Add to sendmail.el a new command mail-add-attachment.

[gnu-emacs] / doc / emacs / sending.texi

diff --git a/doc/emacs/sending.texi b/doc/emacs/sending.texi
index 02857459cc10bf92c138072d80667523f12f2d88..50ec852d7402e46fbbd01d73799f85ff4c6b589e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/sending.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/sending.texi
@@ -556,8 +556,8 @@ package, which provides more flexible citation
 @cindex Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
   You can @dfn{attach} a file to an outgoing message by typing
 @kbd{C-c C-a} (@code{mml-attach-file}) in the mail buffer.  Attaching
-is done using the MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
-standard.
+is done using the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
+(@acronym{MIME}) standard.
 
   The @code{mml-attach-file} command prompts for the name of the file,
 and for the attachment's @dfn{content type}, @dfn{description}, and
@@ -570,6 +570,13 @@ recipient will see a link to the attachment within the message body,
 or @samp{attachment}, which means the link will be separate from the
 body.
 
+@findex mail-add-attachment
+  The @code{mml-attach-file} command is specific to Message mode; in
+Mail mode use @kbd{mail-add-attachment} instead.  It will prompt only
+for the name of the file, and will determine the content type and the
+disposition automatically.  If you want to include some description of
+the attached file, type that in the message body.
+
   The actual contents of the attached file are not inserted into the
 mail buffer.  Instead, some placeholder text is inserted into the mail
 buffer, like this: