annotate etc/MH-E-ONEWS @ 36150:46e59561af4c

Display Vars node renamed Display Custom. Include info there about customizing cursor appearance. Clean up aggressive scrolling. Clarify horizontal scrolling discussion. Fix index entries for line number mode.
author Richard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
date Sat, 17 Feb 2001 16:45:37 +0000
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1 This file is automatically generated from news-mh-e.txinfo. Do not edit.
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3 User-visible changes to mh-e in version 4.0 from 3.8
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5 Note: there are many internal changes to mh-e in this release. If you
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6 have the previous version loaded into your Emacs, you will probably not
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7 be able to load this version on top of it.
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10 New Features in mh-e
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11 ====================
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13 Background folder collection. The first time you are prompted for a
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14 folder, you must wait while mh-e collects the names of all existing
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15 folders. Now however, if you abort, collecting will continue in the
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16 background, and you can do something else in Emacs until the collection
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17 completes. Normally, mh-e will begin collecting folders names in the
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18 background when you first load it; you can disable this feature by
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19 setting `mh-auto-folder-collect' to nil.
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21 There is support for composing MIME messages using the `mhn' program
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22 from MH 6.8. See the documentation string for mh-edit-mhn. (While
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23 composing a letter, type `C-h k C-c C-e'.) See also mhn(1). There is
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24 as yet no support for reading MIME messages.
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26 `mh-show', typically on `.', repositions to the start of the message if
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27 the message is already visible. It used to do nothing in this case.
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29 The function `mh-unshar-msg' is renamed `mh-store-msg'. It now does
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30 uudecoding, too. Someday it should do MIME. It remembers the last
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31 directory you used and offers it as the default for next time.
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33 New function `mh-header-display', on `,', displays the message with all
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34 headers, including those normally not displayed. Type `.' to display
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35 the message normally again.
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37 New function `mh-list-sequences' lists the sequences in use in the
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38 current folder.
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40 New function `mh-version' displays version information about MH and
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41 mh-e. Please use the output in bug reports.
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43 `mh-quit' now burys the folder buffer and show buffer.
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46 New mh-e hooks and customization variables
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47 ==========================================
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48
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49 `mh-pick-mode-hook': new hook called by new mode `mh-pick-mode'. The
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50 pick buffer didn't used to have its own mode. Another advantage of
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51 `mh-pick-mode' is that `C-h m' works in the pick buffer.
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52
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53 `mail-citation-hook': new variable for supercite.
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55 `mh-refile-msg-hook': new hook called by `mh-refile-msg' (and
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56 `mh-refile-or-write-again' when refiling).
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57
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58 `mh-msg-folder-hook': new hook used by `mh-refile-msg' and `mh-to-fcc'
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59 to provide a default folder for user prompt.
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60
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61 `mh-show-hook': new hook called by `mh-show'.
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63 `mh-delete-msg-hook': new hook called by `mh-delete-msg'.
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64
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65 `mh-show-mode-hook': new hook called by new mode `mh-show-mode' for
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66 `show-' buffers.
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67
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68 `mh-comp-formfile': new variable so can customize `components' file.
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70 `mh-sortm-args': new variable, a list of extra arguments to be passed to
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71 sortm by `mh-sort-folder'. Give an argument to `mh-sort-folder' to
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72 suppress this behavior.
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73
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74 `mh-send-prog': new variable so can customize name of `send' program in
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75 case of name conflicts.
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77 `mh-scan-prog': new variable so can customize name of `scan' program to
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78 generate custom effects.
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79
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80 `mh-inc-prog': new variable so can customize name of `inc' program to do
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81 fancy management of incoming messages.
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83 `mh-forwarded-letter-subject': new function used by `mh-forward' to
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84 compute the Subject line of the new message. It is a small function
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85 which can be replaced by the user for customization. Uses the new
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86 variable `mh-forward-subject-format', which allows some simple
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87 customizations without rewriting even `mh-forwarded-letter-subject'.
