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9 * Changes in MH-E 8.0.1
11 Version 8.0.1 works around a couple of bugs in GNU mailutils, spost,
12 and Windows. MH-E now requires the use of version 1.0 of mailutils due
13 to a bug in the folder command.
15 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0.1
17 *** Infinite Loop When Searching (mailutils)
19 The GNU mailutils folder command displays output when a folder doesn't
20 exist. MH-E didn't expect this and responded with an infinite loop
21 during searches. While this bug has since been fixed in mailutils,
22 MH-E has been modified to work anyway (closes SF #1499712).
24 *** spost Doesn't Have -msgid or -mime Flags
26 The post replacement spost does not support the -msgid or -mime flags.
27 A new variable `mh-send-uses-spost-flag' was added to control the use
28 of these flags (closes SF #1486726).
30 *** <2> in Search Folders Illegal in Windows
32 The <2> suffix to the search folder names contain illegal filename
33 characters in Windows. These cause searches to fail on Windows. This
34 has been fixed by changing the suffix to -2 (closes SF #1507002).
40 Version 8.0 supports GNU mailutils, S/MIME, picons, which-func-mode,
41 sports an improved interface for hiding header fields, improves upon
42 the MH variant detection, improves folder completion, makes the pick
43 search equivalent to the other types of searches, spruces up the tool
44 bar, creates the correct MIME type when including OpenOffice
45 documents, works on a Mac, adds colors to buttons for signed or
46 encrypted messages, incorporates new features introduced in
47 Emacs 22.1, fixes a bunch of bugs, and best of all, comes with an
50 Internally, MH-E now sports a new software organization which will
51 help future maintainability. As a side-effect, the number of XEmacs
52 compilation warnings has plummeted from hundreds to just three. CVS
53 users will notice that MH-E has been migrated from the CVS repository
54 from SourceForge to Savannah (but only for those files that were
55 already part of Emacs). As a result, the location of MH-E in the
56 load-path has changed, and mh-e-autoloads.el was renamed to
57 mh-autoloads.el. See section INSTALL in the README for details. While
58 this migration will benefit maintainers, it will also benefit users:
59 CVS Emacs users will not have to check out MH-E separately and welcome
60 faster MH-E updates, and CVS MH-E users will welcome faster MH-E
61 updates from Emacs developers. Read section CVS MH-E INSTALL in the
64 While not related to this release, the MH-E mailing lists are now
65 gatewayed at gmane.org (closes SF #979308).
67 If you want to see the release notes for the alpha and beta releases
68 leading up this release, please see:
70 http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/etc/MH-E-NEWS?rev=1.25&root=emacs&view=markup
74 ** New Features in MH-E 8.0
76 *** GNU mailutils Support
78 MH-E now supports GNU mailutils 0.4 and higher versions.
82 MH-E now supports S/MIME using Gnus 5.10.6 or higher.
86 In addition to the other methods of displaying an icon for the sender
87 of a message, MH-E can now display images from a picon directory. The
88 directory search path is found in the `mh-picon-directory-list'
89 variable. More documentation is found in the "facedb" sections in the
94 There is a new `F c' (`mh-catchup') command that marks all unread
95 messages in the current folder as read.
97 *** Use which-func-mode to Display Folder in Index Mode
99 Turning on `which-func-mode' displays the folder name of the message
100 under the cursor in index folders (closes SF #855520).
104 The `?' (`mh-help') function now displays the help in its own buffer
105 called *MH-E Help* (closes SF #493740 and SF #656631).
107 *** Search Unification
109 The old `F s' behavior of adding messages to the search sequence has
110 been removed. The `F i' keybinding was deprecated and the new `F s'
111 (`mh-search') command is used to initiate either indexed or pick
112 searches. Within the MH-Search buffer (renamed from MH-Pick), the
113 command `C-c C-p' (`mh-pick-do-search') now runs pick on the given
114 folder recursively and displays the results in a search folder like
115 the other search methods (closes SF #829207).
117 *** Entry Points Have Moved
119 Emacs 21 users must now add `(require 'mh-autoloads)' because the
120 entry points (such as `mh-rmail' and `mh-smail') have moved to
121 different files which have made the autoloads that come with Emacs
122 inaccurate. This change was necessary because the code was reorganized
123 to remove circular dependencies, to make the code more stable and
124 maintainable, and to reduce the time to load MH-E.
126 *** MH-Folder Keymap Changes
128 There is now a keymap for the printing functions whose prefix is `P'.
129 The command `l' (`mh-print-msg') has been replaced with `P l' although
130 we suggest you use the new `P p' instead.
134 ; - mh-toggle-mh-decode-mime-flag
136 / f mh-narrow-to-from -
137 / r mh-narrow-to-range -
138 / g - mh-narrow-to-range
139 / m - mh-narrow-to-from
141 F i mh-index-search -
142 F s mh-search-folder mh-search
143 K e - mh-display-with-external-viewer
144 K t - mh-toggle-mime-buttons
146 P C - mh-ps-print-toggle-color
147 P F - mh-ps-print-toggle-faces
148 P f - mh-ps-print-msg-file
150 P p - mh-ps-print-msg
152 *** MH-Letter Keymap Changes
154 The change where `mh-letter-mode' derives from `mail-mode' adds a few
155 keybindings. Some are interesting: experiment! Only the keybinding
156 changes for MH-E functions are listed here.
158 Most of the changes have to do with the renaming of the functions with
159 "mhn" in them to "mh" because nmh doesn't use `mhn'. The names were
160 also made consistent with the the family of "mml" functions.
162 The type of signing or encryption has been generalized so the method
163 is now an option rather than a part of the function's name. The option
164 is `mh-mml-method-default' and choices include PGP (MIME), PGP,
169 C-c C-e mh-edit-mhn mh-mh-to-mime
170 C-c RET C-e mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime
171 mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt
172 C-c RET C-g - mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp
173 C-c RET C-n - mh-mml-unsecure-message
174 C-c RET C-s mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime
175 mh-mml-secure-message-sign
176 C-c RET C-t - mh-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar
177 C-c RET C-u mh-revert-mhn-edit mh-mh-to-mime-undo
178 C-c RET C-x - mh-mh-compose-external-type
179 C-c RET e mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime
181 C-c RET e e - mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt
182 C-c RET e s - mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt
183 C-c RET g - mh-mh-compose-anon-ftp
184 C-c RET n - mh-mml-unsecure-message
185 C-c RET s - Prefix Command
186 C-c RET s e - mh-mml-secure-message-signencrypt
187 C-c RET s s - mh-mml-secure-message-sign
188 C-c RET t - mh-mh-compose-external-compressed-tar
189 C-c RET u mh-revert-mhn-edit mh-mh-to-mime-undo
190 C-c RET x - mh-mh-compose-external-type
192 C-c C-f C-a - mh-to-field
193 C-c C-f C-l - mh-to-field
194 C-c C-f RET - mh-to-field
195 C-c C-f a - mh-to-field
196 C-c C-f l - mh-to-field
197 C-c C-f m - mh-to-field
199 *** MH-Search Keymap Changes
201 These are the changes associated with the new search mode. The command
202 `C-c C-c' (`mh-index-do-search') now performs the standard indexed
203 search, while `C-c C-p' (`mh-pick-do-search') runs pick as before,
206 The `mh-to-field' keybindings were adjusted to be consistent with
207 those in the MH-Letter mode.
211 C-c C-c mh-do-search mh-index-do-search
212 C-c C-f C-d mh-to-field -
213 C-c C-f C-f mh-to-field -
214 C-c C-f C-r mh-to-field -
215 C-c C-f RET - mh-to-field
216 C-c C-f d mh-to-field -
217 C-c C-f f mh-to-field -
218 C-c C-f m - mh-to-field
219 C-c C-f r mh-to-field -
220 C-c TAB mh-index-do-search -
222 *** Updates to X-Image-URL
224 Now support the use of `curl' and `fetch' as alternatives to `wget' to
225 obtain the image. The display of images are controlled with the
226 `mh-show-use-xface-flag' option while the `mh-fetch-x-image-url'
227 option controls how the images are fetched.
229 The default of `mh-fetch-x-image-url' has been changed to "Never
230 Fetch." Those of you who like the value of "Ask Before Fetching" will
231 have to customize this option (closes SF #831278).
233 WARNING: There are security concerns with this feature. Please read
234 the documentation for these options carefully before changing the
237 *** Updates to mh-identity-list
239 Note that the field names found in `mh-identity-list' that refer to
240 the fields in `mh-identity-handlers' have changed in an incompatible
241 way from 7.4.4. In general, the symbolic names now have a ":" prefix
242 to avoid collisions with header fields. Before starting Emacs, edit
243 your .emacs and insert ":" before "signature" if you have defined it.
245 You can change your attribution in replies with the new "Attribution
246 Verb" field, and you can set your default GPG user ID with the "GPG
249 Signatures can now be read from the `mh-signature-file-name' variable,
250 or come from a function, in addition to a named file. If you write
251 your own function, variables that you can use include
252 `mh-signature-separator-regexp', `mh-signature-separator',
253 and `mh-signature-separator-p'.
255 The handling of these fields has been moved into a new
256 `mh-identity-handlers' option, an alist of fields (strings) and
257 handlers (functions). Strings are lowercase. Use ":signature" for
258 Signature and ":pgg-default-user-id" for GPG Key ID. The function
259 associated with the string "default" is used if no other functions are
260 appropriate. For this reason, don't name a header field "Default".
262 If you point your signature at a vCard file with a vcf suffix, then it
263 will be incorporated as a vCard body part (closes SF #802723).
265 *** Updates to Speedbar
267 The speedbar now renders the folders with unseen messages in boldface
268 which makes them easier to identify (closes SF #623369).
270 *** Updates to mh-msg-is-in-seq
272 Can now specify an alternate message number to `S s'
273 (`mh-msg-is-in-seq') with a prefix argument.
275 *** Updates to mh-to-field-choices
277 In MH-Letter mode, you can use the `C-c C-f' (`mh-to-field') prefix to
278 go to and insert fields. The fields `Reply-To:', `Mail-Reply-To:',
279 `Mail-Followup-To:' can now be created via the `C-r', `C-a' (for
280 author), and `C-l' keys respectively. The key for the `From:' field
281 has been renamed from `C-r' to `C-m' for consistency with `mail-mode'
282 (closes SF #1400139).
284 *** Change Content-Type Renderer on the Fly in MH-Show Buffer
286 This has been implemented by adding the key binding `K e'
287 (`mh-display-with-external-viewer'). For inline text/html parts,
288 buttons aren't displayed by default. In that case use `K t'
289 (`mh-toggle-mime-buttons') to display the button before viewing it
290 with an external browser (closes SF #839318).
292 *** MH-E No Longer Calls install-mh
294 The new variant detection code makes use of `mhparam' which assumes
295 that your MH environment has already been set up. The code to call
296 `install-mh', which could no longer be run anyway, was removed.
298 *** Add :package-version Keyword to Options
300 This `defcustom', `defgroup', and `defface' keyword was introduced in
301 Emacs 22.1. MH-E has been extended to take advantage of it. With this
302 keyword, you can now use `M-x customize-changed-options' to see what
303 options in MH-E have changed between versions of Emacs. In a future
304 version of Emacs, you'll be able to see changes between MH-E versions
305 as well (closes SF #1452724).
307 *** Render Signature and vCard in Italics
309 This has been implemented. Use `mh-show-signature-face' to customize
310 the face used (closes SF #802722).
312 *** Derive mh-letter-mode from mail-mode
314 MH-Letter mode is now derived from `mail-mode'. We were able to delete
315 a lot of code. In return, there are a few `mail-mode' commands that
316 are available that may or may not be useful and the `mail-mode-hook'
317 is run (closes SF #1385571).
319 *** Remove Emacs 20 Support
321 As it turns out, we had already added some code that didn't work on
322 Emacs 20. However, now we've formalized it and removed code that was
323 present solely for Emacs 20 support (closes SF #1359240).
325 *** Glimpse Support Removed
327 Since glimpse isn't free, we cannot mention it. Glimpse has been
328 removed from the option `mh-indexer-choices' (closes SF #831276).
330 *** Use run-hook-with-args
332 We use normal hooks whenever possible and do not use
333 `run-hook-with-args' (with one documented exception) (closes SF
338 ** New Variables in MH-E 8.0
340 *** mh-after-commands-processed-hook
342 Hook run by `x' (`mh-execute-commands') after performing outstanding
343 refile and delete requests.
345 *** mh-alias-reloaded-hook
347 Invoked by `mh-alias-reload' after reloading aliases.
349 *** mh-auto-fields-prompt-flag
351 On means to prompt before sending if fields in `mh-auto-fields-list'
354 *** mh-before-commands-processed-hook
356 Renamed from `mh-folder-updated-hook'. It wasn't clear whether
357 `mh-folder-updated-hook' was run before or after the commands were
358 executed. We now provide both with clear names.
