deleted in MH-E 8.0 *** mh-folder-address-face Renamed to `mh-folder-address' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-folder-body-face Renamed to `mh-folder-body' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-folder-cur-msg-face Deleted. Not used. *** mh-folder-cur-msg-number-face Renamed to `mh-folder-cur-msg-number' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-folder-date-face Renamed to `mh-folder-date' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-folder-deleted-face Renamed to `mh-folder-deleted' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-folder-followup-face Renamed to `mh-folder-followup' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-folder-msg-number-face Renamed to `mh-folder-msg-number' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-folder-refiled-face Renamed to `mh-folder-refiled' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-folder-subject-face Renamed to `mh-folder-subject' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-folder-tick-face Renamed to `mh-folder-tick' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-folder-to-face Renamed to `mh-folder-to' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-index-folder-face Renamed to `mh-search-folder'. *** mh-letter-header-field-face Renamed to `mh-letter-header-field' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-show-cc-face Renamed to `mh-show-cc' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-show-date-face Renamed to `mh-show-date' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-show-from-face Renamed to `mh-show-from' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-show-header-face Renamed to `mh-show-header' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-show-subject-face Renamed to `mh-show-subject' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-show-to-face Renamed to `mh-show-to' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-show-xface-face Renamed to `mh-show-xface' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-speedbar-folder-face Renamed to `mh-speedbar-folder' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages-face Renamed to `mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-face Renamed to `mh-speedbar-selected-folder' per new Emacs conventions. *** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages-face Renamed to `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages' per new Emacs conventions. ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0 *** Face Variable Names Now Follow Current Conventions The -face suffix has been dropped from all face names. *** Swish Fixes Items in swish indexes that aren't mail messages are now handled more gracefully. *** Spamassassin Fixes If you use spamassassin, there was an error when you tried to junk mail if the option `mh-junk-background' was set. This has been fixed. *** Mairix Support Indexing now compatible with Mairix version 0.12 and later. *** 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). *** Completions Offered by mh-refile-message Are Not Sorted This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #698734). *** Add Message-ID to Outgoing Messages If you replied to a message in your `+outbox', an `In-Reply-To:' header field was created that broke threading at the recipient's end. We now add a `Message-ID:' to outgoing messages which fixes this (closes SF #725425). *** Inconsistent Prompts Emacs changed their defaults in prompts from "Prompt: [value]" to "Prompt (default value): ". All MH-E prompts have been updated to comply with the new standard and are therefore now consistent throughout the application (closes SF #730470, SF #1275933). *** 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). *** Initialization Fails If ~/Mail Exists MH-E no longer calls `install-mh' so this issue has gone away (closes SF #835192). *** 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). *** RETURN Causes Infinite Loop in mh-letter This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #887346). *** 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). *** Missing Headers When Replying to All User needed to edit `replgroupcomps' (closes SF #918194). *** 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). *** Error Message When Trying to Send Using MH-E This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1002103). *** mh-find-path Doesn't Use mhparam MH-E no longer peeks into the MH profile `~/.mh_profile' directly. It uses `mhparam' instead (closes SF #1016027). *** rmmproc Refile Complains No Such Message MH-E would get confused about which folder to delete messages from if you were refiling and deleting messages at the same time. This has been fixed (closes SF #1023959). *** auto-mode-alist Updated MH-E originally updated auto-mode-alist to set the major mode of drafts. Now that we explicitly set the mode, there is no reason to do this, and this behavior caused problems for people who didn't use MH-E who were editing files that looked like MH message files (closes SF #1032353). *** ! Doesn't Do Regions Now it does (closes SF #1046330). *** mh-show-unquote-From Fails (read-only buffer) MH-E quotes the `From ' header field that is inserted by MTAs. However, it was trying to do this in a read-only buffer. This has been fixed (closes SF #1089870). *** Whitespace in pick Expressions The `C-u / s RET' command now works. In addition, you can now add whitespace to any of the limiting (/) commands (closes SF #1122655). *** mh-index-previous-folder Does Not Work Correctly If your cursor was on an item below a folder heading and you used `M-TAB' (`mh-index-previous-folder'), you would move to the previous folder heading. This has been fixed (closes SF #1126188). *** Default Identity Prevents Insertion of Auto Fields Auto insertion of an identity now occurs even when the default identity is used (closes SF #1204506). *** mh-compose-forward and Default Message Number `mh-compose-forward' will now default to the sent message in the sent folder and the `cur' message in other folders. It also takes ranges of messages and can include multiple messages at a time (closes SF #1205890). *** Better Handling of Empty cur Sequence If you refiled a message into a folder and then used `F r' (`mh-rescan-folder') in that folder, your cursor would be taken to the first message. The cursor now stays where it was (closes SF #1207247). *** mh-customize Uses Group mh, Not mh-e The `mh' customization group alias has been deleted to avoid some problems that were found (closes SF #1213716). *** "Args out of range" Error in Displaying Message This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1227504). *** Front-and-back Truncation in mailto: Rendering This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1227510). *** Name of the Draft File in mh-comp.el MH is documented to use the draft file. If you use a draft file for something else (like Sylpheed), then use draft folders (closes SF #1231483). *** font-lock Error in mh-letter-mode An error in MH-E was introduced as a result of a change in CVS Emacs. This has been fixed (closes SF #1241017). *** Msg Display Broken After Displaying Msg with Inline Image Messages with inline images no longer trim certain message header fields (closes SF #1306141). *** mh-visit-folder Munges font-lock-keywords MH-E broke highlighting in Gnus buffers. This was actually a problem in CVS Emacs 22 and has been fixed there (closes SF #1393879). *** Illegal Filename Chars for W32 Filesystems Windows users who view `X-Image-URL:' images could not cache the images since the cached image file names had illegal characters. This has been fixed (closes SF #1396499). *** mh-send Doesn't Handle mml Insertions Via mail-user-agent Can now forward messages in Gnus if MH-E is your `mail-user-agent' (closes SF #1399307). *** Can't Narrow to Subject with Regexp Chars The command `/ s' could not limit subjects that had special pick characters (such as [, *, $, .). This has been fixed (closes SF #1432548). *** `/ s' Can Miss the Original Mail The command `/ s' failed to include the message with the "Re:" in the Subject. This has been fixed (closes SF #1438369). *** mhparam -components Fails on mailutils This error prevented MH-E from loading when using GNU mailutils. GNU mailutils drops the `s' in this argument, so we did too since -component still works in nmh and MH (closes SF #1446985). *** `/ s' Still Has Problems With []'d Mail On XEmacs, subjects that had special characters would prevent `/ s' from narrowing to the given subject. These characters are now quoted correctly in XEmacs (closes SF #1447598). *** Variable mh-send-args Is a String, Not a List This was causing errors when sending under GNU mailutils. The internal variable `mh-send-args' is now a list which fixes the problem (closes SF #1448604). *** Update Icons Most of the tool bar icons have been replaced by GTK or GNOME 2 icons (closes SF #1452715). *** Strip Build Number From emacs-version in X-Mailer This has been done (closes SF #1466481). *** Rename Function and Variable Definers If you had ever shown help for an MH-E symbol that was both a function or variable, you might have found that the hyperlink to the file brought you to the wrong definition. This has been fixed by renaming the macros `mh-defgroup', `mh-defcustom', `mh-defface', `mh-defun-compat', and `mh-defmacro-compat' to `defgroup-mh', `defcustom-mh', `defface-mh', `defun-mh', `defmacro-mh' respectively (closes SF #1472029). *** mh-insert-letter Uses Wrong Default If you had used `C-c TAB' (`mh-insert-letter') to insert a letter into your draft, specified a different folder, and chose the default message number, you got the wrong message. This has been fixed (closes SF #1473729).

