3 Copyright (C) 2001-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
4 See the end of the file for license conditions.
6 * Changes in MH-E 8.3.1
8 This version of MH-E fixes typos in the documentation and is packaged
13 In 2010, the version control system (VCS) of Emacs was upgraded from
14 CVS to Bazaar. In 2011, the MH-E team followed suit and upgraded the
15 MH-E repository at SourceForge from CVS to Bazaar as well. The result
16 is version 8.3 of MH-E, which includes needed changes to the build
19 Otherwise, this is a small release that includes mostly internal
20 changes from the Emacs team. One of these changes manifests itself in
21 the user interface--you can now complete folders with abbreviations,
22 meaning that `+f/b/b TAB' can complete to `+foo/bar/baz'.
24 Also, RFC 2047-encoded Subject header fields in replies are now
27 It also fixes compilation warnings in XEmacs 21.5.31, as
28 well as an error when running XEmacs 21.5.31 in a terminal.
30 Another implication of the VCS change is that users who download MH-E
31 from SourceForge and explicitly load MH-E will have to be change their
32 `load-path' to "/path/to/mh-e/emacs/trunk/lisp/mh-e" instead. Note the
35 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.3
37 *** Make mh-showing a legitimate minor mode
39 The `mh-showing-mode' variable is now defined with `define-minor-mode'
42 *** Desktop fails to restore MH-Folder buffers
44 When restoring MH folders from ".emacs.desktop", Emacs now opens them in
45 the expected `mh-folder' mode instead of `dired-mode' (closes SF #1510145)
51 Version 8.2 of MH-E appeared in GNU Emacs 23.1. This is a small
52 release that includes internal changes from the Emacs team. A new
53 hook, `mh-pack-folder-hook', has been added.
55 There is a known bug where you can't attach attachments in Emacs 21.
56 This will be fixed in 8.2.1.
58 ** New Variables in MH-E 8.2
60 *** mh-pack-folder-hook
62 The `mh-pack-folder-hook' is run by `F p' (`mh-pack-folder') after
63 renumbering the messages. Hook functions can access the current folder
64 name with `mh-current-folder'.
66 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.2
68 *** New version of mh-mm-save-part
70 Several functions have been updated with code from Gnus 5.11 (closes
77 Version 8.1 fixes some issues with forwarding messages, respects the
78 MH environment variable, adds the abilities to use aliases with GPG
79 and show HTML even though it is discouraged. A new hook,
80 `mh-annotate-msg-hook', has been added.
82 ** New Features in MH-E 8.1
84 *** Showing HTML When Text Is the Preferred Alternative
86 The `:' (`mh-show-preferred-alternative') function displays the
87 message with the default preferred alternative. This is as if
88 `mm-discouraged-alternatives' was set to nil (closes SF #1777321).
90 ** New Variables in MH-E 8.1
92 *** mh-annotate-msg-hook
94 The `mh-annotate-msg-hook' hook is run whenever a message is sent and
95 after the scan lines and message are annotated. Hook functions can
96 access the current folder name with `mh-current-folder' and obtain the
97 message numbers of the annotated messages with `mh-annotate-list'
100 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.1
102 *** Can't Use Aliases with GPG
104 GPG requires e-mail addresses, not aliases. So resolve aliases before
105 passing addresses to GPG/PGP (closes SF #649226).
107 *** mh-mml-forward-message: Disposition Should Be Inline
109 The `f' (`mh-forward') function now forwards messages as inline
110 attachments (closes SF #1378993).
112 *** Illegal Filename Characters on Windows Filesystems
114 The X-Image-URL cache created filenames with invalid characters on
115 Windows. This has been fixed with assistance from Darel Henman (closes
118 *** Make Many Header Fields Invisible
120 A vast landscape of header fields are now invisible. You may wish to
121 browse `mh-invisible-header-fields-default' and clean up your
122 `mh-invisible-header-fields' option. A permanent bug (SF #1916032) has
123 been created where you can submit header fields that should be
124 rendered invisible (closes SF #1701231).
126 *** mh-forward Includes Messages in Reverse Order
128 The `f' (`mh-forward') function now includes messages in ascending
129 order (closes SF #1730393).
131 *** Compile Fails on XEmacs 21.5 beta 28
133 This has been fixed with help from Henrique Martins (closes SF
136 *** Rename Variant mu-mh to gnu-mh
138 The GNU mailutils MH variant was named inconsistently. The variant has
139 been renamed to gnu-mh throughout. Thanks to Darel Henman (closes SF
142 *** Respect MH environment Variable
144 Even if the MH environment variable was set, an error was generated if
145 "~/.mh_profile" was missing. This has been fixed thanks to Xavier
146 Maillard (closes SF #1946861).
148 *** Enhance mh-mairix-regexp-builder
150 Additional items have been added to the Mairix search string in order
151 to support org-mode. Thanks to Nick Dokos (closes SF #1965704).
153 *** mh-mh-to-mime and mh-mh-to-mime-undo Reset Modes
155 The functions `mh-mh-to-mime' and `mh-mh-to-mime-undo' would reset the
156 buffer to fundamental mode. This has been fixed thanks to Sergey
157 Poznyakoff (closes SF #1966722).
161 * Changes in MH-E 8.0.3
163 Version 8.0.3 fixes errors in sending messages and in running spam
164 filter commands in certain circumstances.
166 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0.3
168 *** mh-send-args Cannot Be nil
170 If `mh-send-uses-spost-flag' was set, an error would prevent the
171 sending of messages. This has been fixed (closes SF #1564742).
173 *** Missing Quotes in sa-learn Command Line
175 This has been fixed (closes SF #1565460).
177 *** Errors Associated with mh-junk-background
179 The Spamassassin filter commands were used inconsistently and
180 incorrectly; if `mh-junk-background' were nil, not all of the updating
181 would happen correctly. In the other back-ends such as bogofilter and
182 SpamProbe, a value of t for `mh-junk-background' would cause the
183 commands associated with these filters to fail. These problems have
184 been fixed (closes SF #1594802).
188 * Changes in MH-E 8.0.2
190 Version 8.0.2 fixes the tool bar and `F n' on XEmacs, and `K a' on GNU
193 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0.2
195 *** Tool Bar Not Displayed in XEmacs
197 The MH-E tool bar didn't show up in XEmacs; now it does. Thanks to Ted
198 Phelps <phelps@gnusto.com> (closes SF #1506846).
200 *** mh-mime-save-parts Assumes -store Default
202 It was assumed that -store was the default for both mhn and mhstore.
203 This has been fixed by using -store except when using nmh. Thanks to
204 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@Mirddin.farlep.net> (closes SF #1513140).
208 The fix for SF #1499712 broke `F n' (`mh-index-new-messages') on
209 XEmacs since a regular expression that XEmacs could not handle was
210 added. This regexp has been fixed (closes SF #1514424).
214 * Changes in MH-E 8.0.1
216 Version 8.0.1 works around a couple of bugs in GNU mailutils, spost,
217 and Windows. MH-E now requires the use of version 1.0 of mailutils due
218 to a bug in the folder command.
220 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0.1
222 *** Infinite Loop When Searching (mailutils)
224 The GNU mailutils folder command displays output when a folder doesn't
225 exist. MH-E didn't expect this and responded with an infinite loop
226 during searches. While this bug has since been fixed in mailutils,
227 MH-E has been modified to work anyway (closes SF #1499712).
229 *** spost Doesn't Have -msgid or -mime Flags
231 The post replacement spost does not support the -msgid or -mime flags.
232 A new variable `mh-send-uses-spost-flag' was added to control the use
233 of these flags (closes SF #1486726).
235 *** <2> in Search Folders Illegal in Windows
237 The <2> suffix to the search folder names contain illegal filename
238 characters in Windows. These cause searches to fail on Windows. This
239 has been fixed by changing the suffix to -2 (closes SF #1507002).
243 * Changes in MH-E 8.0
245 Version 8.0 supports GNU mailutils, S/MIME, picons, which-func-mode,
246 sports an improved interface for hiding header fields, improves upon
247 the MH variant detection, improves folder completion, makes the pick
248 search equivalent to the other types of searches, spruces up the tool
249 bar, creates the correct MIME type when including OpenOffice
250 documents, works on a Mac, adds colors to buttons for signed or
251 encrypted messages, incorporates new features introduced in
252 Emacs 22.1, fixes a bunch of bugs, and best of all, comes with an
255 Internally, MH-E now sports a new software organization which will
256 help future maintainability. As a side-effect, the number of XEmacs
257 compilation warnings has plummeted from hundreds to just three. CVS
258 users will notice that MH-E has been migrated from the CVS repository
259 from SourceForge to Savannah (but only for those files that were
260 already part of Emacs). As a result, the location of MH-E in the
261 load-path has changed, and mh-e-autoloads.el was renamed to
262 mh-autoloads.el. See section INSTALL in the README for details. While
263 this migration will benefit maintainers, it will also benefit users:
264 CVS Emacs users will not have to check out MH-E separately and welcome
265 faster MH-E updates, and CVS MH-E users will welcome faster MH-E
266 updates from Emacs developers. Read section CVS MH-E INSTALL in the
269 While not related to this release, the MH-E mailing lists are now
270 gatewayed at gmane.org (closes SF #979308).
272 If you want to see the release notes for the alpha and beta releases
273 leading up this release, please see:
275 http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/emacs/emacs/etc/MH-E-NEWS?revision=1.25&view=markup
279 ** New Features in MH-E 8.0
281 *** GNU mailutils Support
283 MH-E now supports GNU mailutils 0.4 and higher versions.
287 MH-E now supports S/MIME using Gnus 5.10.6 or higher.
291 In addition to the other methods of displaying an icon for the sender
292 of a message, MH-E can now display images from a picon directory. The
293 directory search path is found in the `mh-picon-directory-list'
294 variable. More documentation is found in the "facedb" sections in the
299 There is a new `F c' (`mh-catchup') command that marks all unread
300 messages in the current folder as read.
302 *** Use which-func-mode to Display Folder in Index Mode
304 Turning on `which-func-mode' displays the folder name of the message
305 under the cursor in index folders (closes SF #855520).
309 The `?' (`mh-help') function now displays the help in its own buffer
310 called *MH-E Help* (closes SF #493740 and SF #656631).
312 *** Search Unification
314 The old `F s' behavior of adding messages to the search sequence has
315 been removed. The `F i' keybinding was deprecated and the new `F s'
316 (`mh-search') command is used to initiate either indexed or pick
317 searches. Within the MH-Search buffer (renamed from MH-Pick), the
318 command `C-c C-p' (`mh-pick-do-search') now runs pick on the given
319 folder recursively and displays the results in a search folder like
320 the other search methods (closes SF #829207).
322 *** Entry Points Have Moved
324 Emacs 21 users must now add `(require 'mh-autoloads)' because the
325 entry points (such as `mh-rmail' and `mh-smail') have moved to
326 different files which have made the autoloads that come with Emacs
327 inaccurate. This change was necessary because the code was reorganized
328 to remove circular dependencies, to make the code more stable and
329 maintainable, and to reduce the time to load MH-E.
331 *** MH-Folder Keymap Changes
333 There is now a keymap for the printing functions whose prefix is `P'.
334 The command `l' (`mh-print-msg') has been replaced with `P l' although
335 we suggest you use the new `P p' instead.
339 ; - mh-toggle-mh-decode-mime-flag
341 / f mh-narrow-to-from -
342 / r mh-narrow-to-range -
343 / g - mh-narrow-to-range
344 / m - mh-narrow-to-from
346 F i mh-index-search -
347 F s mh-search-folder mh-search
348 K e - mh-display-with-external-viewer
349 K t - mh-toggle-mime-buttons
351 P C - mh-ps-print-toggle-color
352 P F - mh-ps-print-toggle-faces
353 P f - mh-ps-print-msg-file
355 P p - mh-ps-print-msg
357 *** MH-Letter Keymap Changes
359 The change where `mh-letter-mode' derives from `mail-mode' adds a few
360 keybindings. Some are interesting: experiment! Only the keybinding
361 changes for MH-E functions are listed here.
363 Most of the changes have to do with the renaming of the functions with
364 "mhn" in them to "mh" because nmh doesn't use `mhn'. The names were
365 also made consistent with the family of "mml" functions.
367 The type of signing or encryption has been generalized so the method
368 is now an option rather than a part of the function's name. The option
369 is `mh-mml-method-default' and choices include PGP (MIME), PGP,
374 C-c C-e mh-edit-mhn mh-mh-to-mime
375 C-c RET C-e mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime
376 mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt
377 C-c RET C-g - mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp
378 C-c RET C-n - mh-mml-unsecure-message
379 C-c RET C-s mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime
380 mh-mml-secure-message-sign
381 C-c RET C-t - mh-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar
382 C-c RET C-u mh-revert-mhn-edit mh-mh-to-mime-undo
383 C-c RET C-x - mh-mh-compose-external-type
384 C-c RET e mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime
386 C-c RET e e - mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt
387 C-c RET e s - mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt
388 C-c RET g - mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp
389 C-c RET n - mh-mml-unsecure-message
390 C-c RET s - Prefix Command
391 C-c RET s e - mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt
392 C-c RET s s - mh-mml-secure-message-sign
393 C-c RET t - mh-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar
394 C-c RET u mh-revert-mhn-edit mh-mh-to-mime-undo
395 C-c RET x - mh-mh-compose-external-type
397 C-c C-f C-a - mh-to-field
398 C-c C-f C-l - mh-to-field
399 C-c C-f RET - mh-to-field
400 C-c C-f a - mh-to-field
401 C-c C-f l - mh-to-field
402 C-c C-f m - mh-to-field
404 *** MH-Search Keymap Changes
406 These are the changes associated with the new search mode. The command
407 `C-c C-c' (`mh-index-do-search') now performs the standard indexed
408 search, while `C-c C-p' (`mh-pick-do-search') runs pick as before,
411 The `mh-to-field' keybindings were adjusted to be consistent with
412 those in the MH-Letter mode.
416 C-c C-c mh-do-search mh-index-do-search
417 C-c C-f C-d mh-to-field -
418 C-c C-f C-f mh-to-field -
419 C-c C-f C-r mh-to-field -
420 C-c C-f RET - mh-to-field
421 C-c C-f d mh-to-field -
422 C-c C-f f mh-to-field -
423 C-c C-f m - mh-to-field
424 C-c C-f r mh-to-field -
425 C-c TAB mh-index-do-search -
427 *** Updates to X-Image-URL
429 Now support the use of `curl' and `fetch' as alternatives to `wget' to
430 obtain the image. The display of images are controlled with the
431 `mh-show-use-xface-flag' option while the `mh-fetch-x-image-url'
432 option controls how the images are fetched.
434 The default of `mh-fetch-x-image-url' has been changed to "Never
435 Fetch." Those of you who like the value of "Ask Before Fetching" will
436 have to customize this option (closes SF #831278).
438 WARNING: There are security concerns with this feature. Please read
439 the documentation for these options carefully before changing the
442 *** Updates to mh-identity-list
444 Note that the field names found in `mh-identity-list' that refer to
445 the fields in `mh-identity-handlers' have changed in an incompatible
446 way from 7.4.4. In general, the symbolic names now have a ":" prefix
447 to avoid collisions with header fields. Before starting Emacs, edit
448 your .emacs and insert ":" before "signature" if you have defined it.
450 You can change your attribution in replies with the new "Attribution
451 Verb" field, and you can set your default GPG user ID with the "GPG
454 Signatures can now be read from the `mh-signature-file-name' variable,
455 or come from a function, in addition to a named file. If you write
456 your own function, variables that you can use include
457 `mh-signature-separator-regexp', `mh-signature-separator',
458 and `mh-signature-separator-p'.
460 The handling of these fields has been moved into a new
461 `mh-identity-handlers' option, an alist of fields (strings) and
462 handlers (functions). Strings are lowercase. Use ":signature" for
463 Signature and ":pgg-default-user-id" for GPG Key ID. The function
464 associated with the string "default" is used if no other functions are
465 appropriate. For this reason, don't name a header field "Default".
467 If you point your signature at a vCard file with a vcf suffix, then it
468 will be incorporated as a vCard body part (closes SF #802723).
470 *** Updates to Speedbar
472 The speedbar now renders the folders with unseen messages in boldface
473 which makes them easier to identify (closes SF #623369).
475 *** Updates to mh-msg-is-in-seq
477 Can now specify an alternate message number to `S s'
478 (`mh-msg-is-in-seq') with a prefix argument.
480 *** Updates to mh-to-field-choices
482 In MH-Letter mode, you can use the `C-c C-f' (`mh-to-field') prefix to
483 go to and insert fields. The fields `Reply-To:', `Mail-Reply-To:',
484 `Mail-Followup-To:' can now be created via the `C-r', `C-a' (for
485 author), and `C-l' keys respectively. The key for the `From:' field
486 has been renamed from `C-r' to `C-m' for consistency with `mail-mode'
487 (closes SF #1400139).
489 *** Change Content-Type Renderer on the Fly in MH-Show Buffer
491 This has been implemented by adding the key binding `K e'
492 (`mh-display-with-external-viewer'). For inline text/html parts,
493 buttons aren't displayed by default. In that case use `K t'
494 (`mh-toggle-mime-buttons') to display the button before viewing it
495 with an external browser (closes SF #839318).
497 *** MH-E No Longer Calls install-mh
499 The new variant detection code makes use of `mhparam' which assumes
500 that your MH environment has already been set up. The code to call
501 `install-mh', which could no longer be run anyway, was removed.
503 *** Add :package-version Keyword to Options
505 This `defcustom', `defgroup', and `defface' keyword was introduced in
506 Emacs 22.1. MH-E has been extended to take advantage of it. With this
507 keyword, you can now use `M-x customize-changed-options' to see what
508 options in MH-E have changed between versions of Emacs. In a future
509 version of Emacs, you'll be able to see changes between MH-E versions
510 as well (closes SF #1452724).
512 *** Render Signature and vCard in Italics
514 This has been implemented. Use `mh-show-signature-face' to customize
515 the face used (closes SF #802722).
517 *** Derive mh-letter-mode from mail-mode
519 MH-Letter mode is now derived from `mail-mode'. We were able to delete
520 a lot of code. In return, there are a few `mail-mode' commands that
521 are available that may or may not be useful and the `mail-mode-hook'
522 is run (closes SF #1385571).
524 *** Remove Emacs 20 Support
526 As it turns out, we had already added some code that didn't work on
527 Emacs 20. However, now we've formalized it and removed code that was
528 present solely for Emacs 20 support (closes SF #1359240).
530 *** Glimpse Support Removed
532 Since glimpse isn't free, we cannot mention it. Glimpse has been
533 removed from the option `mh-indexer-choices' (closes SF #831276).
535 *** Use run-hook-with-args
537 We use normal hooks whenever possible and do not use
538 `run-hook-with-args' (with one documented exception) (closes SF
543 ** New Variables in MH-E 8.0
545 *** mh-after-commands-processed-hook
547 Hook run by `x' (`mh-execute-commands') after performing outstanding
548 refile and delete requests.
550 *** mh-alias-reloaded-hook
552 Invoked by `mh-alias-reload' after reloading aliases.
554 *** mh-auto-fields-prompt-flag
556 On means to prompt before sending if fields in `mh-auto-fields-list'
559 *** mh-before-commands-processed-hook
561 Renamed from `mh-folder-updated-hook'. It wasn't clear whether
562 `mh-folder-updated-hook' was run before or after the commands were
563 executed. We now provide both with clear names.
565 *** mh-compose-forward-as-mime-flag
567 On means that messages are forwarded as attachments (closes SF
570 *** mh-default-folder-for-message-function
572 Function to select a default folder for refiling or `Fcc:'.
576 Invoked on the forwarded letter by `f' (`mh-forward').
578 *** mh-highlight-citation-style
580 Renamed from `mh-highlight-citation-p' since it wasn't a boolean. The
581 new name is also more descriptive.
583 *** mh-identity-handlers
585 Handler functions for fields in `mh-identity-list'.
587 *** mh-insert-signature-hook
589 Renamed from `mh-letter-insert-signature-hook' since most of the other
590 hooks do not carry the mode in the prefix and because the new name is
593 *** mh-invisible-header-fields-default
595 List of hidden header fields. The header fields listed in this option
596 are hidden, although you can check off any field that you would like
597 to see. Header fields that you would like to hide that aren't listed
598 can be added to the `mh-invisible-header-fields' option (closes SF
601 The option `mh-visible-header-fields' has been deleted.
603 *** mh-junk-background
605 If on, spam programs are run in background. This used to be the
606 default behavior but this could overwhelm a system if many messages
607 were black- or whitelisted at once. The spam programs are now run in
608 the foreground, but this option can be used to put them back in the
611 *** mh-junk-disposition
613 Renamed from `mh-junk-mail-folder' since this variable can accept
614 values other than folder names.
616 *** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hooks
618 Renamed from `mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook'. By convention,
619 abnormal hooks, which this is, either have a -function or -hooks
622 *** mh-mhl-format-file
624 Renamed from `mhl-formfile' to put it in the MH-E namespace and to be
625 consistent with other similar options.
627 *** mh-mh-to-mime-hook
629 Renamed from `mh-edit-mhn-hook'. We have a family of `mh-mml-to-mime'
630 functions and variables; the older mhn functions and variables were
631 renamed to have a consistent `mh-mh-to-mime' prefix.
633 *** mh-mml-method-default
635 Default method to use in security tags.
637 *** mh-new-messages-folders
639 Renamed from `mh-index-new-messages-folders' for clarity.
643 Additional list of directories to search for MH.
645 *** mh-redist-full-contents-flag
647 On means the `dist' command needs entire letter for redistribution.
648 This was previously a variable. It's now an option.
650 *** mh-search-mode-hook
652 Renamed from `mh-pick-mode-hook' as part of the
653 `mh-index.el'/`mh-pick.el' merge into `mh-search.el'.
655 *** mh-search-program
657 Renamed from `mh-index-program' as part of the
658 `mh-index.el'/`mh-pick.el' merge into `mh-search.el'.
660 *** mh-signature-separator-flag
662 On means a signature separator should be inserted. It is not
663 recommended that you change this option since various mail user
664 agents, including MH-E, use the separator to present the signature
665 differently, and to suppress the signature when replying or yanking a
670 Additional arguments for `sortm'. This was previously an internal
671 variable. It's now an user-customizable option.
673 *** mh-speed-update-interval
675 Renamed from `mh-speed-flists-interval' for clarity.
677 *** mh-ticked-messages-folders
679 Renamed from `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders' for clarity.
683 Specifies the variant used by MH-E. The default setting of this option
684 is `Auto-detect' which means that MH-E will automatically choose the
685 first of nmh, MH, or GNU mailutils that it finds in the directories
686 listed in `mh-path', `mh-sys-path', and `exec-path'. If, for example,
687 you have both nmh and mailutils installed and `mh-variant-in-use' was
688 initialized to nmh but you want to use mailutils, then you can set
689 this option to `mailutils'.
691 When this variable is changed, MH-E resets `mh-progs', `mh-lib',
692 `mh-lib-progs', `mh-flists-present-flag', and `mh-variant-in-use'
695 If you've set these variables in your .emacs, it is strongly suggested
696 that you comment them out. The MH detection code has been completely
697 rewritten and it is very likely that you no longer to set them and
698 their setting may confuse other MH-E settings.
700 *** mh-xemacs-tool-bar-position
702 Renamed from `mh-xemacs-toolbar-position' per GNU Emacs naming conventions.
704 *** mh-xemacs-use-tool-bar-flag
706 Renamed from `mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag' per GNU Emacs naming conventions.
710 Renamed from `mh-yank-from-start-of-msg' for clarity.
714 ** Variables Deleted in MH-E 8.0
716 *** mh-alias-system-aliases
718 System definitions should not be a user option.
722 Renamed to `mh-mh-to-mime-hook'.
724 *** mh-folder-updated-hook
726 Renamed to `mh-before-commands-processed-hook'.
728 *** mh-highlight-citation-p
730 Renamed to `mh-highlight-citation-style'.
732 *** mh-index-new-messages-folders
734 Renamed to `mh-new-messages-folders'.
738 Renamed to `mh-search-program'.
740 *** mh-index-ticked-messages-folders
742 Renamed to `mh-ticked-messages-folders'.
744 *** mh-junk-mail-folder
746 Since this variable can accept values other than folder names, it was
747 renamed to `mh-junk-disposition' to more accurately reflect the content.
749 *** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook
751 Renamed to `mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hooks'.
753 *** mh-letter-insert-signature-hook
755 Renamed to `mh-insert-signature-hook'.
757 *** mh-pick-mode-hook
759 Renamed to `mh-search-mode-hook'.
761 *** mh-show-use-goto-addr-flag
763 This flag was redundant with and inconsistent with
764 `goto-address-highlight-p' at the same time, so we removed it. Please
765 customize `goto-address-highlight-p' if you wish to turn off email
766 address and URL highlighting.
768 *** mh-speed-flists-interval
770 Renamed to `mh-speed-update-interval'.
772 *** mh-speed-run-flists-flag
774 Deleted since setting `mh-speed-flists-interval' to 0 accomplishes the
777 *** mh-visible-header-fields
779 Deleted since it would hide new header fields you might want to see.
781 *** mh-xemacs-toolbar-position
783 Renamed to `mh-xemacs-tool-bar-position'.
785 *** mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag
787 Renamed to `mh-xemacs-use-tool-bar-flag'.
789 *** mh-yank-from-start-of-msg
791 Renamed to `mh-yank-behavior'.
795 Renamed to `mh-mhl-format-file'.
799 ** New Faces in MH-E 8.0
801 *** mh-folder-address
803 Renamed from `mh-folder-address-face' per new Emacs conventions.
807 Renamed from `mh-folder-body-face' per new Emacs conventions.
809 *** mh-folder-cur-msg-number
811 Renamed from `mh-folder-cur-msg-number-face' per new Emacs conventions.
815 Renamed from `mh-folder-date-face' per new Emacs conventions.
817 *** mh-folder-deleted
819 Renamed from `mh-folder-deleted-face' per new Emacs conventions.
821 *** mh-folder-followup
823 Renamed from `mh-folder-followup-face' per new Emacs conventions.
825 *** mh-folder-msg-number
827 Renamed from `mh-folder-msg-number-face' per new Emacs conventions.
829 *** mh-folder-refiled
831 Renamed from `mh-folder-refiled-face' per new Emacs conventions.
833 *** mh-folder-sent-to-me-hint
835 Fontification hint face in messages sent directly to us.
837 *** mh-folder-sent-to-me-sender
839 Sender face in messages sent directly to us.
841 *** mh-folder-subject
843 Renamed from `mh-folder-subject-face' per new Emacs conventions.
847 Renamed from `mh-folder-tick-face' per new Emacs conventions.
851 Renamed from `mh-folder-to-face' per new Emacs conventions.
853 *** mh-letter-header-field
855 Renamed from `mh-letter-header-field-face' per new Emacs conventions.
859 Renamed from `mh-index-folder-face'.
863 Renamed from `mh-show-cc-face' per new Emacs conventions.
867 Renamed from `mh-show--face' per new Emacs conventions.
871 Renamed from `mh-show-from-face' per new Emacs conventions.
875 Renamed from `mh-show-header-face' per new Emacs conventions.
879 Face used to highlight a bad PGG signature.
883 Face used to highlight a good PGG signature.
885 *** mh-show-pgg-unknown
887 Face used to highlight a PGG signature whose status is unknown. This
888 face is also used for a signature when the signer is untrusted.