360 *** mh-compose-forward-as-mime-flag
362 On means that messages are forwarded as attachments (closes SF
365 *** mh-default-folder-for-message-function
367 Function to select a default folder for refiling or `Fcc:'.
371 Invoked on the forwarded letter by `f' (`mh-forward').
373 *** mh-highlight-citation-style
375 Renamed from `mh-highlight-citation-p' since it wasn't a boolean. The
376 new name is also more descriptive.
378 *** mh-identity-handlers
380 Handler functions for fields in `mh-identity-list'.
382 *** mh-insert-signature-hook
384 Renamed from `mh-letter-insert-signature-hook' since most of the other
385 hooks do not carry the mode in the prefix and because the new name is
388 *** mh-invisible-header-fields-default
390 List of hidden header fields. The header fields listed in this option
391 are hidden, although you can check off any field that you would like
392 to see. Header fields that you would like to hide that aren't listed
393 can be added to the `mh-invisible-header-fields' option (closes SF
396 The option `mh-visible-header-fields' has been deleted.
398 *** mh-junk-background
400 If on, spam programs are run in background. This used to be the
401 default behavior but this could overwhelm a system if many messages
402 were black- or whitelisted at once. The spam programs are now run in
403 the foreground, but this option can be used to put them back in the
406 *** mh-junk-disposition
408 Renamed from `mh-junk-mail-folder' since this variable can accept
409 values other than folder names.
411 *** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hooks
413 Renamed from `mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook'. By convention,
414 abnormal hooks, which this is, either have a -function or -hooks
417 *** mh-mhl-format-file
419 Renamed from `mhl-formfile' to put it in the MH-E namespace and to be
420 consistent with other similar options.
422 *** mh-mh-to-mime-hook
424 Renamed from `mh-edit-mhn-hook'. We have a family of `mh-mml-to-mime'
425 functions and variables; the older mhn functions and variables were
426 renamed to have a consistent `mh-mh-to-mime' prefix.
428 *** mh-mml-method-default
430 Default method to use in security tags.
432 *** mh-new-messages-folders
434 Renamed from `mh-index-new-messages-folders' for clarity.
438 Additional list of directories to search for MH.
440 *** mh-redist-full-contents-flag
442 On means the `dist' command needs entire letter for redistribution.
443 This was previously a variable. It's now an option.
445 *** mh-search-mode-hook
447 Renamed from `mh-pick-mode-hook' as part of the
448 `mh-index.el'/`mh-pick.el' merge into `mh-search.el'.
450 *** mh-search-program
452 Renamed from `mh-index-program' as part of the
453 `mh-index.el'/`mh-pick.el' merge into `mh-search.el'.
455 *** mh-signature-separator-flag
457 On means a signature separator should be inserted. It is not
458 recommended that you change this option since various mail user
459 agents, including MH-E, use the separator to present the signature
460 differently, and to suppress the signature when replying or yanking a
465 Additional arguments for `sortm'. This was previously an internal
466 variable. It's now an user-customizable option.
468 *** mh-speed-update-interval
470 Renamed from `mh-speed-flists-interval' for clarity.
472 *** mh-ticked-messages-folders
474 Renamed from `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders' for clarity.
478 Specifies the variant used by MH-E. The default setting of this option
479 is `Auto-detect' which means that MH-E will automatically choose the
480 first of nmh, MH, or GNU mailutils that it finds in the directories
481 listed in `mh-path', `mh-sys-path', and `exec-path'. If, for example,
482 you have both nmh and mailutils installed and `mh-variant-in-use' was
483 initialized to nmh but you want to use mailutils, then you can set
484 this option to `mailutils'.
486 When this variable is changed, MH-E resets `mh-progs', `mh-lib',
487 `mh-lib-progs', `mh-flists-present-flag', and `mh-variant-in-use'
490 If you've set these variables in your .emacs, it is strongly suggested
491 that you comment them out. The MH detection code has been completely
492 rewritten and it is very likely that you no longer to set them and
493 their setting may confuse other MH-E settings.
495 *** mh-xemacs-tool-bar-position
497 Renamed from `mh-xemacs-toolbar-position' per GNU Emacs naming conventions.
499 *** mh-xemacs-use-tool-bar-flag
501 Renamed from `mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag' per GNU Emacs naming conventions.
505 Renamed from `mh-yank-from-start-of-msg' for clarity.
509 ** Variables Deleted in MH-E 8.0
511 *** mh-alias-system-aliases
513 System definitions should not be a user option.
517 Renamed to `mh-mh-to-mime-hook'.
519 *** mh-folder-updated-hook
521 Renamed to `mh-before-commands-processed-hook'.
523 *** mh-highlight-citation-p
525 Renamed to `mh-highlight-citation-style'.
527 *** mh-index-new-messages-folders
529 Renamed to `mh-new-messages-folders'.
533 Renamed to `mh-search-program'.
535 *** mh-index-ticked-messages-folders
537 Renamed to `mh-ticked-messages-folders'.
539 *** mh-junk-mail-folder
541 Since this variable can accept values other than folder names, it was
542 renamed to `mh-junk-disposition' to more accurately reflect the content.
544 *** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook
546 Renamed to `mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hooks'.
548 *** mh-letter-insert-signature-hook
550 Renamed to `mh-insert-signature-hook'.
552 *** mh-pick-mode-hook
554 Renamed to `mh-search-mode-hook'.
556 *** mh-show-use-goto-addr-flag
558 This flag was redundant with and inconsistent with
559 `goto-address-highlight-p' at the same time, so we removed it. Please
560 customize `goto-address-highlight-p' if you wish to turn off email
561 address and URL highlighting.
563 *** mh-speed-flists-interval
565 Renamed to `mh-speed-update-interval'.
567 *** mh-speed-run-flists-flag
569 Deleted since setting `mh-speed-flists-interval' to 0 accomplishes the
572 *** mh-visible-header-fields
574 Deleted since it would hide new header fields you might want to see.
576 *** mh-xemacs-toolbar-position
578 Renamed to `mh-xemacs-tool-bar-position'.
580 *** mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag
582 Renamed to `mh-xemacs-use-tool-bar-flag'.
584 *** mh-yank-from-start-of-msg
586 Renamed to `mh-yank-behavior'.
590 Renamed to `mh-mhl-format-file'.
594 ** New Faces in MH-E 8.0
596 *** mh-folder-address
598 Renamed from `mh-folder-address-face' per new Emacs conventions.
602 Renamed from `mh-folder-body-face' per new Emacs conventions.
604 *** mh-folder-cur-msg-number
606 Renamed from `mh-folder-cur-msg-number-face' per new Emacs conventions.
610 Renamed from `mh-folder-date-face' per new Emacs conventions.
612 *** mh-folder-deleted
614 Renamed from `mh-folder-deleted-face' per new Emacs conventions.
616 *** mh-folder-followup
618 Renamed from `mh-folder-followup-face' per new Emacs conventions.
620 *** mh-folder-msg-number
622 Renamed from `mh-folder-msg-number-face' per new Emacs conventions.
624 *** mh-folder-refiled
626 Renamed from `mh-folder-refiled-face' per new Emacs conventions.
628 *** mh-folder-sent-to-me-hint
630 Fontification hint face in messages sent directly to us.
632 *** mh-folder-sent-to-me-sender
634 Sender face in messages sent directly to us.
636 *** mh-folder-subject
638 Renamed from `mh-folder-subject-face' per new Emacs conventions.
642 Renamed from `mh-folder-tick-face' per new Emacs conventions.
646 Renamed from `mh-folder-to-face' per new Emacs conventions.
648 *** mh-letter-header-field
650 Renamed from `mh-letter-header-field-face' per new Emacs conventions.
654 Renamed from `mh-index-folder-face'.
658 Renamed from `mh-show-cc-face' per new Emacs conventions.
662 Renamed from `mh-show--face' per new Emacs conventions.
666 Renamed from `mh-show-from-face' per new Emacs conventions.
670 Renamed from `mh-show-header-face' per new Emacs conventions.
674 Face used to highlight a bad PGG signature.
678 Face used to highlight a good PGG signature.
680 *** mh-show-pgg-unknown
682 Face used to highlight a PGG signature whose status is unknown. This
683 face is also used for a signature when the signer is untrusted.
685 *** mh-show-signature
687 Face used to highlight the signature.
691 Renamed from `mh-show-subject-face' per new Emacs conventions.
695 Renamed from `mh-show-to-face' per new Emacs conventions.
699 Renamed from `mh-show-xface-face' per new Emacs conventions.
701 *** mh-speedbar-folder
703 Renamed from `mh-speedbar-folder-face' per new Emacs conventions.
705 *** mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages
707 Renamed from `mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages-face' per new
710 *** mh-speedbar-selected-folder
712 Renamed from `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-face' per new Emacs conventions.
714 *** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages
716 Renamed from `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages-face'
717 per new Emacs conventions.
721 ** Faces Deleted in MH-E 8.0
723 *** mh-folder-address-face
725 Renamed to `mh-folder-address' per new Emacs conventions.
727 *** mh-folder-body-face
729 Renamed to `mh-folder-body' per new Emacs conventions.
731 *** mh-folder-cur-msg-face
735 *** mh-folder-cur-msg-number-face
737 Renamed to `mh-folder-cur-msg-number' per new Emacs conventions.
739 *** mh-folder-date-face
741 Renamed to `mh-folder-date' per new Emacs conventions.
743 *** mh-folder-deleted-face
745 Renamed to `mh-folder-deleted' per new Emacs conventions.
747 *** mh-folder-followup-face
749 Renamed to `mh-folder-followup' per new Emacs conventions.
751 *** mh-folder-msg-number-face
753 Renamed to `mh-folder-msg-number' per new Emacs conventions.
755 *** mh-folder-refiled-face
757 Renamed to `mh-folder-refiled' per new Emacs conventions.
759 *** mh-folder-subject-face
761 Renamed to `mh-folder-subject' per new Emacs conventions.
763 *** mh-folder-tick-face
765 Renamed to `mh-folder-tick' per new Emacs conventions.
767 *** mh-folder-to-face
769 Renamed to `mh-folder-to' per new Emacs conventions.
771 *** mh-index-folder-face
773 Renamed to `mh-search-folder'.
775 *** mh-letter-header-field-face
777 Renamed to `mh-letter-header-field' per new Emacs conventions.
781 Renamed to `mh-show-cc' per new Emacs conventions.
783 *** mh-show-date-face
785 Renamed to `mh-show-date' per new Emacs conventions.
787 *** mh-show-from-face
789 Renamed to `mh-show-from' per new Emacs conventions.
791 *** mh-show-header-face
793 Renamed to `mh-show-header' per new Emacs conventions.
795 *** mh-show-subject-face
797 Renamed to `mh-show-subject' per new Emacs conventions.
801 Renamed to `mh-show-to' per new Emacs conventions.
803 *** mh-show-xface-face
805 Renamed to `mh-show-xface' per new Emacs conventions.
807 *** mh-speedbar-folder-face
809 Renamed to `mh-speedbar-folder' per new Emacs conventions.
811 *** mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages-face
813 Renamed to `mh-speedbar-folder-with-unseen-messages' per new Emacs conventions.
815 *** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-face
817 Renamed to `mh-speedbar-selected-folder' per new Emacs conventions.
819 *** mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages-face
821 Renamed to `mh-speedbar-selected-folder-with-unseen-messages' per new
826 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 8.0
828 *** Face Variable Names Now Follow Current Conventions
830 The -face suffix has been dropped from all face names.
834 Items in swish indexes that aren't mail messages are now handled more
837 *** Spamassassin Fixes
839 If you use spamassassin, there was an error when you tried to junk
840 mail if the option `mh-junk-background' was set. This has been fixed.
844 Indexing now compatible with Mairix version 0.12 and later.
846 *** mh-extract-rejected-mail Can't Do MIME (and Other Formats)
848 Now handles qmail and exim bounces (addresses SF #404965).
850 *** mh-rmail Hangs in XEmacs
852 We've determined that MH-E is incompatible with some versions of
853 XEmacs (21.5.9-21.5.16). More recent versions work fine. If you think
854 our list is too broad, please let us know which version of XEmacs you
855 are using (closes SF #644321).
857 *** Completions Offered by mh-refile-message Are Not Sorted
859 This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #698734).
861 *** Add Message-ID to Outgoing Messages
863 If you replied to a message in your `+outbox', an `In-Reply-To:'
864 header field was created that broke threading at the recipient's end.
865 We now add a `Message-ID:' to outgoing messages which fixes this
868 *** Inconsistent Prompts
870 Emacs changed their defaults in prompts from "Prompt: [value]" to
871 "Prompt (default value): ". All MH-E prompts have been updated to
872 comply with the new standard and are therefore now consistent
873 throughout the application (closes SF #730470, SF #1275933).
875 *** Empty Shell Comments Confuse mh-mhn-directive-present-p
877 If you had a string that matched the regexp "^# $" in your draft, it
878 would cause an error. This has been fixed (closes SF #762458).
880 *** Quote Hashes When mhbuild Directives Used
882 A related bug, if you had empty shell comments but inserted your own
883 directives, you'd get another error from mhbuild. This has been fixed
884 by quoting the hash ("^# $") like this "##" before submitting to
885 mhbuild (closes SF #762464).
887 *** Inconsistent Usage in Scan Formatting Variables
899 used to contain strings. Although only the first character was read,
900 the entire string would be inserted which may have caused problems.
901 These variables have been converted to character constants so that
902 only a single character can be inserted into the scan line (closes SF
905 *** Bad Handling of Aliases That Conflict With Local User Names
907 If a user name existed both locally and in the aliases file, the local
908 user would be flashed, but the alias would be used when sending. This
909 has been fixed so that the user name that is flashed is the same as
910 the name that is sent (closes SF #772595).
912 *** Initialization Fails If ~/Mail Exists
914 MH-E no longer calls `install-mh' so this issue has gone away (closes
917 *** Not Re-prompted to Sign After Pass Phrase Typo
919 If there were errors when sending a signed message (like getting the
920 pass phrase wrong), the MML markup remained in the draft buffer. The
921 draft buffer is now restored if there is an error (closes SF #839303).
923 *** Font-lock Gets Confused in MH-Letter Buffer
925 If a user manually moved the cursor to the end of the header field
926 separator line (by mouse click or keyboard navigation) and hit Enter
927 to start typing their message, any line in the body with a colon would
928 be fontified with a gray background. This has been fixed (closes SF
931 *** RETURN Causes Infinite Loop in mh-letter
933 This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #887346).
935 *** mh-refile-msg Fails to Suggest Folder for Empty Message
937 If you received a message with an empty body from someone who is
938 listed in your aliases file, `o' (`mh-refile-msg') failed to suggest
939 the correct folder. This has been fixed (closes SF #917096).
941 *** Missing Headers When Replying to All
943 User needed to edit `replgroupcomps' (closes SF #918194).
945 *** Error Visiting Folder With no Unseen Messages
947 If you visited a folder without unseen messages and the option "flist:
948 -noshowzero" is present in your `~/.mh_profile', you'd get an error.
949 This has been fixed (closes SF #933954).
951 *** Error Message When Trying to Send Using MH-E
953 This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1002103).
955 *** mh-find-path Doesn't Use mhparam
957 MH-E no longer peeks into the MH profile `~/.mh_profile' directly. It
958 uses `mhparam' instead (closes SF #1016027).
960 *** rmmproc Refile Complains No Such Message
962 MH-E would get confused about which folder to delete messages from if
963 you were refiling and deleting messages at the same time. This has
964 been fixed (closes SF #1023959).
966 *** auto-mode-alist Updated
968 MH-E originally updated auto-mode-alist to set the major mode of
969 drafts. Now that we explicitly set the mode, there is no reason to do
970 this, and this behavior caused problems for people who didn't use MH-E
971 who were editing files that looked like MH message files (closes SF
974 *** ! Doesn't Do Regions
976 Now it does (closes SF #1046330).
978 *** mh-show-unquote-From Fails (read-only buffer)
980 MH-E quotes the `From ' header field that is inserted by MTAs.
981 However, it was trying to do this in a read-only buffer. This has been
982 fixed (closes SF #1089870).
984 *** Whitespace in pick Expressions
986 The `C-u / s RET' command now works. In addition, you can now add
987 whitespace to any of the limiting (/) commands (closes SF #1122655).
989 *** mh-index-previous-folder Does Not Work Correctly
991 If your cursor was on an item below a folder heading and you used
992 `M-TAB' (`mh-index-previous-folder'), you would move to the previous
993 folder heading. This has been fixed (closes SF #1126188).
995 *** Default Identity Prevents Insertion of Auto Fields
997 Auto insertion of an identity now occurs even when the default
998 identity is used (closes SF #1204506).
1000 *** mh-compose-forward and Default Message Number
1002 `mh-compose-forward' will now default to the sent message in the sent
1003 folder and the `cur' message in other folders. It also takes ranges of
1004 messages and can include multiple messages at a time (closes SF
1007 *** Better Handling of Empty cur Sequence
1009 If you refiled a message into a folder and then used `F r'
1010 (`mh-rescan-folder') in that folder, your cursor would be taken to the
1011 first message. The cursor now stays where it was (closes SF #1207247).
1013 *** mh-customize Uses Group mh, Not mh-e
1015 The `mh' customization group alias has been deleted to avoid some
1016 problems that were found (closes SF #1213716).
1018 *** "Args out of range" Error in Displaying Message
1020 This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1227504).
1022 *** Front-and-back Truncation in mailto: Rendering
1024 This behavior is no longer observed (closes SF #1227510).
1026 *** Name of the Draft File in mh-comp.el
1028 MH is documented to use the draft file. If you use a draft file for
1029 something else (like Sylpheed), then use draft folders (closes SF
1032 *** font-lock Error in mh-letter-mode
1034 An error in MH-E was introduced as a result of a change in CVS Emacs.
1035 This has been fixed (closes SF #1241017).
1037 *** Msg Display Broken After Displaying Msg with Inline Image
1039 Messages with inline images no longer trim certain message header
1040 fields (closes SF #1306141).
1042 *** mh-visit-folder Munges font-lock-keywords
1044 MH-E broke highlighting in Gnus buffers. This was actually a problem
1045 in CVS Emacs 22 and has been fixed there (closes SF #1393879).
1047 *** Illegal Filename Chars for W32 Filesystems
1049 Windows users who view `X-Image-URL:' images could not cache the
1050 images since the cached image file names had illegal characters. This
1051 has been fixed (closes SF #1396499).
1053 *** mh-send Doesn't Handle mml Insertions Via mail-user-agent
1055 Can now forward messages in Gnus if MH-E is your `mail-user-agent'
1056 (closes SF #1399307).
1058 *** Can't Narrow to Subject with Regexp Chars
1060 The command `/ s' could not limit subjects that had special pick
1061 characters (such as [, *, $, .). This has been fixed (closes SF
1064 *** `/ s' Can Miss the Original Mail
1066 The command `/ s' failed to include the message with the "Re:" in the
1067 Subject. This has been fixed (closes SF #1438369).
1069 *** mhparam -components Fails on mailutils
1071 This error prevented MH-E from loading when using GNU mailutils. GNU
1072 mailutils drops the `s' in this argument, so we did too since
1073 -component still works in nmh and MH (closes SF #1446985).
1075 *** `/ s' Still Has Problems With []'d Mail
1077 On XEmacs, subjects that had special characters would prevent `/ s'
1078 from narrowing to the given subject. These characters are now quoted
1079 correctly in XEmacs (closes SF #1447598).
1081 *** Variable mh-send-args Is a String, Not a List
1083 This was causing errors when sending under GNU mailutils. The internal
1084 variable `mh-send-args' is now a list which fixes the problem (closes
1089 Most of the tool bar icons have been replaced by GTK or GNOME 2 icons
1090 (closes SF #1452715).
1092 *** Strip Build Number From emacs-version in X-Mailer
1094 This has been done (closes SF #1466481).
1096 *** Rename Function and Variable Definers
1098 If you had ever shown help for an MH-E symbol that was both a function
1099 or variable, you might have found that the hyperlink to the file
1100 brought you to the wrong definition. This has been fixed by renaming
1101 the macros `mh-defgroup', `mh-defcustom', `mh-defface',
1102 `mh-defun-compat', and `mh-defmacro-compat' to `defgroup-mh',
1103 `defcustom-mh', `defface-mh', `defun-mh', `defmacro-mh' respectively
1104 (closes SF #1472029).
1106 *** mh-insert-letter Uses Wrong Default
1108 If you had used `C-c TAB' (`mh-insert-letter') to insert a letter into
1109 your draft, specified a different folder, and chose the default
1110 message number, you got the wrong message. This has been fixed (closes
1115 * Changes in MH-E 7.4.4
1117 Version 7.4.4 addresses programmatic issues from the FSF and prepares
1118 MH-E for inclusion into an impending GNU Emacs release (22.1). There
1119 are no user-visible changes (unless you are using XEmacs on DOS or
1120 don't have the cl package installed). Filenames are now unique in
1121 their first 8 characters (DOS 8.3 requirement). The runtime dependency
1122 on the cl package has been removed. Desktop saving and restoration
1123 code moved here from desktop.el.
1125 * Changes in MH-E 7.4.3
1127 Version 7.4.3 fixes the problem where `mh-identity-list' was not getting
1130 * Changes in MH-E 7.4.2
1132 Version 7.4.2 fixes the accidental dependence on nmh (closes SF
1135 * Changes in MH-E 7.4.1
1137 Version 7.4.1 fixes the Makefile so it no longer tries to compile
1140 * Changes in MH-E 7.4
1142 Version 7.4 contains many new useful features including arbitrary MH
1143 range handling, new draft features such as draft form editing, as well
1144 as sequence propagation and manipulation. We've also fixed bugs and
1145 added a handful of new variables.
1147 ** New Features in MH-E 7.4
1149 *** Add Arbitrary Ranges to MH-E UI
1151 MH-E now handles any legal MH range (such as last:5 or 4 8 10-12)
1152 wherever you're prompted for a message number or sequence (closes SF
1155 *** Remove Prompting in mh-send
1157 Brian Reid's original mhe didn't do prompting anywhere but used forms
1158 instead. While we won't go that far, we eliminated prompting where a
1159 form is already involved, such as in composing a message.
1161 The new customization variable `mh-compose-prompt-flag' can be set to
1162 t to get the original behavior (closes SF #745622).
1164 *** Use TAB to Switch Fields in Header
1166 When composing a message, TAB and SHIFT-TAB can be used to move
1167 quickly between header fields. The new customization variable,
1168 `mh-compose-skipped-header-fields', contains a list of header fields
1169 that are skipped and truncated if they are too long (closes SF
1172 *** Alias Completion in Composition Buffer
1174 Aliases can be completed in the draft with "M-TAB
1175 (mh-letter-complete)". Or, if the customization variable
1176 `mh-compose-space-does-completion-flag' is set to t, then a "SPC
1177 (mh-letter-complete-or-space)" with do the same thing. If
1178 `mh-alias-flash-on-comma' is non-nil, ", (mh-letter-confirm-address)"
1179 will show the alias expansion in the minibuffer (closes SF #745634).
1181 *** Auto Fields Should be Inserted During Send
1183 Fields that were inserted by the multiple personality code when the
1184 draft was sent now insert the header fields when the draft is composed
1185 to give you a chance to edit them (closes SF #747890).
1187 *** mh-index-tick-messages
1189 The command "F ' (mh-index-ticked-messages)" creates a buffer with all
1190 messages ticked with "' (mh-toggle-tick)" in the folders listed in the
1191 new customization variable `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders'. Chances
1192 are that if you set `mh-index-new-messages-folders', you'll want to
1193 set `mh-index-ticked-messages-folders' accordingly.
1195 In addition, a general function, "F q (mh-index-sequenced-messages)"
1196 has been provided that displays messages in the `mh-unseen-seq' in the
1197 folders listed `mh-index-new-messages-folders', unless a prefix
1198 argument is given, in which case you can provide both a list of
1199 folders and a sequence (closes SF #718833).
1201 *** Narrow to Region
1203 If there is a region, "/ r (mh-narrow-to-range)" will only consider
1204 those messages in the region. In addition, there is now a stack of
1205 folder limits which can be popped with "/ w (mh-widen)". With a prefix
1206 arg, all the restrictions are popped off of the stack (closes SF
1209 *** Narrow to Ticked Sequence
1211 The buffer can now be narrowed to ticked messages with "S '
1212 (mh-narrow-to-tick)" (closes SF #732825).
1214 *** Display Multiple Buttons for multipart/alternative
1216 A new customizable variable,
1217 `mh-display-buttons-for-alternatives-flag', was added to display
1218 buttons for the alternatives. The default value is nil to retain the
1219 current behavior (closes SF #741288).
1221 *** Identity Menu Changes
1223 A menu item has been added that inserts custom fields if the To or Cc
1224 header fields match `mh-auto-fields-list'.
1226 ** New Variables in MH-E 7.4
1228 *** mh-alias-local-users-prefix
1230 This string is prepended to the real names of users from the passwd
1231 file. If nil, use the username string unmodified instead of the real
1232 name from the gecos field of the passwd file.
1234 *** mh-alias-passwd-gecos-comma-separator-flag
1236 Non-nil means the gecos field in the passwd file uses comma as a
1237 separator. Used to construct aliases for users in the passwd file."
1239 *** mh-interpret-number-as-range-flag
1241 Non-nil means interpret a number as a range. If the variable is
1242 non-nil, and you use an integer, N, when asked for a range to scan,
1243 then MH-E uses the range "last:N".
1245 *** mh-kill-folder-suppress-prompt-hook
1247 This new hook is invoked at the beginning of the `F k
1248 (mh-kill-folder)' command. It is a list of functions to be called,
1249 with no arguments, which should return a value of non-nil if you
1250 should not be asked if you're sure that you want to remove the folder.
1251 This is useful for folders that are easily regenerated.
1253 The default value of `mh-index-p' suppresses the prompt on folders
1254 generated by an index search.
1256 WARNING: Use this hook with care. If there is a bug in your hook which
1257 returns t on +inbox and you hit `F k' by accident in the +inbox
1258 buffer, you will not be happy.
1260 *** mh-refile-preserves-sequences-flag
1262 Non-nil means that sequences are preserved when messages are refiled.
1263 If this variable is non-nil and a message belonging to a sequence
1264 other than cur or Previous-Sequence (see mh-profile 5) is refiled then
1265 it is put in the same sequence in the destination folder. Additional
1266 sequences that should not to be preserved can be specified by setting
1267 `mh-unpropagated-sequences' appropriately.
1269 *** mh-visible-header-fields
1271 Customize this instead of `mh-visible-headers', which is now a defvar.
1272 This was done to mimic the relationship between
1273 `mh-invisible-header-fields' and `mh-invisible-fields'.
1275 ** Variables Deleted in MH-E 7.4
1277 *** mh-visible-headers
1279 See the paragraph for `mh-visible-header-fields' above.
1281 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.4
1283 *** Aliases Constantly Reloaded
1285 The system aliases are not loaded as often as they were, so the
1286 completion speed has been dramatically improved if your passwd file is
1287 large (closes SF #693859).
1289 *** Folders in MH-Index View Not Saved
1291 When you perform a search to produce an MH-Index buffer, the folders
1292 that contain the messages are shown. If the MH-Index buffer was
1293 deleted, or Emacs was restarted and the corresponding folder
1294 rescanned, the folder information would be lost. This has been fixed
1295 by saving the information in a file called ".mhe_index" (closes SF
1298 *** Ticking Messages in +mhe-index/new
1300 If a new message in a buffer created by "F n" was ticked (with "'"),
1301 the message would not be added to the tick sequence in the source
1302 folder. This has been fixed so that any sequence changes in any index
1303 folder (from within MH-E of course) are now reflected back to the
1304 corresponding source folder (closes SF #709664).
1306 *** Custom Vars Set by a Function
1308 The default setting of customization variable `mh-summary-height' is
1309 now `nil' which means MH-E will change the size dynamically according
1310 to the size of the frame (closes SF #723267).
1312 *** Folder Completion Slow
1314 The first folder completion was very slow. This has been fixed (closes
1317 *** Tick Sequence Persistent When Refiled
1319 Sequences are now preserved when messages are refiled (closes SF
1322 *** Auto-inserted Header Fields Inconsistent
1324 For consistency, all automatically inserted header fields (such as
1325 X-Mailer and X-Face) are added when the draft is first presented to
1326 you. This also gives you a chance to edit or delete them if necessary
1327 (closes SF #745624). Note that we would be distressed if you deleted
1330 *** Toolbar Spec Error
1332 The following message appeared when displaying a message in XEmacs:
1334 Signaling: (error "Toolbar spec must be list or nil" )
1336 This has been fixed (closes SF #745655).
1338 *** mh-index-search Doesn't Find Short Acronyms
1340 Swish typically ignores words with fewer than four letters, but will
1341 still look for acronyms. Unfortunately, MH-E was downcasing the input
1342 words which defeated this feature. This has been fixed (closes SF
1347 * Changes in MH-E 7.3
1349 This release includes the new features of an index view of unseen
1350 messages in all folders, spam software support, relative folder
1351 specification @ support, marking messages, recipient handling by
1352 mh-default-folder-list, Face and X-Image-URL header field support, and
1353 Fcc completion. Function arguments have been unified. Bugs have been
1356 ** New Features in MH-E 7.3
1358 *** Unified Function Arguments
1360 Any function with MSG-OR-SEQ in its docstring uses the displayed
1361 message by default for this argument. However, if a prefix argument is
1362 provided, then the user is prompted for a message sequence. If the
1363 variable `transient-mark-mode' is non-nil and the mark is active, then
1364 the function operates on the messages in the selected region. In a
1365 program, MSG-OR-SEQ can be a message number, a list of message
1366 numbers, a region in a cons cell, or a sequence.
1368 *** MH-Index View of Unseen Messages
1370 Use "F n (mh-index-new-messages)" or Folder -> View New Messages menu
1371 item to display messages in the `mh-unseen-seq' sequence in folders
1372 specified by `mh-index-new-messages-folders'. With a prefix argument,
1373 enter a space-separated list of folders, or nothing to search all
1376 Like other MH-Index folders, use "v (mh-index-visit-folder)" if you
1377 wish to visit the original folder with the unseen message. This is
1378 usually not necessary since the original message is annotated if you
1379 reply, deleted if you delete the message, or refiled if you refile the
1380 message (closes SF #701756).
1382 *** Spam Software Support
1384 MH-E now supports several spam filters including Bogofilter,
1385 SpamProbe, and SpamAssassin. Spam that is mistakenly considered to be
1386 good mail can be reclassified as spam with "J b (mh-junk-blacklist)".
1387 Conversely, good mail that is accidently considered to be spam can be
1388 reclassified with "J w (mh-junk-whitelist)" (closes SF #669518).
1390 If a message is blacklisted, and `mh-junk-mail-folder' is a string,
1391 then the message is refiled to that folder. If this variable is nil,
1392 the message is deleted. If a message is whitelisted, then the message
1393 is refiled to `mh-inbox'.
1395 To change the spam program being used, customize `mh-junk-program'.
1396 This should only be necessary if you have multiple filters on your
1397 system and MH-E picked the wrong one. These customization variables
1398 are found in the new customization group `mh-junk'.
1400 The documentation for the following functions describes what setup is
1401 needed for the different spam fighting programs:
1403 - `mh-bogofilter-blacklist'
1404 - `mh-spamprobe-blacklist'
1405 - `mh-spamassassin-blacklist'
1407 *** Relative Folder Specification @ Supported
1409 You can now use the relative folder marker @ in folder names (closes
1412 *** Marking Messages
1414 Messages can now be highlighted with "' (mh-toggle-tick)", Sequence ->
1415 Toggle Tick Mark menu item or the "Toggle tick mark" button. These
1416 messages are added to the "tick" sequence, although this sequence can
1417 be changed in `mh-tick-seq'. The highlighting effect can be modified
1418 by customizing `mh-folder-tick-face' (closes SF #623367).
1420 There is also a new keybinding "/ ' (mh-narrow-to-tick)" and menu item
1421 Sequence -> Narrow to Tick Sequence to narrow the view to the
1422 highlighted messages.
1424 *** mh-default-folder-list Now Takes Recipients
1426 If you wish to file a message based upon the recipient of a message
1427 (such as a mailing list), you can now indicate that when filling out
1428 the address in the `mh-default-folder-list' customization variable.
1430 *** Face Header Field Supported
1432 In addition to the X-Face header field, the Face header field, which
1433 can display color images, is now supported. As a bonus, the external
1434 xface-e21 library is no longer required.
1436 *** X-Image-URL Support
1438 Images specified in X-Image-URL header fields are now supported.
1439 See the customization variable `mh-fetch-x-image-url' to enable this
1444 Folders in Fcc fields in message drafts can now be completed with
1447 ** New Variables in MH-E 7.3
1449 Variables that have been added to MH-E that have not been discussed
1450 elsewhere are listed here.
1452 *** mh-auto-fields-list
1454 Alist of addresses for which header lines are automatically inserted.
1455 When a regular expression matches in the To or cc fields of a message,
1456 the corresponding header field is automatically inserted in the
1457 message header. It also allows the automatic setting of an identity
1458 (using `mh-insert-identity') to set an alternate identity when sending
1459 messages to a certain person or mailing list.
1461 Since this is a more general use of `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-flag'
1462 and `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-list', these variables have been removed.
1464 *** mh-show-xface-face
1466 Face for displaying the X-Face image.
1468 *** mh-xemacs-toolbar-position
1470 This customization variable allows the user to place the toolbar on
1471 the four edges of the frame.
1473 *** mh-xemacs-use-toolbar-flag
1475 This customization variable is used to enable or disable the toolbar
1478 ** Variables Deleted in MH-E 7.3
1480 Variables that have been removed from MH-E that have not been
1481 discussed elsewhere are listed here.
1483 *** mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message-flag
1485 No longer needed since the external program mimencode is no longer
1488 *** mh-index-show-hook
1490 This hook was never used, so it was removed.
1492 *** mh-tool-bar-reply-3-buttons-flag
1494 Obsolete. This functionality is present `mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons'.
1496 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.3
1498 *** Can't Refile Message
1500 Messages with invalid addresses were causing errors in ali which
1501 prevented the refiling of messages. The ali error is now shown in the
1502 "*MH-E Log*" buffer and refiling suggests the last folder used (closes
1505 *** Empty Body Triggers Duped Header
1507 If the body was empty the header would be treated like the body and
1508 was therefore displayed twice. This has been fixed (closes SF
1511 *** mml or mhl Directives Not Always Processed
1513 The mml and mhl directives used to create body parts were not
1514 processed if one re-edited a draft, or if they added the directives
1515 manually. The directives are now always processed upon sending the
1516 letter. You may still, of course, use "C-c C-m m (mh-mml-to-mime)" or
1517 "C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" to manually create the MIME body parts from
1518 the directives and then send the draft.
1520 *** mh-alias-grab-from-field Fails
1522 MH-E was adding aliases with angle brackets around the address when
1523 there wasn't a phrase (usually, the user's name), to go with it. This
1524 caused ali to fail which caused problems in MH-E. This is probably a
1525 bug in ali, but MH-E no longer inserts angle brackets around the
1526 address unless there is a phrase, which avoids the problem (closes SF
1531 MH-E is now fully supported under XEmacs and compiles without any
1534 In particular, the following now work under XEmacs:
1536 - X-Face, Face, and X-Image-URL header fields
1537 - MH-E logo in mode line
1538 - Emphasis (bold, italics, etc.)
1542 *** Indexed Folders Should Respect mh-show-threads-flag
1544 Indexed folders are now threaded if `mh-show-threads-flag' is non-nil
1545 (closes SF #709667).
1547 *** Threading Index View Loses Folder Info
1549 This has been fixed (closes SF #709672).
1551 *** No Undo Information When Re-editing Drafts
1553 Undo is turned on in the draft buffer when using "e (mh-edit-again)"
1554 (closes SF #712777).
1556 *** Forwarded base64-encoded Messages Are Incorrectly Displayed
1558 This has been fixed (closes SF #681518).
1560 *** Append to *MH-E Log* Buffer
1562 The last 100 lines of log messages are kept in the *MH-E Log* buffer.
1563 Previously, the buffer was erased every time it was written (closes SF
1564 #685476). In addition, many of the MH-E commands now send their output
1565 into this buffer instead of a plethora of other special-purpose
1568 *** mh-inc-folder Complains if No Mail and No Current Message
1570 The function `mh-inc-folder' no longer calls `mh-show' if point is not
1571 on a valid scan line. This keeps `mh-inc-folder' from complaining
1572 (closes SF #678115).
1574 *** Folder Normalization Strips Leading Slash
1576 Leading "/" characters in folder names entered by the user were being
1577 lost. This has been fixed (closes SF #676890).
1579 *** Print Header Doesn't Show Message
1581 When printing a sequence, the header simply indicated that a sequence,
1582 but not which one, was being printed and did not show the message
1583 number. This has been fixed. If more than one message is printed, a
1584 page of the scan lines is printed and its header indicates the
1585 sequence or message range. The pages with the actual messages all set
1586 the header to the folder and message displayed on that page.
1588 *** Aliases Constantly Reloaded
1590 Empty lists are now handled properly (closes SF #693859).
1592 *** Remove RCS Keywords
1594 Removed RCS keywords per Emacs conventions (closes SF #680731).
1596 *** Replace Mimencode
1598 MH-E was enhanced to decode message based on charset and
1599 Content-Transfer-Encoding. This eliminates the need for the external
1600 program mimencode (closes SF #674857).
1604 * Changes in MH-E 7.2
1606 This release includes the new features of filing hints, hierarchical
1607 file name completion, indexed search and pick integration, unification
1608 between `mh-visit-folder' and the speedbar, a displayed message
1609 indicator, buffer name organization, support for mairix indexed
1610 search, and last but not least, the MH-E logo has been added to the
1611 mode line. Code that handles sequences and message regions runs
1612 faster. Bugs have been fixed.
1614 ** New Features in MH-E 7.2
1618 When you file a message, MH-E now looks for an alias corresponding to
1619 the address of the sender and offers that as a default folder (closes
1620 SF #657096). The new variable `mh-default-folder-prefix' can be used
1621 to put these folders in a sub-folder. The new variable
1622 `mh-default-folder-must-exist-flag' means to suppress the suggested
1623 folder (thereby providing the previous folder used) if the folder
1624 doesn't already exist. The new variable `mh-default-folder-list' can
1625 be used to map additional addresses and folders.
