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1 * COPYRIGHT
2
3 Copyright (C) 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
4 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
5 See the end of the file for license conditions.
6
7
8 * Changes in MH-E 8.1
9
10 Version 8.1 fixes some issues with forwarding messages, respects the
11 MH environment variable, adds the abilities to use aliases with GPG
12 and show HTML even though it is discouraged. A new hook,
13 `mh-annotate-msg-hook', has been added.
14
15 ** New Features in MH-E 8.1
16
17 *** Showing HTML When Text Is the Preferred Alternative
18
19 The `:' (`mh-show-preferred-alternative') function displays the
20 message with the default preferred alternative. This is as if
21 `mm-discouraged-alternatives' was set to nil (closes SF #1777321).
22
23 ** New Variables in MH-E 8.1
24
25 *** mh-annotate-msg-hook
26
27 The `mh-annotate-msg-hook' hook is run whenever a message is sent and
28 after the scan lines and message are annotated. Hook functions can
29 access the current folder name with `mh-current-folder' and obtain the
30 message numbers of the annotated messages with `mh-annotate-list'
31 (closes SF #2032269).
32
33 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.1
34
35 *** Can't Use Aliases with GPG
36
37 GPG requires e-mail addresses, not aliases. So resolve aliases before
38 passing addresses to GPG/PGP (closes SF #649226).
39
40 *** mh-mml-forward-message: Disposition Should Be Inline
41
42 The `f' (`mh-forward') function now forwards messages as inline
43 attachments (closes SF #1378993).
44
45 *** Illegal Filename Characters on Windows Filesystems
46
47 The X-Image-URL cache created filenames with invalid characters on
48 Windows. This has been fixed with assistance from Darel Henman (closes
49 SF #1396499).
50
51 *** Make Many Header Fields Invisible
52
53 A vast landscape of header fields are now invisible. You may wish to
54 browse `mh-invisible-header-fields-default' and clean up your
55 `mh-invisible-header-fields' option. A permanent bug (SF #1916032) has
56 been created where you can submit header fields that should be
57 rendered invisible (closes SF #1701231).
58
59 *** mh-forward Includes Messages in Reverse Order
60
61 The `f' (`mh-forward') function now includes messages in ascending
62 order (closes SF #1730393).
63
64 *** Compile Fails on XEmacs 21.5 beta 28
65
66 This has been fixed with help from Henrique Martins (closes SF
67 #1749774).
68
69 *** Rename Variant mu-mh to gnu-mh
70
71 The GNU mailutils MH variant was named inconsistently. The variant has
72 been renamed to gnu-mh throughout. Thanks to Darel Henman (closes SF
73 #1768928).
74
75 *** Respect MH environment Variable
76
77 Even if the MH environment variable was set, an error was generated if
78 "~/.mh_profile" was missing. This has been fixed thanks to Xavier
79 Maillard (closes SF #1946861).
80
81 *** Enhance mh-mairix-regexp-builder
82
83 Additional items have been added to the Mairix search string in order
84 to support org-mode. Thanks to Nick Dokos (closes SF #1965704).
85
86 *** mh-mh-to-mime and mh-mh-to-mime-undo Reset Modes
87
88 The functions `mh-mh-to-mime' and `mh-mh-to-mime-undo' would reset the
89 buffer to fundamental mode. This has been fixed thanks to Sergey
90 Poznyakoff (closes SF #1966722).
91
92 \f
93
94 * Changes in MH-E 8.0.3
95
96 Version 8.0.3 fixes errors in sending messages and in running spam
97 filter commands in certain circumstances.
98
99 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0.3
100
101 *** mh-send-args Cannot Be nil
102
103 If `mh-send-uses-spost-flag' was set, an error would prevent the
104 sending of messages. This has been fixed (closes SF #1564742).
105
106 *** Missing Quotes in sa-learn Command Line
107
108 This has been fixed (closes SF #1565460).
109
110 *** Errors Associated with mh-junk-background
111
112 The Spamassassin filter commands were used inconsistently and
113 incorrectly; if `mh-junk-background' were nil, not all of the updating
114 would happen correctly. In the other back-ends such as bogofilter and
115 SpamProbe, a value of t for `mh-junk-background' would cause the
116 commands associated with these filters to fail. These problems have
117 been fixed (closes SF #1594802).
118
119 \f
120
121 * Changes in MH-E 8.0.2
122
123 Version 8.0.2 fixes the tool bar and `F n' on XEmacs, and `K a' on GNU
124 mailutils.
125
126 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0.2
127
128 *** Tool Bar Not Displayed in XEmacs
129
130 The MH-E tool bar didn't show up in XEmacs; now it does. Thanks to Ted
131 Phelps <phelps@gnusto.com> (closes SF #1506846).
132
133 *** mh-mime-save-parts Assumes -store Default
134
135 It was assumed that -store was the default for both mhn and mhstore.
136 This has been fixed by using -store except when using nmh. Thanks to
137 Sergey Poznyakoff <gray@Mirddin.farlep.net> (closes SF #1513140).
138
139 *** F-n Doesn't Work
140
141 The fix for SF #1499712 broke `F n' (`mh-index-new-messages') on
142 XEmacs since a regular expression that XEmacs could not handle was
143 added. This regexp has been fixed (closes SF #1514424).
144
145 \f
146
147 * Changes in MH-E 8.0.1
148
149 Version 8.0.1 works around a couple of bugs in GNU mailutils, spost,
150 and Windows. MH-E now requires the use of version 1.0 of mailutils due
151 to a bug in the folder command.
152
153 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0.1
154
155 *** Infinite Loop When Searching (mailutils)
156
157 The GNU mailutils folder command displays output when a folder doesn't
158 exist. MH-E didn't expect this and responded with an infinite loop
159 during searches. While this bug has since been fixed in mailutils,
160 MH-E has been modified to work anyway (closes SF #1499712).
161
162 *** spost Doesn't Have -msgid or -mime Flags
163
164 The post replacement spost does not support the -msgid or -mime flags.
165 A new variable `mh-send-uses-spost-flag' was added to control the use
166 of these flags (closes SF #1486726).
167
168 *** <2> in Search Folders Illegal in Windows
169
170 The <2> suffix to the search folder names contain illegal filename
171 characters in Windows. These cause searches to fail on Windows. This
172 has been fixed by changing the suffix to -2 (closes SF #1507002).
173
174 \f
175
176 * Changes in MH-E 8.0
177
178 Version 8.0 supports GNU mailutils, S/MIME, picons, which-func-mode,
179 sports an improved interface for hiding header fields, improves upon
180 the MH variant detection, improves folder completion, makes the pick
181 search equivalent to the other types of searches, spruces up the tool
182 bar, creates the correct MIME type when including OpenOffice
183 documents, works on a Mac, adds colors to buttons for signed or
184 encrypted messages, incorporates new features introduced in
185 Emacs 22.1, fixes a bunch of bugs, and best of all, comes with an
186 updated manual!
187
188 Internally, MH-E now sports a new software organization which will
189 help future maintainability. As a side-effect, the number of XEmacs
190 compilation warnings has plummeted from hundreds to just three. CVS
191 users will notice that MH-E has been migrated from the CVS repository
192 from SourceForge to Savannah (but only for those files that were
193 already part of Emacs). As a result, the location of MH-E in the
194 load-path has changed, and mh-e-autoloads.el was renamed to
195 mh-autoloads.el. See section INSTALL in the README for details. While
196 this migration will benefit maintainers, it will also benefit users:
197 CVS Emacs users will not have to check out MH-E separately and welcome
198 faster MH-E updates, and CVS MH-E users will welcome faster MH-E
199 updates from Emacs developers. Read section CVS MH-E INSTALL in the
200 README for details.
201
202 While not related to this release, the MH-E mailing lists are now
203 gatewayed at gmane.org (closes SF #979308).
204
205 If you want to see the release notes for the alpha and beta releases
206 leading up this release, please see:
207
208 http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/etc/MH-E-NEWS?rev=1.25&root=emacs&view=markup
209
210 \f
211
212 ** New Features in MH-E 8.0
213
214 *** GNU mailutils Support
215
216 MH-E now supports GNU mailutils 0.4 and higher versions.
217
218 *** S/MIME Support
219
220 MH-E now supports S/MIME using Gnus 5.10.6 or higher.
221
222 *** Picon Support
223
224 In addition to the other methods of displaying an icon for the sender
225 of a message, MH-E can now display images from a picon directory. The
226 directory search path is found in the `mh-picon-directory-list'
227 variable. More documentation is found in the "facedb" sections in the
228 xfaces man page.
229
230 *** Catchup Command
231
232 There is a new `F c' (`mh-catchup') command that marks all unread
233 messages in the current folder as read.
234
235 *** Use which-func-mode to Display Folder in Index Mode
236
237 Turning on `which-func-mode' displays the folder name of the message
238 under the cursor in index folders (closes SF #855520).
239
240 *** Quick Key Help
241
242 The `?' (`mh-help') function now displays the help in its own buffer
243 called *MH-E Help* (closes SF #493740 and SF #656631).
244
245 *** Search Unification
246
247 The old `F s' behavior of adding messages to the search sequence has
248 been removed. The `F i' keybinding was deprecated and the new `F s'
249 (`mh-search') command is used to initiate either indexed or pick
250 searches. Within the MH-Search buffer (renamed from MH-Pick), the
251 command `C-c C-p' (`mh-pick-do-search') now runs pick on the given
252 folder recursively and displays the results in a search folder like
253 the other search methods (closes SF #829207).
254
255 *** Entry Points Have Moved
256
257 Emacs 21 users must now add `(require 'mh-autoloads)' because the
258 entry points (such as `mh-rmail' and `mh-smail') have moved to
259 different files which have made the autoloads that come with Emacs
260 inaccurate. This change was necessary because the code was reorganized
261 to remove circular dependencies, to make the code more stable and
262 maintainable, and to reduce the time to load MH-E.
263
264 *** MH-Folder Keymap Changes
265
266 There is now a keymap for the printing functions whose prefix is `P'.
267 The command `l' (`mh-print-msg') has been replaced with `P l' although
268 we suggest you use the new `P p' instead.
269
270 Key 7.4.4 8.0
271
272 ; - mh-toggle-mh-decode-mime-flag
273 l mh-print-msg -
274 / f mh-narrow-to-from -
275 / r mh-narrow-to-range -
276 / g - mh-narrow-to-range
277 / m - mh-narrow-to-from
278 F c - mh-catchup
279 F i mh-index-search -
280 F s mh-search-folder mh-search
281 K e - mh-display-with-external-viewer
282 K t - mh-toggle-mime-buttons
283 P ? - mh-prefix-help
284 P C - mh-ps-print-toggle-color
285 P F - mh-ps-print-toggle-faces
286 P f - mh-ps-print-msg-file
287 P l - mh-print-msg
288 P p - mh-ps-print-msg
289
290 *** MH-Letter Keymap Changes
291
292 The change where `mh-letter-mode' derives from `mail-mode' adds a few
293 keybindings. Some are interesting: experiment! Only the keybinding
294 changes for MH-E functions are listed here.
295
296 Most of the changes have to do with the renaming of the functions with
297 "mhn" in them to "mh" because nmh doesn't use `mhn'. The names were
298 also made consistent with the the family of "mml" functions.
299
300 The type of signing or encryption has been generalized so the method
301 is now an option rather than a part of the function's name. The option
302 is `mh-mml-method-default' and choices include PGP (MIME), PGP,
303 S/MIME, or none.
304
305 Key 7.4.4 8.0
306
307 C-c C-e mh-edit-mhn mh-mh-to-mime
308 C-c RET C-e mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime
309 mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt
310 C-c RET C-g - mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp
311 C-c RET C-n - mh-mml-unsecure-message
312 C-c RET C-s mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime
313 mh-mml-secure-message-sign
314 C-c RET C-t - mh-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar
315 C-c RET C-u mh-revert-mhn-edit mh-mh-to-mime-undo
316 C-c RET C-x - mh-mh-compose-external-type
317 C-c RET e mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime
318 Prefix Command
319 C-c RET e e - mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt
320 C-c RET e s - mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt
321 C-c RET g - mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp
322 C-c RET n - mh-mml-unsecure-message
323 C-c RET s - Prefix Command
324 C-c RET s e - mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt
325 C-c RET s s - mh-mml-secure-message-sign
326 C-c RET t - mh-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar
327 C-c RET u mh-revert-mhn-edit mh-mh-to-mime-undo
328 C-c RET x - mh-mh-compose-external-type
329
330 C-c C-f C-a - mh-to-field
331 C-c C-f C-l - mh-to-field
332 C-c C-f RET - mh-to-field
333 C-c C-f a - mh-to-field
334 C-c C-f l - mh-to-field
335 C-c C-f m - mh-to-field
336
337 *** MH-Search Keymap Changes
338
339 These are the changes associated with the new search mode. The command
340 `C-c C-c' (`mh-index-do-search') now performs the standard indexed
341 search, while `C-c C-p' (`mh-pick-do-search') runs pick as before,
342 only better!
343
344 The `mh-to-field' keybindings were adjusted to be consistent with
345 those in the MH-Letter mode.
346
347 Key 7.4.4 8.0
348
349 C-c C-c mh-do-search mh-index-do-search
350 C-c C-f C-d mh-to-field -
351 C-c C-f C-f mh-to-field -
352 C-c C-f C-r mh-to-field -
353 C-c C-f RET - mh-to-field
354 C-c C-f d mh-to-field -
355 C-c C-f f mh-to-field -
356 C-c C-f m - mh-to-field
357 C-c C-f r mh-to-field -
358 C-c TAB mh-index-do-search -
359
360 *** Updates to X-Image-URL
361
362 Now support the use of `curl' and `fetch' as alternatives to `wget' to
363 obtain the image. The display of images are controlled with the
364 `mh-show-use-xface-flag' option while the `mh-fetch-x-image-url'
365 option controls how the images are fetched.
366
367 The default of `mh-fetch-x-image-url' has been changed to "Never
368 Fetch." Those of you who like the value of "Ask Before Fetching" will
369 have to customize this option (closes SF #831278).
370
371 WARNING: There are security concerns with this feature. Please read
372 the documentation for these options carefully before changing the
373 default.
374
375 *** Updates to mh-identity-list
376
377 Note that the field names found in `mh-identity-list' that refer to
378 the fields in `mh-identity-handlers' have changed in an incompatible
379 way from 7.4.4. In general, the symbolic names now have a ":" prefix
380 to avoid collisions with header fields. Before starting Emacs, edit
381 your .emacs and insert ":" before "signature" if you have defined it.
382
383 You can change your attribution in replies with the new "Attribution
384 Verb" field, and you can set your default GPG user ID with the "GPG
385 key ID" field.
386
387 Signatures can now be read from the `mh-signature-file-name' variable,
388 or come from a function, in addition to a named file. If you write
389 your own function, variables that you can use include
390 `mh-signature-separator-regexp', `mh-signature-separator',
391 and `mh-signature-separator-p'.