890 *** mh-show-signature
892 Face used to highlight the signature.
896 Renamed from `mh-show-subject-face' per new Emacs conventions.
900 Renamed from `mh-show-to-face' per new Emacs conventions.
904 Renamed from `mh-show-xface-face' per new Emacs conventions.
906 *** mh-speedbar-folder
908 Renamed from `mh-speedbar-folder-face' per new Emacs conventions.
910 *** mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages
912 Renamed from `mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages-face' per new
915 *** mh-speedbar-selected-folder
917 Renamed from `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-face' per new Emacs conventions.
919 *** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages
921 Renamed from `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages-face'
922 per new Emacs conventions.
926 ** Faces Deleted in MH-E 8.0
928 *** mh-folder-address-face
930 Renamed to `mh-folder-address' per new Emacs conventions.
932 *** mh-folder-body-face
934 Renamed to `mh-folder-body' per new Emacs conventions.
936 *** mh-folder-cur-msg-face
940 *** mh-folder-cur-msg-number-face
942 Renamed to `mh-folder-cur-msg-number' per new Emacs conventions.
944 *** mh-folder-date-face
946 Renamed to `mh-folder-date' per new Emacs conventions.
948 *** mh-folder-deleted-face
950 Renamed to `mh-folder-deleted' per new Emacs conventions.
952 *** mh-folder-followup-face
954 Renamed to `mh-folder-followup' per new Emacs conventions.
956 *** mh-folder-msg-number-face
958 Renamed to `mh-folder-msg-number' per new Emacs conventions.
960 *** mh-folder-refiled-face
962 Renamed to `mh-folder-refiled' per new Emacs conventions.
964 *** mh-folder-subject-face
966 Renamed to `mh-folder-subject' per new Emacs conventions.
968 *** mh-folder-tick-face
970 Renamed to `mh-folder-tick' per new Emacs conventions.
972 *** mh-folder-to-face
974 Renamed to `mh-folder-to' per new Emacs conventions.
976 *** mh-index-folder-face
978 Renamed to `mh-search-folder'.
980 *** mh-letter-header-field-face
982 Renamed to `mh-letter-header-field' per new Emacs conventions.
986 Renamed to `mh-show-cc' per new Emacs conventions.
988 *** mh-show-date-face
990 Renamed to `mh-show-date' per new Emacs conventions.
992 *** mh-show-from-face
994 Renamed to `mh-show-from' per new Emacs conventions.
996 *** mh-show-header-face
998 Renamed to `mh-show-header' per new Emacs conventions.
1000 *** mh-show-subject-face
1002 Renamed to `mh-show-subject' per new Emacs conventions.
1006 Renamed to `mh-show-to' per new Emacs conventions.
1008 *** mh-show-xface-face
1010 Renamed to `mh-show-xface' per new Emacs conventions.
1012 *** mh-speedbar-folder-face
1014 Renamed to `mh-speedbar-folder' per new Emacs conventions.
1016 *** mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages-face
1018 Renamed to `mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages' per new Emacs conventions.
1020 *** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-face
1022 Renamed to `mh-speedbar-selected-folder' per new Emacs conventions.
1024 *** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages-face
1026 Renamed to `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages' per new
1031 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0
1033 *** Face Variable Names Now Follow Current Conventions
1035 The -face suffix has been dropped from all face names.
1039 Items in swish indexes that aren't mail messages are now handled more
1042 *** Spamassassin Fixes
1044 If you use spamassassin, there was an error when you tried to junk
1045 mail if the option `mh-junk-background' was set. This has been fixed.
1049 Indexing now compatible with Mairix version 0.12 and later.
1051 *** mh-extract-rejected-mail Can't Do MIME (and Other Formats)
1053 Now handles qmail and exim bounces (addresses SF #404965).
1055 *** mh-rmail Hangs in XEmacs
1057 We've determined that MH-E is incompatible with some versions of
1058 XEmacs (21.5.9-21.5.16). More recent versions work fine. If you think
1059 our list is too broad, please let us know which version of XEmacs you
1060 are using (closes SF #644321).
1062 *** Completions Offered by mh-refile-message Are Not Sorted
1064 This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #698734).
1066 *** Add Message-ID to Outgoing Messages
1068 If you replied to a message in your `+outbox', an `In-Reply-To:'
1069 header field was created that broke threading at the recipient's end.
1070 We now add a `Message-ID:' to outgoing messages which fixes this
1071 (closes SF #725425).
1073 *** Inconsistent Prompts
1075 Emacs changed their defaults in prompts from "Prompt: [value]" to
1076 "Prompt (default value): ". All MH-E prompts have been updated to
1077 comply with the new standard and are therefore now consistent
1078 throughout the application (closes SF #730470, SF #1275933).
1080 *** Empty Shell Comments Confuse mh-mhn-directive-present-p
1082 If you had a string that matched the regexp "^# $" in your draft, it
1083 would cause an error. This has been fixed (closes SF #762458).
1085 *** Quote Hashes When mhbuild Directives Used
1087 A related bug, if you had empty shell comments but inserted your own
1088 directives, you'd get another error from mhbuild. This has been fixed
1089 by quoting the hash ("^# $") like this "##" before submitting to
1090 mhbuild (closes SF #762464).
1092 *** Inconsistent Usage in Scan Formatting Variables
1104 used to contain strings. Although only the first character was read,
1105 the entire string would be inserted which may have caused problems.
1106 These variables have been converted to character constants so that
1107 only a single character can be inserted into the scan line (closes SF
1110 *** Bad Handling of Aliases That Conflict With Local User Names
1112 If a user name existed both locally and in the aliases file, the local
1113 user would be flashed, but the alias would be used when sending. This
1114 has been fixed so that the user name that is flashed is the same as
1115 the name that is sent (closes SF #772595).
1117 *** Initialization Fails If ~/Mail Exists
1119 MH-E no longer calls `install-mh' so this issue has gone away (closes
1122 *** Not Re-prompted to Sign After Pass Phrase Typo
1124 If there were errors when sending a signed message (like getting the
1125 pass phrase wrong), the MML markup remained in the draft buffer. The
1126 draft buffer is now restored if there is an error (closes SF #839303).
1128 *** Font-lock Gets Confused in MH-Letter Buffer
1130 If a user manually moved the cursor to the end of the header field
1131 separator line (by mouse click or keyboard navigation) and hit Enter
1132 to start typing their message, any line in the body with a colon would
1133 be fontified with a gray background. This has been fixed (closes SF
1136 *** RETURN Causes Infinite Loop in mh-letter
1138 This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #887346).
1140 *** mh-refile-msg Fails to Suggest Folder for Empty Message
1142 If you received a message with an empty body from someone who is
1143 listed in your aliases file, `o' (`mh-refile-msg') failed to suggest
1144 the correct folder. This has been fixed (closes SF #917096).
1146 *** Missing Headers When Replying to All
1148 User needed to edit `replgroupcomps' (closes SF #918194).
1150 *** Error Visiting Folder With no Unseen Messages
1152 If you visited a folder without unseen messages and the option "flist:
1153 -noshowzero" is present in your `~/.mh_profile', you'd get an error.
1154 This has been fixed (closes SF #933954).
1156 *** Error Message When Trying to Send Using MH-E
1158 This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1002103).
1160 *** mh-find-path Doesn't Use mhparam
1162 MH-E no longer peeks into the MH profile `~/.mh_profile' directly. It
1163 uses `mhparam' instead (closes SF #1016027).
1165 *** rmmproc Refile Complains No Such Message
1167 MH-E would get confused about which folder to delete messages from if
1168 you were refiling and deleting messages at the same time. This has
1169 been fixed (closes SF #1023959).
1171 *** auto-mode-alist Updated
1173 MH-E originally updated auto-mode-alist to set the major mode of
1174 drafts. Now that we explicitly set the mode, there is no reason to do
1175 this, and this behavior caused problems for people who didn't use MH-E
1176 who were editing files that looked like MH message files (closes SF
1179 *** ! Doesn't Do Regions
1181 Now it does (closes SF #1046330).
1183 *** mh-show-unquote-From Fails (read-only buffer)
1185 MH-E quotes the `From ' header field that is inserted by MTAs.
1186 However, it was trying to do this in a read-only buffer. This has been
1187 fixed (closes SF #1089870).
1189 *** Whitespace in pick Expressions
1191 The `C-u / s RET' command now works. In addition, you can now add
1192 whitespace to any of the limiting (/) commands (closes SF #1122655).
1194 *** mh-index-previous-folder Does Not Work Correctly
1196 If your cursor was on an item below a folder heading and you used
1197 `M-TAB' (`mh-index-previous-folder'), you would move to the previous
1198 folder heading. This has been fixed (closes SF #1126188).
1200 *** Default Identity Prevents Insertion of Auto Fields
1202 Auto insertion of an identity now occurs even when the default
1203 identity is used (closes SF #1204506).
1205 *** mh-compose-forward and Default Message Number
1207 `mh-compose-forward' will now default to the sent message in the sent
1208 folder and the `cur' message in other folders. It also takes ranges of
1209 messages and can include multiple messages at a time (closes SF
1212 *** Better Handling of Empty cur Sequence
1214 If you refiled a message into a folder and then used `F r'
1215 (`mh-rescan-folder') in that folder, your cursor would be taken to the
1216 first message. The cursor now stays where it was (closes SF #1207247).
1218 *** mh-customize Uses Group mh, Not mh-e
1220 The `mh' customization group alias has been deleted to avoid some
1221 problems that were found (closes SF #1213716).
1223 *** "Args out of range" Error in Displaying Message
1225 This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1227504).
1227 *** Front-and-back Truncation in mailto: Rendering
1229 This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1227510).
1231 *** Name of the Draft File in mh-comp.el
1233 MH is documented to use the draft file. If you use a draft file for
1234 something else (like Sylpheed), then use draft folders (closes SF
1237 *** font-lock Error in mh-letter-mode
1239 An error in MH-E was introduced as a result of a change in CVS Emacs.
1240 This has been fixed (closes SF #1241017).
1242 *** Msg Display Broken After Displaying Msg with Inline Image
1244 Messages with inline images no longer trim certain message header
1245 fields (closes SF #1306141).
1247 *** mh-visit-folder Munges font-lock-keywords
1249 MH-E broke highlighting in Gnus buffers. This was actually a problem
1250 in CVS Emacs 22 and has been fixed there (closes SF #1393879).
1252 *** Illegal Filename Chars for W32 Filesystems
1254 Windows users who view `X-Image-URL:' images could not cache the
1255 images since the cached image file names had illegal characters. This
1256 has been fixed (closes SF #1396499).
1258 *** mh-send Doesn't Handle mml Insertions Via mail-user-agent
1260 Can now forward messages in Gnus if MH-E is your `mail-user-agent'
1261 (closes SF #1399307).
1263 *** Can't Narrow to Subject with Regexp Chars
1265 The command `/ s' could not limit subjects that had special pick
1266 characters (such as [, *, $, .). This has been fixed (closes SF
1269 *** `/ s' Can Miss the Original Mail
1271 The command `/ s' failed to include the message with the "Re:" in the
1272 Subject. This has been fixed (closes SF #1438369).
1274 *** mhparam -components Fails on mailutils
1276 This error prevented MH-E from loading when using GNU mailutils. GNU
1277 mailutils drops the `s' in this argument, so we did too since
1278 -component still works in nmh and MH (closes SF #1446985).
1280 *** `/ s' Still Has Problems With []'d Mail
1282 On XEmacs, subjects that had special characters would prevent `/ s'
1283 from narrowing to the given subject. These characters are now quoted
1284 correctly in XEmacs (closes SF #1447598).
1286 *** Variable mh-send-args Is a String, Not a List
1288 This was causing errors when sending under GNU mailutils. The internal
1289 variable `mh-send-args' is now a list which fixes the problem (closes
1294 Most of the tool bar icons have been replaced by GTK or GNOME 2 icons
1295 (closes SF #1452715).
1297 *** Strip Build Number From emacs-version in X-Mailer
1299 This has been done (closes SF #1466481).
1301 *** Rename Function and Variable Definers
1303 If you had ever shown help for an MH-E symbol that was both a function
1304 or variable, you might have found that the hyperlink to the file
1305 brought you to the wrong definition. This has been fixed by renaming
1306 the macros `mh-defgroup', `mh-defcustom', `mh-defface',
1307 `mh-defun-compat', and `mh-defmacro-compat' to `defgroup-mh',
1308 `defcustom-mh', `defface-mh', `defun-mh', `defmacro-mh' respectively
1309 (closes SF #1472029).
1311 *** mh-insert-letter Uses Wrong Default
1313 If you had used `C-c TAB' (`mh-insert-letter') to insert a letter into
1314 your draft, specified a different folder, and chose the default
1315 message number, you got the wrong message. This has been fixed (closes
1320 * Changes in MH-E 7.4.4
1322 Version 7.4.4 addresses programmatic issues from the FSF and prepares
1323 MH-E for inclusion into an impending GNU Emacs release (22.1). There
1324 are no user-visible changes (unless you are using XEmacs on DOS or
1325 don't have the cl package installed). Filenames are now unique in
1326 their first 8 characters (DOS 8.3 requirement). The runtime dependency
1327 on the cl package has been removed. Desktop saving and restoration
1328 code moved here from desktop.el.
1330 * Changes in MH-E 7.4.3
1332 Version 7.4.3 fixes the problem where `mh-identity-list' was not getting
1335 * Changes in MH-E 7.4.2
1337 Version 7.4.2 fixes the accidental dependence on nmh (closes SF
1340 * Changes in MH-E 7.4.1
1342 Version 7.4.1 fixes the Makefile so it no longer tries to compile
1345 * Changes in MH-E 7.4
1347 Version 7.4 contains many new useful features including arbitrary MH
1348 range handling, new draft features such as draft form editing, as well
1349 as sequence propagation and manipulation. We've also fixed bugs and
1350 added a handful of new variables.
1352 ** New Features in MH-E 7.4
1354 *** Add Arbitrary Ranges to MH-E UI
1356 MH-E now handles any legal MH range (such as last:5 or 4 8 10-12)
1357 wherever you're prompted for a message number or sequence (closes SF
1360 *** Remove Prompting in mh-send
1362 Brian Reid's original mhe didn't do prompting anywhere but used forms
1363 instead. While we won't go that far, we eliminated prompting where a
1364 form is already involved, such as in composing a message.
1366 The new customization variable `mh-compose-prompt-flag' can be set to
1367 t to get the original behavior (closes SF #745622).
1369 *** Use TAB to Switch Fields in Header
1371 When composing a message, TAB and SHIFT-TAB can be used to move
1372 quickly between header fields. The new customization variable,
1373 `mh-compose-skipped-header-fields', contains a list of header fields
1374 that are skipped and truncated if they are too long (closes SF
1377 *** Alias Completion in Composition Buffer
1379 Aliases can be completed in the draft with "M-TAB
1380 (mh-letter-complete)". Or, if the customization variable
1381 `mh-compose-space-does-completion-flag' is set to t, then a "SPC
1382 (mh-letter-complete-or-space)" with do the same thing. If
1383 `mh-alias-flash-on-comma' is non-nil, ", (mh-letter-confirm-address)"
1384 will show the alias expansion in the minibuffer (closes SF #745634).
1386 *** Auto Fields Should be Inserted During Send
1388 Fields that were inserted by the multiple personality code when the
1389 draft was sent now insert the header fields when the draft is composed
1390 to give you a chance to edit them (closes SF #747890).
1392 *** mh-index-tick-messages
1394 The command "F ' (mh-index-ticked-messages)" creates a buffer with all
1395 messages ticked with "' (mh-toggle-tick)" in the folders listed in the
1396 new customization variable `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders'. Chances
1397 are that if you set `mh-index-new-messages-folders', you'll want to
1398 set `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders' accordingly.
1400 In addition, a general function, "F q (mh-index-sequenced-messages)"
1401 has been provided that displays messages in the `mh-unseen-seq' in the
1402 folders listed `mh-index-new-messages-folders', unless a prefix
1403 argument is given, in which case you can provide both a list of
1404 folders and a sequence (closes SF #718833).
1406 *** Narrow to Region
1408 If there is a region, "/ r (mh-narrow-to-range)" will only consider
1409 those messages in the region. In addition, there is now a stack of
1410 folder limits which can be popped with "/ w (mh-widen)". With a prefix
1411 arg, all the restrictions are popped off of the stack (closes SF
1414 *** Narrow to Ticked Sequence
1416 The buffer can now be narrowed to ticked messages with "S '
1417 (mh-narrow-to-tick)" (closes SF #732825).
1419 *** Display Multiple Buttons for multipart/alternative
1421 A new customizable variable,
1422 `mh-display-buttons-for-alternatives-flag', was added to display
1423 buttons for the alternatives. The default value is nil to retain the
1424 current behavior (closes SF #741288).
1426 *** Identity Menu Changes
1428 A menu item has been added that inserts custom fields if the To or Cc
1429 header fields match `mh-auto-fields-list'.
1431 ** New Variables in MH-E 7.4
1433 *** mh-alias-local-users-prefix
1435 This string is prepended to the real names of users from the passwd
1436 file. If nil, use the username string unmodified instead of the real
1437 name from the gecos field of the passwd file.
1439 *** mh-alias-passwd-gecos-comma-separator-flag
1441 Non-nil means the gecos field in the passwd file uses comma as a
1442 separator. Used to construct aliases for users in the passwd file."
1444 *** mh-interpret-number-as-range-flag
1446 Non-nil means interpret a number as a range. If the variable is
1447 non-nil, and you use an integer, N, when asked for a range to scan,
1448 then MH-E uses the range "last:N".
1450 *** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook
1452 This new hook is invoked at the beginning of the `F k
1453 (mh-kill-folder)' command. It is a list of functions to be called,
1454 with no arguments, which should return a value of non-nil if you
1455 should not be asked if you're sure that you want to remove the folder.
1456 This is useful for folders that are easily regenerated.
1458 The default value of `mh-index-p' suppresses the prompt on folders
1459 generated by an index search.
1461 WARNING: Use this hook with care. If there is a bug in your hook which
1462 returns t on +inbox and you hit `F k' by accident in the +inbox
1463 buffer, you will not be happy.
1465 *** mh-refile-preserves-sequences-flag
1467 Non-nil means that sequences are preserved when messages are refiled.
1468 If this variable is non-nil and a message belonging to a sequence
1469 other than cur or Previous-Sequence (see mh-profile 5) is refiled then
1470 it is put in the same sequence in the destination folder. Additional
1471 sequences that should not to be preserved can be specified by setting
1472 `mh-unpropagated-sequences' appropriately.
1474 *** mh-visible-header-fields
1476 Customize this instead of `mh-visible-headers', which is now a defvar.
1477 This was done to mimic the relationship between
1478 `mh-invisible-header-fields' and `mh-invisible-fields'.
1480 ** Variables Deleted in MH-E 7.4
1482 *** mh-visible-headers
1484 See the paragraph for `mh-visible-header-fields' above.
1486 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.4
1488 *** Aliases Constantly Reloaded
1490 The system aliases are not loaded as often as they were, so the
1491 completion speed has been dramatically improved if your passwd file is
1492 large (closes SF #693859).
1494 *** Folders in MH-Index View Not Saved
1496 When you perform a search to produce an MH-Index buffer, the folders
1497 that contain the messages are shown. If the MH-Index buffer was
1498 deleted, or Emacs was restarted and the corresponding folder
1499 rescanned, the folder information would be lost. This has been fixed
1500 by saving the information in a file called ".mhe_index" (closes SF
1503 *** Ticking Messages in +mhe-index/new
1505 If a new message in a buffer created by "F n" was ticked (with "'"),
1506 the message would not be added to the tick sequence in the source
1507 folder. This has been fixed so that any sequence changes in any index
1508 folder (from within MH-E of course) are now reflected back to the
1509 corresponding source folder (closes SF #709664).
1511 *** Custom Vars Set by a Function
1513 The default setting of customization variable `mh-summary-height' is
1514 now `nil' which means MH-E will change the size dynamically according
1515 to the size of the frame (closes SF #723267).
1517 *** Folder Completion Slow
1519 The first folder completion was very slow. This has been fixed (closes
1522 *** Tick Sequence Persistent When Refiled
1524 Sequences are now preserved when messages are refiled (closes SF
1527 *** Auto-inserted Header Fields Inconsistent
1529 For consistency, all automatically inserted header fields (such as
1530 X-Mailer and X-Face) are added when the draft is first presented to
1531 you. This also gives you a chance to edit or delete them if necessary
1532 (closes SF #745624). Note that we would be distressed if you deleted
1535 *** Toolbar Spec Error
1537 The following message appeared when displaying a message in XEmacs:
1539 Signaling: (error "Toolbar spec must be list or nil" )
1541 This has been fixed (closes SF #745655).
1543 *** mh-index-search Doesn't Find Short Acronyms
1545 Swish typically ignores words with fewer than four letters, but will
1546 still look for acronyms. Unfortunately, MH-E was downcasing the input
1547 words which defeated this feature. This has been fixed (closes SF
1552 * Changes in MH-E 7.3
1554 This release includes the new features of an index view of unseen
1555 messages in all folders, spam software support, relative folder
1556 specification @ support, marking messages, recipient handling by
1557 mh-default-folder-list, Face and X-Image-URL header field support, and
1558 Fcc completion. Function arguments have been unified. Bugs have been
1561 ** New Features in MH-E 7.3
1563 *** Unified Function Arguments
1565 Any function with MSG-OR-SEQ in its docstring uses the displayed
1566 message by default for this argument. However, if a prefix argument is
1567 provided, then the user is prompted for a message sequence. If the
1568 variable `transient-mark-mode' is non-nil and the mark is active, then
1569 the function operates on the messages in the selected region. In a
1570 program, MSG-OR-SEQ can be a message number, a list of message
1571 numbers, a region in a cons cell, or a sequence.
1573 *** MH-Index View of Unseen Messages
1575 Use "F n (mh-index-new-messages)" or Folder -> View New Messages menu
1576 item to display messages in the `mh-unseen-seq' sequence in folders
1577 specified by `mh-index-new-messages-folders'. With a prefix argument,
1578 enter a space-separated list of folders, or nothing to search all
1581 Like other MH-Index folders, use "v (mh-index-visit-folder)" if you
1582 wish to visit the original folder with the unseen message. This is
1583 usually not necessary since the original message is annotated if you
1584 reply, deleted if you delete the message, or refiled if you refile the
1585 message (closes SF #701756).
1587 *** Spam Software Support
1589 MH-E now supports several spam filters including Bogofilter,
1590 SpamProbe, and SpamAssassin. Spam that is mistakenly considered to be
1591 good mail can be reclassified as spam with "J b (mh-junk-blacklist)".
1592 Conversely, good mail that is accidentally considered to be spam can be
1593 reclassified with "J w (mh-junk-whitelist)" (closes SF #669518).
1595 If a message is blacklisted, and `mh-junk-mail-folder' is a string,
1596 then the message is refiled to that folder. If this variable is nil,
1597 the message is deleted. If a message is whitelisted, then the message
1598 is refiled to `mh-inbox'.
1600 To change the spam program being used, customize `mh-junk-program'.
1601 This should only be necessary if you have multiple filters on your
1602 system and MH-E picked the wrong one. These customization variables
1603 are found in the new customization group `mh-junk'.
1605 The documentation for the following functions describes what setup is
1606 needed for the different spam fighting programs:
1608 - `mh-bogofilter-blacklist'
1609 - `mh-spamprobe-blacklist'
1610 - `mh-spamassassin-blacklist'
1612 *** Relative Folder Specification @ Supported
1614 You can now use the relative folder marker @ in folder names (closes
1617 *** Marking Messages
1619 Messages can now be highlighted with "' (mh-toggle-tick)", Sequence ->
1620 Toggle Tick Mark menu item or the "Toggle tick mark" button. These
1621 messages are added to the "tick" sequence, although this sequence can
1622 be changed in `mh-tick-seq'. The highlighting effect can be modified
1623 by customizing `mh-folder-tick-face' (closes SF #623367).
1625 There is also a new keybinding "/ ' (mh-narrow-to-tick)" and menu item
1626 Sequence -> Narrow to Tick Sequence to narrow the view to the
1627 highlighted messages.
1629 *** mh-default-folder-list Now Takes Recipients
1631 If you wish to file a message based upon the recipient of a message
1632 (such as a mailing list), you can now indicate that when filling out
1633 the address in the `mh-default-folder-list' customization variable.
1635 *** Face Header Field Supported
1637 In addition to the X-Face header field, the Face header field, which
1638 can display color images, is now supported. As a bonus, the external
1639 xface-e21 library is no longer required.
1641 *** X-Image-URL Support
1643 Images specified in X-Image-URL header fields are now supported.
1644 See the customization variable `mh-fetch-x-image-url' to enable this
1649 Folders in Fcc fields in message drafts can now be completed with
1652 ** New Variables in MH-E 7.3
1654 Variables that have been added to MH-E that have not been discussed
1655 elsewhere are listed here.
1657 *** mh-auto-fields-list
1659 Alist of addresses for which header lines are automatically inserted.
1660 When a regular expression matches in the To or cc fields of a message,
1661 the corresponding header field is automatically inserted in the
1662 message header. It also allows the automatic setting of an identity
1663 (using `mh-insert-identity') to set an alternate identity when sending
1664 messages to a certain person or mailing list.
1666 Since this is a more general use of `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-flag'
1667 and `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-list', these variables have been removed.
1669 *** mh-show-xface-face
1671 Face for displaying the X-Face image.
1673 *** mh-xemacs-toolbar-position
1675 This customization variable allows the user to place the toolbar on
1676 the four edges of the frame.
1678 *** mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag
1680 This customization variable is used to enable or disable the toolbar
1683 ** Variables Deleted in MH-E 7.3
1685 Variables that have been removed from MH-E that have not been
1686 discussed elsewhere are listed here.
1688 *** mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message-flag
1690 No longer needed since the external program mimencode is no longer
1693 *** mh-index-show-hook
1695 This hook was never used, so it was removed.
1697 *** mh-tool-bar-reply-3-buttons-flag
1699 Obsolete. This functionality is present `mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons'.
1701 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.3
1703 *** Can't Refile Message
1705 Messages with invalid addresses were causing errors in ali which
1706 prevented the refiling of messages. The ali error is now shown in the
1707 "*MH-E Log*" buffer and refiling suggests the last folder used (closes
1710 *** Empty Body Triggers Duped Header
1712 If the body was empty the header would be treated like the body and
1713 was therefore displayed twice. This has been fixed (closes SF
1716 *** mml or mhl Directives Not Always Processed
1718 The mml and mhl directives used to create body parts were not
1719 processed if one re-edited a draft, or if they added the directives
1720 manually. The directives are now always processed upon sending the
1721 letter. You may still, of course, use "C-c C-m m (mh-mml-to-mime)" or
1722 "C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" to manually create the MIME body parts from
1723 the directives and then send the draft.
1725 *** mh-alias-grab-from-field Fails
1727 MH-E was adding aliases with angle brackets around the address when
1728 there wasn't a phrase (usually, the user's name), to go with it. This
1729 caused ali to fail which caused problems in MH-E. This is probably a
1730 bug in ali, but MH-E no longer inserts angle brackets around the
1731 address unless there is a phrase, which avoids the problem (closes SF
1736 MH-E is now fully supported under XEmacs and compiles without any
1739 In particular, the following now work under XEmacs:
1741 - X-Face, Face, and X-Image-URL header fields
1742 - MH-E logo in mode line
1743 - Emphasis (bold, italics, etc.)
1747 *** Indexed Folders Should Respect mh-show-threads-flag
1749 Indexed folders are now threaded if `mh-show-threads-flag' is non-nil
1750 (closes SF #709667).
1752 *** Threading Index View Loses Folder Info
1754 This has been fixed (closes SF #709672).
1756 *** No Undo Information When Re-editing Drafts
1758 Undo is turned on in the draft buffer when using "e (mh-edit-again)"
1759 (closes SF #712777).
1761 *** Forwarded base64-encoded Messages Are Incorrectly Displayed
1763 This has been fixed (closes SF #681518).
1765 *** Append to *MH-E Log* Buffer
1767 The last 100 lines of log messages are kept in the *MH-E Log* buffer.
1768 Previously, the buffer was erased every time it was written (closes SF
1769 #685476). In addition, many of the MH-E commands now send their output
1770 into this buffer instead of a plethora of other special-purpose
1773 *** mh-inc-folder Complains if No Mail and No Current Message
1775 The function `mh-inc-folder' no longer calls `mh-show' if point is not
1776 on a valid scan line. This keeps `mh-inc-folder' from complaining
1777 (closes SF #678115).
1779 *** Folder Normalization Strips Leading Slash
1781 Leading "/" characters in folder names entered by the user were being
1782 lost. This has been fixed (closes SF #676890).
1784 *** Print Header Doesn't Show Message
1786 When printing a sequence, the header simply indicated that a sequence,
1787 but not which one, was being printed and did not show the message
1788 number. This has been fixed. If more than one message is printed, a
1789 page of the scan lines is printed and its header indicates the
1790 sequence or message range. The pages with the actual messages all set
1791 the header to the folder and message displayed on that page.
1793 *** Aliases Constantly Reloaded
1795 Empty lists are now handled properly (closes SF #693859).
1797 *** Remove RCS Keywords
1799 Removed RCS keywords per Emacs conventions (closes SF #680731).
1801 *** Replace Mimencode
1803 MH-E was enhanced to decode message based on charset and
1804 Content-Transfer-Encoding. This eliminates the need for the external
1805 program mimencode (closes SF #674857).
1809 * Changes in MH-E 7.2
1811 This release includes the new features of filing hints, hierarchical
1812 file name completion, indexed search and pick integration, unification
1813 between `mh-visit-folder' and the speedbar, a displayed message
1814 indicator, buffer name organization, support for mairix indexed
1815 search, and last but not least, the MH-E logo has been added to the
1816 mode line. Code that handles sequences and message regions runs
1817 faster. Bugs have been fixed.
1819 ** New Features in MH-E 7.2
1823 When you file a message, MH-E now looks for an alias corresponding to
1824 the address of the sender and offers that as a default folder (closes
1825 SF #657096). The new variable `mh-default-folder-prefix' can be used
1826 to put these folders in a sub-folder. The new variable
1827 `mh-default-folder-must-exist-flag' means to suppress the suggested
1828 folder (thereby providing the previous folder used) if the folder
1829 doesn't already exist. The new variable `mh-default-folder-list' can
1830 be used to map additional addresses and folders.
1832 *** Hierarchical File Name Completion
1834 When you completed filenames in the past, you were presented with a
1835 list of all your folders at all depths in the tree. Now you are
1836 presented with only one level at a time (closes SF #664821).
1837 As a result, the variables `mh-auto-folder-collect-flag' and
1838 `mh-folder-list-change-hook' are obsolete.
1840 *** Indexed Search and Pick Integration
1842 The indexed and pick searches have been integrated (closes SF
1843 #664816). Both "F s (mh-search-folder)" and "F i (mh-index-search)"
1844 use the pick template for forming queries. To submit the query, use
1845 "C-c C-c (mh-do-search)" which will use the query method you selected.
1846 If you change your mind while forming the query, you can use "C-c C-i
1847 (mh-index-do-search)" or "C-c C-p (mh-pick-do-search)" to submit the
1848 query using the respective method.
1850 Second, the results from a pick search are now saved in a sub-folder
1851 of +mhe-index like an indexed search.
1853 Third, `pick' is now a valid choice for `mh-index-program'.
1855 *** mh-visit-folder Metamorphosis Continues
1857 When visiting a folder from the speedbar, only the unseen messages are
1858 shown if there are unseen messages. If there aren't any unseen
1859 messages, all of the messages are shown if there are fewer than
1860 `mh-large-folder' messages; otherwise, the user is prompted for the
1861 range of messages to display. The "F v (mh-visit-folder)" command has
1862 been modified to mimic this behavior. Use a prefix arg to force the
1863 message range prompt.
1865 *** Displayed Message Indicator
1867 In graphical Emacs, the message that is shown is marked by a triangle
1868 in the fringe. In textual Emacs, there is a ">" in the first column
1869 (closes SF #664824).
1871 *** Buffer Name Organization
1873 All ephemeral buffer names start with " *mh" while all interesting
1874 buffers start with "*MH-E ". The "*Folders*", "*Sequences*", and
1875 "*Recipients*" buffers were therefore renamed to "*MH-E Folders*",
1876 "*MH-E Sequences*" and "*MH-E Recipients*" respectively (programmers
1877 should see mh-utils.el for the names of the new constants). Also, the
1878 output of MH commands is saved in the "*MH-E Log*" buffer.
1880 *** mh-index-program
1882 Add choices for `mairix' and `pick'.
1884 *** Logo Displayed on Mode Line
1886 ** New Variables in MH-E 7.2
1888 The new variables have been discussed elsewhere.
1890 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.2
1892 *** mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message
1894 Messages that had been encoded with base64 were not decoded. This has
1895 been fixed with this new function (closes SF #674190). As a result,
1896 the variable `mh-decode-quoted-printable-flag' has been renamed to
1897 `mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message-flag'.
1901 Now restores previous window configuration (closes SF #664828).
1905 MH-E was not using the charset defined in the content-type
1906 header. This meant that mail in a different charset would not
1907 be properly displayed. This has been fixed (closes SF #655123).
1911 In XEmacs and Emacs20, this function would always prompt using "To: "
1912 instead of using the command argument. This has been fixed (closes SF
1917 Unseen messages are now shown in addition to new ones (closes SF
1920 *** mh-scan-msg-overflow-regexp
1922 Change the variable so that a space is always maintained in the
1923 beginning of the scan line.
1925 *** mh-swish-execute-search
1927 The example configuration file in the docstring didn't show the
1928 backslash in the FileRules filename. If the example had been used
1929 literally by the user, no files would be indexed! This has been fixed
1930 (closes SF #665888).
1932 *** mh-thread-refile
1934 The "T o (mh-thread-refile)" command did not provide refiling hints
1935 like `mh-refile-msg'. This has been fixed (closes SF #664829).
1937 *** mh-toggle-threads
1939 If the threaded view was modified and then toggled, the standard view
1940 may not have been accurate (as it contained a potentially old first
1941 message to last message range). This has been fixed (closes SF
1944 *** mh-tool-bar-show-set, mh-tool-bar-letter-set, mh-tool-bar-folder-set
1946 Clicking the customize and help buttons now deletes the other windows
1951 The "M-x mh-version" command displayed "Aliasfile: aliases". This has
1952 been fixed (closes SF #664467). See Buffer Name Organization above.
1956 * Changes in MH-E 7.1
1958 This release includes the new features of multiple identities and
1959 alias completion. In addition, indexed searching has been revamped.
1960 Various other features have been added and a few bugs were fixed.
1962 ** New Features in MH-E 7.1
1964 *** Multiple Identities
1966 MH-E now supports multiple identities (closes SF #628782). That means
1967 that you can have different From and Organization header fields (or
1968 any other header field of your choice) as well as different signatures
1969 depending on your context. Usually, the contexts are home and work.
1971 Add your identities to the variable `mh-identity-list' and set the
1972 default identity with the variable `mh-identity-default'. Your
1973 identity can be switched on the fly by using the Identity menu or by
1974 calling "M-x mh-insert-identity RET".
1976 This functionality can be customized within the mh-identity group.
1978 *** Alias Completion and Harvesting
1980 The contributed file mh-alias.el has been rewritten and incorporated
1983 By default, aliases are culled from the system files
1984 "/etc/nmh/MailAliases," "/usr/lib/mh/MailAliases," and "/etc/passwd"
1985 (see `mh-alias-system-aliases') and from your "AliasFile" MH profile
1986 component. These aliases are then used for completion in the
1987 minibuffer when entering addresses. Within the header of the message
1988 draft, "M-TAB (mh-letter-complete)" is used to do alias completion.
1990 The package also provides for alias creation based upon the From
1991 header field of the current message. Use the lasso button
1992 (mh-alias-grab-from-field).
1994 This functionality can be customized within the mh-alias group.
1996 *** Index Folder Updates
1998 The results of an index search "F i (mh-index-search)" are now stored
1999 in a bona fide folder so that you can refile messages and reply to
2000 messages directly from the result folder. This folder is a sub-folder
2001 of +mhe-index and the name is based upon the search string (closes SF
2004 If a prefix argument is given then the search in the current index
2007 The index folder lists the names of the source folders as before.
2008 However, instead of using RET on the name of the folder to visit the
2009 folder, use "v (mh-show-index-visit-folder)" anywhere within the
2010 results to visit that folder narrowed to the results of the search.
2011 Additional functions have been added to navigate including "TAB
2012 (mh-index-next-folder)", and "SHIFT-TAB (mh-index-previous-folder)."
2014 *** mh-visit-folder Interface Updated
2016 A change was made to the prompting of the message range. In general,
2017 you can use the same format for messages and sequences as you can in
2018 MH with a single exception: a single number means to scan that many
2019 messages, rather than scan that message number. This turns out to be
2020 much more useful than visiting a single message and is consistent with
2021 Gnus and the MH-E speedbar (closes SF #655891).
2023 If mh-visit-folder is called non-interactively and RANGE is nil then
2024 all messages are displayed. This behavior is now documented and
2025 provides backwards compatibility.
2027 *** Threading Improvements
2029 After incorporating new mail into a threaded folder, unseen messages
2030 can be spread about. Two new functions have been added to make it
2031 easier to find them: these are "M-n (mh-next-unread-msg)" and "M-p
2032 (mh-previous-unread-msg)" (closes SF #630328)
2034 Two new functions were added to delete and refile threads. They are "T
2035 d (mh-thread-delete)" and "T o (mh-thread-refile)" respectively
2036 (closes SF #630493).
2038 In addition, the key "k" used to be bound to the function
2039 `mh-delete-subject': it is now bound to
2040 `mh-show-delete-subject-or-thread'.
2042 New functions to navigate threads include "T u (mh-thread-ancestor)",
2043 which can jump to the root message of the current thread given an
2044 optional argument, "T n (mh-thread-next-sibling)", and "T p
2045 (mh-thread-previous-sibling)"
2047 *** Refiling of Messages in Region
2049 If mark is active and `transient-mark-mode' is enabled then all the
2050 messages in the region are refiled.
2054 If a signature cannot be identified, but there is a vCard attachment,
2055 then that vCard will be presented as a signature (closes SF #649216).
2057 *** New Info Added to mh-version
2059 Information about Gnus versions available at both compile time and run
2060 time has been added.
2062 ** New Variables in MH-E 7.1
2064 The defcustom groups were reorganized. Rather than iterate the
2065 specific changes here, you are invited to browse the groups with "M-x
2068 *** mh-alias-completion-ignore-case-flag
2070 Non-nil means don't consider case significant in MH alias completion.
2071 This is the default in plain MH, so it is the default here as well. It
2072 can be useful to set this to t if, for example, you use lowercase
2073 aliases for people and uppercase for mailing lists.
2075 *** mh-alias-expand-aliases-flag
2077 Non-nil means to expand aliases entered in the minibuffer. In other
2078 words, aliases entered in the minibuffer will be expanded to the full
2079 address in the message draft. By default, this expansion is not
2082 *** mh-alias-flash-on-comma
2084 Specify whether to flash the translation of the alias or warn if there
2085 isn't a translation of the alias.
2087 *** mh-alias-insert-file
2089 Filename to use to store new MH-E aliases. This variable can also be a
2090 list of filenames, in which case MH-E will prompt for one of them. If
2091 nil, the default, then MH-E will use the first file found in the
2092 "AliasFile" component of the MH profile.
2094 *** mh-alias-insertion-location
2096 Specifies where new aliases are entered in alias files. Options are
2097 sorted alphabetically (the default), at the top of the file or at the
2100 *** mh-alias-local-users
2102 If t, local users are completed in MH-E To: and Cc: prompts.
2104 If you set this variable to a string, it will be executed to generate
2105 a password file. A value of "ypcat passwd" is helpful if NIS is in
2108 *** mh-alias-system-aliases
2110 A list of system files from which to cull aliases. If these files are
2111 modified, they are automatically reread. This list need include only
2112 system aliases and the passwd file, since personal alias files listed
2113 in your "AliasFile" MH profile component are automatically included.