1627 *** Hierarchical File Name Completion
1629 When you completed filenames in the past, you were presented with a
1630 list of all your folders at all depths in the tree. Now you are
1631 presented with only one level at a time (closes SF #664821).
1632 As a result, the variables `mh-auto-folder-collect-flag' and
1633 `mh-folder-list-change-hook' are obsolete.
1635 *** Indexed Search and Pick Integration
1637 The indexed and pick searches have been integrated (closes SF
1638 #664816). Both "F s (mh-search-folder)" and "F i (mh-index-search)"
1639 use the pick template for forming queries. To submit the query, use
1640 "C-c C-c (mh-do-search)" which will use the query method you selected.
1641 If you change your mind while forming the query, you can use "C-c C-i
1642 (mh-index-do-search)" or "C-c C-p (mh-pick-do-search)" to submit the
1643 query using the respective method.
1645 Second, the results from a pick search are now saved in a sub-folder
1646 of +mhe-index like an indexed search.
1648 Third, `pick' is now a valid choice for `mh-index-program'.
1650 *** mh-visit-folder Metamorphosis Continues
1652 When visiting a folder from the speedbar, only the unseen messages are
1653 shown if there are unseen messages. If there aren't any unseen
1654 messages, all of the messages are shown if there are fewer than
1655 `mh-large-folder' messages; otherwise, the user is prompted for the
1656 range of messages to display. The "F v (mh-visit-folder)" command has
1657 been modified to mimic this behavior. Use a prefix arg to force the
1658 message range prompt.
1660 *** Displayed Message Indicator
1662 In graphical Emacs, the message that is shown is marked by a triangle
1663 in the fringe. In textual Emacs, there is a ">" in the first column
1664 (closes SF #664824).
1666 *** Buffer Name Organization
1668 All ephemeral buffer names start with " *mh" while all interesting
1669 buffers start with "*MH-E ". The "*Folders*", "*Sequences*", and
1670 "*Recipients*" buffers were therefore renamed to "*MH-E Folders*",
1671 "*MH-E Sequences*" and "*MH-E Recipients*" respectively (programmers
1672 should see mh-utils.el for the names of the new constants). Also, the
1673 output of MH commands is saved in the "*MH-E Log*" buffer.
1675 *** mh-index-program
1677 Add choices for `mairix' and `pick'.
1679 *** Logo Displayed on Mode Line
1681 ** New Variables in MH-E 7.2
1683 The new variables have been discussed elsewhere.
1685 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.2
1687 *** mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message
1689 Messages that had been encoded with base64 were not decoded. This has
1690 been fixed with this new function (closes SF #674190). As a result,
1691 the variable `mh-decode-quoted-printable-flag' has been renamed to
1692 `mh-decode-content-transfer-encoded-message-flag'.
1696 Now restores previous window configuration (closes SF #664828).
1700 MH-E was not using the charset defined in the content-type
1701 header. This meant that mail in a different charset would not
1702 be properly displayed. This has been fixed (closes SF #655123).
1706 In XEmacs and Emacs20, this function would always prompt using "To: "
1707 instead of using the command argument. This has been fixed (closes SF
1712 Unseen messages are now shown in addition to new ones (closes SF
1715 *** mh-scan-msg-overflow-regexp
1717 Change the variable so that a space is always maintained in the
1718 beginning of the scan line.
1720 *** mh-swish-execute-search
1722 The example configuration file in the docstring didn't show the
1723 backslash in the FileRules filename. If the example had been used
1724 literally by the user, no files would be indexed! This has been fixed
1725 (closes SF #665888).
1727 *** mh-thread-refile
1729 The "T o (mh-thread-refile)" command did not provide refiling hints
1730 like `mh-refile-msg'. This has been fixed (closes SF #664829).
1732 *** mh-toggle-threads
1734 If the threaded view was modified and then toggled, the standard view
1735 may not have been accurate (as it contained a potentially old first
1736 message to last message range). This has been fixed (closes SF
1739 *** mh-tool-bar-show-set, mh-tool-bar-letter-set, mh-tool-bar-folder-set
1741 Clicking the customize and help buttons now deletes the other windows
1746 The "M-x mh-version" command displayed "Aliasfile: aliases". This has
1747 been fixed (closes SF #664467). See Buffer Name Organization above.
1751 * Changes in MH-E 7.1
1753 This release includes the new features of multiple identities and
1754 alias completion. In addition, indexed searching has been revamped.
1755 Various other features have been added and a few bugs were fixed.
1757 ** New Features in MH-E 7.1
1759 *** Multiple Identities
1761 MH-E now supports multiple identities (closes SF #628782). That means
1762 that you can have different From and Organization header fields (or
1763 any other header field of your choice) as well as different signatures
1764 depending on your context. Usually, the contexts are home and work.
1766 Add your identities to the variable `mh-identity-list' and set the
1767 default identity with the variable `mh-identity-default'. Your
1768 identity can be switched on the fly by using the Identity menu or by
1769 calling "M-x mh-insert-identity RET".
1771 This functionality can be customized within the mh-identity group.
1773 *** Alias Completion and Harvesting
1775 The contributed file mh-alias.el has been rewritten and incorporated
1778 By default, aliases are culled from the system files
1779 "/etc/nmh/MailAliases," "/usr/lib/mh/MailAliases," and "/etc/passwd"
1780 (see `mh-alias-system-aliases') and from your "AliasFile" MH profile
1781 component. These aliases are then used for completion in the
1782 minibuffer when entering addresses. Within the header of the message
1783 draft, "M-TAB (mh-letter-complete)" is used to do alias completion.
1785 The package also provides for alias creation based upon the From
1786 header field of the current message. Use the lasso button
1787 (mh-alias-grab-from-field).
1789 This functionality can be customized within the mh-alias group.
1791 *** Index Folder Updates
1793 The results of an index search "F i (mh-index-search)" are now stored
1794 in a bona fide folder so that you can refile messages and reply to
1795 messages directly from the result folder. This folder is a sub-folder
1796 of +mhe-index and the name is based upon the search string (closes SF
1799 If a prefix argument is given then the search in the current index
1802 The index folder lists the names of the source folders as before.
1803 However, instead of using RET on the name of the folder to visit the
1804 folder, use "v (mh-show-index-visit-folder)" anywhere within the
1805 results to visit that folder narrowed to the results of the search.
1806 Additional functions have been added to navigate including "TAB
1807 (mh-index-next-folder)", and "SHIFT-TAB (mh-index-previous-folder)."
1809 *** mh-visit-folder Interface Updated
1811 A change was made to the prompting of the message range. In general,
1812 you can use the same format for messages and sequences as you can in
1813 MH with a single exception: a single number means to scan that many
1814 messages, rather than scan that message number. This turns out to be
1815 much more useful than visiting a single message and is consistent with
1816 Gnus and the MH-E speedbar (closes SF #655891).
1818 If mh-visit-folder is called non-interactively and RANGE is nil then
1819 all messages are displayed. This behavior is now documented and
1820 provides backwards compatibility.
1822 *** Threading Improvements
1824 After incorporating new mail into a threaded folder, unseen messages
1825 can be spread about. Two new functions have been added to make it
1826 easier to find them: these are "M-n (mh-next-unread-msg)" and "M-p
1827 (mh-previous-unread-msg)" (closes SF #630328)
1829 Two new functions were added to delete and refile threads. They are "T
1830 d (mh-thread-delete)" and "T o (mh-thread-refile)" respectively
1831 (closes SF #630493).
1833 In addition, the key "k" used to be bound to the function
1834 `mh-delete-subject': it is now bound to
1835 `mh-show-delete-subject-or-thread'.
1837 New functions to navigate threads include "T u (mh-thread-ancestor)",
1838 which can jump to the root message of the current thread given an
1839 optional argument, "T n (mh-thread-next-sibling)", and "T p
1840 (mh-thread-previous-sibling)"
1842 *** Refiling of Messages in Region
1844 If mark is active and `transient-mark-mode' is enabled then all the
1845 messages in the region are refiled.
1849 If a signature cannot be identified, but there is a vCard attachment,
1850 then that vCard will be presented as a signature (closes SF #649216).
1852 *** New Info Added to mh-version
1854 Information about Gnus versions available at both compile time and run
1855 time has been added.
1857 ** New Variables in MH-E 7.1
1859 The defcustom groups were reorganized. Rather than iterate the
1860 specific changes here, you are invited to browse the groups with "M-x
1863 *** mh-alias-completion-ignore-case-flag
1865 Non-nil means don't consider case significant in MH alias completion.
1866 This is the default in plain MH, so it is the default here as well. It
1867 can be useful to set this to t if, for example, you use lowercase
1868 aliases for people and uppercase for mailing lists.
1870 *** mh-alias-expand-aliases-flag
1872 Non-nil means to expand aliases entered in the minibuffer. In other
1873 words, aliases entered in the minibuffer will be expanded to the full
1874 address in the message draft. By default, this expansion is not
1877 *** mh-alias-flash-on-comma
1879 Specify whether to flash the translation of the alias or warn if there
1880 isn't a translation of the alias.
1882 *** mh-alias-insert-file
1884 Filename to use to store new MH-E aliases. This variable can also be a
1885 list of filenames, in which case MH-E will prompt for one of them. If
1886 nil, the default, then MH-E will use the first file found in the
1887 "AliasFile" component of the MH profile.
1889 *** mh-alias-insertion-location
1891 Specifies where new aliases are entered in alias files. Options are
1892 sorted alphabetically (the default), at the top of the file or at the
1895 *** mh-alias-local-users
1897 If t, local users are completed in MH-E To: and Cc: prompts.
1899 If you set this variable to a string, it will be executed to generate
1900 a password file. A value of "ypcat passwd" is helpful if NIS is in
1903 *** mh-alias-system-aliases
1905 A list of system files from which to cull aliases. If these files are
1906 modified, they are automatically reread. This list need include only
1907 system aliases and the passwd file, since personal alias files listed
1908 in your "AliasFile" MH profile component are automatically included.
1910 *** mh-identity-default
1912 Default identity to use when `mh-letter-mode' is called.
1914 *** mh-identity-list
1916 List holding MH-E identity.
1918 *** mh-invisible-header-fields
1920 Simple user interface to change `mh-invisible-headers'.
1922 *** mh-letter-complete-function
1924 Function to call when completing outside of fields specific to
1925 aliases. By default, it is bound to 'ispell-complete-word.
1927 *** mh-show-threads-flag
1929 Non-nil means new folders start in threaded mode. Threading large
1930 number of messages can be time consuming. So if the flag is non-nil
1931 then threading will be done only if the number of messages being
1932 threaded is less than `mh-large-folder' (closes SF #646794).
1934 *** mh-tool-bar-folder-buttons
1936 Buttons to include in MH-E folder/show toolbar.
1938 *** mh-tool-bar-letter-buttons
1940 Buttons to include in MH-E letter toolbar.
1942 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.1
1946 Call new function `mh-add-cur-notation' to undo the work of
1947 `mh-remove-cur-notation' if there was no new mail (closes SF #647681).
1951 No longer updates the default `mh-cmd-note' value. This resulted in
1952 the misplacement of the current mark when the message number width
1953 changed (closes SF #643701).
1957 * Changes in MH-E 7.0
1959 This is a major release which includes a lot of new features including
1960 improved MIME handling, speedbar folder browsing, and indexed
1961 searching. In this version, MH-E runs under XEmacs, passes checkdoc,
1962 and compiles clean under all supported platforms.
1964 The "passes checkdoc" feature above required changing the name of
1965 several user-visible variables. It is likely that this affects you.
1966 Please be sure to see the table at the end of these notes and rename
1967 your variables accordingly.
1969 MH-E has been written mh-e, Mh-e, MH-e and MH-E. We have decided that
1970 the proper term should be MH-E. Please try to use MH-E in your
1973 ** New Features in MH-E 7.0
1977 There is now support for the speedbar. Try "M-x speedbar" (closes SF
1980 Press the middle mouse button on the `+' icons to open a folder,
1981 middle mouse button on a folder name to open the folder. Folders with
1982 unseen messages are shown in bold, so this is a handy way to browse
1983 new messages that you have filed with procmail or slocal.
1985 See the new customization variable `mh-large-folder,' which controls
1986 when the speedbar asks for how many messages to scan when opening a
1987 large folder and `mh-speed-run-flists-flag' whose default value of t
1988 means to use the flists command to populate the count of unseen and
1989 total messages in each folder.
1993 Interoperability with swish++, swish, glimpse, and namazu has been
1994 added to enable lightening-fast searches of your mail. If none of
1995 these are present, grep is used. Try "F i (mh-index-search)".