MH-E 8.0 manual released

Bill Wohler — 2006-05-06T18:12:59

After three years in the making, I am extremely pleased to announce that the MH-E manual for MH-E 8.0 is finally finished; the manual has been completely reorganized, and has been updated with all of the changes and new features introduced since version 5. Screenshots have been updated for Emacs 22, Starting with this release, I am now setting the version number of the manual to correspond to the version of the software that it represents. This should make it easier for users to correlate the manual with the software version, and is more in keeping with the versioning I see in the Debian GNU/Linux distribution for example. The CVS repository for mh-e.texi was moved from SourceForge to Savannah (CVS Emacs), but that change should be transparent. Check out this package (from SourceForge) and run make to get and build the Info and/or HTML yourself. You can also access the manual online via "The MH-E Manual" link on our home page; both HTML and PDF versions are available there. Read on for more details. Project home page at: http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/. 2006-05-06 Bill Wohler newt.com> Release MH-E manual version 8.0. * mh-e.texi (VERSION, EDITION, UPDATED, UPDATE-MONTH): Update for release 8.0. 2006-05-06 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (MH-BOOK-HOME): Change from http://www.ics.uci.edu/~mh/book/mh to http://rand-mh.sourceforge.net/book/mh. Replace .htm suffix with .html for MH book files. (Using This Manual): Update key binding for getting relevant chapter in Info from command key. (Ranges): Fix itemx. 2006-05-06 Bill Wohler newt.com> Release MH-E manual version 8.0. * README: Update for release 8.0. 2006-05-06 Bill Wohler newt.com> * fixhtml, mh-book-index.html, mh-book-indexes.html: MH book has been restructured, so these files are no longer necessary! * Makefile (html/index.html): Don't call fixhtml. 2006-04-24 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Getting Started): Make it more explicit that you need to install MH. Add pointers to current MH implementations. 2006-04-24 Bill Wohler newt.com> * Makefile (backup): Add < at > to suppress echo. It had been deleted in a previous revision while debugging. 2006-04-21 Bill Wohler newt.com> Release MH-E manual version 7.94. * README: Update for release 7.94. * mh-e.texi (VERSION, EDITION, UPDATED, UPDATE-MONTH): Update for release 7.94. 2006-04-21 Bill Wohler newt.com> * Makefile (MH_E_ETC_EMACS): New variable. Contains man/ChangeLog which was in MH_E_ETC. (MH_E_DIST): Add $(MH_E_ETC_EMACS). (tag): New target for tagging files. (backup): Use existing variables rather than duplicating them. (all): Use $(MH_E_DOC). (emacs): Add. Depend on $(MH_E_DOC). (MH_E_DOC): Use variables instead of hard-coded file names. 2006-04-17 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Folders): Updated mh-before-quit-hook and mh-quit-hook example with code that removes the buffers rather than just bury them. 2006-04-02 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Getting Started, Junk, Bug Reports) (MH FAQ and Support): Fix URLs. 2006-03-25 Karl Berry gnu.org> * ada-mode.texi, autotype.texi, calc.texi, cc-mode.texi, cl.texi, dired-x.texi, ebrowse.texi, ediff.texi, emacs-mime.texi, emacs-xtra.texi, emacs.texi, erc.texi, eshell.texi, eudc.texi, faq.texi, forms.texi, gnu.texi, gnus.texi, idlwave.texi, info.texi, message.texi, mh-e.texi, pcl-cvs.texi, pgg.texi, rcirc.texi, reftex.texi, sc.texi, ses.texi, sieve.texi, speedbar.texi, url.texi, vip.texi, viper.texi, widget.texi, woman.texi: (1) use < at >copyright{} instead of (C) in typeset text; (2) do not indent copyright year list (or anything else). 2006-03-21 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Folders): Various edits. 2006-03-19 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Replying): Document Mail-Followup-To. Change manually-formatted table to multitable. Add debugging info. Move description of mh-reply-default-reply-to into paragraph that describes its values. 2006-03-17 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi: Use smallexample and smalllisp consistenly. (Sending Mail Tour): Update method of entering addresses and subject. (Sending Mail Tour, Reading Mail Tour, Processing Mail Tour) (Adding Attachments, Searching): Update screenshots for Emacs 22. 2006-03-14 Bill Wohler newt.com> * Makefile (html): Depend on mh-e.html. (mh-e.html): Add. Builds a single HTML page. 2006-03-14 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi: Add index entries around each paragraph rather than depend on entries from beginning of node. Doing so ensures that index entries are less likely to be forgotten if text is cut and pasted, and are necessary anyway if the references are on a separate page. It seems that makeinfo is now (v. 4.8) only producing one index entry per node, so there is no longer any excuse not to. Use subheading instead of heading. The incorrect use of heading produced very large fonts in Info--as large as the main heading. (From Bill Wohler): MH-E never did appear in Emacs 21--MH-E versions 6 and 7 appeared *around* the time of these Emacs releases. 2006-03-11 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Preface, More About MH-E, Options, HTML, Folders) (Composing, Scan Line Formats): Fix < at >refs. (Getting Started): Define MH profile and MH profile components. (Incorporating Mail, Reading Mail, Viewing, Printing) (Sending Mail, Forwarding, Editing Drafts, Inserting Letter) (Signature, Aliases, Scan Line Formats): Use < at >code instead of < at >samp for string constants. (Tool Bar): Remove spurious quote. (Junk): Use ``...'' instead of "...". (Scan Line Formats): Replace < at >samp with < at >kbd. 2006-03-09 Bill Wohler newt.com> * Makefile (MH_BACKUP_DIR, MH_FILES, backup): New variables and target used to back up CVS files at Savannah. 2006-03-06 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi: Move from SourceForge repository to Savannah. This is version 7.93, which is a total rewrite from the previous edition 1.3 for MH-E version 5.0.2, and corresponds to MH-E version 7.93. 2006-03-06 Bill Wohler newt.com> * README: Note that the CVS MH-E Manual is built into CVS Emacs. (INSTALL): Add detail to setting INFOPATH variable. Mention texi2pdf instead of texi32dvi, and mention pdfetex. (CVS MH-E MANUAL INSTALL): New section. * Makefile (MH_E_ETC): Remove fixhtml. No need to put this in distribution. (html/index.html): Don't run fixhtml if it doesn't exist. (dist): Use cp --parents to preserve man directory so that ChangeLogs don't clobber each other and make works. * mh-e.texi: Move to Savannah. Check out with "make man/mh-e.texi". * Makefile (EMACS_HOME): Unused. Delete. (CVSROOT, CVSLOGIN, CVSMETHOD): New variables. (MH-E-DOC): Rename to MH_E_DOC. Change mh-e.texi to man/mh-e.texi. (MH-E-DOCS): Rename to MH_E_ETC. Add man/ChangeLog and ChangeLog. (MH_E_DIST): New variable. Combines $(MH_E_DOC) and $(MH_E_ETC). (all): Add target man/mh-e.texi. ($(MH_E_DOC)): New target used to check out manual from Savannah. (info/mh-e): Change dependency to $(MH_E_DOC). Set directory to man before running since mh-e.texi now has a "setfilename ../info/mh-e" directive. (html/index.html, mh-e.pdf): Change dependency to $(MH_E_DOC). (dist): Use $(MH_E_DIST) instead of $(MH-E-DOC) $(MH-E-DOCS).