392
393 The handling of these fields has been moved into a new
394 `mh-identity-handlers' option, an alist of fields (strings) and
395 handlers (functions). Strings are lowercase. Use ":signature" for
396 Signature and ":pgg-default-user-id" for GPG Key ID. The function
397 associated with the string "default" is used if no other functions are
398 appropriate. For this reason, don't name a header field "Default".
399
400 If you point your signature at a vCard file with a vcf suffix, then it
401 will be incorporated as a vCard body part (closes SF #802723).
402
403 *** Updates to Speedbar
404
405 The speedbar now renders the folders with unseen messages in boldface
406 which makes them easier to identify (closes SF #623369).
407
408 *** Updates to mh-msg-is-in-seq
409
410 Can now specify an alternate message number to `S s'
411 (`mh-msg-is-in-seq') with a prefix argument.
412
413 *** Updates to mh-to-field-choices
414
415 In MH-Letter mode, you can use the `C-c C-f' (`mh-to-field') prefix to
416 go to and insert fields. The fields `Reply-To:', `Mail-Reply-To:',
417 `Mail-Followup-To:' can now be created via the `C-r', `C-a' (for
418 author), and `C-l' keys respectively. The key for the `From:' field
419 has been renamed from `C-r' to `C-m' for consistency with `mail-mode'
420 (closes SF #1400139).
421
422 *** Change Content-Type Renderer on the Fly in MH-Show Buffer
423
424 This has been implemented by adding the key binding `K e'
425 (`mh-display-with-external-viewer'). For inline text/html parts,
426 buttons aren't displayed by default. In that case use `K t'
427 (`mh-toggle-mime-buttons') to display the button before viewing it
428 with an external browser (closes SF #839318).
429
430 *** MH-E No Longer Calls install-mh
431
432 The new variant detection code makes use of `mhparam' which assumes
433 that your MH environment has already been set up. The code to call
434 `install-mh', which could no longer be run anyway, was removed.
435
436 *** Add :package-version Keyword to Options
437
438 This `defcustom', `defgroup', and `defface' keyword was introduced in
439 Emacs 22.1. MH-E has been extended to take advantage of it. With this
440 keyword, you can now use `M-x customize-changed-options' to see what
441 options in MH-E have changed between versions of Emacs. In a future
442 version of Emacs, you'll be able to see changes between MH-E versions
443 as well (closes SF #1452724).
444
445 *** Render Signature and vCard in Italics
446
447 This has been implemented. Use `mh-show-signature-face' to customize
448 the face used (closes SF #802722).
449
450 *** Derive mh-letter-mode from mail-mode
451
452 MH-Letter mode is now derived from `mail-mode'. We were able to delete
453 a lot of code. In return, there are a few `mail-mode' commands that
454 are available that may or may not be useful and the `mail-mode-hook'
455 is run (closes SF #1385571).
456
457 *** Remove Emacs 20 Support
458
459 As it turns out, we had already added some code that didn't work on
460 Emacs 20. However, now we've formalized it and removed code that was
461 present solely for Emacs 20 support (closes SF #1359240).
462
463 *** Glimpse Support Removed
464
465 Since glimpse isn't free, we cannot mention it. Glimpse has been
466 removed from the option `mh-indexer-choices' (closes SF #831276).
467
468 *** Use run-hook-with-args
469
470 We use normal hooks whenever possible and do not use
471 `run-hook-with-args' (with one documented exception) (closes SF
472 #643702).
473
474 \f
475
476 ** New Variables in MH-E 8.0
477
478 *** mh-after-commands-processed-hook
479
480 Hook run by `x' (`mh-execute-commands') after performing outstanding
481 refile and delete requests.
482
483 *** mh-alias-reloaded-hook
484
485 Invoked by `mh-alias-reload' after reloading aliases.
486
487 *** mh-auto-fields-prompt-flag
488
489 On means to prompt before sending if fields in `mh-auto-fields-list'
490 are inserted.
491
492 *** mh-before-commands-processed-hook
493
494 Renamed from `mh-folder-updated-hook'. It wasn't clear whether
495 `mh-folder-updated-hook' was run before or after the commands were
496 executed. We now provide both with clear names.
497
498 *** mh-compose-forward-as-mime-flag
499
500 On means that messages are forwarded as attachments (closes SF
501 #827203).
502
503 *** mh-default-folder-for-message-function
504
505 Function to select a default folder for refiling or `Fcc:'.
506
507 *** mh-forward-hook
508
509 Invoked on the forwarded letter by `f' (`mh-forward').
510
511 *** mh-highlight-citation-style
512
513 Renamed from `mh-highlight-citation-p' since it wasn't a boolean. The
514 new name is also more descriptive.
515
516 *** mh-identity-handlers
517
518 Handler functions for fields in `mh-identity-list'.
519
520 *** mh-insert-signature-hook
521
522 Renamed from `mh-letter-insert-signature-hook' since most of the other
523 hooks do not carry the mode in the prefix and because the new name is
524 equally clear.
525
526 *** mh-invisible-header-fields-default
527
528 List of hidden header fields. The header fields listed in this option
529 are hidden, although you can check off any field that you would like
530 to see. Header fields that you would like to hide that aren't listed
531 can be added to the `mh-invisible-header-fields' option (closes SF
532 #752045).
533
534 The option `mh-visible-header-fields' has been deleted.
535
536 *** mh-junk-background
537
538 If on, spam programs are run in background. This used to be the
539 default behavior but this could overwhelm a system if many messages
540 were black- or whitelisted at once. The spam programs are now run in
541 the foreground, but this option can be used to put them back in the
542 background.
543
544 *** mh-junk-disposition
545
546 Renamed from `mh-junk-mail-folder' since this variable can accept
547 values other than folder names.
548
549 *** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hooks
550
551 Renamed from `mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook'. By convention,
552 abnormal hooks, which this is, either have a -function or -hooks
553 suffix.
554
555 *** mh-mhl-format-file
556
557 Renamed from `mhl-formfile' to put it in the MH-E namespace and to be
558 consistent with other similar options.
559
560 *** mh-mh-to-mime-hook
561
562 Renamed from `mh-edit-mhn-hook'. We have a family of `mh-mml-to-mime'
563 functions and variables; the older mhn functions and variables were
564 renamed to have a consistent `mh-mh-to-mime' prefix.
565
566 *** mh-mml-method-default
567
568 Default method to use in security tags.
569
570 *** mh-new-messages-folders
571
572 Renamed from `mh-index-new-messages-folders' for clarity.
573
574 *** mh-path
575
576 Additional list of directories to search for MH.
577
578 *** mh-redist-full-contents-flag
579
580 On means the `dist' command needs entire letter for redistribution.
581 This was previously a variable. It's now an option.
582
583 *** mh-search-mode-hook
584
585 Renamed from `mh-pick-mode-hook' as part of the
586 `mh-index.el'/`mh-pick.el' merge into `mh-search.el'.
587
588 *** mh-search-program
589
590 Renamed from `mh-index-program' as part of the
591 `mh-index.el'/`mh-pick.el' merge into `mh-search.el'.
592
593 *** mh-signature-separator-flag
594
595 On means a signature separator should be inserted. It is not
596 recommended that you change this option since various mail user
597 agents, including MH-E, use the separator to present the signature
598 differently, and to suppress the signature when replying or yanking a
599 letter into a draft.
600
601 *** mh-sortm-args
602
603 Additional arguments for `sortm'. This was previously an internal
604 variable. It's now an user-customizable option.
605
606 *** mh-speed-update-interval
607
608 Renamed from `mh-speed-flists-interval' for clarity.
609
610 *** mh-ticked-messages-folders
611
612 Renamed from `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders' for clarity.
613
614 *** mh-variant
615
616 Specifies the variant used by MH-E. The default setting of this option
617 is `Auto-detect' which means that MH-E will automatically choose the
618 first of nmh, MH, or GNU mailutils that it finds in the directories
619 listed in `mh-path', `mh-sys-path', and `exec-path'. If, for example,
620 you have both nmh and mailutils installed and `mh-variant-in-use' was
621 initialized to nmh but you want to use mailutils, then you can set
622 this option to `mailutils'.
623
624 When this variable is changed, MH-E resets `mh-progs', `mh-lib',
625 `mh-lib-progs', `mh-flists-present-flag', and `mh-variant-in-use'
626 accordingly.
627
628 If you've set these variables in your .emacs, it is strongly suggested
629 that you comment them out. The MH detection code has been completely
630 rewritten and it is very likely that you no longer to set them and
631 their setting may confuse other MH-E settings.
632
633 *** mh-xemacs-tool-bar-position
634
635 Renamed from `mh-xemacs-toolbar-position' per GNU Emacs naming conventions.
636
637 *** mh-xemacs-use-tool-bar-flag
638
639 Renamed from `mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag' per GNU Emacs naming conventions.
640
641 *** mh-yank-behavior
642
643 Renamed from `mh-yank-from-start-of-msg' for clarity.
644
645 \f
646
647 ** Variables Deleted in MH-E 8.0
648
649 *** mh-alias-system-aliases
650
651 System definitions should not be a user option.
652
653 *** mh-edit-mhn-hook
654
655 Renamed to `mh-mh-to-mime-hook'.
656
657 *** mh-folder-updated-hook
658
659 Renamed to `mh-before-commands-processed-hook'.
660
661 *** mh-highlight-citation-p
662
663 Renamed to `mh-highlight-citation-style'.
664
665 *** mh-index-new-messages-folders
666
667 Renamed to `mh-new-messages-folders'.
668
669 *** mh-index-program
670
671 Renamed to `mh-search-program'.
672
673 *** mh-index-ticked-messages-folders
674
675 Renamed to `mh-ticked-messages-folders'.
676
677 *** mh-junk-mail-folder
678
679 Since this variable can accept values other than folder names, it was
680 renamed to `mh-junk-disposition' to more accurately reflect the content.
681
682 *** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook
683
684 Renamed to `mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hooks'.
685
686 *** mh-letter-insert-signature-hook
687
688 Renamed to `mh-insert-signature-hook'.
689
690 *** mh-pick-mode-hook
691
692 Renamed to `mh-search-mode-hook'.
693
694 *** mh-show-use-goto-addr-flag
695
696 This flag was redundant with and inconsistent with
697 `goto-address-highlight-p' at the same time, so we removed it. Please
698 customize `goto-address-highlight-p' if you wish to turn off email
699 address and URL highlighting.
700
701 *** mh-speed-flists-interval
702
703 Renamed to `mh-speed-update-interval'.
704
705 *** mh-speed-run-flists-flag
706
707 Deleted since setting `mh-speed-flists-interval' to 0 accomplishes the
708 same thing.
709
710 *** mh-visible-header-fields
711
712 Deleted since it would hide new header fields you might want to see.
713
714 *** mh-xemacs-toolbar-position
715
716 Renamed to `mh-xemacs-tool-bar-position'.
717
718 *** mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag
719
720 Renamed to `mh-xemacs-use-tool-bar-flag'.
721
722 *** mh-yank-from-start-of-msg
723
724 Renamed to `mh-yank-behavior'.
725
726 *** mhl-formfile
727
728 Renamed to `mh-mhl-format-file'.
729
730 \f
731
732 ** New Faces in MH-E 8.0
733
734 *** mh-folder-address
735
736 Renamed from `mh-folder-address-face' per new Emacs conventions.
737
738 *** mh-folder-body
739
740 Renamed from `mh-folder-body-face' per new Emacs conventions.
741
742 *** mh-folder-cur-msg-number
743
744 Renamed from `mh-folder-cur-msg-number-face' per new Emacs conventions.
745
746 *** mh-folder-date
747
748 Renamed from `mh-folder-date-face' per new Emacs conventions.
749
750 *** mh-folder-deleted
751
752 Renamed from `mh-folder-deleted-face' per new Emacs conventions.
753
754 *** mh-folder-followup
755
756 Renamed from `mh-folder-followup-face' per new Emacs conventions.
757
758 *** mh-folder-msg-number
759
760 Renamed from `mh-folder-msg-number-face' per new Emacs conventions.
761
762 *** mh-folder-refiled
763
764 Renamed from `mh-folder-refiled-face' per new Emacs conventions.
765
766 *** mh-folder-sent-to-me-hint
767
768 Fontification hint face in messages sent directly to us.
769
770 *** mh-folder-sent-to-me-sender
771
772 Sender face in messages sent directly to us.
773
774 *** mh-folder-subject
775
776 Renamed from `mh-folder-subject-face' per new Emacs conventions.
777
778 *** mh-folder-tick
779
780 Renamed from `mh-folder-tick-face' per new Emacs conventions.
781
782 *** mh-folder-to
783
784 Renamed from `mh-folder-to-face' per new Emacs conventions.
785
786 *** mh-letter-header-field
787
788 Renamed from `mh-letter-header-field-face' per new Emacs conventions.
789
790 *** mh-search-folder
791
792 Renamed from `mh-index-folder-face'.
793
794 *** mh-show-cc
795
796 Renamed from `mh-show-cc-face' per new Emacs conventions.
797
798 *** mh-show-date
799
800 Renamed from `mh-show--face' per new Emacs conventions.
801
802 *** mh-show-from
803
804 Renamed from `mh-show-from-face' per new Emacs conventions.
805
806 *** mh-show-header
807
808 Renamed from `mh-show-header-face' per new Emacs conventions.
809
810 *** mh-show-pgg-bad
811
812 Face used to highlight a bad PGG signature.
813
814 *** mh-show-pgg-good
815
816 Face used to highlight a good PGG signature.
817
818 *** mh-show-pgg-unknown
819
820 Face used to highlight a PGG signature whose status is unknown. This
821 face is also used for a signature when the signer is untrusted.
822
823 *** mh-show-signature
824
825 Face used to highlight the signature.
826
827 *** mh-show-subject
828
829 Renamed from `mh-show-subject-face' per new Emacs conventions.
830
831 *** mh-show-to
832
833 Renamed from `mh-show-to-face' per new Emacs conventions.
834
835 *** mh-show-xface
836
837 Renamed from `mh-show-xface-face' per new Emacs conventions.
838
839 *** mh-speedbar-folder
840
841 Renamed from `mh-speedbar-folder-face' per new Emacs conventions.
842
843 *** mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages
844
845 Renamed from `mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages-face' per new
846 Emacs conventions.
847
848 *** mh-speedbar-selected-folder
849
850 Renamed from `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-face' per new Emacs conventions.
851
852 *** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages
853
854 Renamed from `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages-face'
855 per new Emacs conventions.
856
857 \f
858
859 ** Faces Deleted in MH-E 8.0
860
861 *** mh-folder-address-face
862
863 Renamed to `mh-folder-address' per new Emacs conventions.
864
865 *** mh-folder-body-face
866
867 Renamed to `mh-folder-body' per new Emacs conventions.
868
869 *** mh-folder-cur-msg-face
870
871 Deleted. Not used.
872
873 *** mh-folder-cur-msg-number-face
874
875 Renamed to `mh-folder-cur-msg-number' per new Emacs conventions.
876
877 *** mh-folder-date-face
878
879 Renamed to `mh-folder-date' per new Emacs conventions.
880
881 *** mh-folder-deleted-face
882
883 Renamed to `mh-folder-deleted' per new Emacs conventions.
884
885 *** mh-folder-followup-face
886
887 Renamed to `mh-folder-followup' per new Emacs conventions.
888
889 *** mh-folder-msg-number-face
890
891 Renamed to `mh-folder-msg-number' per new Emacs conventions.
892
893 *** mh-folder-refiled-face
894
895 Renamed to `mh-folder-refiled' per new Emacs conventions.
896
897 *** mh-folder-subject-face
898
899 Renamed to `mh-folder-subject' per new Emacs conventions.
900
901 *** mh-folder-tick-face
902
903 Renamed to `mh-folder-tick' per new Emacs conventions.
904
905 *** mh-folder-to-face
906
907 Renamed to `mh-folder-to' per new Emacs conventions.
908
909 *** mh-index-folder-face
910
911 Renamed to `mh-search-folder'.
912
913 *** mh-letter-header-field-face
914
915 Renamed to `mh-letter-header-field' per new Emacs conventions.
916
917 *** mh-show-cc-face
918
919 Renamed to `mh-show-cc' per new Emacs conventions.
920
921 *** mh-show-date-face
922
923 Renamed to `mh-show-date' per new Emacs conventions.
924
925 *** mh-show-from-face
926
927 Renamed to `mh-show-from' per new Emacs conventions.
928
929 *** mh-show-header-face
930
931 Renamed to `mh-show-header' per new Emacs conventions.
932
933 *** mh-show-subject-face
934
935 Renamed to `mh-show-subject' per new Emacs conventions.
936
937 *** mh-show-to-face
938
939 Renamed to `mh-show-to' per new Emacs conventions.
940
941 *** mh-show-xface-face
942
943 Renamed to `mh-show-xface' per new Emacs conventions.
944
945 *** mh-speedbar-folder-face
946
947 Renamed to `mh-speedbar-folder' per new Emacs conventions.
948
949 *** mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages-face
950
951 Renamed to `mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages' per new Emacs conventions.
952
953 *** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-face
954
955 Renamed to `mh-speedbar-selected-folder' per new Emacs conventions.
956
957 *** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages-face
958
959 Renamed to `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages' per new
960 Emacs conventions.
961
962 \f
963
964 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0
965
966 *** Face Variable Names Now Follow Current Conventions
967
968 The -face suffix has been dropped from all face names.
969
970 *** Swish Fixes
971
972 Items in swish indexes that aren't mail messages are now handled more
973 gracefully.
974
975 *** Spamassassin Fixes
976
977 If you use spamassassin, there was an error when you tried to junk
978 mail if the option `mh-junk-background' was set. This has been fixed.
979
980 *** Mairix Support
981
982 Indexing now compatible with Mairix version 0.12 and later.
983
984 *** mh-extract-rejected-mail Can't Do MIME (and Other Formats)
985
986 Now handles qmail and exim bounces (addresses SF #404965).
987
988 *** mh-rmail Hangs in XEmacs
989
990 We've determined that MH-E is incompatible with some versions of
991 XEmacs (21.5.9-21.5.16). More recent versions work fine. If you think
992 our list is too broad, please let us know which version of XEmacs you
993 are using (closes SF #644321).
994
995 *** Completions Offered by mh-refile-message Are Not Sorted
996
997 This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #698734).
998
999 *** Add Message-ID to Outgoing Messages
1000
1001 If you replied to a message in your `+outbox', an `In-Reply-To:'
1002 header field was created that broke threading at the recipient's end.
1003 We now add a `Message-ID:' to outgoing messages which fixes this
1004 (closes SF #725425).
1005
1006 *** Inconsistent Prompts
1007
1008 Emacs changed their defaults in prompts from "Prompt: [value]" to
1009 "Prompt (default value): ". All MH-E prompts have been updated to
1010 comply with the new standard and are therefore now consistent
1011 throughout the application (closes SF #730470, SF #1275933).
1012
1013 *** Empty Shell Comments Confuse mh-mhn-directive-present-p
1014
1015 If you had a string that matched the regexp "^# $" in your draft, it
1016 would cause an error. This has been fixed (closes SF #762458).
1017
1018 *** Quote Hashes When mhbuild Directives Used
1019
1020 A related bug, if you had empty shell comments but inserted your own
1021 directives, you'd get another error from mhbuild. This has been fixed
1022 by quoting the hash ("^# $") like this "##" before submitting to
1023 mhbuild (closes SF #762464).
1024
1025 *** Inconsistent Usage in Scan Formatting Variables
1026
1027 The variables:
1028
1029 mh-note-cur
1030 mh-note-deleted
1031 mh-note-dist
1032 mh-note-forw
1033 mh-note-refiled
1034 mh-note-repl
1035 mh-note-seq
1036
1037 used to contain strings. Although only the first character was read,
1038 the entire string would be inserted which may have caused problems.
1039 These variables have been converted to character constants so that
1040 only a single character can be inserted into the scan line (closes SF
1041 #770772).
1042
1043 *** Bad Handling of Aliases That Conflict With Local User Names
1044
1045 If a user name existed both locally and in the aliases file, the local
1046 user would be flashed, but the alias would be used when sending. This
1047 has been fixed so that the user name that is flashed is the same as
1048 the name that is sent (closes SF #772595).
1049
1050 *** Initialization Fails If ~/Mail Exists
1051
1052 MH-E no longer calls `install-mh' so this issue has gone away (closes
1053 SF #835192).
1054
1055 *** Not Re-prompted to Sign After Pass Phrase Typo
1056
1057 If there were errors when sending a signed message (like getting the
1058 pass phrase wrong), the MML markup remained in the draft buffer. The
1059 draft buffer is now restored if there is an error (closes SF #839303).
1060
1061 *** Font-lock Gets Confused in MH-Letter Buffer
1062
1063 If a user manually moved the cursor to the end of the header field
1064 separator line (by mouse click or keyboard navigation) and hit Enter
1065 to start typing their message, any line in the body with a colon would
1066 be fontified with a gray background. This has been fixed (closes SF
1067 #855479).
1068
1069 *** RETURN Causes Infinite Loop in mh-letter
1070
1071 This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #887346).
1072
1073 *** mh-refile-msg Fails to Suggest Folder for Empty Message
1074
1075 If you received a message with an empty body from someone who is
1076 listed in your aliases file, `o' (`mh-refile-msg') failed to suggest
1077 the correct folder. This has been fixed (closes SF #917096).
1078
1079 *** Missing Headers When Replying to All
1080
1081 User needed to edit `replgroupcomps' (closes SF #918194).
1082
1083 *** Error Visiting Folder With no Unseen Messages
1084
1085 If you visited a folder without unseen messages and the option "flist:
1086 -noshowzero" is present in your `~/.mh_profile', you'd get an error.
1087 This has been fixed (closes SF #933954).
1088
1089 *** Error Message When Trying to Send Using MH-E
1090
1091 This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1002103).
1092
1093 *** mh-find-path Doesn't Use mhparam
1094
1095 MH-E no longer peeks into the MH profile `~/.mh_profile' directly. It
1096 uses `mhparam' instead (closes SF #1016027).
1097
1098 *** rmmproc Refile Complains No Such Message
1099
1100 MH-E would get confused about which folder to delete messages from if
1101 you were refiling and deleting messages at the same time. This has
1102 been fixed (closes SF #1023959).
1103
1104 *** auto-mode-alist Updated
1105
1106 MH-E originally updated auto-mode-alist to set the major mode of
1107 drafts. Now that we explicitly set the mode, there is no reason to do
1108 this, and this behavior caused problems for people who didn't use MH-E
1109 who were editing files that looked like MH message files (closes SF
1110 #1032353).
1111
1112 *** ! Doesn't Do Regions
1113
1114 Now it does (closes SF #1046330).
1115
1116 *** mh-show-unquote-From Fails (read-only buffer)
1117
1118 MH-E quotes the `From ' header field that is inserted by MTAs.
1119 However, it was trying to do this in a read-only buffer. This has been
1120 fixed (closes SF #1089870).
1121
1122 *** Whitespace in pick Expressions
1123
1124 The `C-u / s RET' command now works. In addition, you can now add
1125 whitespace to any of the limiting (/) commands (closes SF #1122655).
1126
1127 *** mh-index-previous-folder Does Not Work Correctly
1128
1129 If your cursor was on an item below a folder heading and you used
1130 `M-TAB' (`mh-index-previous-folder'), you would move to the previous
1131 folder heading. This has been fixed (closes SF #1126188).
1132
1133 *** Default Identity Prevents Insertion of Auto Fields
1134
1135 Auto insertion of an identity now occurs even when the default
1136 identity is used (closes SF #1204506).
1137
1138 *** mh-compose-forward and Default Message Number
1139
1140 `mh-compose-forward' will now default to the sent message in the sent
1141 folder and the `cur' message in other folders. It also takes ranges of
1142 messages and can include multiple messages at a time (closes SF
1143 #1205890).
1144
1145 *** Better Handling of Empty cur Sequence
1146
1147 If you refiled a message into a folder and then used `F r'
1148 (`mh-rescan-folder') in that folder, your cursor would be taken to the
1149 first message. The cursor now stays where it was (closes SF #1207247).
1150
1151 *** mh-customize Uses Group mh, Not mh-e
1152
1153 The `mh' customization group alias has been deleted to avoid some
1154 problems that were found (closes SF #1213716).
1155
1156 *** "Args out of range" Error in Displaying Message
1157
1158 This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1227504).
1159
1160 *** Front-and-back Truncation in mailto: Rendering
1161
1162 This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1227510).
1163
1164 *** Name of the Draft File in mh-comp.el
1165
1166 MH is documented to use the draft file. If you use a draft file for
1167 something else (like Sylpheed), then use draft folders (closes SF
1168 #1231483).
1169
1170 *** font-lock Error in mh-letter-mode
1171
1172 An error in MH-E was introduced as a result of a change in CVS Emacs.
1173 This has been fixed (closes SF #1241017).
1174
1175 *** Msg Display Broken After Displaying Msg with Inline Image
1176
1177 Messages with inline images no longer trim certain message header
1178 fields (closes SF #1306141).
1179
1180 *** mh-visit-folder Munges font-lock-keywords
1181
1182 MH-E broke highlighting in Gnus buffers. This was actually a problem
1183 in CVS Emacs 22 and has been fixed there (closes SF #1393879).
1184
1185 *** Illegal Filename Chars for W32 Filesystems
1186
1187 Windows users who view `X-Image-URL:' images could not cache the
1188 images since the cached image file names had illegal characters. This
1189 has been fixed (closes SF #1396499).
1190
1191 *** mh-send Doesn't Handle mml Insertions Via mail-user-agent
1192
1193 Can now forward messages in Gnus if MH-E is your `mail-user-agent'
1194 (closes SF #1399307).
1195
1196 *** Can't Narrow to Subject with Regexp Chars
1197
1198 The command `/ s' could not limit subjects that had special pick
1199 characters (such as [, *, $, .). This has been fixed (closes SF
1200 #1432548).
1201
1202 *** `/ s' Can Miss the Original Mail
1203
1204 The command `/ s' failed to include the message with the "Re:" in the
1205 Subject. This has been fixed (closes SF #1438369).
1206
1207 *** mhparam -components Fails on mailutils
1208
1209 This error prevented MH-E from loading when using GNU mailutils. GNU
1210 mailutils drops the `s' in this argument, so we did too since
1211 -component still works in nmh and MH (closes SF #1446985).
1212
1213 *** `/ s' Still Has Problems With []'d Mail
1214
1215 On XEmacs, subjects that had special characters would prevent `/ s'
1216 from narrowing to the given subject. These characters are now quoted
1217 correctly in XEmacs (closes SF #1447598).
1218
1219 *** Variable mh-send-args Is a String, Not a List
1220
1221 This was causing errors when sending under GNU mailutils. The internal
1222 variable `mh-send-args' is now a list which fixes the problem (closes
1223 SF #1448604).
1224
1225 *** Update Icons
1226
1227 Most of the tool bar icons have been replaced by GTK or GNOME 2 icons
1228 (closes SF #1452715).
1229
1230 *** Strip Build Number From emacs-version in X-Mailer
1231
1232 This has been done (closes SF #1466481).
1233
1234 *** Rename Function and Variable Definers
1235
1236 If you had ever shown help for an MH-E symbol that was both a function
1237 or variable, you might have found that the hyperlink to the file
1238 brought you to the wrong definition. This has been fixed by renaming
1239 the macros `mh-defgroup', `mh-defcustom', `mh-defface',
1240 `mh-defun-compat', and `mh-defmacro-compat' to `defgroup-mh',
1241 `defcustom-mh', `defface-mh', `defun-mh', `defmacro-mh' respectively
1242 (closes SF #1472029).
1243
1244 *** mh-insert-letter Uses Wrong Default
1245
1246 If you had used `C-c TAB' (`mh-insert-letter') to insert a letter into
1247 your draft, specified a different folder, and chose the default
1248 message number, you got the wrong message. This has been fixed (closes
1249 SF #1473729).
1250
1251 \f
1252
1253 * Changes in MH-E 7.4.4
1254
1255 Version 7.4.4 addresses programmatic issues from the FSF and prepares
1256 MH-E for inclusion into an impending GNU Emacs release (22.1). There
1257 are no user-visible changes (unless you are using XEmacs on DOS or
1258 don't have the cl package installed). Filenames are now unique in
1259 their first 8 characters (DOS 8.3 requirement). The runtime dependency
1260 on the cl package has been removed. Desktop saving and restoration
1261 code moved here from desktop.el.
1262
1263 * Changes in MH-E 7.4.3
1264
1265 Version 7.4.3 fixes the problem where `mh-identity-list' was not getting
1266 set from .emacs.
1267
1268 * Changes in MH-E 7.4.2
1269
1270 Version 7.4.2 fixes the accidental dependence on nmh (closes SF
1271 #791021).
1272
1273 * Changes in MH-E 7.4.1
1274
1275 Version 7.4.1 fixes the Makefile so it no longer tries to compile
1276 mh-unit.el.
1277
1278 * Changes in MH-E 7.4
1279
1280 Version 7.4 contains many new useful features including arbitrary MH
1281 range handling, new draft features such as draft form editing, as well
1282 as sequence propagation and manipulation. We've also fixed bugs and
1283 added a handful of new variables.
1284
1285 ** New Features in MH-E 7.4
1286
1287 *** Add Arbitrary Ranges to MH-E UI
1288
1289 MH-E now handles any legal MH range (such as last:5 or 4 8 10-12)
1290 wherever you're prompted for a message number or sequence (closes SF
1291 #728638).
1292
1293 *** Remove Prompting in mh-send
1294
1295 Brian Reid's original mhe didn't do prompting anywhere but used forms
1296 instead. While we won't go that far, we eliminated prompting where a
1297 form is already involved, such as in composing a message.
1298
1299 The new customization variable `mh-compose-prompt-flag' can be set to
1300 t to get the original behavior (closes SF #745622).
1301
1302 *** Use TAB to Switch Fields in Header
1303
1304 When composing a message, TAB and SHIFT-TAB can be used to move
1305 quickly between header fields. The new customization variable,
1306 `mh-compose-skipped-header-fields', contains a list of header fields
1307 that are skipped and truncated if they are too long (closes SF
1308 #745627).
1309
1310 *** Alias Completion in Composition Buffer
1311
1312 Aliases can be completed in the draft with "M-TAB
1313 (mh-letter-complete)". Or, if the customization variable
1314 `mh-compose-space-does-completion-flag' is set to t, then a "SPC
1315 (mh-letter-complete-or-space)" with do the same thing. If
1316 `mh-alias-flash-on-comma' is non-nil, ", (mh-letter-confirm-address)"
1317 will show the alias expansion in the minibuffer (closes SF #745634).
1318
1319 *** Auto Fields Should be Inserted During Send
1320
1321 Fields that were inserted by the multiple personality code when the
1322 draft was sent now insert the header fields when the draft is composed
1323 to give you a chance to edit them (closes SF #747890).
1324
1325 *** mh-index-tick-messages
1326
1327 The command "F ' (mh-index-ticked-messages)" creates a buffer with all
1328 messages ticked with "' (mh-toggle-tick)" in the folders listed in the
1329 new customization variable `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders'. Chances
1330 are that if you set `mh-index-new-messages-folders', you'll want to
1331 set `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders' accordingly.
1332
1333 In addition, a general function, "F q (mh-index-sequenced-messages)"
1334 has been provided that displays messages in the `mh-unseen-seq' in the
1335 folders listed `mh-index-new-messages-folders', unless a prefix
1336 argument is given, in which case you can provide both a list of
1337 folders and a sequence (closes SF #718833).
1338
1339 *** Narrow to Region
1340
1341 If there is a region, "/ r (mh-narrow-to-range)" will only consider
1342 those messages in the region. In addition, there is now a stack of
1343 folder limits which can be popped with "/ w (mh-widen)". With a prefix
1344 arg, all the restrictions are popped off of the stack (closes SF
1345 #732823).
1346
1347 *** Narrow to Ticked Sequence
1348
1349 The buffer can now be narrowed to ticked messages with "S '
1350 (mh-narrow-to-tick)" (closes SF #732825).
1351
1352 *** Display Multiple Buttons for multipart/alternative
1353
1354 A new customizable variable,
1355 `mh-display-buttons-for-alternatives-flag', was added to display
1356 buttons for the alternatives. The default value is nil to retain the
1357 current behavior (closes SF #741288).
1358
1359 *** Identity Menu Changes
1360
1361 A menu item has been added that inserts custom fields if the To or Cc
1362 header fields match `mh-auto-fields-list'.
1363
1364 ** New Variables in MH-E 7.4
1365
1366 *** mh-alias-local-users-prefix
1367
1368 This string is prepended to the real names of users from the passwd
1369 file. If nil, use the username string unmodified instead of the real
1370 name from the gecos field of the passwd file.
1371
1372 *** mh-alias-passwd-gecos-comma-separator-flag
1373
1374 Non-nil means the gecos field in the passwd file uses comma as a
1375 separator. Used to construct aliases for users in the passwd file."
1376
1377 *** mh-interpret-number-as-range-flag
1378
1379 Non-nil means interpret a number as a range. If the variable is
1380 non-nil, and you use an integer, N, when asked for a range to scan,
1381 then MH-E uses the range "last:N".
1382
1383 *** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook
1384
1385 This new hook is invoked at the beginning of the `F k
1386 (mh-kill-folder)' command. It is a list of functions to be called,
1387 with no arguments, which should return a value of non-nil if you
1388 should not be asked if you're sure that you want to remove the folder.
1389 This is useful for folders that are easily regenerated.
1390
1391 The default value of `mh-index-p' suppresses the prompt on folders
1392 generated by an index search.
1393
1394 WARNING: Use this hook with care. If there is a bug in your hook which
1395 returns t on +inbox and you hit `F k' by accident in the +inbox
1396 buffer, you will not be happy.
1397
1398 *** mh-refile-preserves-sequences-flag
1399
1400 Non-nil means that sequences are preserved when messages are refiled.
1401 If this variable is non-nil and a message belonging to a sequence
1402 other than cur or Previous-Sequence (see mh-profile 5) is refiled then
1403 it is put in the same sequence in the destination folder. Additional
1404 sequences that should not to be preserved can be specified by setting
1405 `mh-unpropagated-sequences' appropriately.
1406
1407 *** mh-visible-header-fields
1408
1409 Customize this instead of `mh-visible-headers', which is now a defvar.
1410 This was done to mimic the relationship between
1411 `mh-invisible-header-fields' and `mh-invisible-fields'.
1412
1413 ** Variables Deleted in MH-E 7.4
1414
1415 *** mh-visible-headers
1416
1417 See the paragraph for `mh-visible-header-fields' above.
1418
1419 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.4
1420
1421 *** Aliases Constantly Reloaded
1422
1423 The system aliases are not loaded as often as they were, so the
1424 completion speed has been dramatically improved if your passwd file is
1425 large (closes SF #693859).
1426
1427 *** Folders in MH-Index View Not Saved
1428
1429 When you perform a search to produce an MH-Index buffer, the folders
1430 that contain the messages are shown. If the MH-Index buffer was
1431 deleted, or Emacs was restarted and the corresponding folder
1432 rescanned, the folder information would be lost. This has been fixed
1433 by saving the information in a file called ".mhe_index" (closes SF
1434 #701762).
1435
1436 *** Ticking Messages in +mhe-index/new
1437
1438 If a new message in a buffer created by "F n" was ticked (with "'"),
1439 the message would not be added to the tick sequence in the source
1440 folder. This has been fixed so that any sequence changes in any index
1441 folder (from within MH-E of course) are now reflected back to the
1442 corresponding source folder (closes SF #709664).
1443
1444 *** Custom Vars Set by a Function
1445
1446 The default setting of customization variable `mh-summary-height' is
1447 now `nil' which means MH-E will change the size dynamically according
1448 to the size of the frame (closes SF #723267).
1449
1450 *** Folder Completion Slow
1451
1452 The first folder completion was very slow. This has been fixed (closes
1453 SF #730426).
1454
1455 *** Tick Sequence Persistent When Refiled
1456
1457 Sequences are now preserved when messages are refiled (closes SF
1458 #737128).
1459
1460 *** Auto-inserted Header Fields Inconsistent
1461
1462 For consistency, all automatically inserted header fields (such as
1463 X-Mailer and X-Face) are added when the draft is first presented to
1464 you. This also gives you a chance to edit or delete them if necessary
1465 (closes SF #745624). Note that we would be distressed if you deleted
1466 the X-Mailer field.
1467
1468 *** Toolbar Spec Error
1469
1470 The following message appeared when displaying a message in XEmacs:
1471
1472 Signaling: (error "Toolbar spec must be list or nil" )
1473
1474 This has been fixed (closes SF #745655).
1475
1476 *** mh-index-search Doesn't Find Short Acronyms
1477
1478 Swish typically ignores words with fewer than four letters, but will
1479 still look for acronyms. Unfortunately, MH-E was downcasing the input
1480 words which defeated this feature. This has been fixed (closes SF
1481 #755718).
1482
1483 \f
1484
1485 * Changes in MH-E 7.3
1486
1487 This release includes the new features of an index view of unseen
1488 messages in all folders, spam software support, relative folder
1489 specification @ support, marking messages, recipient handling by
1490 mh-default-folder-list, Face and X-Image-URL header field support, and
1491 Fcc completion. Function arguments have been unified. Bugs have been
1492 fixed.
1493
1494 ** New Features in MH-E 7.3
1495
1496 *** Unified Function Arguments
1497
1498 Any function with MSG-OR-SEQ in its docstring uses the displayed
1499 message by default for this argument. However, if a prefix argument is
1500 provided, then the user is prompted for a message sequence. If the
1501 variable `transient-mark-mode' is non-nil and the mark is active, then
1502 the function operates on the messages in the selected region. In a
1503 program, MSG-OR-SEQ can be a message number, a list of message
1504 numbers, a region in a cons cell, or a sequence.
1505
1506 *** MH-Index View of Unseen Messages
1507
1508 Use "F n (mh-index-new-messages)" or Folder -> View New Messages menu
1509 item to display messages in the `mh-unseen-seq' sequence in folders
1510 specified by `mh-index-new-messages-folders'. With a prefix argument,
1511 enter a space-separated list of folders, or nothing to search all
1512 folders.
1513
1514 Like other MH-Index folders, use "v (mh-index-visit-folder)" if you
1515 wish to visit the original folder with the unseen message. This is
1516 usually not necessary since the original message is annotated if you
1517 reply, deleted if you delete the message, or refiled if you refile the
1518 message (closes SF #701756).
1519
1520 *** Spam Software Support
1521
1522 MH-E now supports several spam filters including Bogofilter,
1523 SpamProbe, and SpamAssassin. Spam that is mistakenly considered to be
1524 good mail can be reclassified as spam with "J b (mh-junk-blacklist)".
1525 Conversely, good mail that is accidently considered to be spam can be
1526 reclassified with "J w (mh-junk-whitelist)" (closes SF #669518).
1527
1528 If a message is blacklisted, and `mh-junk-mail-folder' is a string,
1529 then the message is refiled to that folder. If this variable is nil,
1530 the message is deleted. If a message is whitelisted, then the message
1531 is refiled to `mh-inbox'.
1532
1533 To change the spam program being used, customize `mh-junk-program'.
1534 This should only be necessary if you have multiple filters on your
1535 system and MH-E picked the wrong one. These customization variables
1536 are found in the new customization group `mh-junk'.
1537
1538 The documentation for the following functions describes what setup is
1539 needed for the different spam fighting programs:
1540
1541 - `mh-bogofilter-blacklist'
1542 - `mh-spamprobe-blacklist'
1543 - `mh-spamassassin-blacklist'
1544
1545 *** Relative Folder Specification @ Supported
1546
1547 You can now use the relative folder marker @ in folder names (closes
1548 SF #666774).
1549
1550 *** Marking Messages
1551
1552 Messages can now be highlighted with "' (mh-toggle-tick)", Sequence ->
1553 Toggle Tick Mark menu item or the "Toggle tick mark" button. These
1554 messages are added to the "tick" sequence, although this sequence can
1555 be changed in `mh-tick-seq'. The highlighting effect can be modified
1556 by customizing `mh-folder-tick-face' (closes SF #623367).
1557
1558 There is also a new keybinding "/ ' (mh-narrow-to-tick)" and menu item
1559 Sequence -> Narrow to Tick Sequence to narrow the view to the
1560 highlighted messages.
1561
1562 *** mh-default-folder-list Now Takes Recipients
1563
1564 If you wish to file a message based upon the recipient of a message
1565 (such as a mailing list), you can now indicate that when filling out
1566 the address in the `mh-default-folder-list' customization variable.
1567
1568 *** Face Header Field Supported
1569
1570 In addition to the X-Face header field, the Face header field, which
1571 can display color images, is now supported. As a bonus, the external
1572 xface-e21 library is no longer required.
1573
1574 *** X-Image-URL Support
1575
1576 Images specified in X-Image-URL header fields are now supported.
1577 See the customization variable `mh-fetch-x-image-url' to enable this
1578 support.
1579
1580 *** Fcc Completion
1581
1582 Folders in Fcc fields in message drafts can now be completed with
1583 M-TAB.
1584
1585 ** New Variables in MH-E 7.3
1586
1587 Variables that have been added to MH-E that have not been discussed
1588 elsewhere are listed here.
1589
1590 *** mh-auto-fields-list
1591
1592 Alist of addresses for which header lines are automatically inserted.
1593 When a regular expression matches in the To or cc fields of a message,
1594 the corresponding header field is automatically inserted in the
1595 message header. It also allows the automatic setting of an identity
1596 (using `mh-insert-identity') to set an alternate identity when sending
1597 messages to a certain person or mailing list.
1598
1599 Since this is a more general use of `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-flag'
1600 and `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-list', these variables have been removed.
1601
1602 *** mh-show-xface-face
1603
1604 Face for displaying the X-Face image.
1605
1606 *** mh-xemacs-toolbar-position
1607
1608 This customization variable allows the user to place the toolbar on
1609 the four edges of the frame.
1610
1611 *** mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag
1612
1613 This customization variable is used to enable or disable the toolbar
1614 under XEmacs.
1615
1616 ** Variables Deleted in MH-E 7.3
1617
1618 Variables that have been removed from MH-E that have not been
1619 discussed elsewhere are listed here.
1620
1621 *** mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message-flag
1622
1623 No longer needed since the external program mimencode is no longer
1624 used.
1625
1626 *** mh-index-show-hook
1627
1628 This hook was never used, so it was removed.
1629
1630 *** mh-tool-bar-reply-3-buttons-flag
1631
1632 Obsolete. This functionality is present `mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons'.
1633
1634 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.3
1635
1636 *** Can't Refile Message
1637
1638 Messages with invalid addresses were causing errors in ali which
1639 prevented the refiling of messages. The ali error is now shown in the
1640 "*MH-E Log*" buffer and refiling suggests the last folder used (closes
1641 SF #680388).
1642
1643 *** Empty Body Triggers Duped Header
1644
1645 If the body was empty the header would be treated like the body and
1646 was therefore displayed twice. This has been fixed (closes SF
1647 #681162).
1648
1649 *** mml or mhl Directives Not Always Processed
1650
1651 The mml and mhl directives used to create body parts were not
1652 processed if one re-edited a draft, or if they added the directives
1653 manually. The directives are now always processed upon sending the
1654 letter. You may still, of course, use "C-c C-m m (mh-mml-to-mime)" or
1655 "C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" to manually create the MIME body parts from
1656 the directives and then send the draft.
1657
1658 *** mh-alias-grab-from-field Fails
1659
1660 MH-E was adding aliases with angle brackets around the address when
1661 there wasn't a phrase (usually, the user's name), to go with it. This
1662 caused ali to fail which caused problems in MH-E. This is probably a
1663 bug in ali, but MH-E no longer inserts angle brackets around the
1664 address unless there is a phrase, which avoids the problem (closes SF
1665 #690216).
1666
1667 *** XEmacs Fixes
1668
1669 MH-E is now fully supported under XEmacs and compiles without any
1670 warnings.
1671
1672 In particular, the following now work under XEmacs:
1673
1674 - X-Face, Face, and X-Image-URL header fields
1675 - MH-E logo in mode line
1676 - Emphasis (bold, italics, etc.)
1677 - Smilies
1678 - Toolbar
1679
1680 *** Indexed Folders Should Respect mh-show-threads-flag
1681
1682 Indexed folders are now threaded if `mh-show-threads-flag' is non-nil
1683 (closes SF #709667).
1684
1685 *** Threading Index View Loses Folder Info
1686
1687 This has been fixed (closes SF #709672).
1688
1689 *** No Undo Information When Re-editing Drafts
1690
1691 Undo is turned on in the draft buffer when using "e (mh-edit-again)"
1692 (closes SF #712777).
1693
1694 *** Forwarded base64-encoded Messages Are Incorrectly Displayed
1695
1696 This has been fixed (closes SF #681518).
1697
1698 *** Append to *MH-E Log* Buffer
1699
1700 The last 100 lines of log messages are kept in the *MH-E Log* buffer.
1701 Previously, the buffer was erased every time it was written (closes SF
1702 #685476). In addition, many of the MH-E commands now send their output
1703 into this buffer instead of a plethora of other special-purpose
1704 buffers.
1705
1706 *** mh-inc-folder Complains if No Mail and No Current Message
1707
1708 The function `mh-inc-folder' no longer calls `mh-show' if point is not
1709 on a valid scan line. This keeps `mh-inc-folder' from complaining
1710 (closes SF #678115).
1711
1712 *** Folder Normalization Strips Leading Slash
1713
1714 Leading "/" characters in folder names entered by the user were being
1715 lost. This has been fixed (closes SF #676890).
1716
1717 *** Print Header Doesn't Show Message
1718
1719 When printing a sequence, the header simply indicated that a sequence,
1720 but not which one, was being printed and did not show the message
1721 number. This has been fixed. If more than one message is printed, a
1722 page of the scan lines is printed and its header indicates the
1723 sequence or message range. The pages with the actual messages all set
1724 the header to the folder and message displayed on that page.
1725
1726 *** Aliases Constantly Reloaded
1727
1728 Empty lists are now handled properly (closes SF #693859).
1729
1730 *** Remove RCS Keywords
1731
1732 Removed RCS keywords per Emacs conventions (closes SF #680731).
1733
1734 *** Replace Mimencode
1735
1736 MH-E was enhanced to decode message based on charset and
1737 Content-Transfer-Encoding. This eliminates the need for the external
1738 program mimencode (closes SF #674857).
1739
1740 \f
1741
1742 * Changes in MH-E 7.2
1743
1744 This release includes the new features of filing hints, hierarchical
1745 file name completion, indexed search and pick integration, unification
1746 between `mh-visit-folder' and the speedbar, a displayed message
1747 indicator, buffer name organization, support for mairix indexed
1748 search, and last but not least, the MH-E logo has been added to the
1749 mode line. Code that handles sequences and message regions runs
1750 faster. Bugs have been fixed.
1751
1752 ** New Features in MH-E 7.2
1753
1754 *** Filing Hints
1755
1756 When you file a message, MH-E now looks for an alias corresponding to
1757 the address of the sender and offers that as a default folder (closes
1758 SF #657096). The new variable `mh-default-folder-prefix' can be used
1759 to put these folders in a sub-folder. The new variable
1760 `mh-default-folder-must-exist-flag' means to suppress the suggested
1761 folder (thereby providing the previous folder used) if the folder
1762 doesn't already exist. The new variable `mh-default-folder-list' can
1763 be used to map additional addresses and folders.
1764
1765 *** Hierarchical File Name Completion
1766
1767 When you completed filenames in the past, you were presented with a
1768 list of all your folders at all depths in the tree. Now you are
1769 presented with only one level at a time (closes SF #664821).
1770 As a result, the variables `mh-auto-folder-collect-flag' and
1771 `mh-folder-list-change-hook' are obsolete.
1772
1773 *** Indexed Search and Pick Integration
1774
1775 The indexed and pick searches have been integrated (closes SF
1776 #664816). Both "F s (mh-search-folder)" and "F i (mh-index-search)"
1777 use the pick template for forming queries. To submit the query, use
1778 "C-c C-c (mh-do-search)" which will use the query method you selected.
1779 If you change your mind while forming the query, you can use "C-c C-i
1780 (mh-index-do-search)" or "C-c C-p (mh-pick-do-search)" to submit the
1781 query using the respective method.
1782
1783 Second, the results from a pick search are now saved in a sub-folder
1784 of +mhe-index like an indexed search.
1785
1786 Third, `pick' is now a valid choice for `mh-index-program'.
1787
1788 *** mh-visit-folder Metamorphosis Continues
1789
1790 When visiting a folder from the speedbar, only the unseen messages are
1791 shown if there are unseen messages. If there aren't any unseen
1792 messages, all of the messages are shown if there are fewer than
1793 `mh-large-folder' messages; otherwise, the user is prompted for the
1794 range of messages to display. The "F v (mh-visit-folder)" command has
1795 been modified to mimic this behavior. Use a prefix arg to force the
1796 message range prompt.
1797
1798 *** Displayed Message Indicator
1799
1800 In graphical Emacs, the message that is shown is marked by a triangle
1801 in the fringe. In textual Emacs, there is a ">" in the first column
1802 (closes SF #664824).
1803
1804 *** Buffer Name Organization
1805
1806 All ephemeral buffer names start with " *mh" while all interesting
1807 buffers start with "*MH-E ". The "*Folders*", "*Sequences*", and
1808 "*Recipients*" buffers were therefore renamed to "*MH-E Folders*",
1809 "*MH-E Sequences*" and "*MH-E Recipients*" respectively (programmers
1810 should see mh-utils.el for the names of the new constants). Also, the
1811 output of MH commands is saved in the "*MH-E Log*" buffer.
1812
1813 *** mh-index-program
1814
1815 Add choices for `mairix' and `pick'.
1816
1817 *** Logo Displayed on Mode Line
1818
1819 ** New Variables in MH-E 7.2
1820
1821 The new variables have been discussed elsewhere.
1822
1823 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.2
1824
1825 *** mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message
1826
1827 Messages that had been encoded with base64 were not decoded. This has
1828 been fixed with this new function (closes SF #674190). As a result,
1829 the variable `mh-decode-quoted-printable-flag' has been renamed to
1830 `mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message-flag'.
1831
1832 *** mh-kill-folder
1833
1834 Now restores previous window configuration (closes SF #664828).
1835
1836 *** mh-mime-display
1837
1838 MH-E was not using the charset defined in the content-type
1839 header. This meant that mail in a different charset would not
1840 be properly displayed. This has been fixed (closes SF #655123).
1841
1842 *** mh-read-address
1843
1844 In XEmacs and Emacs20, this function would always prompt using "To: "
1845 instead of using the command argument. This has been fixed (closes SF
1846 #670913).
1847
1848 *** mh-rmail
1849
1850 Unseen messages are now shown in addition to new ones (closes SF
1851 #667542).
1852
1853 *** mh-scan-msg-overflow-regexp
1854
1855 Change the variable so that a space is always maintained in the
1856 beginning of the scan line.
1857
1858 *** mh-swish-execute-search
1859
1860 The example configuration file in the docstring didn't show the
1861 backslash in the FileRules filename. If the example had been used
1862 literally by the user, no files would be indexed! This has been fixed
1863 (closes SF #665888).
1864
1865 *** mh-thread-refile
1866
1867 The "T o (mh-thread-refile)" command did not provide refiling hints
1868 like `mh-refile-msg'. This has been fixed (closes SF #664829).
1869
1870 *** mh-toggle-threads
1871
1872 If the threaded view was modified and then toggled, the standard view
1873 may not have been accurate (as it contained a potentially old first
1874 message to last message range). This has been fixed (closes SF
1875 #626117).
1876
1877 *** mh-tool-bar-show-set, mh-tool-bar-letter-set, mh-tool-bar-folder-set
1878
1879 Clicking the customize and help buttons now deletes the other windows
1880 in the frame.
1881
1882 *** mh-version
1883
1884 The "M-x mh-version" command displayed "Aliasfile: aliases". This has
1885 been fixed (closes SF #664467). See Buffer Name Organization above.
1886
1887 \f
1888
1889 * Changes in MH-E 7.1
1890
1891 This release includes the new features of multiple identities and
1892 alias completion. In addition, indexed searching has been revamped.
1893 Various other features have been added and a few bugs were fixed.
1894
1895 ** New Features in MH-E 7.1
1896
1897 *** Multiple Identities
1898
1899 MH-E now supports multiple identities (closes SF #628782). That means
1900 that you can have different From and Organization header fields (or
1901 any other header field of your choice) as well as different signatures
1902 depending on your context. Usually, the contexts are home and work.
1903
1904 Add your identities to the variable `mh-identity-list' and set the
1905 default identity with the variable `mh-identity-default'. Your
1906 identity can be switched on the fly by using the Identity menu or by
1907 calling "M-x mh-insert-identity RET".
1908
1909 This functionality can be customized within the mh-identity group.
1910
1911 *** Alias Completion and Harvesting
1912
1913 The contributed file mh-alias.el has been rewritten and incorporated
1914 into MH-E.
1915
1916 By default, aliases are culled from the system files
1917 "/etc/nmh/MailAliases," "/usr/lib/mh/MailAliases," and "/etc/passwd"
1918 (see `mh-alias-system-aliases') and from your "AliasFile" MH profile
1919 component. These aliases are then used for completion in the
1920 minibuffer when entering addresses. Within the header of the message
1921 draft, "M-TAB (mh-letter-complete)" is used to do alias completion.
1922
1923 The package also provides for alias creation based upon the From
1924 header field of the current message. Use the lasso button
1925 (mh-alias-grab-from-field).
1926
1927 This functionality can be customized within the mh-alias group.
1928
1929 *** Index Folder Updates
1930
1931 The results of an index search "F i (mh-index-search)" are now stored
1932 in a bona fide folder so that you can refile messages and reply to
1933 messages directly from the result folder. This folder is a sub-folder
1934 of +mhe-index and the name is based upon the search string (closes SF
1935 #623321).
1936
1937 If a prefix argument is given then the search in the current index
1938 buffer is redone.
1939
1940 The index folder lists the names of the source folders as before.
1941 However, instead of using RET on the name of the folder to visit the
1942 folder, use "v (mh-show-index-visit-folder)" anywhere within the
1943 results to visit that folder narrowed to the results of the search.
1944 Additional functions have been added to navigate including "TAB
1945 (mh-index-next-folder)", and "SHIFT-TAB (mh-index-previous-folder)."
1946
1947 *** mh-visit-folder Interface Updated
1948
1949 A change was made to the prompting of the message range. In general,
1950 you can use the same format for messages and sequences as you can in
1951 MH with a single exception: a single number means to scan that many
1952 messages, rather than scan that message number. This turns out to be
1953 much more useful than visiting a single message and is consistent with
1954 Gnus and the MH-E speedbar (closes SF #655891).
1955
1956 If mh-visit-folder is called non-interactively and RANGE is nil then
1957 all messages are displayed. This behavior is now documented and
1958 provides backwards compatibility.
1959
1960 *** Threading Improvements
1961
1962 After incorporating new mail into a threaded folder, unseen messages
1963 can be spread about. Two new functions have been added to make it
1964 easier to find them: these are "M-n (mh-next-unread-msg)" and "M-p
1965 (mh-previous-unread-msg)" (closes SF #630328)
1966
1967 Two new functions were added to delete and refile threads. They are "T
1968 d (mh-thread-delete)" and "T o (mh-thread-refile)" respectively
1969 (closes SF #630493).
1970
1971 In addition, the key "k" used to be bound to the function
1972 `mh-delete-subject': it is now bound to
1973 `mh-show-delete-subject-or-thread'.
1974
1975 New functions to navigate threads include "T u (mh-thread-ancestor)",
1976 which can jump to the root message of the current thread given an
1977 optional argument, "T n (mh-thread-next-sibling)", and "T p
1978 (mh-thread-previous-sibling)"
1979
1980 *** Refiling of Messages in Region
1981
1982 If mark is active and `transient-mark-mode' is enabled then all the
1983 messages in the region are refiled.
1984
1985 *** vCard Handling
1986
1987 If a signature cannot be identified, but there is a vCard attachment,
1988 then that vCard will be presented as a signature (closes SF #649216).
1989
1990 *** New Info Added to mh-version
1991
1992 Information about Gnus versions available at both compile time and run
1993 time has been added.
1994
1995 ** New Variables in MH-E 7.1
1996
1997 The defcustom groups were reorganized. Rather than iterate the
1998 specific changes here, you are invited to browse the groups with "M-x
1999 mh-customize RET".
2000
2001 *** mh-alias-completion-ignore-case-flag
2002
2003 Non-nil means don't consider case significant in MH alias completion.
2004 This is the default in plain MH, so it is the default here as well. It
2005 can be useful to set this to t if, for example, you use lowercase
2006 aliases for people and uppercase for mailing lists.
2007
2008 *** mh-alias-expand-aliases-flag
2009
2010 Non-nil means to expand aliases entered in the minibuffer. In other
2011 words, aliases entered in the minibuffer will be expanded to the full
2012 address in the message draft. By default, this expansion is not
2013 performed.
2014
2015 *** mh-alias-flash-on-comma
2016
2017 Specify whether to flash the translation of the alias or warn if there
2018 isn't a translation of the alias.
2019
2020 *** mh-alias-insert-file
2021
2022 Filename to use to store new MH-E aliases. This variable can also be a
2023 list of filenames, in which case MH-E will prompt for one of them. If
2024 nil, the default, then MH-E will use the first file found in the
2025 "AliasFile" component of the MH profile.
2026
2027 *** mh-alias-insertion-location
2028
2029 Specifies where new aliases are entered in alias files. Options are
2030 sorted alphabetically (the default), at the top of the file or at the
2031 bottom.
2032
2033 *** mh-alias-local-users
2034
2035 If t, local users are completed in MH-E To: and Cc: prompts.
2036
2037 If you set this variable to a string, it will be executed to generate
2038 a password file. A value of "ypcat passwd" is helpful if NIS is in
2039 use.
2040
2041 *** mh-alias-system-aliases
2042
2043 A list of system files from which to cull aliases. If these files are
2044 modified, they are automatically reread. This list need include only
2045 system aliases and the passwd file, since personal alias files listed
2046 in your "AliasFile" MH profile component are automatically included.
2047
2048 *** mh-identity-default
2049
2050 Default identity to use when `mh-letter-mode' is called.
2051
2052 *** mh-identity-list
2053
2054 List holding MH-E identity.
2055
2056 *** mh-invisible-header-fields
2057
2058 Simple user interface to change `mh-invisible-headers'.
2059
2060 *** mh-letter-complete-function
2061
2062 Function to call when completing outside of fields specific to
2063 aliases. By default, it is bound to 'ispell-complete-word.
2064
2065 *** mh-show-threads-flag
2066
2067 Non-nil means new folders start in threaded mode. Threading large
2068 number of messages can be time consuming. So if the flag is non-nil
2069 then threading will be done only if the number of messages being
2070 threaded is less than `mh-large-folder' (closes SF #646794).
2071
2072 *** mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons
2073
2074 Buttons to include in MH-E folder/show toolbar.
2075
2076 *** mh-tool-bar-letter-buttons
2077
2078 Buttons to include in MH-E letter toolbar.
2079
2080 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.1
2081
2082 *** mh-get-new-mail
2083
2084 Call new function `mh-add-cur-notation' to undo the work of
2085 `mh-remove-cur-notation' if there was no new mail (closes SF #647681).