1997 For more information, read the documentation for the functions
1998 `mh-swish++-execute-search,' `mh-swish-execute-search,'
1999 `mh-namazu-execute-search,' or `mh-glimpse-execute-search' depending
2000 on your preferred indexing program to see what kind of setup is needed
2001 to generate the index.
2005 Use "T t (mh-toggle-threads)" to view the threads in the folder. Use
2006 it again to return to a non-threaded view.
2010 Use "? (mh-help)" and "X ? (mh-prefix-help)," where X is a prefix
2011 character, for a brief synopsis in the minibuffer of frequently used
2012 commands. In the MH-Letter or MH-Pick buffers, use "C-c ? (mh-help)"
2013 (closes SF #493740).
2015 *** Folder Keymap Shared by Show Buffer
2017 You can now use the MH-Folder mode commands from the MH-Show buffer.
2018 Because of this, the MH-Show buffer is now read-only (closes SF
2019 #493749 and SF #527946) and you now have to use "M (mh-modify)" to
2024 You no longer have to modify your scan format if your folders have
2025 more than 9999 messages in them. If you've only modified your scan
2026 format file to allow for the wider message numbers, consider using the
2027 default behavior of MH-E and simplify your MH-E configuration
2028 considerably (closes SF #635791).
2030 To do this, you may have to remove your modifications of
2031 `mh-scan.*-regexp' and `mh-cmd-note' and your customization of
2032 `mh-scan-format-file'.
2034 You may still want the updated format files for running MH commands
2035 outside of MH-E; the default of `mh-scan-format-file' will cause them
2038 If you prefer fixed-width message numbers, set the new customization
2039 variable to nil , set this variable to
2040 nil and call `mh-set-cmd-note' with the width specified by the scan format in
2041 `mh-scan-format-file'. For example, the default width is 4, so you would use
2042 "(mh-set-cmd-note 4)" if `mh-scan-format-file' were nil.
2046 MH-E now displays the content of the X-Face header field in the From
2047 field. When sending a message, an X-Face field is appended to the
2048 header if it doesn't already exist and "~/.face" is present. See the
2049 new customization variables `mh-show-use-xface-flag' and `mh-x-face-file'
2050 (closes SF #480770).
2052 MH-E depends on the external x-face package found in
2053 ftp://ftp.jpl.org/pub/elisp/ to do this. The `uncompface' binary is
2054 also required to be in the execute PATH. It can be obtained from:
2055 http://freshmeat.net/redir/compface/1439/url_tgz/compface-1.4.tar.gz.
2057 It has also been observed that if you don't see the faces, you might
2058 have to do this (for unknown reasons):
2060 mv /usr/local/include/compface.h /usr/include/
2062 *** Graphical Smileys
2064 Smiley's are now converted to cute little images. See the new
2065 customization variable `mh-graphical-smileys-flag.'
2069 ASCII formatting is now converted to the appropriate font. For
2070 example, _underline_ is underlined, *bold* appears in bold, /italic/
2071 appears in italic, etc. See `gnus-emphasis-alist' for the whole list.
2072 See the new customization variables `mh-decode-mime' and
2073 `mh-graphical-emphasis-flag.'
2075 *** Attachment Handling
2077 Inline attachments are now displayed. Regular attachments appear as
2078 buttons in show buffer. Use "K TAB (mh-next-button)" or "K SHIFT-TAB
2079 (mh-prev-button)" to cycle through these buttons. Use "K v
2080 (mh-folder-toggle-mime-part)" to view, "K o
2081 (mh-folder-save-mime-part)" to save one part or "K-a
2082 (mh-save-mime-parts)" to save all parts, or "K i
2083 (mh-folder-inline-mime-part)" to view the attachment inline.
2085 See the new customization variable `mh-decode-mime' for additional
2086 information. Other customization variables that affect this new feature
2087 include `mh-store-mime-parts-default-directory' and
2088 `mh-display-buttons-for-inline-parts-flag'.
2090 HTML documents can be viewed inline if Gnus v5.10 and w3 or w3m lisp
2091 packages are present. Set the customization variable
2092 `mm-text-html-renderer' accordingly (closes SF #453352).
2094 *** Quoted-printable Handling
2096 Quoted-printable body parts are now decoded.
2098 *** More Choices for `mh-yank-from-start-of-msg'
2100 Historically, if this variable was t, the entire message, with full
2101 headers would be included and every line would begin with
2102 `mh-ins-buf-prefix.' This usage is deprecated in favor of the setting
2103 `supercite' below. The default has been changed to `attribution.' The
2104 following symbols are now understood:
2106 `body': yank the message minus the header.
2108 `supercite': include the entire message, with full headers. This also
2109 causes the invocation of `sc-cite-original' without the setting of
2110 `mail-citation-hook', now deprecated practice.
2112 `autosupercite': do as for `supercite' automatically when show buffer
2113 matches the message being replied-to.
2115 `attribution': yank the message minus the header and add a simple
2116 attribution line at the top.
2118 `autoattrib': do as for `attribution' automatically when show buffer
2119 matches the message being replied-to.
2121 There is a new customization variable called
2122 `mh-extract-from-attribution-verb' which is used for attribution which
2123 provides a method for setting a different language.
2125 *** Use Gnus mml Instead of mhn
2127 When inserting attachments into a message draft, Gnus mml directives
2128 are now used instead of mhn directives. One beneficial side-effect of
2129 this is that attachments can now appear inline as well as separate.
2131 The new customization variable `mh-compose-insertion' controls whether
2132 Gnus or mhn is used to insert MIME message directives in messages
2133 (default: 'gnus, if the mml library exists).
2135 *** Content-Type Now Obtained Automatically
2137 The value of the Content-Type no longer needs to be entered by the
2140 *** Attachments Automatically Included Upon Send
2142 You no longer have to run "C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" before sending a
2143 message with attachments--this is done automatically when you send the
2144 message with "C-c C-c (mh-send-letter)". There is, however, a new key
2145 binding "C-c C-m m (mh-mml-to-mime)" which is analogous to "C-c C-e
2150 Messages that have been signed or encrypted with GPG are verified and
2151 decrypted automatically. To sign or encrypt a message, use "C-c RET
2152 C-s (mh-mml-secure-message-sign-pgpmime)" and "C-c C-m C-e
2153 (mh-mml-secure-message-encrypt-pgpmime)." You need Gnus version 5.10
2154 for this feature. These functions are provided by the pgg.el package.
2156 Users report "flashing" with the pgg.el package and prefer the gpg.el
2157 package instead. To use gpg.el instead of the pgg.el package you need:
2159 (setq mml2015-use 'gpg)
2161 To mimic automatic encryption in gpg.el, use:
2163 (setq mm-verify-option 'always)
2164 (setq mm-decrypt-option 'always)
2166 The venerable mailcrypt package is also an option. However, now that
2167 show buffers are read-only, mailcrypt version 3.5.6 and older fail
2168 when they attempt to decrypt the contents.
2170 *** Mail-Followup-To Header Field
2172 Support for this controversial field has been added because nmh
2173 supports it (closes SF #627035). If you want to add it to outgoing
2174 mail for selected mailing lists, add those mailing lists to the new
2175 customization variable `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-list.' If you think
2176 this field is evil, set the new customization variable
2177 `mh-insert-mail-followup-to-flag' to nil.
2181 If you update Gnus, you must recompile MH-E. Note that if you are
2182 running the stock version of MH-E that comes with Emacs or the MH-E
2183 package on a Debian GNU/Linux, this is done for you.
2185 ** New Variables in MH-E 7.0
2187 New customization variables not mentioned earlier include:
2189 *** mh-letter-insert-signature-hook
2191 Invoked at the beginning of the "C-c C-s (mh-insert-signature)"
2192 command. Can be used to determine which signature file to use based on
2193 message content. On return, if `mh-signature-file-name' is non-nil
2194 that file will be inserted at the current point in the buffer.
2196 *** mh-show-maximum-size
2198 Maximum size of message (in bytes) to display automatically. Provides
2199 an opportunity to skip over large messages which may be slow to load.
2200 Use a value of 0 to display all messages automatically regardless of
2201 size (closes SF #488696).
2203 *** mh-tool-bar-reply-3-buttons-flag
2205 Non-nil means use three buttons for reply commands in tool-bar. If you
2206 have room on your tool-bar because you are using a large font, you may
2207 set this variable to expand the single reply button into three buttons
2208 that won't lead to minibuffer prompt about who to reply to.
2210 ** Bug Fixes in MH-E 7.0
2212 *** mh-delete-msg, mh-refile-msg, mh-undo
2214 Mandrake Linux includes XEmacs initialization code that binds
2215 `transient-mark-mode' which causes problems in MH-E. These problems
2216 have been fixed (closes SF #541915).
2220 This would sometimes yield a read-only buffer. This has been fixed
2221 (closes SF #624283 and SF #625538).
2225 When using nmh, always specify -mime so as to preserve the original
2230 If you had narrowed to a sequence and then incorporated new mail,
2231 those new messages would not be present in your +inbox when you
2232 widened. This has been fixed (closes SF #489430, SF #489437, SF
2235 *** mh-insert-letter
2237 No longer uses mhl to include a message as this mangled the header and
2238 gave supercite fits (closes SF #629153).
2242 "M-q (fill-paragraph)" now fills quoted paragraphs (for example,
2243 starting with "> ") correctly (closes SF #489927).
2245 *** mh-next-undeleted-msg, mh-previous-undeleted-msg
2247 If there are no more undeleted messages the point remains at its
2248 original position and a message is produced (closes SF #494304).
2252 Now calls `mh-pick-mode-hook' as documented.
2254 *** mh-put-msg-in-seq
2256 Now puts all messages in region in sequence (closes SF #630324).
2258 *** mh-refile-msg, mh-write-msg-to-file
2260 These functions stomped on the variables that held the name of the
2261 last file and folder respectively for the other function. This has
2262 been fixed so that the last folder or file name is preserved (closes
2265 *** mh-region-to-sequence
2267 If the region in MH-Folder was set with "C-x h (mark-whole-buffer)",
2268 you couldn't perform operations on all of the messages as you would
2269 expect. This has been fixed (closes SF #621632).
2273 Performing an undo the first thing after replying would blank out the
2274 entire draft. Now just the insertion of the yanked message is undone
2275 leaving the header and signature intact for additional editing (closes
2280 Now calls `mh-show-mode-hook' as documented (closes SF #627222).
2282 *** mh-subject-thread-to-sequence
2284 Make 'subject sequence a real one, exported to MH. This means you can,
2285 for example, mh-forward it. But it also shows up with a mark in the
2286 scan output (closes SF #489445).
2290 The following bugs have also been closed:
2292 SF #495450: Folder buffer read-only after inc
2293 SF #489706: mh-page-msg bombs out
2294 SF #580772: mh-last-destination is overloaded
2296 *** Variables renamed to conform with Emacs coding conventions
2298 The coding conventions require that boolean variables end in -flag.
2299 The following two tables show which variables were affected (closes SF
2302 Customization Variables (defcustom)
2306 mh-auto-folder-collect mh-auto-folder-collect-flag
2307 mh-bury-show-buffer mh-bury-show-buffer-flag
2308 mh-clean-message-header mh-clean-message-header-flag
2309 mh-decode-quoted-printable mh-decode-quoted-printable-flag
2310 mh-delete-yanked-msg-window mh-delete-yanked-msg-window-flag
2311 mh-do-not-confirm mh-do-not-confirm-flag
2312 mh-highlight-citation-p mh-highlight-citation
2313 mh-insert-x-mailer-p mh-insert-x-mailer-flag
2314 mh-print-background mh-print-background-flag
2315 mh-recenter-summary-p mh-recenter-summary-flag
2316 mh-recursive-folders mh-recursive-folders-flag
2317 mh-reply-show-message-p mh-reply-show-message-flag
2318 mh-show-use-goto-addr mh-show-use-goto-addr-flag
2319 mh-update-sequences-after-mh-show mh-update-sequences-after-mh-show-flag
2321 Regular Variables (defvar)
2325 mh-mhn-compose-insert-p mh-mhn-compose-insert-flag
2326 mh-nmh-p mh-nmh-flag
2327 mh-page-to-next-msg-p mh-page-to-next-msg-flag
2331 * Changes in mh-e 6.1
2333 This is a minor release which includes a few bug fixes. The
2334 distribution now includes the ChangeLog.
2336 ** New Features in mh-e 6.1
2340 Unseen messages now displayed in bold.
2342 *** Viewing folders and sequences
2344 The folder and sequence listings that "F l (mh-list-folders)" and "S l
2345 (mh-list-sequences)" create are now displayed in view mode.
2347 ** Bug Fixes in mh-e 6.1
2349 *** mh-folder-unseen-seq-name
2351 Byte compilation failed when initializing this variable when the
2352 user's MH environment was not set up. This has been fixed (closes
2353 Debian #140232 and Debian #140817).
2357 When forwarding a sequence, the mode of the draft would not be set to
2358 MH-Letter correctly. This has been fixed (closes SF #489448).
2360 *** mh-insert-prefix-string
2362 Fixed to work under XEmacs. Thanks to Will Partain
2363 <partain at dcs.gla.ac.uk>.
2367 mh-quit now cleans up the buffers named `mh-temp-buffer,'
2368 'mh-temp-folders-buffer' and 'mh-temp-sequences-buffer.'
2371 * Changes in mh-e 6.0
2373 mh-e is now maintained at SourceForge (see
2374 http://mh-e.sourceforge.net/). This is where you need to go to obtain
2375 new versions of mh-e, report bugs and receive support.
2377 The maintainers have moved much of their personal configurations into
2378 the codebase, so you may find that you may be able to reduce your mh-e
2379 customizations as well.
2381 There are several incompatibilities in this version from older
2382 versions. Please read the following notes carefully for details. Pay
2383 particular attention to the key binding changes in the MH-Folder
2384 section. If you have customized your scan format, you will want to
2385 read about the new variable `mh-scan-format-file'.
2387 The manual could not be updated in time for this release. It will be
2388 updated in the near future. If the Preface in your manual indicates
2389 the older version (version 1.3, for mh-e version 5.0.2), please check
2390 the following page occasionally for an update:
2392 https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=13357
2395 ** New Features in mh-e 6.0
2399 mh-e now uses the customize feature of Emacs. Use "M-x customize-group
2400 mh RET" to customize mh-e.
2404 All mh-e modes now provide menus that contain most mh-e functions.
2408 All mh-e modes now have toolbar buttons for oft-used functions (Emacs 21).
2412 All mh-e buffers now have font-lock keywords. To use, either call
2413 (turn-on-font-lock) from the appropriate hook, or set
2414 `global-font-lock-mode' to t. To customize, use "M-x
2415 customize-apropos-faces ^mh RET".
2417 If you have customized your scan lines, you will have to update your
2418 scan regexps. The existing regexps were changed to extract a match so
2419 you will have to add appropriate grouping constructs to take advantage
2420 of the fontification. Your old settings will continue to work, but the
2421 folder will not be fontified. For example:
2423 (setq mh-good-msg-regexp "^\\(.....\\)[^D^]")
2425 You will most likely have to update the new variable
2426 `mh-scan-subject-regexp' as well. There is another new variable
2427 `mh-scan-date-regexp' which you may also find useful. Run "M-x apropos
2428 mh.*regexp" for a complete list.
2430 *** mail-user-agent support
2432 You can now set `mail-user-agent' to `mh-e-user-agent' so that packages
2433 that need to send mail will use mh-e (closes SF #406883, SF #470024).
2435 *** replgroupcomps support
2437 If you reply to `cc' or `all' and you use nmh, the nmh repl option
2438 -group will be used. This means that the file `replgroupcomps' will be
2439 used. If you have customized `replcomps', you will definitely want to
2440 either copy `$NMH_LIB/replgroupcomps' to your mail directory and modify
2441 it the same way that you modified your `replcomps' file, or simply
2442 copy your `replcomps' file to `replgroupcomps'.
2446 The variable `mh-summary-height' used to have a default of 4. It now
2447 varies from 4 to 10 depending on the height of the frame.
2449 Clicking the mouse on a message shows that message.
2451 Delete, refile and undo now operate on a region (but only if
2452 `transient-mark-mode' is non-nil).
2454 SPC (mh-page-msg) now displays the message if it is not already
2455 visible. If the bottom of a message is showing, SPC (mh-page-msg)
2456 moves to the next message (respecting the direction you are moving
2457 through the folder).
2459 The threading commands "T u (mh-next-unseen-subject-thread)",
2460 "T t (mh-toggle-subject-thread)", "T s (mh-narrow-to-subject-thread)",
2461 and "T k (mh-delete-subject-thread)" have been added. These functions
2462 do not offer threading in the true sense of the word, but do allow
2463 some manipulation by subject.
2465 Major, major keymap changes. This was done to free up movement
2466 commands in the buffer, and to provide for additional features, such
2467 as the threading commands. At the same time, better and more
2468 consistent mnemonics were realized that should make it easier to
2469 remember key bindings.
2471 Added new sub-keymaps for folder commands, sequence commands,
2472 extraction commands, and digest commands which begin with with F, S,
2473 X, and D, respectively. These sub-keymaps allowed some consistency
2474 (e.g., especially with l(ist) and k(ill)).
2476 Here are the actual changes and rationale:
2480 e - Deleted. Already have x. Now used by mh-edit-again.
2481 j - Deleted. Already have g.
2483 M-a e Better mnemonic. Matches rmail. Frees movement command.
2484 M-e E Better mnemonic. Consistent with e.
2485 - S Why not? mh-sort-folder.
2487 M-f Fv Frees movement command
2488 M-f Ff Alias (keep?)
2489 M-f Fo Alias (keep?)
2490 M-k Fk No reason but to keep with folder commands
2491 M-l Fl No reason but to keep with folder commands
2492 M-p Fp No reason but to keep with folder commands
2493 M-r Fr Frees movement command
2494 M-s Fs No reason but to keep with folder commands
2495 M-u Fu No reason but to keep with folder commands
2497 M-% Sd Better mnemonic
2498 M-# Sk Better mnemonic
2499 M-q Sl Better mnemonic
2500 C-xn Sn Frees up standard key binding
2501 % Sp Better mnemonic for putting a message in a sequence
2502 ? Ss Shows sequences that message is in
2503 C-xw Sw Frees up standard key binding
2505 M-n Xs Better mnemonic (extract shar)
2506 M-n Xu Better mnemonic (extract uuencode)
2508 M-SPC D SPC Frees mark command
2509 M-\177 D \177 No reason but to keep with digest commands
2510 M-b Db Frees movement command
2512 As the number of variables increases, it is becoming important to
2513 organize the mh-e namespace. Several variables having to do with the
2514 format of scan lines were renamed, as follows:
2518 mh-good-msg-regexp mh-scan-good-msg-regexp
2519 mh-deleted-msg-regexp mh-scan-deleted-msg-regexp
2520 mh-refiled-msg-regexp mh-scan-refiled-msg-regexp
2521 mh-valid-scan-line mh-scan-valid-regexp
2522 mh-cur-scan-msg-regexp mh-scan-cur-msg-number-regexp
2523 - mh-scan-cur-msg-regexp
2524 - mh-scan-rcpt-regexp
2525 - mh-scan-format-regexp
2526 mh-msg-number-regexp mh-scan-msg-number-regexp
2527 mh-msg-search-regexp mh-scan-msg-search-regexp
2531 While the MIME support is not complete, quoted-printable body parts
2534 Some MTAs quote From at the beginning of the line with a ">". The ">"
2535 is now removed in the display, but not on disk.
2539 New function "C-c C-o (mh-split-line)" splits lines in a draft
2540 preserving the fill prefix and indentation. This is useful when
2541 responding to several sentences in a single paragraph separately.
2543 "M-q (fill-paragraph)" can now be used on the message that is being
2544 replied to. The fill prefix such as "> " is preserved.
2546 You no longer have to run "C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn)" manually as this is
2547 now done automatically when the message is sent.
2549 The X-Mailer header field is now added to messages as they are sent.
2551 "C-c C-m C-i (mh-mhn-compose-insertion)" now makes a pretty good guess
2552 at the type of file using the `file' command and no longer asks the
2553 user for the media type. If the necessary version of `file' is not
2554 available, the user is asked for the media type as before; however,
2555 the list of media types is now taken from the system mailcap if
2556 available. Failing that, the built-in list of types has been
2557 supplemented so in most cases the type you need should be present
2558 (closes SF #406883, #441179).
2560 ** New Variables in mh-e 6.0
2562 New variables not mentioned earlier include:
2564 *** mh-insert-x-mailer-p
2566 Default value of t means that an X-Mailer header field should be
2569 *** mh-reply-show-message-p
2571 The setting of this variable determines whether the MH show-buffer is
2572 displayed with the current message when using mh-reply without a prefix
2573 argument. Set it to nil if you already include the message
2574 automatically in your draft using "repl: -filter repl.filter" in
2577 *** mh-scan-format-file
2579 Specifies the format file to pass to the scan program. If t, the
2580 format string will be taken from the either `mh-scan-format-mh' or
2581 `mh-scan-format-nmh' depending on whether MH or nmh is in use. If nil,
2582 the default scan output will be used.
2584 If you customize the scan format, you may need to modify a few
2585 variables containing regexps that mh-e uses to identify specific
2586 portions of the output. Use `M-x apropos RET mh-scan.*regexp' to
2587 obtain a list of these variables.
2589 *** mh-scan-format-mh
2591 Scan format string for MH, provided to the scan program via the
2592 -format arg. This format is identical to the default except that
2593 additional hints for fontification have been added to the sixth
2596 *** mh-scan-format-nmh
2598 Scan format string for nmh, provided to the scan program via the
2599 -format arg. This format is identical to the default except that
2600 additional hints for fontification have been added to the sixth
2603 *** mh-show-use-goto-addr
2605 Non-nil means URLs and e-mail addresses are highlighted using
2606 goto-addr in MH-Show buffer.
2608 *** mh-letter-fill-column
2610 Fill column to use in `mh-letter-mode'. This is useful to make the
2611 lines a bit shorter to allow for quoting in replies.
2613 *** mh-folder-updated-hook
2615 Invoked when the actions in a folder (such as moves and deletes) are
2616 performed. Variables that are useful in this hook include
2617 `mh-delete-list' and `mh-refile-list' which can be used to see which
2618 changes are being made to current folder, `mh-current-folder'.
2620 *** mh-unseen-updated-hook
2622 Invoked after the unseen sequence has been updated. The variable
2623 `mh-seen-list' can be used to obtain the list of messages which will
2624 be removed from the unseen sequence
2626 ** Bug Fixes in mh-e 6.0
2628 *** mh-edit-again and mh-extract-rejected-mail
2630 Now insert a header separator (--------) which packages such as
2635 Now uses `mhparam' to set `mh-lib-progs' and `mh-lib'. Added more
2636 directories to `mh-progs' so that mh-e can autoconfigure in more
2637 environments. Chances are that you no longer have to set these
2638 variables, and if you do, you will only have to set `mh-progs'.
2639 Unless, of course, you are using an ancient version of MH that doesn't
2642 *** mh-folder-mode-map
2644 The DEL/<delete>/<backspace> change in Emacs 21 broke
2645 `mh-previous-page'. This has been fixed (closes SF #228907).
2649 If you had "forw: -mime" to your .mh_profile, forwarding a message
2652 Search failed: "^------- Forwarded Message"
2654 In addition, the Subject field was not filled in. This has been fixed
2655 (closes SF #223603).
2659 The user is now always prompted before this action; the variable
2660 `mh-do-not-confirm' is no longer consulted here. Therefore users who
2661 wanted to set `mh-do-not-confirm' but didn't because of the
2662 `mh-kill-folder' dependency may now do so.
2664 *** mh-make-folder-mode-line
2666 Properly deals with folders that do not have any lines in them. Prints
2667 "no msgs" instead of "0 msgs". Does not try to print a range when
2668 there are no messages.
2670 *** mh-mhn-compose-insertion
2672 Now gets the MIME type automatically (assuming the local file command
2673 supports the -i and -b options). If this use of the file command is
2674 not supported, the list of MIME types has been expanded to use the
2675 system's mailcap file.
2679 This variable (t when nmh is in use rather than MH) assumed that the
2680 string "nmh" is in `mh-lib-progs' or `mh-lib'. This has been fixed
2681 (closes SF #441776).
2685 No longer lets you specify an empty folder (closes SF #476824).
2687 *** mh-regenerate-headers
2689 Now suppresses "scan: bad message list" messages.
2693 This function was looking for `mhl' in the wrong place on nmh on
2694 Redhat LINUX 7.0. This has been fixed (closes SF #481128).
2698 Now updates `cur' sequence after a message is shown (closes SF #481772).
2702 Renamed variable and function to `mh-showing-mode' to conform with
2703 minor mode conventions. Added optional arg to function so it would
2704 behave like a normal minor mode: no or nil arg toggles mode, 0 arg
2705 turns off, non-nil turns on. This fixed the error that occurred when
2706 `desktop-create-buffer' recreated mh-e buffers because it was calling
2707 `mh-showing' with an arg.
2711 Fixed for nmh. Now displays mh-e version correctly. Cleaned up output
2712 and display `mh-progs', etc.
2716 Now attempts to stay on the same message number (closes SF #480922).
2718 No longer wipes out pending deletes and refiles without warning
2719 (closes SF #481036).
2722 * Changes in mh-e 5.0.2
2724 This version contains additional minor changes to integrate it with
2725 reporter.el (requires reporter.el version 3.1c or later) and Emacs
2726 19.30. The mh-goto-msg function is much faster, which also speeds up
2727 several other operations.
