annotate etc/MH-E-ONEWS @ 45682:b9f2c8b7c60e

(lookup_char_property): New function for looking up overlay and text properties, created from textget. (textget): Use it.
author Colin Walters <walters@gnu.org>
date Sat, 08 Jun 2002 20:25:17 +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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131
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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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175
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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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