2115 *** mh-identity-default
2117 Default identity to use when `mh-letter-mode' is called.
2119 *** mh-identity-list
2121 List holding MH-E identity.
2123 *** mh-invisible-header-fields
2125 Simple user interface to change `mh-invisible-headers'.
2127 *** mh-letter-complete-function
2129 Function to call when completing outside of fields specific to
2130 aliases. By default, it is bound to 'ispell-complete-word.
2132 *** mh-show-threads-flag
2134 Non-nil means new folders start in threaded mode. Threading large
2135 number of messages can be time consuming. So if the flag is non-nil
2136 then threading will be done only if the number of messages being
2137 threaded is less than `mh-large-folder' (closes SF #646794).
2139 *** mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons
2141 Buttons to include in MH-E folder/show toolbar.
2143 *** mh-tool-bar-letter-buttons
2145 Buttons to include in MH-E letter toolbar.
2147 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.1
2151 Call new function `mh-add-cur-notation' to undo the work of
2152 `mh-remove-cur-notation' if there was no new mail (closes SF #647681).
2156 No longer updates the default `mh-cmd-note' value. This resulted in
2157 the misplacement of the current mark when the message number width
2158 changed (closes SF #643701).
2162 * Changes in MH-E 7.0
2164 This is a major release which includes a lot of new features including
2165 improved MIME handling, speedbar folder browsing, and indexed
2166 searching. In this version, MH-E runs under XEmacs, passes checkdoc,
2167 and compiles clean under all supported platforms.
2169 The "passes checkdoc" feature above required changing the name of
2170 several user-visible variables. It is likely that this affects you.
2171 Please be sure to see the table at the end of these notes and rename
2172 your variables accordingly.
2174 MH-E has been written mh-e, Mh-e, MH-e and MH-E. We have decided that
2175 the proper term should be MH-E. Please try to use MH-E in your
2178 ** New Features in MH-E 7.0
2182 There is now support for the speedbar. Try "M-x speedbar" (closes SF
2185 Press the middle mouse button on the `+' icons to open a folder,
2186 middle mouse button on a folder name to open the folder. Folders with
2187 unseen messages are shown in bold, so this is a handy way to browse
2188 new messages that you have filed with procmail or slocal.
2190 See the new customization variable `mh-large-folder,' which controls
2191 when the speedbar asks for how many messages to scan when opening a
2192 large folder and `mh-speed-run-flists-flag' whose default value of t
2193 means to use the flists command to populate the count of unseen and
2194 total messages in each folder.
2198 Interoperability with swish++, swish, glimpse, and namazu has been
2199 added to enable lightening-fast searches of your mail. If none of
2200 these are present, grep is used. Try "F i (mh-index-search)".
2202 For more information, read the documentation for the functions
2203 `mh-swish++-execute-search,' `mh-swish-execute-search,'
2204 `mh-namazu-execute-search,' or `mh-glimpse-execute-search' depending
2205 on your preferred indexing program to see what kind of setup is needed
2206 to generate the index.
2210 Use "T t (mh-toggle-threads)" to view the threads in the folder. Use
2211 it again to return to a non-threaded view.
2215 Use "? (mh-help)" and "X ? (mh-prefix-help)," where X is a prefix
2216 character, for a brief synopsis in the minibuffer of frequently used
2217 commands. In the MH-Letter or MH-Pick buffers, use "C-c ? (mh-help)"
2218 (closes SF #493740).
2220 *** Folder Keymap Shared by Show Buffer
2222 You can now use the MH-Folder mode commands from the MH-Show buffer.
2223 Because of this, the MH-Show buffer is now read-only (closes SF
2224 #493749 and SF #527946) and you now have to use "M (mh-modify)" to
2229 You no longer have to modify your scan format if your folders have
2230 more than 9999 messages in them. If you've only modified your scan
2231 format file to allow for the wider message numbers, consider using the
2232 default behavior of MH-E and simplify your MH-E configuration
2233 considerably (closes SF #635791).
2235 To do this, you may have to remove your modifications of
2236 `mh-scan.*-regexp' and `mh-cmd-note' and your customization of
2237 `mh-scan-format-file'.
2239 You may still want the updated format files for running MH commands
2240 outside of MH-E; the default of `mh-scan-format-file' will cause them
2243 If you prefer fixed-width message numbers, set the new customization
2244 variable to nil , set this variable to
2245 nil and call `mh-set-cmd-note' with the width specified by the scan format in
2246 `mh-scan-format-file'. For example, the default width is 4, so you would use
2247 "(mh-set-cmd-note 4)" if `mh-scan-format-file' were nil.
2251 MH-E now displays the content of the X-Face header field in the From
2252 field. When sending a message, an X-Face field is appended to the
2253 header if it doesn't already exist and "~/.face" is present. See the
2254 new customization variables `mh-show-use-xface-flag' and `mh-x-face-file'
2255 (closes SF #480770).
2257 MH-E depends on the external x-face package found in
2258 ftp://ftp.jpl.org/pub/elisp/ to do this. The `uncompface' binary is
2259 also required to be in the execute PATH. It can be obtained from:
2260 http://freshmeat.net/redir/compface/1439/url_tgz/compface-1.4.tar.gz.
2262 It has also been observed that if you don't see the faces, you might
2263 have to do this (for unknown reasons):
2265 mv /usr/local/include/compface.h /usr/include/
2267 *** Graphical Smileys
2269 Smiley's are now converted to cute little images. See the new
2270 customization variable `mh-graphical-smileys-flag.'
2274 ASCII formatting is now converted to the appropriate font. For
2275 example, _underline_ is underlined, *bold* appears in bold, /italic/
2276 appears in italic, etc. See `gnus-emphasis-alist' for the whole list.
2277 See the new customization variables `mh-decode-mime' and
2278 `mh-graphical-emphasis-flag.'
2280 *** Attachment Handling
2282 Inline attachments are now displayed. Regular attachments appear as
2283 buttons in show buffer. Use "K TAB (mh-next-button)" or "K SHIFT-TAB
2284 (mh-prev-button)" to cycle through these buttons. Use "K v
2285 (mh-folder-toggle-mime-part)" to view, "K o
2286 (mh-folder-save-mime-part)" to save one part or "K-a
2287 (mh-save-mime-parts)" to save all parts, or "K i
2288 (mh-folder-inline-mime-part)" to view the attachment inline.
2290 See the new customization variable `mh-decode-mime' for additional
2291 information. Other customization variables that affect this new feature
2292 include `mh-store-mime-parts-default-directory' and
2293 `mh-display-buttons-for-inline-parts-flag'.
2295 HTML documents can be viewed inline if Gnus v5.10 and w3 or w3m lisp
2296 packages are present. Set the customization variable
2297 `mm-text-html-renderer' accordingly (closes SF #453352).
2299 *** Quoted-printable Handling
2301 Quoted-printable body parts are now decoded.
2303 *** More Choices for `mh-yank-from-start-of-msg'
2305 Historically, if this variable was t, the entire message, with full
2306 headers would be included and every line would begin with
2307 `mh-ins-buf-prefix.' This usage is deprecated in favor of the setting
2308 `supercite' below. The default has been changed to `attribution.' The
2309 following symbols are now understood:
2311 `body': yank the message minus the header.
2313 `supercite': include the entire message, with full headers. This also
2314 causes the invocation of `sc-cite-original' without the setting of
2315 `mail-citation-hook', now deprecated practice.
2317 `autosupercite': do as for `supercite' automatically when show buffer
2318 matches the message being replied-to.
2320 `attribution': yank the message minus the header and add a simple
2321 attribution line at the top.
2323 `autoattrib': do as for `attribution' automatically when show buffer
2324 matches the message being replied-to.
2326 There is a new customization variable called
2327 `mh-extract-from-attribution-verb' which is used for attribution which
2328 provides a method for setting a different language.
2330 *** Use Gnus mml Instead of mhn
2332 When inserting attachments into a message draft, Gnus mml directives
2333 are now used instead of mhn directives. One beneficial side-effect of
2334 this is that attachments can now appear inline as well as separate.
2336 The new customization variable `mh-compose-insertion' controls whether
2337 Gnus or mhn is used to insert MIME message directives in messages
2338 (default: 'gnus, if the mml library exists).
2340 *** Content-Type Now Obtained Automatically
2342 The value of the Content-Type no longer needs to be entered by the
2345 *** Attachments Automatically Included Upon Send
2347 You no longer have to run "C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" before sending a
2348 message with attachments--this is done automatically when you send the
2349 message with "C-c C-c (mh-send-letter)". There is, however, a new key
2350 binding "C-c C-m m (mh-mml-to-mime)" which is analogous to "C-c C-e
2355 Messages that have been signed or encrypted with GPG are verified and
2356 decrypted automatically. To sign or encrypt a message, use "C-c RET
2357 C-s (mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime)" and "C-c C-m C-e
2358 (mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime)." You need Gnus version 5.10
2359 for this feature. These functions are provided by the pgg.el package.
2361 Users report "flashing" with the pgg.el package and prefer the gpg.el
2362 package instead. To use gpg.el instead of the pgg.el package you need:
2364 (setq mml2015-use 'gpg)
2366 To mimic automatic encryption in gpg.el, use:
2368 (setq mm-verify-option 'always)
2369 (setq mm-decrypt-option 'always)
2371 The venerable mailcrypt package is also an option. However, now that
2372 show buffers are read-only, mailcrypt version 3.5.6 and older fail
2373 when they attempt to decrypt the contents.
2375 *** Mail-Followup-To Header Field
2377 Support for this controversial field has been added because nmh
2378 supports it (closes SF #627035). If you want to add it to outgoing
2379 mail for selected mailing lists, add those mailing lists to the new
2380 customization variable `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-list.' If you think
2381 this field is evil, set the new customization variable
2382 `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-flag' to nil.
2386 If you update Gnus, you must recompile MH-E. Note that if you are
2387 running the stock version of MH-E that comes with Emacs or the MH-E
2388 package on a Debian GNU/Linux, this is done for you.
2390 ** New Variables in MH-E 7.0
2392 New customization variables not mentioned earlier include:
2394 *** mh-letter-insert-signature-hook
2396 Invoked at the beginning of the "C-c C-s (mh-insert-signature)"
2397 command. Can be used to determine which signature file to use based on
2398 message content. On return, if `mh-signature-file-name' is non-nil
2399 that file will be inserted at the current point in the buffer.
2401 *** mh-show-maximum-size
2403 Maximum size of message (in bytes) to display automatically. Provides
2404 an opportunity to skip over large messages which may be slow to load.
2405 Use a value of 0 to display all messages automatically regardless of
2406 size (closes SF #488696).
2408 *** mh-tool-bar-reply-3-buttons-flag
2410 Non-nil means use three buttons for reply commands in tool-bar. If you
2411 have room on your tool-bar because you are using a large font, you may
2412 set this variable to expand the single reply button into three buttons
2413 that won't lead to minibuffer prompt about who to reply to.
2415 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.0
2417 *** mh-delete-msg, mh-refile-msg, mh-undo
2419 Mandrake Linux includes XEmacs initialization code that binds
2420 `transient-mark-mode' which causes problems in MH-E. These problems
2421 have been fixed (closes SF #541915).
2425 This would sometimes yield a read-only buffer. This has been fixed
2426 (closes SF #624283 and SF #625538).
2430 When using nmh, always specify -mime so as to preserve the original
2435 If you had narrowed to a sequence and then incorporated new mail,
2436 those new messages would not be present in your +inbox when you
2437 widened. This has been fixed (closes SF #489430, SF #489437, SF
2440 *** mh-insert-letter
2442 No longer uses mhl to include a message as this mangled the header and
2443 gave supercite fits (closes SF #629153).
2447 "M-q (fill-paragraph)" now fills quoted paragraphs (for example,
2448 starting with "> ") correctly (closes SF #489927).
2450 *** mh-next-undeleted-msg, mh-previous-undeleted-msg
2452 If there are no more undeleted messages the point remains at its
2453 original position and a message is produced (closes SF #494304).
2457 Now calls `mh-pick-mode-hook' as documented.
2459 *** mh-put-msg-in-seq
2461 Now puts all messages in region in sequence (closes SF #630324).
2463 *** mh-refile-msg, mh-write-msg-to-file
2465 These functions stomped on the variables that held the name of the
2466 last file and folder respectively for the other function. This has
2467 been fixed so that the last folder or file name is preserved (closes
2470 *** mh-region-to-sequence
2472 If the region in MH-Folder was set with "C-x h (mark-whole-buffer)",
2473 you couldn't perform operations on all of the messages as you would
2474 expect. This has been fixed (closes SF #621632).
2478 Performing an undo the first thing after replying would blank out the
2479 entire draft. Now just the insertion of the yanked message is undone
2480 leaving the header and signature intact for additional editing (closes
2485 Now calls `mh-show-mode-hook' as documented (closes SF #627222).
2487 *** mh-subject-thread-to-sequence
2489 Make 'subject sequence a real one, exported to MH. This means you can,
2490 for example, mh-forward it. But it also shows up with a mark in the
2491 scan output (closes SF #489445).
2495 The following bugs have also been closed:
2497 SF #495450: Folder buffer read-only after inc
2498 SF #489706: mh-page-msg bombs out
2499 SF #580772: mh-last-destination is overloaded
2501 *** Variables renamed to conform with Emacs coding conventions
2503 The coding conventions require that boolean variables end in -flag.
2504 The following two tables show which variables were affected (closes SF
2507 Customization Variables (defcustom)
2511 mh-auto-folder-collect mh-auto-folder-collect-flag
2512 mh-bury-show-buffer mh-bury-show-buffer-flag
2513 mh-clean-message-header mh-clean-message-header-flag
2514 mh-decode-quoted-printable mh-decode-quoted-printable-flag
2515 mh-delete-yanked-msg-window mh-delete-yanked-msg-window-flag
2516 mh-do-not-confirm mh-do-not-confirm-flag
2517 mh-highlight-citation-p mh-highlight-citation
2518 mh-insert-x-mailer-p mh-insert-x-mailer-flag
2519 mh-print-background mh-print-background-flag
2520 mh-recenter-summary-p mh-recenter-summary-flag
2521 mh-recursive-folders mh-recursive-folders-flag
2522 mh-reply-show-message-p mh-reply-show-message-flag
2523 mh-show-use-goto-addr mh-show-use-goto-addr-flag
2524 mh-update-sequences-after-mh-show mh-update-sequences-after-mh-show-flag
2526 Regular Variables (defvar)
2530 mh-mhn-compose-insert-p mh-mhn-compose-insert-flag
2531 mh-nmh-p mh-nmh-flag
2532 mh-page-to-next-msg-p mh-page-to-next-msg-flag
2536 * Changes in mh-e 6.1
2538 This is a minor release which includes a few bug fixes. The
2539 distribution now includes the ChangeLog.
2541 ** New Features in mh-e 6.1
2545 Unseen messages now displayed in bold.
2547 *** Viewing folders and sequences
2549 The folder and sequence listings that "F l (mh-list-folders)" and "S l
2550 (mh-list-sequences)" create are now displayed in view mode.
2552 ** Bug Fixes in mh-e 6.1
2554 *** mh-folder-unseen-seq-name
2556 Byte compilation failed when initializing this variable when the
2557 user's MH environment was not set up. This has been fixed (closes
2558 Debian #140232 and Debian #140817).
2562 When forwarding a sequence, the mode of the draft would not be set to
2563 MH-Letter correctly. This has been fixed (closes SF #489448).
2565 *** mh-insert-prefix-string
2567 Fixed to work under XEmacs. Thanks to Will Partain
2568 <partain at dcs.gla.ac.uk>.
2572 mh-quit now cleans up the buffers named `mh-temp-buffer,'
2573 'mh-temp-folders-buffer' and 'mh-temp-sequences-buffer.'
2576 * Changes in mh-e 6.0
2578 mh-e is now maintained at SourceForge (see
2579 http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/). This is where you need to go to obtain
2580 new versions of mh-e, report bugs and receive support.
2582 The maintainers have moved much of their personal configurations into
2583 the codebase, so you may find that you may be able to reduce your mh-e
2584 customizations as well.
2586 There are several incompatibilities in this version from older
2587 versions. Please read the following notes carefully for details. Pay
2588 particular attention to the key binding changes in the MH-Folder
2589 section. If you have customized your scan format, you will want to
2590 read about the new variable `mh-scan-format-file'.
2592 The manual could not be updated in time for this release. It will be
2593 updated in the near future. If the Preface in your manual indicates
2594 the older version (version 1.3, for mh-e version 5.0.2), please check
2595 the following page occasionally for an update:
2597 https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13357
2600 ** New Features in mh-e 6.0
2604 mh-e now uses the customize feature of Emacs. Use "M-x customize-group
2605 mh RET" to customize mh-e.
2609 All mh-e modes now provide menus that contain most mh-e functions.
2613 All mh-e modes now have toolbar buttons for oft-used functions (Emacs 21).
2617 All mh-e buffers now have font-lock keywords. To use, either call
2618 (turn-on-font-lock) from the appropriate hook, or set
2619 `global-font-lock-mode' to t. To customize, use "M-x
2620 customize-apropos-faces ^mh RET".
2622 If you have customized your scan lines, you will have to update your
2623 scan regexps. The existing regexps were changed to extract a match so
2624 you will have to add appropriate grouping constructs to take advantage
2625 of the fontification. Your old settings will continue to work, but the
2626 folder will not be fontified. For example:
2628 (setq mh-good-msg-regexp "^\\(.....\\)[^D^]")
2630 You will most likely have to update the new variable
2631 `mh-scan-subject-regexp' as well. There is another new variable
2632 `mh-scan-date-regexp' which you may also find useful. Run "M-x apropos
2633 mh.*regexp" for a complete list.
2635 *** mail-user-agent support
2637 You can now set `mail-user-agent' to `mh-e-user-agent' so that packages
2638 that need to send mail will use mh-e (closes SF #406883, SF #470024).
2640 *** replgroupcomps support
2642 If you reply to `cc' or `all' and you use nmh, the nmh repl option
2643 -group will be used. This means that the file `replgroupcomps' will be
2644 used. If you have customized `replcomps', you will definitely want to
2645 either copy `$NMH_LIB/replgroupcomps' to your mail directory and modify
2646 it the same way that you modified your `replcomps' file, or simply
2647 copy your `replcomps' file to `replgroupcomps'.
2651 The variable `mh-summary-height' used to have a default of 4. It now
2652 varies from 4 to 10 depending on the height of the frame.
2654 Clicking the mouse on a message shows that message.
2656 Delete, refile and undo now operate on a region (but only if
2657 `transient-mark-mode' is non-nil).
2659 SPC (mh-page-msg) now displays the message if it is not already
2660 visible. If the bottom of a message is showing, SPC (mh-page-msg)
2661 moves to the next message (respecting the direction you are moving
2662 through the folder).
2664 The threading commands "T u (mh-next-unseen-subject-thread)",
2665 "T t (mh-toggle-subject-thread)", "T s (mh-narrow-to-subject-thread)",
2666 and "T k (mh-delete-subject-thread)" have been added. These functions
2667 do not offer threading in the true sense of the word, but do allow
2668 some manipulation by subject.
2670 Major, major keymap changes. This was done to free up movement
2671 commands in the buffer, and to provide for additional features, such
2672 as the threading commands. At the same time, better and more
2673 consistent mnemonics were realized that should make it easier to
2674 remember key bindings.
2676 Added new sub-keymaps for folder commands, sequence commands,
2677 extraction commands, and digest commands which begin with F, S,
2678 X, and D, respectively. These sub-keymaps allowed some consistency
2679 (e.g., especially with l(ist) and k(ill)).
2681 Here are the actual changes and rationale:
2685 e - Deleted. Already have x. Now used by mh-edit-again.
2686 j - Deleted. Already have g.
2688 M-a e Better mnemonic. Matches rmail. Frees movement command.
2689 M-e E Better mnemonic. Consistent with e.
2690 - S Why not? mh-sort-folder.
2692 M-f Fv Frees movement command
2693 M-f Ff Alias (keep?)
2694 M-f Fo Alias (keep?)
2695 M-k Fk No reason but to keep with folder commands
2696 M-l Fl No reason but to keep with folder commands
2697 M-p Fp No reason but to keep with folder commands
2698 M-r Fr Frees movement command
2699 M-s Fs No reason but to keep with folder commands
2700 M-u Fu No reason but to keep with folder commands
2702 M-% Sd Better mnemonic
2703 M-# Sk Better mnemonic
2704 M-q Sl Better mnemonic
2705 C-xn Sn Frees up standard key binding
2706 % Sp Better mnemonic for putting a message in a sequence
2707 ? Ss Shows sequences that message is in
2708 C-xw Sw Frees up standard key binding
2710 M-n Xs Better mnemonic (extract shar)
2711 M-n Xu Better mnemonic (extract uuencode)
2713 M-SPC D SPC Frees mark command
2714 M-\177 D \177 No reason but to keep with digest commands
2715 M-b Db Frees movement command
2717 As the number of variables increases, it is becoming important to
2718 organize the mh-e namespace. Several variables having to do with the
2719 format of scan lines were renamed, as follows:
2723 mh-good-msg-regexp mh-scan-good-msg-regexp
2724 mh-deleted-msg-regexp mh-scan-deleted-msg-regexp
2725 mh-refiled-msg-regexp mh-scan-refiled-msg-regexp
2726 mh-valid-scan-line mh-scan-valid-regexp
2727 mh-cur-scan-msg-regexp mh-scan-cur-msg-number-regexp
2728 - mh-scan-cur-msg-regexp
2729 - mh-scan-rcpt-regexp
2730 - mh-scan-format-regexp
2731 mh-msg-number-regexp mh-scan-msg-number-regexp
2732 mh-msg-search-regexp mh-scan-msg-search-regexp
2736 While the MIME support is not complete, quoted-printable body parts
2739 Some MTAs quote From at the beginning of the line with a ">". The ">"
2740 is now removed in the display, but not on disk.
2744 New function "C-c C-o (mh-split-line)" splits lines in a draft
2745 preserving the fill prefix and indentation. This is useful when
2746 responding to several sentences in a single paragraph separately.
2748 "M-q (fill-paragraph)" can now be used on the message that is being
2749 replied to. The fill prefix such as "> " is preserved.
2751 You no longer have to run "C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" manually as this is
2752 now done automatically when the message is sent.
2754 The X-Mailer header field is now added to messages as they are sent.
2756 "C-c C-m C-i (mh-mhn-compose-insertion)" now makes a pretty good guess
2757 at the type of file using the `file' command and no longer asks the
2758 user for the media type. If the necessary version of `file' is not
2759 available, the user is asked for the media type as before; however,
2760 the list of media types is now taken from the system mailcap if
2761 available. Failing that, the built-in list of types has been
2762 supplemented so in most cases the type you need should be present
2763 (closes SF #406883, #441179).
2765 ** New Variables in mh-e 6.0
2767 New variables not mentioned earlier include:
2769 *** mh-insert-x-mailer-p
2771 Default value of t means that an X-Mailer header field should be
2774 *** mh-reply-show-message-p
2776 The setting of this variable determines whether the MH show-buffer is
2777 displayed with the current message when using mh-reply without a prefix
2778 argument. Set it to nil if you already include the message
2779 automatically in your draft using "repl: -filter repl.filter" in
2782 *** mh-scan-format-file
2784 Specifies the format file to pass to the scan program. If t, the
2785 format string will be taken from the either `mh-scan-format-mh' or
2786 `mh-scan-format-nmh' depending on whether MH or nmh is in use. If nil,
2787 the default scan output will be used.
2789 If you customize the scan format, you may need to modify a few
2790 variables containing regexps that mh-e uses to identify specific
2791 portions of the output. Use `M-x apropos RET mh-scan.*regexp' to
2792 obtain a list of these variables.
2794 *** mh-scan-format-mh
2796 Scan format string for MH, provided to the scan program via the
2797 -format arg. This format is identical to the default except that
2798 additional hints for fontification have been added to the sixth
2801 *** mh-scan-format-nmh
2803 Scan format string for nmh, provided to the scan program via the
2804 -format arg. This format is identical to the default except that
2805 additional hints for fontification have been added to the sixth
2808 *** mh-show-use-goto-addr
2810 Non-nil means URLs and e-mail addresses are highlighted using
2811 goto-addr in MH-Show buffer.
2813 *** mh-letter-fill-column
2815 Fill column to use in `mh-letter-mode'. This is useful to make the
2816 lines a bit shorter to allow for quoting in replies.
2818 *** mh-folder-updated-hook
2820 Invoked when the actions in a folder (such as moves and deletes) are
2821 performed. Variables that are useful in this hook include
2822 `mh-delete-list' and `mh-refile-list' which can be used to see which
2823 changes are being made to current folder, `mh-current-folder'.
2825 *** mh-unseen-updated-hook
2827 Invoked after the unseen sequence has been updated. The variable
2828 `mh-seen-list' can be used to obtain the list of messages which will
2829 be removed from the unseen sequence
2831 ** Bug Fixes in mh-e 6.0
2833 *** mh-edit-again and mh-extract-rejected-mail
2835 Now insert a header separator (--------) which packages such as
2840 Now uses `mhparam' to set `mh-lib-progs' and `mh-lib'. Added more
2841 directories to `mh-progs' so that mh-e can autoconfigure in more
2842 environments. Chances are that you no longer have to set these
2843 variables, and if you do, you will only have to set `mh-progs'.
2844 Unless, of course, you are using an ancient version of MH that doesn't
2847 *** mh-folder-mode-map
2849 The DEL/<delete>/<backspace> change in Emacs 21 broke
2850 `mh-previous-page'. This has been fixed (closes SF #228907).
2854 If you had "forw: -mime" to your .mh_profile, forwarding a message
2857 Search failed: "^------- Forwarded Message"
2859 In addition, the Subject field was not filled in. This has been fixed
2860 (closes SF #223603).
2864 The user is now always prompted before this action; the variable
2865 `mh-do-not-confirm' is no longer consulted here. Therefore users who
2866 wanted to set `mh-do-not-confirm' but didn't because of the
2867 `mh-kill-folder' dependency may now do so.
2869 *** mh-make-folder-mode-line
2871 Properly deals with folders that do not have any lines in them. Prints
2872 "no msgs" instead of "0 msgs". Does not try to print a range when
2873 there are no messages.
2875 *** mh-mhn-compose-insertion
2877 Now gets the MIME type automatically (assuming the local file command
2878 supports the -i and -b options). If this use of the file command is
2879 not supported, the list of MIME types has been expanded to use the
2880 system's mailcap file.
2884 This variable (t when nmh is in use rather than MH) assumed that the
2885 string "nmh" is in `mh-lib-progs' or `mh-lib'. This has been fixed
2886 (closes SF #441776).
2890 No longer lets you specify an empty folder (closes SF #476824).
2892 *** mh-regenerate-headers
2894 Now suppresses "scan: bad message list" messages.
2898 This function was looking for `mhl' in the wrong place on nmh on
2899 Redhat LINUX 7.0. This has been fixed (closes SF #481128).
2903 Now updates `cur' sequence after a message is shown (closes SF #481772).
2907 Renamed variable and function to `mh-showing-mode' to conform with
2908 minor mode conventions. Added optional arg to function so it would
2909 behave like a normal minor mode: no or nil arg toggles mode, 0 arg
2910 turns off, non-nil turns on. This fixed the error that occurred when
2911 `desktop-create-buffer' recreated mh-e buffers because it was calling
2912 `mh-showing' with an arg.
2916 Fixed for nmh. Now displays mh-e version correctly. Cleaned up output
2917 and display `mh-progs', etc.
2921 Now attempts to stay on the same message number (closes SF #480922).
2923 No longer wipes out pending deletes and refiles without warning
2924 (closes SF #481036).
2927 * Changes in mh-e 5.0.2
2929 This version contains additional minor changes to integrate it with
2930 reporter.el (requires reporter.el version 3.1c or later) and Emacs
2931 19.30. The mh-goto-msg function is much faster, which also speeds up
2932 several other operations.
2935 * Changes in mh-e 5.0.1
2937 This version contains minor changes from mh-e 5.0 to integrate it with
2941 * User-visible changes to mh-e 5.0
2943 Note: This being a major release, there are many internal changes.
2944 This document lists only changes to the external interfaces of mh-e.
2946 When upgrading, you must either explicitly reload the new versions of
2947 all mh-e files that are already loaded or restart your Emacs.
2950 ** Major Changes and New Features in mh-e 5.0
2952 The emphasis for this release has been on consistency and
2953 documentation. Many documentation strings were enhanced. Documentation
2954 strings were changed to comments for internal functions and variables.
2956 *** There is now proper documentation in the form of a 75-page users
2957 manual. The Texinfo source is mh-e.texi; the formatted Info document
2960 *** There is a new command `mh-update-sequences', which updates MH's
2961 idea of what messages are in the Unseen sequence and what is the
2962 current folder and message. `mh-quit' calls it. While
2963 `mh-execute-commands' has always done this updating as a side effect,
2964 the new function is faster.
2966 *** The MH profile entry "Inbox:" is supported.
2968 *** If the show-buffer is modified, the user is queried before mh-e
2969 reuses the buffer to show a different message. This buffer is also
2970 auto-saved and backed up correctly.
2972 *** `mh-store-buffer' is significantly more robust. It now handles
2973 messages created by a wide variety of packaging software. The status
2974 message for `uudecode' includes the name of the file created. An error
2975 is signaled if the subprocess exits with a non-zero status.
2977 *** `mh-search-folder' behaves predictably, adding messages found to
2978 the `search' sequence. It correctly handles the case of no messages
2981 *** `mh-burst-digest' (`M-b') now only rescans the part of the folder
2982 affected by the burst. It is now much faster in a large folder.
2985 ** New Hooks and Customization Variables in mh-e 5.0
2987 *** `mh-default-folder-for-message-function': new name for the old
2988 `mh-msg-folder-hook', which wasn't a hook. The old name was confusing,
2989 leading people to think they could use `add-hook' with it, when
2990 actually `setq' is the correct way.
2992 *** `mh-sortm-args': When this variable is used has changed. Now
2993 `mh-sortm-args' is passed if there IS a prefix argument to
2994 `mh-sort-folder'. The assumption is that for arguments you normally
2995 want, you would specify them in an MH profile entry.
2997 *** `mh-mhn-args': new hook, a list of additional arguments to pass to
2998 the `mhn' program if `mh-edit-mhn' is given a prefix argument.
3000 *** `mh-edit-mhn-hook': new hook called by `mh-edit-mhn', the function
3001 that formats MIME messages.
3003 *** `mh-folder-list-change-hook': new hook, called whenever the cached
3004 list of folders, `mh-folder-list', is changed.
3006 *** `mh-find-path-hook': new hook, called when entering mh-e.
3008 *** `mh-repl-formfile': new variable, used to change the format file
3009 used by `mh-reply' from the default of "replcomps".
3011 *** New variables to customize the scan format and notating:
3012 `mh-note-deleted', `mh-note-refiled', `mh-note-seq', `mh-note-cur',
3013 `mh-note-copied', `mh-note-printed'.
3016 ** Key Binding Changes in mh-e 5.0
3018 *** `RET' runs `mh-show' for consistency with the Finder and Info. The
3019 old binding `.' still works, but `RET' is now the standard binding.
3021 *** `M-<' now runs `mh-first-msg' for consistency with `M->', which
3024 *** `C-c C-f C-d' in MH-Letter mode moves to a Dcc: header field.
3026 *** `C-c C-f C-r' in MH-Letter mode moves to a From: header field.
3028 *** `g' is now the standard binding for `mh-goto-msg'. The old binding
3032 ** Other Improvements and Changes to mh-e 5.0
3034 *** `mh-lpr-command-format' no longer passes the "-p" argument to
3035 `lpr' by default. The mail header typically has the date anyway.
3037 *** When prompting for a sequence name, if no sequences have been used
3038 yet, mh-e will offer the first sequence the current message is in.
3040 *** The patterns of more mailers are recognized by
3041 `mh-extract-rejected-mail'.
3043 *** `mh-insert-prefix-string' no longer wraps the call to the
3044 `mail-citation-hook' function in a `save-excursion' so the hook writer
3045 can choose whether to leave point at the beginning or the end of the
3048 *** `mh-write-msg-to-file': The prompt now refers to "message" or
3049 "message body" depending on which will be written. (This is controlled
3050 by a prefix argument.) The file defaults to the last-used file instead
3051 of supplying only the directory name.
3053 *** mh-e uses message ranges when running MH commands. Thus "rmm 1 2 3
3054 4 6" is now "rmm 1-4 6". This change makes it less likely to overflow
3055 system argument list limits, and it might be faster, too.
3058 ** Bug Fixes to mh-e 5.0
3060 *** mh-e's idea of the unseen sequence now stays in sync with MH's
3063 *** Functions that are supposed to find fields in the message header
3064 no longer look in the message body.
3066 *** mh-e would sometimes fail to remove the "%" from a scan line when
3067 the message was removed from a sequence if the message was also in the
3070 *** The variable `mh-inc-prog' is now correctly used in all places.
3072 *** `mh-pipe-msg' runs the process in the correct directory.
3074 *** A partially scanned folder will no longer lose the "/select"
3075 annotation when you execute marked deletes and refiles with `x'.
3078 * Changes to mh-e 4.0
3080 This file is automatically generated from news-mh-e.txinfo. Do not edit.
3082 [MH-E-ONEWS has been incorporated here and removed. news-mh-e.txinfo
3083 is no longer available.]
3085 Note: there are many internal changes to mh-e in this release. If you
3086 have the previous version loaded into your Emacs, you will probably not
3087 be able to load this version on top of it.
3089 ** New Features in mh-e 4.0
3091 *** Background folder collection. The first time you are prompted for
3092 a folder, you must wait while mh-e collects the names of all existing
3093 folders. Now however, if you abort, collecting will continue in the
3094 background, and you can do something else in Emacs until the
3095 collection completes. Normally, mh-e will begin collecting folders
3096 names in the background when you first load it; you can disable this
3097 feature by setting `mh-auto-folder-collect' to nil.
3099 *** There is support for composing MIME messages using the `mhn'
3100 program from MH 6.8. See the documentation string for mh-edit-mhn.
3101 (While composing a letter, type `C-h k C-c C-e'.) See also mhn(1).
3102 There is as yet no support for reading MIME messages.
3104 *** `mh-show', typically on `.', repositions to the start of the
3105 message if the message is already visible. It used to do nothing in
3108 *** The function `mh-unshar-msg' is renamed `mh-store-msg'. It now
3109 does uudecoding, too. Someday it should do MIME. It remembers the last
3110 directory you used and offers it as the default for next time.
3112 *** New function `mh-header-display', on `,', displays the message
3113 with all headers, including those normally not displayed. Type `.' to
3114 display the message normally again.
3116 *** New function `mh-list-sequences' lists the sequences in use in the
3119 *** New function `mh-version' displays version information about MH
3120 and mh-e. Please use the output in bug reports.
3122 *** `mh-quit' now burys the folder buffer and show buffer.
3125 ** New hooks and customization variables in mh-e 4.0
3127 *** `mh-pick-mode-hook': new hook called by new mode `mh-pick-mode'.
3128 The pick buffer didn't used to have its own mode. Another advantage of
3129 `mh-pick-mode' is that `C-h m' works in the pick buffer.
3131 *** `mail-citation-hook': new variable for supercite.
3133 *** `mh-refile-msg-hook': new hook called by `mh-refile-msg' (and
3134 `mh-refile-or-write-again' when refiling).
3136 *** `mh-msg-folder-hook': new hook used by `mh-refile-msg' and
3137 `mh-to-fcc' to provide a default folder for user prompt.
3139 *** `mh-show-hook': new hook called by `mh-show'.
3141 *** `mh-delete-msg-hook': new hook called by `mh-delete-msg'.
3143 *** `mh-show-mode-hook': new hook called by new mode `mh-show-mode'
3144 for `show-' buffers.
3146 *** `mh-comp-formfile': new variable so can customize `components'
3149 *** `mh-sortm-args': new variable, a list of extra arguments to be
3150 passed to sortm by `mh-sort-folder'. Give an argument to
3151 `mh-sort-folder' to suppress this behavior.
3153 *** `mh-send-prog': new variable so can customize name of `send'
3154 program in case of name conflicts.
3156 *** `mh-scan-prog': new variable so can customize name of `scan'
3157 program to generate custom effects.
3159 *** `mh-inc-prog': new variable so can customize name of `inc' program
3160 to do fancy management of incoming messages.
3162 *** `mh-forwarded-letter-subject': new function used by `mh-forward'
3163 to compute the Subject line of the new message. It is a small function
3164 which can be replaced by the user for customization. Uses the new
3165 variable `mh-forward-subject-format', which allows some simple
3166 customizations without rewriting even `mh-forwarded-letter-subject'.
3168 *** `mh-new-draft-cleaned-headers': new variable, header lines removed
3169 by `mh-edit-again' and `mh-extract-rejected-mail' before offering a
3170 message as a new draft.
3172 *** `mh-signature-file-name': new variable used by
3173 `mh-insert-signature' to so can customize name of the file to insert.
3175 *** `mh-read-address': new function called to read all To: and Cc:
3178 *** `mh-msg-folder-hook': new hook used by `mh-refile-msg' and
3179 `mh-to-fcc' to provide a default folder for user prompt.
3182 ** Key binding changes in mh-e 4.0
3184 *** `,' runs new function `mh-header-display'. It is like `.' but it
3185 displays *all* the headers.
3187 *** `M-#' runs the new function `mh-delete-seq'. One used to have to
3188 type `C-u M-%' to delete a sequence.
3190 *** `<' no longer does `mh-first-msg', but `M->' now does
3191 `mh-last-msg'. This allows first and last to be consistent (`>' was
3192 taken) and is more likely to be discovered by chance anyway.
3194 *** `M-d' runs `mh-redistribute', `r' runs `mh-reply' (on the theory
3195 that the more commonly used function should be easier to type, and the
3196 obscure action of redistributing can be harder to type).
3198 *** `M-o' changed to `C-o' (`mh-write-msg-to-file'). It was
3199 interfering with arrow keys for some people.
3201 *** `M-n' now runs `mh-store-msg' (formerly `mh-unshar-msg').
3203 *** `b' no longer runs `mh-quit'; use `q' instead. `b' may be used in
3204 a future version for something else.
3207 ** Minor improvements to mh-e 4.0
3209 *** The mh-e code is now divided into multiple Emacs Lisp files, so it
3210 starts up faster because Emacs doesn't have to load all of it at once.
3211 (This change also makes it easier for the maintainer to manage
3214 *** When searching for the directory containing the MH programs,
3215 search the user's PATH in addition to the built-in directories, to
3216 increase the chance of finding the MH programs.
3218 *** The subject for a forwarded message no longer has ugly square
3221 *** The name of the folder is no longer appears twice in the show
3224 *** When typing a folder name in the minibuffer, parent folders
3225 complete to the trailing slash (/), for easier typing of subfolders.
3227 *** The folder buffer mode name changed from `mh-e scan' or `mh-e
3228 show' to `MH-Folder', which makes the hook name easier to guess. Added
3229 `mh-showing' to `minor-mode-alist' so there is still an indication in
3230 the mode line of whether messages will be shown automatically.
3232 *** `mh-rename-seq' does completion on the old sequence name.
3234 *** If called by a user who has never used MH on this system before,
3235 mh-e runs the MH program `install-mh' to get them set up.
3237 *** Undo history for previous messages is not kept to avoid wasting
3240 *** The internal temp buffer used by mh-e has `buffer-offer-save'
3241 explicitly nil. This change benefits people who change the
3242 `buffer-offer-save' default.
3245 ** Bug fixes to mh-e 4.0
3247 *** `mh-to-field': don't bomb if no To: field.
3249 *** `mh-get-new-mail': restore annotations, e.g., cur, even if no new
3252 *** `mh-rename-seq': verify that the new seq name was accepted by
3253 `mark' before updating state.
3255 *** `mh-internal-seq': the Previous sequence is not notated, since it
3256 would notate everything scanned.
3258 *** `mh-read-draft': don't call `find-file-noselect' so an
3259 `auto-mode-alist' doesn't trigger `mh-letter-mode-hook' twice. Faster,
3262 *** `mh-show': If user moves onto a message that doesn't exist, don't
3263 leave the cursor in the show pane.
3265 *** `mh-delete-scan-msgs': use `equal', not `=', on the result of
3266 `mh-get-msg-num', since it may be nil.
3268 *** `mh-get-field': do anchored search so searching for `reply-to:'
3269 doesn't find `in-reply-to:'.
3271 *** `mh-widen': do nothing if not narrowed.
3273 *** `mh-clean-message-header': find end of headers even if no body.
3276 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
3278 GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
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3281 (at your option) any later version.
3283 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
3284 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
3285 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
3286 GNU General Public License for more details.
3288 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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