2086
2087 *** mh-set-cmd-note
2088
2089 No longer updates the default `mh-cmd-note' value. This resulted in
2090 the misplacement of the current mark when the message number width
2091 changed (closes SF #643701).
2092
2093 \f
2094
2095 * Changes in MH-E 7.0
2096
2097 This is a major release which includes a lot of new features including
2098 improved MIME handling, speedbar folder browsing, and indexed
2099 searching. In this version, MH-E runs under XEmacs, passes checkdoc,
2100 and compiles clean under all supported platforms.
2101
2102 The "passes checkdoc" feature above required changing the name of
2103 several user-visible variables. It is likely that this affects you.
2104 Please be sure to see the table at the end of these notes and rename
2105 your variables accordingly.
2106
2107 MH-E has been written mh-e, Mh-e, MH-e and MH-E. We have decided that
2108 the proper term should be MH-E. Please try to use MH-E in your
2109 writing.
2110
2111 ** New Features in MH-E 7.0
2112
2113 *** Speedbar
2114
2115 There is now support for the speedbar. Try "M-x speedbar" (closes SF
2116 #503727).
2117
2118 Press the middle mouse button on the `+' icons to open a folder,
2119 middle mouse button on a folder name to open the folder. Folders with
2120 unseen messages are shown in bold, so this is a handy way to browse
2121 new messages that you have filed with procmail or slocal.
2122
2123 See the new customization variable `mh-large-folder,' which controls
2124 when the speedbar asks for how many messages to scan when opening a
2125 large folder and `mh-speed-run-flists-flag' whose default value of t
2126 means to use the flists command to populate the count of unseen and
2127 total messages in each folder.
2128
2129 *** Indexed Search
2130
2131 Interoperability with swish++, swish, glimpse, and namazu has been
2132 added to enable lightening-fast searches of your mail. If none of
2133 these are present, grep is used. Try "F i (mh-index-search)".
2134
2135 For more information, read the documentation for the functions
2136 `mh-swish++-execute-search,' `mh-swish-execute-search,'
2137 `mh-namazu-execute-search,' or `mh-glimpse-execute-search' depending
2138 on your preferred indexing program to see what kind of setup is needed
2139 to generate the index.
2140
2141 *** Threading
2142
2143 Use "T t (mh-toggle-threads)" to view the threads in the folder. Use
2144 it again to return to a non-threaded view.
2145
2146 *** Brief Help
2147
2148 Use "? (mh-help)" and "X ? (mh-prefix-help)," where X is a prefix
2149 character, for a brief synopsis in the minibuffer of frequently used
2150 commands. In the MH-Letter or MH-Pick buffers, use "C-c ? (mh-help)"
2151 (closes SF #493740).
2152
2153 *** Folder Keymap Shared by Show Buffer
2154
2155 You can now use the MH-Folder mode commands from the MH-Show buffer.
2156 Because of this, the MH-Show buffer is now read-only (closes SF
2157 #493749 and SF #527946) and you now have to use "M (mh-modify)" to
2158 edit a message.
2159
2160 *** Better Scanning
2161
2162 You no longer have to modify your scan format if your folders have
2163 more than 9999 messages in them. If you've only modified your scan
2164 format file to allow for the wider message numbers, consider using the
2165 default behavior of MH-E and simplify your MH-E configuration
2166 considerably (closes SF #635791).
2167
2168 To do this, you may have to remove your modifications of
2169 `mh-scan.*-regexp' and `mh-cmd-note' and your customization of
2170 `mh-scan-format-file'.
2171
2172 You may still want the updated format files for running MH commands
2173 outside of MH-E; the default of `mh-scan-format-file' will cause them
2174 to be ignored.
2175
2176 If you prefer fixed-width message numbers, set the new customization
2177 variable to nil , set this variable to
2178 nil and call `mh-set-cmd-note' with the width specified by the scan format in
2179 `mh-scan-format-file'. For example, the default width is 4, so you would use
2180 "(mh-set-cmd-note 4)" if `mh-scan-format-file' were nil.
2181
2182 *** X-Face
2183
2184 MH-E now displays the content of the X-Face header field in the From
2185 field. When sending a message, an X-Face field is appended to the
2186 header if it doesn't already exist and "~/.face" is present. See the
2187 new customization variables `mh-show-use-xface-flag' and `mh-x-face-file'
2188 (closes SF #480770).
2189
2190 MH-E depends on the external x-face package found in
2191 ftp://ftp.jpl.org/pub/elisp/ to do this. The `uncompface' binary is
2192 also required to be in the execute PATH. It can be obtained from:
2193 http://freshmeat.net/redir/compface/1439/url_tgz/compface-1.4.tar.gz.
2194
2195 It has also been observed that if you don't see the faces, you might
2196 have to do this (for unknown reasons):
2197
2198 mv /usr/local/include/compface.h /usr/include/
2199
2200 *** Graphical Smileys
2201
2202 Smiley's are now converted to cute little images. See the new
2203 customization variable `mh-graphical-smileys-flag.'
2204
2205 *** Text Emphasis
2206
2207 ASCII formatting is now converted to the appropriate font. For
2208 example, _underline_ is underlined, *bold* appears in bold, /italic/
2209 appears in italic, etc. See `gnus-emphasis-alist' for the whole list.
2210 See the new customization variables `mh-decode-mime' and
2211 `mh-graphical-emphasis-flag.'
2212
2213 *** Attachment Handling
2214
2215 Inline attachments are now displayed. Regular attachments appear as
2216 buttons in show buffer. Use "K TAB (mh-next-button)" or "K SHIFT-TAB
2217 (mh-prev-button)" to cycle through these buttons. Use "K v
2218 (mh-folder-toggle-mime-part)" to view, "K o
2219 (mh-folder-save-mime-part)" to save one part or "K-a
2220 (mh-save-mime-parts)" to save all parts, or "K i
2221 (mh-folder-inline-mime-part)" to view the attachment inline.
2222
2223 See the new customization variable `mh-decode-mime' for additional
2224 information. Other customization variables that affect this new feature
2225 include `mh-store-mime-parts-default-directory' and
2226 `mh-display-buttons-for-inline-parts-flag'.
2227
2228 HTML documents can be viewed inline if Gnus v5.10 and w3 or w3m lisp
2229 packages are present. Set the customization variable
2230 `mm-text-html-renderer' accordingly (closes SF #453352).
2231
2232 *** Quoted-printable Handling
2233
2234 Quoted-printable body parts are now decoded.
2235
2236 *** More Choices for `mh-yank-from-start-of-msg'
2237
2238 Historically, if this variable was t, the entire message, with full
2239 headers would be included and every line would begin with
2240 `mh-ins-buf-prefix.' This usage is deprecated in favor of the setting
2241 `supercite' below. The default has been changed to `attribution.' The
2242 following symbols are now understood:
2243
2244 `body': yank the message minus the header.
2245
2246 `supercite': include the entire message, with full headers. This also
2247 causes the invocation of `sc-cite-original' without the setting of
2248 `mail-citation-hook', now deprecated practice.
2249
2250 `autosupercite': do as for `supercite' automatically when show buffer
2251 matches the message being replied-to.
2252
2253 `attribution': yank the message minus the header and add a simple
2254 attribution line at the top.
2255
2256 `autoattrib': do as for `attribution' automatically when show buffer
2257 matches the message being replied-to.
2258
2259 There is a new customization variable called
2260 `mh-extract-from-attribution-verb' which is used for attribution which
2261 provides a method for setting a different language.
2262
2263 *** Use Gnus mml Instead of mhn
2264
2265 When inserting attachments into a message draft, Gnus mml directives
2266 are now used instead of mhn directives. One beneficial side-effect of
2267 this is that attachments can now appear inline as well as separate.
2268
2269 The new customization variable `mh-compose-insertion' controls whether
2270 Gnus or mhn is used to insert MIME message directives in messages
2271 (default: 'gnus, if the mml library exists).
2272
2273 *** Content-Type Now Obtained Automatically
2274
2275 The value of the Content-Type no longer needs to be entered by the
2276 user.
2277
2278 *** Attachments Automatically Included Upon Send
2279
2280 You no longer have to run "C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" before sending a
2281 message with attachments--this is done automatically when you send the
2282 message with "C-c C-c (mh-send-letter)". There is, however, a new key
2283 binding "C-c C-m m (mh-mml-to-mime)" which is analogous to "C-c C-e
2284 (mh-edit-mhn)".
2285
2286 *** GPG Handling
2287
2288 Messages that have been signed or encrypted with GPG are verified and
2289 decrypted automatically. To sign or encrypt a message, use "C-c RET
2290 C-s (mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime)" and "C-c C-m C-e
2291 (mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime)." You need Gnus version 5.10
2292 for this feature. These functions are provided by the pgg.el package.
2293
2294 Users report "flashing" with the pgg.el package and prefer the gpg.el
2295 package instead. To use gpg.el instead of the pgg.el package you need:
2296
2297 (setq mml2015-use 'gpg)
2298
2299 To mimic automatic encryption in gpg.el, use:
2300
2301 (setq mm-verify-option 'always)
2302 (setq mm-decrypt-option 'always)
2303
2304 The venerable mailcrypt package is also an option. However, now that
2305 show buffers are read-only, mailcrypt version 3.5.6 and older fail
2306 when they attempt to decrypt the contents.
2307
2308 *** Mail-Followup-To Header Field
2309
2310 Support for this controversial field has been added because nmh
2311 supports it (closes SF #627035). If you want to add it to outgoing
2312 mail for selected mailing lists, add those mailing lists to the new
2313 customization variable `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-list.' If you think
2314 this field is evil, set the new customization variable
2315 `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-flag' to nil.
2316
2317 *** Gnus Issues
2318
2319 If you update Gnus, you must recompile MH-E. Note that if you are
2320 running the stock version of MH-E that comes with Emacs or the MH-E
2321 package on a Debian GNU/Linux, this is done for you.
2322
2323 ** New Variables in MH-E 7.0
2324
2325 New customization variables not mentioned earlier include:
2326
2327 *** mh-letter-insert-signature-hook
2328
2329 Invoked at the beginning of the "C-c C-s (mh-insert-signature)"
2330 command. Can be used to determine which signature file to use based on
2331 message content. On return, if `mh-signature-file-name' is non-nil
2332 that file will be inserted at the current point in the buffer.
2333
2334 *** mh-show-maximum-size
2335
2336 Maximum size of message (in bytes) to display automatically. Provides
2337 an opportunity to skip over large messages which may be slow to load.
2338 Use a value of 0 to display all messages automatically regardless of
2339 size (closes SF #488696).
2340
2341 *** mh-tool-bar-reply-3-buttons-flag
2342
2343 Non-nil means use three buttons for reply commands in tool-bar. If you
2344 have room on your tool-bar because you are using a large font, you may
2345 set this variable to expand the single reply button into three buttons
2346 that won't lead to minibuffer prompt about who to reply to.
2347
2348 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.0
2349
2350 *** mh-delete-msg, mh-refile-msg, mh-undo
2351
2352 Mandrake Linux includes XEmacs initialization code that binds
2353 `transient-mark-mode' which causes problems in MH-E. These problems
2354 have been fixed (closes SF #541915).
2355
2356 *** mh-edit-again
2357
2358 This would sometimes yield a read-only buffer. This has been fixed
2359 (closes SF #624283 and SF #625538).
2360
2361 *** mh-forward
2362
2363 When using nmh, always specify -mime so as to preserve the original
2364 message(s).
2365
2366 *** mh-inc-folder
2367
2368 If you had narrowed to a sequence and then incorporated new mail,
2369 those new messages would not be present in your +inbox when you
2370 widened. This has been fixed (closes SF #489430, SF #489437, SF
2371 #629233).
2372
2373 *** mh-insert-letter
2374
2375 No longer uses mhl to include a message as this mangled the header and
2376 gave supercite fits (closes SF #629153).
2377
2378 *** mh-letter-mode
2379
2380 "M-q (fill-paragraph)" now fills quoted paragraphs (for example,
2381 starting with "> ") correctly (closes SF #489927).
2382
2383 *** mh-next-undeleted-msg, mh-previous-undeleted-msg
2384
2385 If there are no more undeleted messages the point remains at its
2386 original position and a message is produced (closes SF #494304).
2387
2388 *** mh-pick-mode
2389
2390 Now calls `mh-pick-mode-hook' as documented.
2391
2392 *** mh-put-msg-in-seq
2393
2394 Now puts all messages in region in sequence (closes SF #630324).
2395
2396 *** mh-refile-msg, mh-write-msg-to-file
2397
2398 These functions stomped on the variables that held the name of the
2399 last file and folder respectively for the other function. This has
2400 been fixed so that the last folder or file name is preserved (closes
2401 SF #580772).
2402
2403 *** mh-region-to-sequence
2404
2405 If the region in MH-Folder was set with "C-x h (mark-whole-buffer)",
2406 you couldn't perform operations on all of the messages as you would
2407 expect. This has been fixed (closes SF #621632).
2408
2409 *** mh-reply
2410
2411 Performing an undo the first thing after replying would blank out the
2412 entire draft. Now just the insertion of the yanked message is undone
2413 leaving the header and signature intact for additional editing (closes
2414 SF #623693).
2415
2416 *** mh-show-mode
2417
2418 Now calls `mh-show-mode-hook' as documented (closes SF #627222).
2419
2420 *** mh-subject-thread-to-sequence
2421
2422 Make 'subject sequence a real one, exported to MH. This means you can,
2423 for example, mh-forward it. But it also shows up with a mark in the
2424 scan output (closes SF #489445).
2425
2426 *** Other Bug Fixes
2427
2428 The following bugs have also been closed:
2429
2430 SF #495450: Folder buffer read-only after inc
2431 SF #489706: mh-page-msg bombs out
2432 SF #580772: mh-last-destination is overloaded
2433
2434 *** Variables renamed to conform with Emacs coding conventions
2435
2436 The coding conventions require that boolean variables end in -flag.
2437 The following two tables show which variables were affected (closes SF
2438 #627015).
2439
2440 Customization Variables (defcustom)
2441
2442 Old Name New Name
2443
2444 mh-auto-folder-collect mh-auto-folder-collect-flag
2445 mh-bury-show-buffer mh-bury-show-buffer-flag
2446 mh-clean-message-header mh-clean-message-header-flag
2447 mh-decode-quoted-printable mh-decode-quoted-printable-flag
2448 mh-delete-yanked-msg-window mh-delete-yanked-msg-window-flag
2449 mh-do-not-confirm mh-do-not-confirm-flag
2450 mh-highlight-citation-p mh-highlight-citation
2451 mh-insert-x-mailer-p mh-insert-x-mailer-flag
2452 mh-print-background mh-print-background-flag
2453 mh-recenter-summary-p mh-recenter-summary-flag
2454 mh-recursive-folders mh-recursive-folders-flag
2455 mh-reply-show-message-p mh-reply-show-message-flag
2456 mh-show-use-goto-addr mh-show-use-goto-addr-flag
2457 mh-update-sequences-after-mh-show mh-update-sequences-after-mh-show-flag
2458
2459 Regular Variables (defvar)
2460
2461 Old Name New Name
2462
2463 mh-mhn-compose-insert-p mh-mhn-compose-insert-flag
2464 mh-nmh-p mh-nmh-flag
2465 mh-page-to-next-msg-p mh-page-to-next-msg-flag
2466
2467 \f
2468
2469 * Changes in mh-e 6.1
2470
2471 This is a minor release which includes a few bug fixes. The
2472 distribution now includes the ChangeLog.