2730 * Changes in mh-e 5.0.1
2732 This version contains minor changes from mh-e 5.0 to integrate it with
2736 * User-visible changes to mh-e 5.0
2738 Note: This being a major release, there are many internal changes.
2739 This document lists only changes to the external interfaces of mh-e.
2741 When upgrading, you must either explicitly reload the new versions of
2742 all mh-e files that are already loaded or restart your Emacs.
2745 ** Major Changes and New Features in mh-e 5.0
2747 The emphasis for this release has been on consistency and
2748 documentation. Many documentation strings were enhanced. Documentation
2749 strings were changed to comments for internal functions and variables.
2751 *** There is now proper documentation in the form of a 75-page users
2752 manual. The Texinfo source is mh-e.texi; the formatted Info document
2755 *** There is a new command `mh-update-sequences', which updates MH's
2756 idea of what messages are in the Unseen sequence and what is the
2757 current folder and message. `mh-quit' calls it. While
2758 `mh-execute-commands' has always done this updating as a side effect,
2759 the new function is faster.
2761 *** The MH profile entry "Inbox:" is supported.
2763 *** If the show-buffer is modified, the user is queried before mh-e
2764 reuses the buffer to show a different message. This buffer is also
2765 auto-saved and backed up correctly.
2767 *** `mh-store-buffer' is significantly more robust. It now handles
2768 messages created by a wide variety of packaging software. The status
2769 message for `uudecode' includes the name of the file created. An error
2770 is signaled if the subprocess exits with a non-zero status.
2772 *** `mh-search-folder' behaves predictably, adding messages found to
2773 the `search' sequence. It correctly handles the case of no messages
2776 *** `mh-burst-digest' (`M-b') now only rescans the part of the folder
2777 affected by the burst. It is now much faster in a large folder.
2780 ** New Hooks and Customization Variables in mh-e 5.0
2782 *** `mh-default-folder-for-message-function': new name for the old
2783 `mh-msg-folder-hook', which wasn't a hook. The old name was confusing,
2784 leading people to think they could use `add-hook' with it, when
2785 actually `setq' is the correct way.
2787 *** `mh-sortm-args': When this variable is used has changed. Now
2788 `mh-sortm-args' is passed if there IS a prefix argument to
2789 `mh-sort-folder'. The assumption is that for arguments you normally
2790 want, you would specify them in an MH profile entry.
2792 *** `mh-mhn-args': new hook, a list of additional arguments to pass to
2793 the `mhn' program if `mh-edit-mhn' is given a prefix argument.
2795 *** `mh-edit-mhn-hook': new hook called by `mh-edit-mhn', the function
2796 that formats MIME messages.
2798 *** `mh-folder-list-change-hook': new hook, called whenever the cached
2799 list of folders, `mh-folder-list', is changed.
2801 *** `mh-find-path-hook': new hook, called when entering mh-e.
2803 *** `mh-repl-formfile': new variable, used to change the format file
2804 used by `mh-reply' from the default of "replcomps".
2806 *** New variables to customize the scan format and notating:
2807 `mh-note-deleted', `mh-note-refiled', `mh-note-seq', `mh-note-cur',
2808 `mh-note-copied', `mh-note-printed'.
2811 ** Key Binding Changes in mh-e 5.0
2813 *** `RET' runs `mh-show' for consistency with the Finder and Info. The
2814 old binding `.' still works, but `RET' is now the standard binding.
2816 *** `M-<' now runs `mh-first-msg' for consistency with `M->', which
2819 *** `C-c C-f C-d' in MH-Letter mode moves to a Dcc: header field.
2821 *** `C-c C-f C-r' in MH-Letter mode moves to a From: header field.
2823 *** `g' is now the standard binding for `mh-goto-msg'. The old binding
2827 ** Other Improvements and Changes to mh-e 5.0
2829 *** `mh-lpr-command-format' no longer passes the "-p" argument to
2830 `lpr' by default. The mail header typically has the date anyway.
2832 *** When prompting for a sequence name, if no sequences have been used
2833 yet, mh-e will offer the first sequence the current message is in.
2835 *** The patterns of more mailers are recognized by
2836 `mh-extract-rejected-mail'.
2838 *** `mh-insert-prefix-string' no longer wraps the call to the
2839 `mail-citation-hook' function in a `save-excursion' so the hook writer
2840 can choose whether to leave point at the beginning or the end of the
2843 *** `mh-write-msg-to-file': The prompt now refers to "message" or
2844 "message body" depending on which will be written. (This is controlled
2845 by a prefix argument.) The file defaults to the last-used file instead
2846 of supplying only the directory name.
2848 *** mh-e uses message ranges when running MH commands. Thus "rmm 1 2 3
2849 4 6" is now "rmm 1-4 6". This change makes it less likely to overflow
2850 system argument list limits, and it might be faster, too.
2853 ** Bug Fixes to mh-e 5.0
2855 *** mh-e's idea of the unseen sequence now stays in sync with MH's
2858 *** Functions that are supposed to find fields in the message header
2859 no longer look in the message body.
2861 *** mh-e would sometimes fail to remove the "%" from a scan line when
2862 the message was removed from a sequence if the message was also in the
2865 *** The variable `mh-inc-prog' is now correctly used in all places.
2867 *** `mh-pipe-msg' runs the process in the correct directory.
2869 *** A partially scanned folder will no longer lose the "/select"
2870 annotation when you execute marked deletes and refiles with `x'.
2873 * Changes to mh-e 4.0
2875 This file is automatically generated from news-mh-e.txinfo. Do not edit.
2877 [MH-E-ONEWS has been incorporated here and removed. news-mh-e.txinfo
2878 is no longer available.]
2880 Note: there are many internal changes to mh-e in this release. If you
2881 have the previous version loaded into your Emacs, you will probably not
2882 be able to load this version on top of it.
2884 ** New Features in mh-e 4.0
2886 *** Background folder collection. The first time you are prompted for
2887 a folder, you must wait while mh-e collects the names of all existing
2888 folders. Now however, if you abort, collecting will continue in the
2889 background, and you can do something else in Emacs until the
2890 collection completes. Normally, mh-e will begin collecting folders
2891 names in the background when you first load it; you can disable this
2892 feature by setting `mh-auto-folder-collect' to nil.
2894 *** There is support for composing MIME messages using the `mhn'
2895 program from MH 6.8. See the documentation string for mh-edit-mhn.
2896 (While composing a letter, type `C-h k C-c C-e'.) See also mhn(1).
2897 There is as yet no support for reading MIME messages.
2899 *** `mh-show', typically on `.', repositions to the start of the
2900 message if the message is already visible. It used to do nothing in
2903 *** The function `mh-unshar-msg' is renamed `mh-store-msg'. It now
2904 does uudecoding, too. Someday it should do MIME. It remembers the last
2905 directory you used and offers it as the default for next time.
2907 *** New function `mh-header-display', on `,', displays the message
2908 with all headers, including those normally not displayed. Type `.' to
2909 display the message normally again.
2911 *** New function `mh-list-sequences' lists the sequences in use in the
2914 *** New function `mh-version' displays version information about MH
2915 and mh-e. Please use the output in bug reports.
2917 *** `mh-quit' now burys the folder buffer and show buffer.
2920 ** New hooks and customization variables in mh-e 4.0
2922 *** `mh-pick-mode-hook': new hook called by new mode `mh-pick-mode'.
2923 The pick buffer didn't used to have its own mode. Another advantage of
2924 `mh-pick-mode' is that `C-h m' works in the pick buffer.
2926 *** `mail-citation-hook': new variable for supercite.
2928 *** `mh-refile-msg-hook': new hook called by `mh-refile-msg' (and
2929 `mh-refile-or-write-again' when refiling).
2931 *** `mh-msg-folder-hook': new hook used by `mh-refile-msg' and
2932 `mh-to-fcc' to provide a default folder for user prompt.
2934 *** `mh-show-hook': new hook called by `mh-show'.
2936 *** `mh-delete-msg-hook': new hook called by `mh-delete-msg'.
2938 *** `mh-show-mode-hook': new hook called by new mode `mh-show-mode'
2939 for `show-' buffers.
2941 *** `mh-comp-formfile': new variable so can customize `components'
2944 *** `mh-sortm-args': new variable, a list of extra arguments to be
2945 passed to sortm by `mh-sort-folder'. Give an argument to
2946 `mh-sort-folder' to suppress this behavior.
2948 *** `mh-send-prog': new variable so can customize name of `send'
2949 program in case of name conflicts.
2951 *** `mh-scan-prog': new variable so can customize name of `scan'
2952 program to generate custom effects.
2954 *** `mh-inc-prog': new variable so can customize name of `inc' program
2955 to do fancy management of incoming messages.
2957 *** `mh-forwarded-letter-subject': new function used by `mh-forward'
2958 to compute the Subject line of the new message. It is a small function
2959 which can be replaced by the user for customization. Uses the new
2960 variable `mh-forward-subject-format', which allows some simple
2961 customizations without rewriting even `mh-forwarded-letter-subject'.
2963 *** `mh-new-draft-cleaned-headers': new variable, header lines removed
2964 by `mh-edit-again' and `mh-extract-rejected-mail' before offering a
2965 message as a new draft.
2967 *** `mh-signature-file-name': new variable used by
2968 `mh-insert-signature' to so can customize name of the file to insert.
2970 *** `mh-read-address': new function called to read all To: and Cc:
2973 *** `mh-msg-folder-hook': new hook used by `mh-refile-msg' and
2974 `mh-to-fcc' to provide a default folder for user prompt.
2977 ** Key binding changes in mh-e 4.0
2979 *** `,' runs new function `mh-header-display'. It is like `.' but it
2980 displays *all* the headers.
2982 *** `M-#' runs the new function `mh-delete-seq'. One used to have to
2983 type `C-u M-%' to delete a sequence.
2985 *** `<' no longer does `mh-first-msg', but `M->' now does
2986 `mh-last-msg'. This allows first and last to be consistent (`>' was
2987 taken) and is more likely to be discovered by chance anyway.
2989 *** `M-d' runs `mh-redistribute', `r' runs `mh-reply' (on the theory
2990 that the more commonly used function should be easier to type, and the
2991 obscure action of redistributing can be harder to type).
2993 *** `M-o' changed to `C-o' (`mh-write-msg-to-file'). It was
2994 interfering with arrow keys for some people.
2996 *** `M-n' now runs `mh-store-msg' (formerly `mh-unshar-msg').
2998 *** `b' no longer runs `mh-quit'; use `q' instead. `b' may be used in
2999 a future version for something else.
3002 ** Minor improvements to mh-e 4.0
3004 *** The mh-e code is now divided into multiple Emacs Lisp files, so it
3005 starts up faster because Emacs doesn't have to load all of it at once.
3006 (This change also makes it easier for the maintainer to manage
3009 *** When searching for the directory containing the MH programs,
3010 search the user's PATH in addition to the built-in directories, to
3011 increase the chance of finding the MH programs.
3013 *** The subject for a forwarded message no longer has ugly square
3016 *** The name of the folder is no longer appears twice in the show
3019 *** When typing a folder name in the minibuffer, parent folders
3020 complete to the trailing slash (/), for easier typing of subfolders.
3022 *** The folder buffer mode name changed from `mh-e scan' or `mh-e
3023 show' to `MH-Folder', which makes the hook name easier to guess. Added
3024 `mh-showing' to `minor-mode-alist' so there is still an indication in
3025 the mode line of whether messages will be shown automatically.
3027 *** `mh-rename-seq' does completion on the old sequence name.
3029 *** If called by a user who has never used MH on this system before,
3030 mh-e runs the MH program `install-mh' to get them set up.
3032 *** Undo history for previous messages is not kept to avoid wasting
3035 *** The internal temp buffer used by mh-e has `buffer-offer-save'
3036 explicitly nil. This change benefits people who change the
3037 `buffer-offer-save' default.
3040 ** Bug fixes to mh-e 4.0
3042 *** `mh-to-field': don't bomb if no To: field.
3044 *** `mh-get-new-mail': restore annotations, e.g., cur, even if no new
3047 *** `mh-rename-seq': verify that the new seq name was accepted by
3048 `mark' before updating state.
3050 *** `mh-internal-seq': the Previous sequence is not notated, since it
3051 would notate everything scanned.
3053 *** `mh-read-draft': don't call `find-file-noselect' so an
3054 `auto-mode-alist' doesn't trigger `mh-letter-mode-hook' twice. Faster,
3057 *** `mh-show': If user moves onto a message that doesn't exist, don't
3058 leave the cursor in the show pane.
3060 *** `mh-delete-scan-msgs': use `equal', not `=', on the result of
3061 `mh-get-msg-num', since it may be nil.
3063 *** `mh-get-field': do anchored search so searching for `reply-to:'
3064 doesn't find `in-reply-to:'.
3066 *** `mh-widen': do nothing if not narrowed.
3068 *** `mh-clean-message-header': find end of headers even if no body.
3073 paragraph-separate: "[
\f]*$"
3076 arch-tag: f6696cad-eb1b-4c5f-8057-4e3954a98d18