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89 `mh-new-draft-cleaned-headers': new variable, header lines removed by
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90 `mh-edit-again' and `mh-extract-rejected-mail' before offering a message
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91 as a new draft.
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93 `mh-signature-file-name': new variable used by `mh-insert-signature' to
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94 so can customize name of the file to insert.
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96 `mh-read-address': new function called to read all To: and Cc:
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97 addresses.
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99 `mh-msg-folder-hook': new hook used by `mh-refile-msg' and `mh-to-fcc'
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100 to provide a default folder for user prompt.
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102
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103 Key binding changes in mh-e
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104 ===========================
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106 `,' runs new function `mh-header-display'. It is like `.' but it
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107 displays *all* the headers.
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108
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109 `M-#' runs the new function `mh-delete-seq'. One used to have to type
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110 `C-u M-%' to delete a sequence.
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112 `<' no longer does `mh-first-msg', but `M->' now does `mh-last-msg'.
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113 This allows first and last to be consistent (`>' was taken) and is more
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114 likely to be discovered by chance anyway.
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116 `M-d' runs `mh-redistribute', `r' runs `mh-reply' (on the theory that
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117 the more commonly used function should be easier to type, and the
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118 obscure action of redistributing can be harder to type).
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120 `M-o' changed to `C-o' (`mh-write-msg-to-file'). It was interfering
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121 with arrow keys for some people.
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123 `M-n' now runs `mh-store-msg' (formerly `mh-unshar-msg').
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125 `b' no longer runs `mh-quit'; use `q' instead. `b' may be used in a
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126 future version for something else.
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129 Minor improvements to mh-e
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130 ==========================
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132 The mh-e code is now divided into multiple Emacs Lisp files, so it
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133 starts up faster because Emacs doesn't have to load all of it at once.
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134 (This change also makes it easier for the maintainer to manage things.)
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136 When searching for the directory containing the MH programs, search the
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137 user's PATH in addition to the built-in directories, to increase the
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138 chance of finding the MH programs.
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139
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140 The subject for a forwarded message no longer has ugly square brackets
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141 around it.
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143 The name of the folder is no longer appears twice in the show buffer
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144 mode line.
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146 When typing a folder name in the minibuffer, parent folders complete to
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147 the trailing slash (/), for easier typing of subfolders.
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149 The folder buffer mode name changed from `mh-e scan' or `mh-e show' to
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150 `MH-Folder', which makes the hook name easier to guess. Added
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151 `mh-showing' to `minor-mode-alist' so there is still an indication in
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152 the mode line of whether messages will be shown automatically.
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154 `mh-rename-seq' does completion on the old sequence name.
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156 If called by a user who has never used MH on this system before, mh-e
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157 runs the MH program `install-mh' to get them set up.
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159 Undo history for previous messages is not kept to avoid wasting memory.
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161 The internal temp buffer used by mh-e has `buffer-offer-save' explicitly
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162 nil. This change benefits people who change the `buffer-offer-save'
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163 default.
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166 Bug fixes to mh-e
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167 =================
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169 `mh-to-field': don't bomb if no To: field.
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171 `mh-get-new-mail': restore annotations, e.g., cur, even if no new mail.
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173 `mh-rename-seq': verify that the new seq name was accepted by `mark'
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174 before updating state.
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176 `mh-internal-seq': the Previous sequence is not notated, since it would
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177 notate everything scanned.
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178
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179 `mh-read-draft': don't call `find-file-noselect' so an `auto-mode-alist'
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180 doesn't trigger `mh-letter-mode-hook' twice. Faster, too.
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181
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182 `mh-show': If user moves onto a message that doesn't exist, don't leave
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183 the cursor in the show pane.
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185 `mh-delete-scan-msgs': use `equal', not `=', on the result of
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186 `mh-get-msg-num', since it may be nil.
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187
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188 `mh-get-field': do anchored search so searching for `reply-to:' doesn't
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189 find `in-reply-to:'.
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191 `mh-widen': do nothing if not narrowed.
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192
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193 `mh-clean-message-header': find end of headers even if no body.
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