2473
2474 ** New Features in mh-e 6.1
2475
2476 *** Fontification
2477
2478 Unseen messages now displayed in bold.
2479
2480 *** Viewing folders and sequences
2481
2482 The folder and sequence listings that "F l (mh-list-folders)" and "S l
2483 (mh-list-sequences)" create are now displayed in view mode.
2484
2485 ** Bug Fixes in mh-e 6.1
2486
2487 *** mh-folder-unseen-seq-name
2488
2489 Byte compilation failed when initializing this variable when the
2490 user's MH environment was not set up. This has been fixed (closes
2491 Debian #140232 and Debian #140817).
2492
2493 *** mh-forward
2494
2495 When forwarding a sequence, the mode of the draft would not be set to
2496 MH-Letter correctly. This has been fixed (closes SF #489448).
2497
2498 *** mh-insert-prefix-string
2499
2500 Fixed to work under XEmacs. Thanks to Will Partain
2501 <partain at dcs.gla.ac.uk>.
2502
2503 *** mh-quit
2504
2505 mh-quit now cleans up the buffers named `mh-temp-buffer,'
2506 'mh-temp-folders-buffer' and 'mh-temp-sequences-buffer.'
2507
2508 \f
2509 * Changes in mh-e 6.0
2510
2511 mh-e is now maintained at SourceForge (see
2512 http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/). This is where you need to go to obtain
2513 new versions of mh-e, report bugs and receive support.
2514
2515 The maintainers have moved much of their personal configurations into
2516 the codebase, so you may find that you may be able to reduce your mh-e
2517 customizations as well.
2518
2519 There are several incompatibilities in this version from older
2520 versions. Please read the following notes carefully for details. Pay
2521 particular attention to the key binding changes in the MH-Folder
2522 section. If you have customized your scan format, you will want to
2523 read about the new variable `mh-scan-format-file'.
2524
2525 The manual could not be updated in time for this release. It will be
2526 updated in the near future. If the Preface in your manual indicates
2527 the older version (version 1.3, for mh-e version 5.0.2), please check
2528 the following page occasionally for an update:
2529
2530 https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13357
2531
2532
2533 ** New Features in mh-e 6.0
2534
2535 *** Customization
2536
2537 mh-e now uses the customize feature of Emacs. Use "M-x customize-group
2538 mh RET" to customize mh-e.
2539
2540 *** Menus
2541
2542 All mh-e modes now provide menus that contain most mh-e functions.
2543
2544 *** Toolbars
2545
2546 All mh-e modes now have toolbar buttons for oft-used functions (Emacs 21).
2547
2548 *** Fontification
2549
2550 All mh-e buffers now have font-lock keywords. To use, either call
2551 (turn-on-font-lock) from the appropriate hook, or set
2552 `global-font-lock-mode' to t. To customize, use "M-x
2553 customize-apropos-faces ^mh RET".
2554
2555 If you have customized your scan lines, you will have to update your
2556 scan regexps. The existing regexps were changed to extract a match so
2557 you will have to add appropriate grouping constructs to take advantage
2558 of the fontification. Your old settings will continue to work, but the
2559 folder will not be fontified. For example:
2560
2561 (setq mh-good-msg-regexp "^\\(.....\\)[^D^]")
2562
2563 You will most likely have to update the new variable
2564 `mh-scan-subject-regexp' as well. There is another new variable
2565 `mh-scan-date-regexp' which you may also find useful. Run "M-x apropos
2566 mh.*regexp" for a complete list.
2567
2568 *** mail-user-agent support
2569
2570 You can now set `mail-user-agent' to `mh-e-user-agent' so that packages
2571 that need to send mail will use mh-e (closes SF #406883, SF #470024).
2572
2573 *** replgroupcomps support
2574
2575 If you reply to `cc' or `all' and you use nmh, the nmh repl option
2576 -group will be used. This means that the file `replgroupcomps' will be
2577 used. If you have customized `replcomps', you will definitely want to
2578 either copy `$NMH_LIB/replgroupcomps' to your mail directory and modify
2579 it the same way that you modified your `replcomps' file, or simply
2580 copy your `replcomps' file to `replgroupcomps'.
2581
2582 *** MH-Folder mode
2583
2584 The variable `mh-summary-height' used to have a default of 4. It now
2585 varies from 4 to 10 depending on the height of the frame.
2586
2587 Clicking the mouse on a message shows that message.
2588
2589 Delete, refile and undo now operate on a region (but only if
2590 `transient-mark-mode' is non-nil).
2591
2592 SPC (mh-page-msg) now displays the message if it is not already
2593 visible. If the bottom of a message is showing, SPC (mh-page-msg)
2594 moves to the next message (respecting the direction you are moving
2595 through the folder).
2596
2597 The threading commands "T u (mh-next-unseen-subject-thread)",
2598 "T t (mh-toggle-subject-thread)", "T s (mh-narrow-to-subject-thread)",
2599 and "T k (mh-delete-subject-thread)" have been added. These functions
2600 do not offer threading in the true sense of the word, but do allow
2601 some manipulation by subject.
2602
2603 Major, major keymap changes. This was done to free up movement
2604 commands in the buffer, and to provide for additional features, such
2605 as the threading commands. At the same time, better and more
2606 consistent mnemonics were realized that should make it easier to
2607 remember key bindings.
2608
2609 Added new sub-keymaps for folder commands, sequence commands,
2610 extraction commands, and digest commands which begin with with F, S,
2611 X, and D, respectively. These sub-keymaps allowed some consistency
2612 (e.g., especially with l(ist) and k(ill)).
2613
2614 Here are the actual changes and rationale:
2615
2616 Old New Rationale
2617
2618 e - Deleted. Already have x. Now used by mh-edit-again.
2619 j - Deleted. Already have g.
2620
2621 M-a e Better mnemonic. Matches rmail. Frees movement command.
2622 M-e E Better mnemonic. Consistent with e.
2623 - S Why not? mh-sort-folder.
2624
2625 M-f Fv Frees movement command
2626 M-f Ff Alias (keep?)
2627 M-f Fo Alias (keep?)
2628 M-k Fk No reason but to keep with folder commands
2629 M-l Fl No reason but to keep with folder commands
2630 M-p Fp No reason but to keep with folder commands
2631 M-r Fr Frees movement command
2632 M-s Fs No reason but to keep with folder commands
2633 M-u Fu No reason but to keep with folder commands
2634
2635 M-% Sd Better mnemonic
2636 M-# Sk Better mnemonic
2637 M-q Sl Better mnemonic
2638 C-xn Sn Frees up standard key binding
2639 % Sp Better mnemonic for putting a message in a sequence
2640 ? Ss Shows sequences that message is in
2641 C-xw Sw Frees up standard key binding
2642
2643 M-n Xs Better mnemonic (extract shar)
2644 M-n Xu Better mnemonic (extract uuencode)
2645
2646 M-SPC D SPC Frees mark command
2647 M-\177 D \177 No reason but to keep with digest commands
2648 M-b Db Frees movement command
2649
2650 As the number of variables increases, it is becoming important to
2651 organize the mh-e namespace. Several variables having to do with the
2652 format of scan lines were renamed, as follows:
2653
2654 Old New
2655
2656 mh-good-msg-regexp mh-scan-good-msg-regexp
2657 mh-deleted-msg-regexp mh-scan-deleted-msg-regexp
2658 mh-refiled-msg-regexp mh-scan-refiled-msg-regexp
2659 mh-valid-scan-line mh-scan-valid-regexp
2660 mh-cur-scan-msg-regexp mh-scan-cur-msg-number-regexp
2661 - mh-scan-cur-msg-regexp
2662 - mh-scan-rcpt-regexp
2663 - mh-scan-format-regexp
2664 mh-msg-number-regexp mh-scan-msg-number-regexp
2665 mh-msg-search-regexp mh-scan-msg-search-regexp
2666
2667 *** MH-Show mode
2668
2669 While the MIME support is not complete, quoted-printable body parts
2670 are now decoded.
2671
2672 Some MTAs quote From at the beginning of the line with a ">". The ">"
2673 is now removed in the display, but not on disk.
2674
2675 *** MH-Letter mode
2676
2677 New function "C-c C-o (mh-split-line)" splits lines in a draft
2678 preserving the fill prefix and indentation. This is useful when
2679 responding to several sentences in a single paragraph separately.
2680
2681 "M-q (fill-paragraph)" can now be used on the message that is being
2682 replied to. The fill prefix such as "> " is preserved.
2683
2684 You no longer have to run "C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" manually as this is
2685 now done automatically when the message is sent.
2686
2687 The X-Mailer header field is now added to messages as they are sent.
2688
2689 "C-c C-m C-i (mh-mhn-compose-insertion)" now makes a pretty good guess
2690 at the type of file using the `file' command and no longer asks the
2691 user for the media type. If the necessary version of `file' is not
2692 available, the user is asked for the media type as before; however,
2693 the list of media types is now taken from the system mailcap if
2694 available. Failing that, the built-in list of types has been
2695 supplemented so in most cases the type you need should be present
2696 (closes SF #406883, #441179).
2697
2698 ** New Variables in mh-e 6.0
2699
2700 New variables not mentioned earlier include:
2701
2702 *** mh-insert-x-mailer-p
2703
2704 Default value of t means that an X-Mailer header field should be
2705 added.
2706
2707 *** mh-reply-show-message-p
2708
2709 The setting of this variable determines whether the MH show-buffer is
2710 displayed with the current message when using mh-reply without a prefix
2711 argument. Set it to nil if you already include the message
2712 automatically in your draft using "repl: -filter repl.filter" in
2713 "~/.mh_profile."
2714
2715 *** mh-scan-format-file
2716
2717 Specifies the format file to pass to the scan program. If t, the
2718 format string will be taken from the either `mh-scan-format-mh' or
2719 `mh-scan-format-nmh' depending on whether MH or nmh is in use. If nil,
2720 the default scan output will be used.
2721
2722 If you customize the scan format, you may need to modify a few
2723 variables containing regexps that mh-e uses to identify specific
2724 portions of the output. Use `M-x apropos RET mh-scan.*regexp' to
2725 obtain a list of these variables.
2726
2727 *** mh-scan-format-mh
2728
2729 Scan format string for MH, provided to the scan program via the
2730 -format arg. This format is identical to the default except that
2731 additional hints for fontification have been added to the sixth
2732 column.
2733
2734 *** mh-scan-format-nmh
2735
2736 Scan format string for nmh, provided to the scan program via the
2737 -format arg. This format is identical to the default except that
2738 additional hints for fontification have been added to the sixth
2739 column.
2740
2741 *** mh-show-use-goto-addr
2742
2743 Non-nil means URLs and e-mail addresses are highlighted using
2744 goto-addr in MH-Show buffer.
2745
2746 *** mh-letter-fill-column
2747
2748 Fill column to use in `mh-letter-mode'. This is useful to make the
2749 lines a bit shorter to allow for quoting in replies.
2750
2751 *** mh-folder-updated-hook
2752
2753 Invoked when the actions in a folder (such as moves and deletes) are
2754 performed. Variables that are useful in this hook include
2755 `mh-delete-list' and `mh-refile-list' which can be used to see which
2756 changes are being made to current folder, `mh-current-folder'.
2757
2758 *** mh-unseen-updated-hook
2759
2760 Invoked after the unseen sequence has been updated. The variable
2761 `mh-seen-list' can be used to obtain the list of messages which will
2762 be removed from the unseen sequence
2763
2764 ** Bug Fixes in mh-e 6.0
2765
2766 *** mh-edit-again and mh-extract-rejected-mail
2767
2768 Now insert a header separator (--------) which packages such as
2769 mailcrypt expect.
2770
2771 *** mh-find-progs
2772
2773 Now uses `mhparam' to set `mh-lib-progs' and `mh-lib'. Added more
2774 directories to `mh-progs' so that mh-e can autoconfigure in more
2775 environments. Chances are that you no longer have to set these
2776 variables, and if you do, you will only have to set `mh-progs'.
2777 Unless, of course, you are using an ancient version of MH that doesn't
2778 have `mhparam'.
2779
2780 *** mh-folder-mode-map
2781
2782 The DEL/<delete>/<backspace> change in Emacs 21 broke
2783 `mh-previous-page'. This has been fixed (closes SF #228907).
2784
2785 *** mh-forward
2786
2787 If you had "forw: -mime" to your .mh_profile, forwarding a message
2788 resulted in:
2789
2790 Search failed: "^------- Forwarded Message"
2791
2792 In addition, the Subject field was not filled in. This has been fixed
2793 (closes SF #223603).
2794
2795 *** mh-kill-folder
2796
2797 The user is now always prompted before this action; the variable
2798 `mh-do-not-confirm' is no longer consulted here. Therefore users who
2799 wanted to set `mh-do-not-confirm' but didn't because of the
2800 `mh-kill-folder' dependency may now do so.
2801
2802 *** mh-make-folder-mode-line
2803
2804 Properly deals with folders that do not have any lines in them. Prints
2805 "no msgs" instead of "0 msgs". Does not try to print a range when
2806 there are no messages.
2807
2808 *** mh-mhn-compose-insertion
2809
2810 Now gets the MIME type automatically (assuming the local file command
2811 supports the -i and -b options). If this use of the file command is
2812 not supported, the list of MIME types has been expanded to use the
2813 system's mailcap file.
2814
2815 *** mh-nmh-p
2816
2817 This variable (t when nmh is in use rather than MH) assumed that the
2818 string "nmh" is in `mh-lib-progs' or `mh-lib'. This has been fixed
2819 (closes SF #441776).
2820
2821 *** mh-refile-msg
2822
2823 No longer lets you specify an empty folder (closes SF #476824).
2824
2825 *** mh-regenerate-headers
2826
2827 Now suppresses "scan: bad message list" messages.
2828
2829 *** mh-print-msg
2830
2831 This function was looking for `mhl' in the wrong place on nmh on
2832 Redhat LINUX 7.0. This has been fixed (closes SF #481128).
2833
2834 *** mh-show
2835
2836 Now updates `cur' sequence after a message is shown (closes SF #481772).
2837
2838 *** mh-showing
2839
2840 Renamed variable and function to `mh-showing-mode' to conform with
2841 minor mode conventions. Added optional arg to function so it would
2842 behave like a normal minor mode: no or nil arg toggles mode, 0 arg
2843 turns off, non-nil turns on. This fixed the error that occurred when
2844 `desktop-create-buffer' recreated mh-e buffers because it was calling
2845 `mh-showing' with an arg.
2846
2847 *** mh-version
2848
2849 Fixed for nmh. Now displays mh-e version correctly. Cleaned up output
2850 and display `mh-progs', etc.