MH-E 7.95 released

Bill Wohler — 2006-04-29T01:38:33

Project home page at: http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/. * Changes in MH-E 7.95 Version 7.95, the second 8.0 release candidate, fixes a single bug. It would be good to check this version ASAP since the Emacs pretest is coming in days: if no showstopper problems are found in this version it will be promoted to 8.0 before the pretest. Thanks for your help! ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.95 *** Folder Completion Fails in fcc: Field This has been fixed (closes SF #1476270).

MH-E manual 7.94 released

Bill Wohler — 2006-04-22T00:37:48

This is the third draft of the MH-E manual for MH-E 8.0; the CVS repository for mh-e.texi was moved from SourceForge to Savannah (CVS Emacs), URLs have been fixed, screenshots have been updated for Emacs 22, the nodes Replying, Getting Started, Sending Mail Tour, and Folders were either fixed or updated, the Makefile can now build a single HTML page and back up the CVS files at Savannah, and the README has a new section for checking out the manual from CVS. Read on for more details. Project home page at: http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/. 2006-04-21 Bill Wohler newt.com> Release MH-E manual version 7.94. * README: Update for release 7.94. * mh-e.texi (VERSION, EDITION, UPDATED, UPDATE-MONTH): Update for release 7.94. 2006-04-21 Bill Wohler newt.com> * Makefile (MH_E_ETC_EMACS): New variable. Contains man/ChangeLog which was in MH_E_ETC. (MH_E_DIST): Add $(MH_E_ETC_EMACS). (tag): New target for tagging files. (backup): Use existing variables rather than duplicating them. (all): Use $(MH_E_DOC). (emacs): Add. Depend on $(MH_E_DOC). (MH_E_DOC): Use variables instead of hard-coded file names. 2006-04-17 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Folders): Updated mh-before-quit-hook and mh-quit-hook example with code that removes the buffers rather than just bury them. 2006-04-02 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Getting Started, Junk, Bug Reports) (MH FAQ and Support): Fix URLs. 2006-03-25 Karl Berry gnu.org> * ada-mode.texi, autotype.texi, calc.texi, cc-mode.texi, cl.texi, dired-x.texi, ebrowse.texi, ediff.texi, emacs-mime.texi, emacs-xtra.texi, emacs.texi, erc.texi, eshell.texi, eudc.texi, faq.texi, forms.texi, gnu.texi, gnus.texi, idlwave.texi, info.texi, message.texi, mh-e.texi, pcl-cvs.texi, pgg.texi, rcirc.texi, reftex.texi, sc.texi, ses.texi, sieve.texi, speedbar.texi, url.texi, vip.texi, viper.texi, widget.texi, woman.texi: (1) use < at >copyright{} instead of (C) in typeset text; (2) do not indent copyright year list (or anything else). 2006-03-21 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Folders): Various edits. 2006-03-19 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Replying): Document Mail-Followup-To. Change manually-formatted table to multitable. Add debugging info. Move description of mh-reply-default-reply-to into paragraph that describes its values. 2006-03-17 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi: Use smallexample and smalllisp consistenly. (Sending Mail Tour): Update method of entering addresses and subject. (Sending Mail Tour, Reading Mail Tour, Processing Mail Tour) (Adding Attachments, Searching): Update screenshots for Emacs 22. 2006-03-14 Bill Wohler newt.com> * Makefile (html): Depend on mh-e.html. (mh-e.html): Add. Builds a single HTML page. 2006-03-14 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi: Add index entries around each paragraph rather than depend on entries from beginning of node. Doing so ensures that index entries are less likely to be forgotten if text is cut and pasted, and are necessary anyway if the references are on a separate page. It seems that makeinfo is now (v. 4.8) only producing one index entry per node, so there is no longer any excuse not to. Use subheading instead of heading. The incorrect use of heading produced very large fonts in Info--as large as the main heading. (From Bill Wohler): MH-E never did appear in Emacs 21--MH-E versions 6 and 7 appeared *around* the time of these Emacs releases. 2006-03-11 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Preface, More About MH-E, Options, HTML, Folders) (Composing, Scan Line Formats): Fix < at >refs. (Getting Started): Define MH profile and MH profile components. (Incorporating Mail, Reading Mail, Viewing, Printing) (Sending Mail, Forwarding, Editing Drafts, Inserting Letter) (Signature, Aliases, Scan Line Formats): Use < at >code instead of < at >samp for string constants. (Tool Bar): Remove spurious quote. (Junk): Use ``...'' instead of "...". (Scan Line Formats): Replace < at >samp with < at >kbd. 2006-03-09 Bill Wohler newt.com> * Makefile (MH_BACKUP_DIR, MH_FILES, backup): New variables and target used to back up CVS files at Savannah. 2006-03-06 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi: Move from SourceForge repository to Savannah. This is version 7.93, which is a total rewrite from the previous edition 1.3 for MH-E version 5.0.2, and corresponds to MH-E version 7.93. 2006-03-06 Bill Wohler newt.com> * README: Note that the CVS MH-E Manual is built into CVS Emacs. (INSTALL): Add detail to setting INFOPATH variable. Mention texi2pdf instead of texi32dvi, and mention pdfetex. (CVS MH-E MANUAL INSTALL): New section. * Makefile (MH_E_ETC): Remove fixhtml. No need to put this in distribution. (html/index.html): Don't run fixhtml if it doesn't exist. (dist): Use cp --parents to preserve man directory so that ChangeLogs don't clobber each other and make works. * mh-e.texi: Move to Savannah. Check out with "make man/mh-e.texi". * Makefile (EMACS_HOME): Unused. Delete. (CVSROOT, CVSLOGIN, CVSMETHOD): New variables. (MH-E-DOC): Rename to MH_E_DOC. Change mh-e.texi to man/mh-e.texi. (MH-E-DOCS): Rename to MH_E_ETC. Add man/ChangeLog and ChangeLog. (MH_E_DIST): New variable. Combines $(MH_E_DOC) and $(MH_E_ETC). (all): Add target man/mh-e.texi. ($(MH_E_DOC)): New target used to check out manual from Savannah. (info/mh-e): Change dependency to $(MH_E_DOC). Set directory to man before running since mh-e.texi now has a "setfilename ../info/mh-e" directive. (html/index.html, mh-e.pdf): Change dependency to $(MH_E_DOC). (dist): Use $(MH_E_DIST) instead of $(MH-E-DOC) $(MH-E-DOCS).

MH-E 7.94 released

Bill Wohler — 2006-04-21T22:19:52

Project home page at: http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/. * Changes in MH-E 7.94 Version 7.94, the first 8.0 release candidate, fixes a bunch of bugs, incorporates new features introduced in Emacs 22.1, improves folder completion, and spruces up the tool bar. ** New Features in MH-E 7.94 *** Add :package-version Keyword to Options This `defcustom', `defgroup', and `defface' keyword was introduced in Emacs 22.1. MH-E has been extended to take advantage of it. With this keyword, you can now use `M-x customize-changed-options' to see what options in MH-E have changed between versions of Emacs. In a future version of Emacs, you'll be able to see changes between MH-E versions as well (closes SF #1452724). ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.94 *** mhparam -components Fails on mailutils This error prevented MH-E from loading when using GNU mailutils. GNU mailutils drops the `s' in this argument, so we did too since -component still works in nmh and MH (closes SF #1446985). *** "/ s" Still Has Problems With []'d Mail On XEmacs, subjects that had special characters would prevent `/ s' from narrowing to the given subject. These characters are now quoted correctly in XEmacs (closes SF #1447598). *** Incorrect Example in mh-folder-list Docstring This has been fixed (closes SF #1448498). *** Variable mh-send-args Is a String, Not a List This was causing errors when sending under GNU mailutils. The internal variable `mh-send-args' is now a list which fixes the problem (closes SF #1448604). *** Update Icons Most of the tool bar icons have been replaced by GTK or GNOME 2 icons (closes SF #1452715). *** Can't customize tool bar for current session If you customized `mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons' or `mh-tool-bar-letter-buttons', and clicked Set for Current Session, the tool bar was not updated. This has been fixed (closes SF #1452718). *** Strip Build Number From emacs-version in X-Mailer This has been done (closes SF #1466481). *** mh-folder-completion-function Problems One could not longer browse folders outside of the standard MH Mail directory. This has been fixed. As a beneficial side-effect, you can once again use SPC to complete folders (closes SF #1470518). *** Rename Function and Variable Definers If you had ever shown help for an MH-E symbol that was both a function or variable, you might have found that the hyperlink to the file brought you to the wrong definition. This has been fixed by renaming the macros `mh-defgroup', `mh-defcustom', `mh-defface', `mh-defun-compat', and `mh-defmacro-compat' to `defgroup-mh', `defcustom-mh', `defface-mh', `defun-mh', `defmacro-mh' respectively (closes SF #1472029). *** mh-insert-letter Uses Wrong Default If you had used `C-c TAB' (`mh-insert-letter') to insert a letter into your draft, specified a different folder, and chose the default message number, you got the wrong message. This has been fixed (closes SF #1473729). *** "echo -e" in Makefile Causes Solaris 10 Problem This construct has been replaced with printf, which is reputed to be more portable (closes SF #1467222, #1473908).

MH-E manual 7.93 released

Bill Wohler — 2006-03-06T01:28:50

The second draft of the MH-E manual for MH-E 8.0 contains several fixes from reviewers, is dual-licensed under both the GFDL and GPL, and the Makefile produces PDF output using texi2pdf. Read on for more details. Project home page at: http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/. 2006-03-05 Bill Wohler newt.com> Release MH-E manual version 7.93. * mh-e.texi (VERSION, EDITION, UPDATED, UPDATE-MONTH): Update for release 7.93. 2006-03-04 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (settitle): Change to The MH-E Manual. (EDITION): Add, since VERSION is used for software too. (Copying): Add dual license, GFDL (with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. (titlepage): Change title to The MH-E Manual and drop The Emacs Interface to the MH Mail System subtitle. (Top): Rename to The MH-E Manual. (Preface): Add "mail system" to the first utterance of MH. (Copying): Split into two appendices: GFDL, which is new, and GPL. (GPL): Update FSF address. (Getting Started): Added old error message you get when running an old version of MH-E when MH isn't installed. * Makefile (TEXI2DVIFLAGS): Rename to TEXI2PDFFLAGS. (mh-e.pdf): Use texi2pdf instead of texi2dvi. Remove leading - from texi2pdf lines since they are no longer necessary now that errors have been fixed. Another bonus for fixing the errors is that the --clean option works and the $(RM) lines could be removed as well. * mh-e.texi (Reading Mail Tour, Using This Manual): Fix typo. (Ranges): Fix range for looking at a single message. (Folder Selection): Clarify environment for mh-default-folder-for-message-function. (Identities): Try make it more clear that fields will be automatically inserted when the message is sent. Note that once you use C-c M-d, the fields will not be automatically inserted when the message is sent. (title): The title was too long, so split it up into a subtitle. (Sending Mail Tour, Reading Mail Tour, Processing Mail Tour) (Adding Attachments, Searching): Remove < at >group outside of < at >example as this was causing texi2pdf errors. Apparently now you have to put the < at >group inside an example, but that doesn't do any any good to keep the caption together with the example. (Aliases): Use different example to avoid overfull warning. (Junk): Use smallexamples to avoid overfull warning. (Scan Line Formats): Split long string to avoid overfull warning. (Using This Manual, Editing Message, Editing Drafts): Break up line to avoid overfull warning. (Editing Drafts): Break up < at >samp into multiple < at >samps to avoid overfull warning. (Folders, Reading Mail, Procmail): Use < at >samp instead of `' to avoid underfull warning. 2006-02-26 Bill Wohler newt.com> * Makefile (MAKEINFODOCBOOKFLAGS, XML_DECL, PRINT_SS, default): Delete. (TEXI2DVIFLAGS): Add. (all): Add pdf target. (clean): Use $(RM). Replace pdf with mh-e.pdf. (pdf): Change target to mh-e.pdf. (pdf/mh-e.xml, pdf/mh-e.tex): Delete. (pdf/mh-e.pdf): Rename to mh-e.pdf. Use texi2dvi instead of makeinfo/openjade/pdfjadetex. * README (PDF): PDF now appears in current directory, not pdf sub-directory. Uses texi2dvi instead of makeinfo.

MH-E 7.93 released

Bill Wohler — 2006-03-06T01:24:18

Project home page at: http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/. * Changes in MH-E 7.93 Version 7.93, the fourth 8.0 beta release, fixes a handful of bugs in searching and limiting exposed during continued beta testing. ** Variables Deleted in MH-E 7.93 *** mh-show-use-goto-addr-flag This flag was redundant and inconsistent with `goto-address-highlight-p' at the same time, so we removed it. Please customize `goto-address-highlight-p' if you wish to turn off email address and URL highlighting. ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.93 *** `/ s' Can Miss the Original Mail The command `/ s' failed to include the message with the "Re:" in the Subject. This has been fixed (closes SF #1438369). *** XEmacs -nw Fails with number-char-or-marker-p Error Hopefully, this is the last we'll hear of problems associated with XEmacs' incompatible `device-color-cells' function (closes SF #1436924). *** Pick-based Searches Fail The command `C-c C-p' failed to find any matches. This has been fixed (closes SF #1435381). *** Can't Narrow to Subject with Regexp Chars The command `/ s' could not limit subjects that had special pick characters (such as [, *, $, .). This has been fixed (closes SF #1432548).

mh-e.sourceforge.net update

Bill Wohler — 2006-02-27T07:30:56

I finally got around to replacing the table layouts with divs and moving the menus from the various files into PHP functions in a single file. Ideally, you won't notice a thing (other than faster rendering since the files are smaller), but it'll make it easier for us to update the web site. I couldn't resist sprucing up the logo a little bit, as well as the Credits page. I also created a manual page with pointers to help as well as the HTML and PDF versions of the manual. Please let me know if you find any problems with my changes.

PDF of manual available

Bill Wohler — 2006-02-26T02:14:08

Hey folks, Thanks to a tip from David Arnold, we can produce a PDF of the manual. If you have the release, you can run "texi2dvi -p mh-e.texi" twice (in order to create the table of contents and fix the cross-references). I've also put it up at: http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/manual/mh-e.pdf

MH-E manual 7.92 released

Bill Wohler — 2006-02-25T20:05:30

After three years in the making, I am extremely pleased to announce that the first draft of the MH-E manual for MH-E 8.0 is finally ready for review; the manual has been completely reorganized, and has been updated with all of the changes and new features introduced since version 5. Starting with this release, I am now setting the version number of the manual to correspond to the version of the software that it represents. This should make it easier for users to correlate the manual with the software version, and is more in keeping with the versioning I see in the Debian GNU/Linux distribution for example. Since this is the first draft, I encourage all of you to read it and provide any feedback you can. I welcome everything from the minutiae of spelling and grammar nits to sweeping suggestions for organization. Does the order make sense? Are there too many chapters and should some of the chapters be subsections of other chapters? Does the manual answer all the questions you have? Are there places where an example would be useful? My preference would be for you to post bug reports and feature requests at SourceForge. However, feel free to send your comments to the mh-e-users< at >lists.sourceforge.net (gmane.mail.mh-e.user) list if you prefer. You can download the release from our home page and build the Info and/or HTML yourself, or access the manual online via "The MH-E Manual" link also on our home page. Project home page at: http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/. 2006-02-24 Bill Wohler newt.com> Release MH-E manual version 7.92. * mh-e.texi (EDITION): Delete. (VERSION, UPDATED, UPDATE-MONTH): Update for release 7.92. (copying): Remove reference to edition now that version of manual corresponds to version of software. (titlepage): Ditto. (Top, contents): Add HTML comments so table of contents isn't duplicated. * fixhtml: Convert to /bin/sh. No longer rename index.html to Table-of-contents.html. Added mh-book prefix to index.html indexes.html which are used by the MH book. No longer need to edit files since we're using the real index.html and can also use stylesheets to set background color to white. * README: Use PDF instead of DVI. Online version now at SourceForge. Update for release 7.92. * Makefile (MH-E-DOCS): Remove index.html indexes.html. Only needed by web site. (default): New default target. Displays usage. (info): New target. Depends on info/mh-e. (mh-e.info): Rename to info/mh-e. Create info directory. (html): New target. Depends on html/index.html. (mh-e.html): Rename to html/index.html. Create and/or clear html directory. (pdf): New target. Depends on pdf/mh-e.pdf. (mh-e.xml): Rename to pdf/mh-e.xml. Create pdf directory. (mh-e.tex): Rename to pdf/mh-e.tex. Use openjade instead of jade. (mh-e.pdf): Rename to pdf/mh-e.pdf. (mh-e.ps, install, install-emacs, install-online, import-emacs) (info, dvi): Delete. * index.html: Rename to mh-book-index.html. * indexes.html: Rename to mh-book-indexes.html. * mh-e.texi: Clean-up editing. In addition to many minor edits and fixes, the following changes were also made: (Conventions, More About MH-E, Ranges) (Folder Selection, Folder Selection, Incorporating Mail) (Reading Mail, Viewing, HTML, Folders, Sending Mail) (Editing Drafts, Aliases, Identities, Speedbar, Tool Bar) (Sequences, Junk, Scan Line Formats, Procmail): Use < at >c --- separator between < at >item consistently. If a blank line appears before index entries before < at >item, then too many blank lines appear in the output. Using < at >c --- instead of blank lines between items keeps the output looking good. (Processing Mail Tour): Fix prompt. (Leaving MH-E): Document packf for exporting MH mail to avoid "lock-in" (suggested by Mark). (Options): Use combo box instead of combobox. (Reading PGP): Use key server instead of keyserver. (Folders): Describe how to rename folders using dired (suggested by Mark). (Composing): Note that hooks can be set with customize interface. (Adding Attachments): Delete obsolete text about mh-mime-content-types. (Adding Attachments): Move description of mh-mh-to-mime-undo to paragraph with mh-mh-to-mime. (Aliases): Use GECOS instead of gecos. Switch case of aliases in case-dependent example (suggested by Peter). Add example about using prefixes for locals, jobs, or activities (suggested by Mark). (Identities): Move introduction to top of chapter. (Searching): Put terms on separate lines in body so that it is appropriate for both the search engines and pick. The previous regexp only worked for pick. (MH FAQ and Support): Fix URL to MH FAQ. (Getting MH-E): Document contrib release here and delete Contributed Software chapter. (XXX): Delete chapter. All cross-references now point to an node. (Backmatter): Verify terms in LocalWords list. Move style guide to Developers' Guide. 2006-02-21 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Incorporating Mail): Suggest emacsclient which supports --eval in Emacs 22 instead of gnudoit. (Reading Mail): Delete option mh-show-use-goto-addr-flag. Use option `goto-address-highlight-p' directly instead. (Folders): Be explicit about types of requests in mh-after-commands-processed-hook and mh-before-commands-processed-hook. (ispell-skip-region-alist): Use add-to-list so variable doesn't grow indefinitely. (Preface): Add Version 8 to history. Fix URLs to GNU Emacs and MH-E manuals. (Conventions, Getting Started): Move node out of and in front of Tour Through MH-E. (Getting Started): Add documentation about mh-variant and mh-path. Sync docstrings with manual. Warn about setting mh-progs and friends. (Using This Manual): Update footnotes to Emacs Lisp manual. (Options): New subsection of Using This Manual from text originally in Using This Manual. (Ranges, Folder Selection): Now subsections of Using This Manual. (Preface): Move history to History. (From Bill Wohler): New section. Contains history from Preface, plus new Version 8 details. 2006-01-15 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Limits): Change keybinding of mh-narrow-to-from from / f to / m; mh-narrow-to-range from / r to / g. 2006-01-14 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Folders): Remove F i (mh-index-search). Change manu from Folder > Search a Folder to just Folder > Search and command from mh-search-folder to mh-search. Change default value of mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook from mh-index-p to mh-search-p. (Menu Bar): Rename Pick menu to Search. (Tool Bar): Change default value of mh-tool-bar-search-function from mh-search-folder to mh-search. (Searching): Rewrite chapter to align with new code (closes SF #829207). 2006-01-11 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Conventions): Add tcsh to the list of shells that use the ~ notation since this is more popular on Linux than vanilla csh. 2006-01-10 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Conventions): Move description of ~ here from Getting Started. (Getting Started): Update text regarding MH installation and configuration now that MH-E no longer calls install-mh. Delete text about mh-progs et al since the uesr is no longer supposed to modify these (and causes trouble if he does). (Incorporating Mail): Cross-reference to creator of mh-progs. (Using This Manual): Now that all options are changed via the customize interface, remove the description and examples of using setq. (Inserting Messages, Adding Attachments): mh-compose-forward and mh-insert-letter now default to the cur message if you choose another folder (closes SF #1205890). 2006-01-09 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Composing): Add mail-mode-hook (closes SF #1385571). (Editing Drafts, Editing Message, Searching): Add commands for moving to and creating Reply-To, Mail-Reply-To, and Mail-Followup-To fields (closes SF#1400139). 2006-01-02 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Conventions, Folder Selection, Reading Mail) (HTML, Files and Pipes, Folders, Sending Mail, Redistributing) (Editing Drafts, Editing Message, Inserting Letter, Signature) (Picture, Adding Attachments, Sending PGP, Checking Recipients) (Sending Message, Killing Draft, Aliases, Identities, Speedbar) (Searching, Threading, Limits, Sequences, Junk, Miscellaneous) (Scan Line Formats, Procmail): Document help keys. Document missing commands. Add missing menu item index entries. Remove function names in short variable descriptions; keyboard command is enough. Use option/command/function/variable in front of symbol to aid *Help* buffer hyperlinking. Sync docstrings with manual for all commands. 2006-01-01 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Conventions): Add reference to Easy Customization in Emacs Manual. Add face documentation. (Reading Mail, Viewing, Reading PGP, Folders, Editing Drafts) (Editing Message, Speedbar, Searching, Scan Line Formats): Add documentation about faces. (Miscellaneous, Junk): Swap order of these chapters. 2005-12-23 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (HTML): Add descriptions of the mm-text-html-renderer choices. 2005-12-22 Bill Wohler newt.com> * TODO: May as well add it to the repository in case I get hit by a truck. * mh-e.texi (Conventions): Add info about hooks. Use "Hook run by `function'..." instead of "Invoked...". (Getting Started): Talk about mh-find-path setting variables from MH profile components and how you can modify that behavior with mh-find-path-hook. (Incorporating Mail, Reading Mail, Viewing, Folders) (Editing Drafts, Inserting Letter, Signature) (Adding Attachments, Sending Message, Aliases, Searching): Sync docstrings with manual. (Folders): Add mh-after-commands-processed-hook, mh-before-commands-processed-hook, mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook. Fixed example since "/" is taken by limits. (Sending Mail): Add mh-forward-hook. (Sequences): Add mh-unseen-updated-hook. 2005-12-18 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Top, Sending Mail Tour, Aliases): Rename Toolbar to Tool Bar. (Tool Bar): Rename from Toolbar. Completed chapter. 2005-12-17 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Top) Rename Menubar to Menu Bar. (Sending Mail Tour): Ditto. (Ranges, Folder Selection, Incorporating Mail, Reading Mail) (Folders, Sending Mail, Editing Drafts, Aliases, Identities) (Speedbar, Toolbar, Searching, Limits, Sequences, Junk) (Scan Line Formats): Removed customization and menu comments now that the same information appears in the text. (Incorporating Mail, Reading Mail, Folders, Sending Mail) (Editing Drafts, Identities, Searching, Sequences): Mention appropriate menus. Add index entries for menu items. (Speedbar): Rename mh-speed-flists-interval to mh-speed-update-interval (should have been done a couple of check-ins ago). (Menu Bar): Rename from Menubar. Completed chapter. (Toolbar): Mention mh-toolbar customization group. (Threading): Fix cross reference. 2005-12-15 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Reading Mail, Navigating): Add description of command k (mh-delete-subject-or-thread). (mh-delete-subject-or-thread). Sync docstrings with manual. (Threading): Completed chapter. Sync docstrings with manual. 2005-12-14 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Top): Undid last change. Doesn't compile with makeinfo -html. (Speedbar): Completed chapter. Sync docstrings with manual. 2005-12-13 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Top): Put in < at >ifinfo instead of < at >ifnottex. 2005-12-09 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Conventions): SPC no longer available to complete filenames and folders. Add cross reference to Emacs manual. (Folder Selection): Fix URL to Emacs manual. (Procmail): Set message-mail-user-agent to `mail-user-agent' and set mail-user-agent to Emacs interface to MH. 2005-12-04 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Reading Mail, Folders, Sending Mail) (Limits, Sequences, Junk, XXX): Went over all uses of the word "RANGE" in the docstrings and made usage consistent. Generally speaking, "messages in range" and "range of messages" is redundant and just "range" can be used in most circumstances. (Folders): Rename mh-index-new-messages-folders to mh-new-messages-folders. Rename mh-index-ticked-messages-folders to mh-ticked-messages-folders. (Reading Mail): Change default of mh-fetch-x-image-url from 'ask to Never Fetch (closes SF #831278). (Folders): Added keys for mh-sort-folder. Sync docstring from mh-sortm-args with manual. (Editing Drafts, Signature): Rename mh-letter-insert-signature-hook to mh-insert-signature-hook. 2005-12-01 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Reading Mail, Viewing, Viewing Attachments) (Digests, Reading PGP, Printing) (Files and Pipes, Navigating) (Miscellaneous Commands and Options): Rewrite for current codebase. Sync docstrings with manual. (Conventions): Use < at >key{} for RET, SPC, TAB, DEL, and BS everywhere. Use < at >kbd{C-< at >key{SPC}}. (Getting Started): Starting to use "package" instead of library. (Leaving MH-E, Adding Attachments, Aliases, Ranges, Junk): Fix typo. (Using This Manual): Use mh-mhl-format-file instead of mhl-formfile. (Reading Mail): Prefer "command < at >kbd{}" over "< at >kbd{} command" due to docstring hyperlinking algorithm. (MH-Folder Options): Rename to Miscellaneous Commands and Options and move to end of chapter. (Folders): Delete mh-default-folder-for-message-function. Add mh-recenter-summary-flag. Move mh-folder-mode-hook here from MH-Folder Options. Add mh-folder-updated-hook. Add mh-folder-updated-hook. (Sending Mail): Suggest that customizing mail-user-agent is a good idea. (Threading): New chapter. Needs to be written. (Sequences): Add mh-unseen-updated-hook. (Miscellaneous): Note in introduction that this chapter talks about special buffers too. (Junk): Use bogofilter instead of Bogofilter or BogoFilter. (Scan Line Formats): Use "fontification" instead of "fontifying". (Procmail): Use GnuCash, not gnucash. (XXX): Added some ispell helping keywords and code at the end of the file to make it feasible to run ispell-buffer. Add bogofilter case requirement. 2005-11-03 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi: (Sequences): Document mh-narrow-to-tick. Sync docstrings with manual. 2005-11-01 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Sending Mail): Rewrite for current codebase. Sync docstrings with manual. (Aliases, Identities, Searching) (Scan Line Formats): Add draft and regular expression index entries. 2005-10-30 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Scan Line Formats): Updated with feedback from Mark. Added comments in the title matter. (< at >settitle, < at >top): Use the full title. (< at >title): Remove GNU from GNU Emacs since our audience is more than just GNU Emacs users. 2005-10-28 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Viewing, Scan Line Formats): Sync docstrings with manual. Ensure all links are in < at >uref so that in info they look like "link text (`url')" which are more easily converted to "link text (see URL `url')". 2005-10-27 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Identities): Checkdoc fix. (Scan Line Formats): Rewrite for current codebase. New example. 2005-10-23 Bill Wohler newt.com> * Makefile (MAKEINFODOCBOOKFLAGS, MAX_TEX_RECURSION, XML_DECL) (PRINT_SS): New variables used by new targets. (mh-e.dvi): Delete. (mh-e.xml, mh-e.tex, mh-e.pdf): New targets that create PDF. * mh-e.texi (Editing Drafts): Rewrite chapter and sync up manual with docstrings. (Incorporating Mail): Small grammatical fix. (Ranges): Rewrite and sync up manual with docstrings. 2005-03-17 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Junk): Added mh-junk-background. 2005-03-16 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Folders): Added mh-catchup, mh-index-search. (Searching): Added information on indexed searches and synced up manual with docstrings. 2005-02-07 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Incorporating Mail): Updated manual to reflect changes in mh-customize.el and synced up manual with docstrings. 2005-02-06 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi: Use < at >smallexample and < at >smalllisp consistently throughout chapter. Blank lines between < at >items were generating extra

elements in HTML which caused unsightly gaps in the tables. Replaced blank lines with < at >c ---- separators. (Aliases): Updated manual to reflect changes in menu items. (Identities): Rewrote chapter and synced up manual with docstrings. 2003-11-03 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (< at >ref): Convert to < at >pxref and < at >xref as much as possible. Added special < at >urefs to Emacs, Emacs Lisp, and PGG manuals so that readers of the HTML version would have a valid cross-reference (section, chapter): Ensured that the right word was used, depending on whether we're talking about a section or chapter. 2003-11-01 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (cross-references): Fixed cross-references that were no longer pointing to the correct node due to the reshuffling. (editing): Removed terms like "below" and "above" that can easily get out of date. (Reading Mail, Getting Started): Moved mh-lib, mh-lib-progs, mh-progs to Getting Started. 2003-10-29 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi: Added lead-in paragraphs at the beginning of each chapter and before each table of commands and options. Mention customization groups (Indexing): Heavy duty indexing pass. Added missing index entries, removed superfluous index entries (that were covered in a < at >vtable or < at >ftable), sorted < at >*index groups, ensured index entries were consistent. Still need to go through indices and search through text for each item and add index entries for existing entries if useful. (Organizing): Renamed node to Folders. It looks a lot better in the index for the "F" key commands. (Variable Index): Renamed to Option Index. (Key Index): New node for holding keystrokes and moved keystrokes from the command index to the key index. Renamed < at >findex entries to < at >kindex as appropriate and renamed < at >ftable to < at >table as necessary. (Composing, MH-Folder Options): New sections that contain text from main section of chapter. Before, the menu for the chapter's sections appeared far, far below rather than up near the top under the commands and variables. 2003-10-28 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi: Removed "above" and "below" text. After reorganization, these relative markers were often incorrect. Replaced with cross-references. 2003-10-27 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Viewing): Removed Always Fetch option from mh-fetch-x-image-url (closes SF #831278). (< at >ftable): Sorted entries. The sort is as follows: punctuation, uppercase single letters, lowercase single letters, control characters, meta characters, multiple letters in alphabetical order. In some cases, the sort wasn't strictly ASCII. For example, SPC (mh-page-msg) reads better before BS (mh-previous-page) and . (mh-show) is better before , (mh-header-display). (< at >vtable): Sorted entries and pulled hooks into their own < at >vtables. 2003-10-23 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi: The Great Reorganization. Aligned commands and variables with customization groups. 2003-10-17 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Organizing): Indicate that visiting a folder with unseen messages will just show those unseen messages. Also indicate that visiting a folder with the speedbar works in a similar fashion to mh-visit-folder (closes SF #623373). 2003-10-16 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Top): Removed elisp comment characters (;;) from copyright. (Viewing): Mention that signatures and vCards are rendered in italics. (Reading GPG): Filled paragraph. (Draft Editing): Added new variables from Signature section. Eventually, I'll reorganize so that variables are described in the chapter they are listed. (Signature): Updated with modern-day signature code which means that mh-signature-file-name can be a function, signature separators are added, the signature can be a vCard (closes SF #802720), and mh-letter-insert-signature-hook is now called at the end instead of the beginning of mh-insert-signature. Signatures can now also be inserted with identities. 2003-10-16 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Reading Mail): Use "< at >samp{+inbox} buffer" instead of "+inbox". (Identities, and others): Use "header field" in index, not "header". (Junk): New section dealing with junk mail. 2003-09-24 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (< at >table): Converted to < at >vtable and < at >ftable as appropriate. Also removed blank lines between < at >*table and < at >item and < at >end *table. The former is to eliminate an unsightly gap; the latter is for consistency. Thought I heard a hobgoblin... (< at >enumerate): Ditto. * fixhtml (fix_texinfo_html): Substitute index.html for Table-of-Contents.html since we renamed index.html for Table-of-Contents.html. * mh-e.texi (Top): Added warning about using makeinfo 4.6 or greater which is needed to handle the < at >copying commands. ([vf]table): Removed blank line below these commands as this inserts unsightly whitespace in the document. (Reading Mail): Use ftable instead of table, add findex in quick reference to catch functions, remove now redundant findex and vindex commands in chapter. Removed mh-visible-headers. Renamed mh-invisible-headers to mh-invisible-header-fields. Updated mh-clean-message-header-flag. Added mh-invisible-header-fields-default (closes SF #752045). (Viewing): Updated documentation for mh-visible-headers (removed), mh-invisible-headers (renamed to mh-invisible-header-fields), mh-clean-message-header-flag, and added mh-invisible-header-fields-default (closes SF #752045). * Makefile (TEXI2HTMLFLAGS): Obsolete. Should have removed yesterday. 2003-09-23 Bill Wohler newt.com> * Makefile (MAKEINFOINFOFLAGS): Renamed from MAKEINFOINFOFLAGS. (MAKEINFOHTMLFLAGS): New variable to hold HTML flags for makeinfo. (all): Removed mh-e.ps target and added clean target. (clean): New target which removes directories created by this Makefile. (mh-e.info): Use MAKEINFOINFOFLAGS. (mh-e.html): Call makeinfo instead of texi2html. This is better for several reasons: makeinfo more actively maintained than texi2html, files are named with the node names instead of magical numbers so assumptions about the filenames can be made (this cleaned up fixhtml and Makefile dramatically), footnotes are on the same page instead of on a single page, the table of contents is prettier, the < at >vtable and < at >ftable commands are handled correctly (they were doubled in the indices in texi2html). The only disadvantages I've seen is that the navigation buttons aren't repeated on the bottom of each page and the indices aren't divided by letter. These are minor. Don't depend on html subdirectory, makeinfo creates it. (html): Deleted. Obsolete. * fixhtml: Now that makeinfo is used, no longer need to search each file to see where links should be made. Also, since the filenames now match the node names, many of the links no longer need to be made. (index.html): Rename to Table-of-Contents.html since the MH book assumes a different index.html. (fix_texinfo_html): Downcase body tags. * indexes.html: Use makeinfo filenames for indices instead of link names previously created with fixhtml. s/mh-e_toc.html/Table-of-Contents.html/ to be more consistent with makeinfo naming conventions. * index.html: s/mh-e_toc.html/Table-of-Contents.html/ to be more consistent with makeinfo naming conventions. * mh-e.texi (MH-BOOK-HOME): Changed from http://www.ics.uci.edu/~mh/book to http://www.ics.uci.edu/~mh/book/mh. (Addresses): Replaced < at > with at in text. Replaced < at >host with < at >stop.spam-abuse.org in examples to minimize spam harvesting. (Profile components): Now contain a trailing colon (:) like header fields. (Sending Mail): Added M-TAB (mh-letter-complete) keybinding, mh-letter-complete-function option. (Aliases): New node that covers how MH-E handles aliases (closes SF #745634). (Draft Editing): Use vtable instead of table. (Organizing): Removed example about creating folder names based upon sender of message now that this is built-in. 2003-08-24 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Viewing): Removed example of shoving mh-update-sequences into mh-show-hook because MH-E now does this by default. (Sending Mail): Moved variable table under command table. Described new method of editing draft (direct editing) and old method via customization (closes SF #745622). 2003-08-19 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Limits): New section which documents the ways of limiting the output of the MH-Folder buffer (closes SF #732823). (header fields): Undid change in version 1.43 where colons in header field names were removed. I had done this originally to reflect RFC 822 and RFC 2822 is still like that. Documentation should remain consistent with the standards. (cc): s/cc/Cc/ in field names and except where cc is literal, as in components files, or function names (Identities): Added some formatting commands and fixed the text about inserting the auto-fields at the beginning now that we no longer do that. 2003-08-18 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Moving Mail, Organizing): Document "F n", "F '", "F q", "mh-index-new-messages-folders, mh-index-ticked-messages-folders (closes SF #718833). (Sequences): Document "'" (closes SF #718833). 2003-08-16 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi: (Reading Mail Tour, Reading Mail): mh-rmail now shows unseen messages as well as new messages from inc, so simply say that mh-rmail doesn't show read messages (closes SF #667542). * mh-e.texi: According to the grant-back clause of the assignment of copyright contract to the FSF, I have relicensed the manual under the GPL. This should allow all MH-E developers, who have also assigned copyright to the FSF, to cut and paste changes between the code and manual freely. This should also remove any issues with the Debian DFSG. While the details still need to be worked out, developers should agree that any changes they make to the manual will be relicensed under the GFDL when they are incorporated into the Emacs version. Until notified otherwise, developers implicitly agree to these terms if they make any changes. * mh-e.texi (Folder Selection) New section that describes how folder names are generated (closes SF #657096, SF #664821). 2003-08-15 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Various Header Fields): Removed colon from header field name. Doesn't seem right in the flow of the text. (Identities): New section to describe multiple personalities or identies code (closes SF #627035, #747890). 2003-08-08 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi: Merged in changes from version 1.14 in CVS Emacs. 2003-08-04 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Ranges): New section that describes what a range is and how to use it. Updated all other sections that used to refer to the use of a prefix argument to specify a sequence to refer to a range instead (closes SF #626361, SF #728638). (footnotes): For some reason, all of the footnotes were off in their own world. I moved them within the sentence's punctuation. (Organizing): Added info about speedbar (closes SF #503727). (references): Moved indexing commands before < at >item throughout so that item heading would appear on the page when clicking on an index entry. (variables): Boolean variables now end with -flag (closes SF #627015). 2003-08-01 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Using This Manual): Renamed from Introduction. (Reading Mail): Mentioned that keybindings work in the MH-Show buffer too (closes SF #493749). 2003-07-31 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Viewing): Added verbiage for viewing X-Face header field and friends (closes SF #480770). (Picture): New section that tells how to add X-Face header field and friends (closes SF #480770). (Sending GPG): Moved under Draft Editing. (Inserting Letter): Added word about filling paragraphs with `mh-ins-buf-prefix' (closes SF #489927). (Recipients, Sending Message, Organizing, Sequences): Mentioned various buffer names that the varous commands use. Added cross-references to the Miscellaneous chapter (closes SF #493170). (Miscellaneous): Added cross-references from the buffer names to the sections whose commands use those buffers (closes SF #493170). (Introduction, Miscellaneous): Added info about quick help (with "?" and "C-c ?" keys) and *MH-E Help* buffer (closes SF #493740). 2003-07-29 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Reading GPG, Sending GPG): New sections (closes SF #405625). (Reading Mailing Lists Effectively): Fixed examples. (Using MH-E): Renamed to Introduction and made subsections of this chapter bonafide chapters. (Reading HTML): New section that discusses MH-E's ability to display HTML (closes SF #453352). 2003-07-26 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Reading Mailing Lists Effectively): New section. Talks about using procmail to incorporate mail from mailing lists and using MH-E and Gnus to read it (closes SF #405611). (Miscellaneous): Added information about the various MH-E buffers. 2003-07-17 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Scan Line Formats): Updated with font lock changes (closes SF #405606). Faces not yet documented. 2003-06-24 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Top): Make it clear that this version is not to be touched. Even with a 10-foot pole. (Miscellaneous Commands): Renamed to Miscellaneous Commands, Variables, and Buffers. New MH-E buffers documented. 2003-04-24 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi: Some reformatting with a single space after periods, or just plain filling. (Top): Upcase MH-E in title. Set VERSION to 7.3, UPDATED and UPDATED-MONTH to 24 April 2003. Set MH-E-HOME to http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/. Updated Copyright. (MH FAQ): Renamed to MH FAQ and Support. Added link to MH FAQ. Added link to MH-E SourceForge support. (Getting MH-E): Don't reiterate install info; reference README instead. Also, mh-version now autoloads, so don't have to run any other command first. 2002-10-31 Bill Wohler newt.com> * Makefile, README, fixhtml, index.html, indexes.html, mh-e.texi: Replaced mh-e with MH-E. 2002-10-11 Bill Wohler newt.com> * Makefile (EMACS_HOME): Set default to $(TOP)/../emacs so it would be useful. Also use ?= instead of ifndef which is apparently more portable. 2002-04-08 Bill Wohler newt.com> * mh-e.texi (Sending Mail): Updated footnote about draft folders per a user's suggestion. 2001-12-29 Bill Wohler phone.com> *mh-e.texi: First phase of mh-e version 6.0 coverage. Removed a space between a texinfo command and the opening brace. Replaced < at >code with < at >command, < at >samp, etc. as appropriate (closes SF #405618). Documented mh-lib-progs (closes SF #405615). Backed out quick reference guide. Moved mherg.html into Texinfo. However, upon further reflection, I think the existing format already serves as a quick reference guide, and I don't think that the extra tables will be worth the extra maintenance effort. I'm therefore saving this version, but will be removing the tables in the next check-in. I won't undo the entire check-in as there were a couple of other small, cosmetic changes I want to keep (closes SF #405610). Moved Scan Line Formats up a level as its location in Organizing was not obvious enough (closes SF #405608). Added example for mh-quit-hook (closes SF #405565). Put the references to the MH book back in (closes SF #405549). Rewrote MIME section to make more clear (closes SF #405547 and #446471) and to include new functionality in 6.0. Call Emacs Lisp functions functions, not commands. Indeed, they were already called functions throughout, except in a short discussion of terminology. Updated screen shots for Emacs 21. Also fixed up line lines within these screen shots so that they wouldn't extend past the limits of the cartouche in the DVI file. Improved continuity between commands and configuration. Simply filled all the paragraphs to make later changes less apparent in the diffs. I believe the only difference is that sentence-end-double-space is now nil. Initial pass at merging Chapters 2 and 3. Chapters are merged, but editing reminas to be done to improve the flow (closes SF #405605). * indexes.html: Downcased HTML tags. Removed tag. Removed mention of Quick Reference Guide, which has been removed. Removed

and mailto tags. Spam prevention. * index.html: Downcased HTML tags. Removed tag. Removed mention of Quick Reference Guide, which has been removed, and Preface, which is redundant (with Table of Contents). Put Table of Contents and Index links on their own line to avoid folding. Removed

and mailto tags. Spam prevention. * fixhtml: No longer use mherg.html. * mherg.html: Removed. Too much hassle to maintain and beginning of each chapter in Using mh-e is a quick reference already. * Makefile: Added a README to the tarball and made the user of the Makefile targets more obvious to make the installation more clear (closes SF #481769). No longer use mherg.html. (%.info): Removed .. from settitle (in order to run M-x makeinfo-buffer, so no longer have to cd into info before running makeinfo. (%.html): Don't need to recursively delete files. Also, fixhtml copies index.html, indexes.html and mherg.html into html, so don't need to do it in the Makefile. * README: New file to let users know what they should do with this tarball. 2001-12-16 Bill Wohler newt.com> * Makefile (dist, install-online, %.html): Replaced $(RM) with rm -rf (closes SF #488661). (import-emacs): New, yet unimplemented, target. 2001-11-11 Bill Wohler newt.com> * fixhtml: Slight changes in titles for texi2html 1.65. 2001-02-19 Bill Wohler newt.com> * Makefile (EMACS): Renamed to EMACS_HOME. Also, don't define if EMACS_HOME already exists to give developer a chance to set environment variable. (all): Build mh-e.html, mh-e.info, and mh-e.ps by default.

MH-E 7.92 released

Bill Wohler — 2006-02-18T23:45:51

Project home page at: http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/. Version 7.92, the third 8.0 beta release, removes the "sed -i" in the Makefile (SF #1432060), tunes the setting of `mh-image-load-path', works around systems that do not have face inheritance, fixes several issues with searching on XEmacs, and creates the correct MIME type when including OpenOffice documents.