2851
2852 *** mh-widen
2853
2854 Now attempts to stay on the same message number (closes SF #480922).
2855
2856 No longer wipes out pending deletes and refiles without warning
2857 (closes SF #481036).
2858
2859 \f
2860 * Changes in mh-e 5.0.2
2861
2862 This version contains additional minor changes to integrate it with
2863 reporter.el (requires reporter.el version 3.1c or later) and Emacs
2864 19.30. The mh-goto-msg function is much faster, which also speeds up
2865 several other operations.
2866
2867 \f
2868 * Changes in mh-e 5.0.1
2869
2870 This version contains minor changes from mh-e 5.0 to integrate it with
2871 Emacs 19.29.
2872
2873 \f
2874 * User-visible changes to mh-e 5.0
2875
2876 Note: This being a major release, there are many internal changes.
2877 This document lists only changes to the external interfaces of mh-e.
2878
2879 When upgrading, you must either explicitly reload the new versions of
2880 all mh-e files that are already loaded or restart your Emacs.
2881
2882
2883 ** Major Changes and New Features in mh-e 5.0
2884
2885 The emphasis for this release has been on consistency and
2886 documentation. Many documentation strings were enhanced. Documentation
2887 strings were changed to comments for internal functions and variables.
2888
2889 *** There is now proper documentation in the form of a 75-page users
2890 manual. The Texinfo source is mh-e.texi; the formatted Info document
2891 is mh-e.info.
2892
2893 *** There is a new command `mh-update-sequences', which updates MH's
2894 idea of what messages are in the Unseen sequence and what is the
2895 current folder and message. `mh-quit' calls it. While
2896 `mh-execute-commands' has always done this updating as a side effect,
2897 the new function is faster.
2898
2899 *** The MH profile entry "Inbox:" is supported.
2900
2901 *** If the show-buffer is modified, the user is queried before mh-e
2902 reuses the buffer to show a different message. This buffer is also
2903 auto-saved and backed up correctly.
2904
2905 *** `mh-store-buffer' is significantly more robust. It now handles
2906 messages created by a wide variety of packaging software. The status
2907 message for `uudecode' includes the name of the file created. An error
2908 is signaled if the subprocess exits with a non-zero status.
2909
2910 *** `mh-search-folder' behaves predictably, adding messages found to
2911 the `search' sequence. It correctly handles the case of no messages
2912 found.
2913
2914 *** `mh-burst-digest' (`M-b') now only rescans the part of the folder
2915 affected by the burst. It is now much faster in a large folder.
2916
2917
2918 ** New Hooks and Customization Variables in mh-e 5.0
2919
2920 *** `mh-default-folder-for-message-function': new name for the old
2921 `mh-msg-folder-hook', which wasn't a hook. The old name was confusing,
2922 leading people to think they could use `add-hook' with it, when
2923 actually `setq' is the correct way.
2924
2925 *** `mh-sortm-args': When this variable is used has changed. Now
2926 `mh-sortm-args' is passed if there IS a prefix argument to
2927 `mh-sort-folder'. The assumption is that for arguments you normally
2928 want, you would specify them in an MH profile entry.
2929
2930 *** `mh-mhn-args': new hook, a list of additional arguments to pass to
2931 the `mhn' program if `mh-edit-mhn' is given a prefix argument.
2932
2933 *** `mh-edit-mhn-hook': new hook called by `mh-edit-mhn', the function
2934 that formats MIME messages.
2935
2936 *** `mh-folder-list-change-hook': new hook, called whenever the cached
2937 list of folders, `mh-folder-list', is changed.
2938
2939 *** `mh-find-path-hook': new hook, called when entering mh-e.
2940
2941 *** `mh-repl-formfile': new variable, used to change the format file
2942 used by `mh-reply' from the default of "replcomps".
2943
2944 *** New variables to customize the scan format and notating:
2945 `mh-note-deleted', `mh-note-refiled', `mh-note-seq', `mh-note-cur',
2946 `mh-note-copied', `mh-note-printed'.
2947
2948
2949 ** Key Binding Changes in mh-e 5.0
2950
2951 *** `RET' runs `mh-show' for consistency with the Finder and Info. The
2952 old binding `.' still works, but `RET' is now the standard binding.
2953
2954 *** `M-<' now runs `mh-first-msg' for consistency with `M->', which
2955 runs `mh-last-msg'.
2956
2957 *** `C-c C-f C-d' in MH-Letter mode moves to a Dcc: header field.
2958
2959 *** `C-c C-f C-r' in MH-Letter mode moves to a From: header field.
2960
2961 *** `g' is now the standard binding for `mh-goto-msg'. The old binding
2962 `j' still works.
2963
2964
2965 ** Other Improvements and Changes to mh-e 5.0
2966
2967 *** `mh-lpr-command-format' no longer passes the "-p" argument to
2968 `lpr' by default. The mail header typically has the date anyway.
2969
2970 *** When prompting for a sequence name, if no sequences have been used
2971 yet, mh-e will offer the first sequence the current message is in.
2972
2973 *** The patterns of more mailers are recognized by
2974 `mh-extract-rejected-mail'.
2975
2976 *** `mh-insert-prefix-string' no longer wraps the call to the
2977 `mail-citation-hook' function in a `save-excursion' so the hook writer
2978 can choose whether to leave point at the beginning or the end of the
2979 yanked text.
2980
2981 *** `mh-write-msg-to-file': The prompt now refers to "message" or
2982 "message body" depending on which will be written. (This is controlled
2983 by a prefix argument.) The file defaults to the last-used file instead
2984 of supplying only the directory name.
2985
2986 *** mh-e uses message ranges when running MH commands. Thus "rmm 1 2 3
2987 4 6" is now "rmm 1-4 6". This change makes it less likely to overflow
2988 system argument list limits, and it might be faster, too.
2989
2990
2991 ** Bug Fixes to mh-e 5.0
2992
2993 *** mh-e's idea of the unseen sequence now stays in sync with MH's
2994 better.
2995
2996 *** Functions that are supposed to find fields in the message header
2997 no longer look in the message body.
2998
2999 *** mh-e would sometimes fail to remove the "%" from a scan line when
3000 the message was removed from a sequence if the message was also in the
3001 Previous sequence.
3002
3003 *** The variable `mh-inc-prog' is now correctly used in all places.
3004
3005 *** `mh-pipe-msg' runs the process in the correct directory.
3006
3007 *** A partially scanned folder will no longer lose the "/select"
3008 annotation when you execute marked deletes and refiles with `x'.
3009
3010 \f
3011 * Changes to mh-e 4.0
3012
3013 This file is automatically generated from news-mh-e.txinfo. Do not edit.
3014
3015 [MH-E-ONEWS has been incorporated here and removed. news-mh-e.txinfo
3016 is no longer available.]
3017
3018 Note: there are many internal changes to mh-e in this release. If you
3019 have the previous version loaded into your Emacs, you will probably not
3020 be able to load this version on top of it.
3021
3022 ** New Features in mh-e 4.0
3023
3024 *** Background folder collection. The first time you are prompted for
3025 a folder, you must wait while mh-e collects the names of all existing
3026 folders. Now however, if you abort, collecting will continue in the
3027 background, and you can do something else in Emacs until the
3028 collection completes. Normally, mh-e will begin collecting folders
3029 names in the background when you first load it; you can disable this
3030 feature by setting `mh-auto-folder-collect' to nil.
3031
3032 *** There is support for composing MIME messages using the `mhn'
3033 program from MH 6.8. See the documentation string for mh-edit-mhn.
3034 (While composing a letter, type `C-h k C-c C-e'.) See also mhn(1).
3035 There is as yet no support for reading MIME messages.
3036
3037 *** `mh-show', typically on `.', repositions to the start of the
3038 message if the message is already visible. It used to do nothing in
3039 this case.
3040
3041 *** The function `mh-unshar-msg' is renamed `mh-store-msg'. It now
3042 does uudecoding, too. Someday it should do MIME. It remembers the last
3043 directory you used and offers it as the default for next time.
3044
3045 *** New function `mh-header-display', on `,', displays the message
3046 with all headers, including those normally not displayed. Type `.' to
3047 display the message normally again.
3048
3049 *** New function `mh-list-sequences' lists the sequences in use in the
3050 current folder.
3051
3052 *** New function `mh-version' displays version information about MH
3053 and mh-e. Please use the output in bug reports.
3054
3055 *** `mh-quit' now burys the folder buffer and show buffer.
3056
3057
3058 ** New hooks and customization variables in mh-e 4.0
3059
3060 *** `mh-pick-mode-hook': new hook called by new mode `mh-pick-mode'.
3061 The pick buffer didn't used to have its own mode. Another advantage of
3062 `mh-pick-mode' is that `C-h m' works in the pick buffer.
3063
3064 *** `mail-citation-hook': new variable for supercite.
3065
3066 *** `mh-refile-msg-hook': new hook called by `mh-refile-msg' (and
3067 `mh-refile-or-write-again' when refiling).
3068
3069 *** `mh-msg-folder-hook': new hook used by `mh-refile-msg' and
3070 `mh-to-fcc' to provide a default folder for user prompt.
3071
3072 *** `mh-show-hook': new hook called by `mh-show'.
3073
3074 *** `mh-delete-msg-hook': new hook called by `mh-delete-msg'.
3075
3076 *** `mh-show-mode-hook': new hook called by new mode `mh-show-mode'
3077 for `show-' buffers.
3078
3079 *** `mh-comp-formfile': new variable so can customize `components'
3080 file.
3081
3082 *** `mh-sortm-args': new variable, a list of extra arguments to be
3083 passed to sortm by `mh-sort-folder'. Give an argument to
3084 `mh-sort-folder' to suppress this behavior.
3085
3086 *** `mh-send-prog': new variable so can customize name of `send'
3087 program in case of name conflicts.
3088
3089 *** `mh-scan-prog': new variable so can customize name of `scan'
3090 program to generate custom effects.
3091
3092 *** `mh-inc-prog': new variable so can customize name of `inc' program
3093 to do fancy management of incoming messages.
3094
3095 *** `mh-forwarded-letter-subject': new function used by `mh-forward'
3096 to compute the Subject line of the new message. It is a small function
3097 which can be replaced by the user for customization. Uses the new
3098 variable `mh-forward-subject-format', which allows some simple
3099 customizations without rewriting even `mh-forwarded-letter-subject'.
3100
3101 *** `mh-new-draft-cleaned-headers': new variable, header lines removed
3102 by `mh-edit-again' and `mh-extract-rejected-mail' before offering a
3103 message as a new draft.
3104
3105 *** `mh-signature-file-name': new variable used by
3106 `mh-insert-signature' to so can customize name of the file to insert.
3107
3108 *** `mh-read-address': new function called to read all To: and Cc:
3109 addresses.
3110
3111 *** `mh-msg-folder-hook': new hook used by `mh-refile-msg' and
3112 `mh-to-fcc' to provide a default folder for user prompt.
3113
3114
3115 ** Key binding changes in mh-e 4.0
3116
3117 *** `,' runs new function `mh-header-display'. It is like `.' but it
3118 displays *all* the headers.
3119
3120 *** `M-#' runs the new function `mh-delete-seq'. One used to have to
3121 type `C-u M-%' to delete a sequence.
3122
3123 *** `<' no longer does `mh-first-msg', but `M->' now does
3124 `mh-last-msg'. This allows first and last to be consistent (`>' was
3125 taken) and is more likely to be discovered by chance anyway.
3126
3127 *** `M-d' runs `mh-redistribute', `r' runs `mh-reply' (on the theory
3128 that the more commonly used function should be easier to type, and the
3129 obscure action of redistributing can be harder to type).
3130
3131 *** `M-o' changed to `C-o' (`mh-write-msg-to-file'). It was
3132 interfering with arrow keys for some people.
3133
3134 *** `M-n' now runs `mh-store-msg' (formerly `mh-unshar-msg').
3135
3136 *** `b' no longer runs `mh-quit'; use `q' instead. `b' may be used in
3137 a future version for something else.
3138
3139
3140 ** Minor improvements to mh-e 4.0
3141
3142 *** The mh-e code is now divided into multiple Emacs Lisp files, so it
3143 starts up faster because Emacs doesn't have to load all of it at once.
3144 (This change also makes it easier for the maintainer to manage
3145 things.)
3146
3147 *** When searching for the directory containing the MH programs,
3148 search the user's PATH in addition to the built-in directories, to
3149 increase the chance of finding the MH programs.
3150
3151 *** The subject for a forwarded message no longer has ugly square
3152 brackets around it.
3153
3154 *** The name of the folder is no longer appears twice in the show
3155 buffer mode line.
3156
3157 *** When typing a folder name in the minibuffer, parent folders
3158 complete to the trailing slash (/), for easier typing of subfolders.
3159
3160 *** The folder buffer mode name changed from `mh-e scan' or `mh-e
3161 show' to `MH-Folder', which makes the hook name easier to guess. Added
3162 `mh-showing' to `minor-mode-alist' so there is still an indication in
3163 the mode line of whether messages will be shown automatically.
3164
3165 *** `mh-rename-seq' does completion on the old sequence name.
3166
3167 *** If called by a user who has never used MH on this system before,
3168 mh-e runs the MH program `install-mh' to get them set up.
3169
3170 *** Undo history for previous messages is not kept to avoid wasting
3171 memory.
3172
3173 *** The internal temp buffer used by mh-e has `buffer-offer-save'
3174 explicitly nil. This change benefits people who change the
3175 `buffer-offer-save' default.
3176
3177
3178 ** Bug fixes to mh-e 4.0
3179
3180 *** `mh-to-field': don't bomb if no To: field.
3181
3182 *** `mh-get-new-mail': restore annotations, e.g., cur, even if no new
3183 mail.
3184
3185 *** `mh-rename-seq': verify that the new seq name was accepted by
3186 `mark' before updating state.
3187
3188 *** `mh-internal-seq': the Previous sequence is not notated, since it
3189 would notate everything scanned.
3190
3191 *** `mh-read-draft': don't call `find-file-noselect' so an
3192 `auto-mode-alist' doesn't trigger `mh-letter-mode-hook' twice. Faster,
3193 too.
3194
3195 *** `mh-show': If user moves onto a message that doesn't exist, don't
3196 leave the cursor in the show pane.
3197
3198 *** `mh-delete-scan-msgs': use `equal', not `=', on the result of
3199 `mh-get-msg-num', since it may be nil.
3200
3201 *** `mh-get-field': do anchored search so searching for `reply-to:'
3202 doesn't find `in-reply-to:'.
3203
3204 *** `mh-widen': do nothing if not narrowed.
3205
3206 *** `mh-clean-message-header': find end of headers even if no body.
3207
3208 \f
3209 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
3210
3211 GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
3212 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
3213 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
3214 (at your option) any later version.
3215
3216 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
3217 but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
3218 MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
3219 GNU General Public License for more details.
3220
3221 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
3222 along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
3223
3224 \f
3225 Local variables:
3226 mode: outline
3227 paragraph-separate: "[ \f]*$"
3228 end:
3229
3230 arch-tag: f6696cad-eb1b-4c5f-8057-4e3954a98d18