changeset 102136:e9aa4b8eec2c

Minor updates for mbox Rmail.

--- a/doc/misc/gnus.texi	Fri Feb 20 04:27:41 2009 +0000
+++ b/doc/misc/gnus.texi	Fri Feb 20 04:30:07 2009 +0000
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@
 Choosing a Mail Back End
 
 * Unix Mail Box::               Using the (quite) standard Un*x mbox.
-* Rmail Babyl::                 Emacs programs use the Rmail Babyl format.
+* Babyl::                       Babyl was used by older versions of Rmail.
 * Mail Spool::                  Store your mail in a private spool?
 * MH Spool::                    An mhspool-like back end.
 * Maildir::                     Another one-file-per-message format.
@@ -8524,7 +8524,8 @@
 @kindex O r (Summary)
 @findex gnus-summary-save-article-rmail
 Save the current article in Rmail format
-(@code{gnus-summary-save-article-rmail}).
+(@code{gnus-summary-save-article-rmail}).  This is mbox since Emacs 23,
+Babyl in older versions.
 
 @item O f
 @kindex O f (Summary)
@@ -8610,7 +8611,11 @@
 @findex gnus-summary-save-in-rmail
 @vindex gnus-rmail-save-name
 @findex gnus-plain-save-name
-This is the default format, @dfn{Babyl}.  Uses the function in the
+This is the default format, that used by the Rmail package.  Since Emacs
+23, Rmail uses standard mbox format.  Before this, it used the
+@dfn{Babyl} format.  Accordingly, this command writes mbox format since
+Emacs 23, unless appending to an existing Babyl file.  In older versions
+of Emacs, it always uses Babyl format.  Uses the function in the
 @code{gnus-rmail-save-name} variable to get a file name to save the
 article in.  The default is @code{gnus-plain-save-name}.
 
@@ -16473,8 +16478,8 @@
 @vindex nnmh-get-new-mail
 @vindex nnfolder-get-new-mail
 This might be too much, if, for instance, you are reading mail quite
-happily with @code{nnml} and just want to peek at some old Rmail
-file you have stashed away with @code{nnbabyl}.  All back ends have
+happily with @code{nnml} and just want to peek at some old (pre-Emacs
+23) Rmail file you have stashed away with @code{nnbabyl}.  All back ends have
 variables called back-end-@code{get-new-mail}.  If you want to disable
 the @code{nnbabyl} mail reading, you edit the virtual server for the
 group to have a setting where @code{nnbabyl-get-new-mail} to @code{nil}.
@@ -16498,7 +16503,7 @@
 
 @menu
 * Unix Mail Box::               Using the (quite) standard Un*x mbox.
-* Rmail Babyl::                 Emacs programs use the Rmail Babyl format.
+* Babyl::                       Babyl was used by older versions of Rmail.
 * Mail Spool::                  Store your mail in a private spool?
 * MH Spool::                    An mhspool-like back end.
 * Maildir::                     Another one-file-per-message format.
@@ -16538,27 +16543,26 @@
 @end table
 
 
-@node Rmail Babyl
-@subsubsection Rmail Babyl
+@node Babyl
+@subsubsection Babyl
 @cindex nnbabyl
-@cindex Rmail mbox
 
 @vindex nnbabyl-active-file
 @vindex nnbabyl-mbox-file
-The @dfn{nnbabyl} back end will use a Babyl mail box (aka. @dfn{Rmail
-mbox}) to store mail.  @code{nnbabyl} will add extra headers to each
-mail article to say which group it belongs in.
+The @dfn{nnbabyl} back end will use a Babyl mail box to store mail.
+@code{nnbabyl} will add extra headers to each mail article to say which
+group it belongs in.
 
 Virtual server settings:
 
 @table @code
 @item nnbabyl-mbox-file
 @vindex nnbabyl-mbox-file
-The name of the Rmail mbox file.  The default is @file{~/RMAIL}
+The name of the Babyl file.  The default is @file{~/RMAIL}
 
 @item nnbabyl-active-file
 @vindex nnbabyl-active-file
-The name of the active file for the rmail box.  The default is
+The name of the active file for the Babyl file.  The default is
 @file{~/.rmail-active}
 
 @item nnbabyl-get-new-mail
@@ -17154,7 +17158,8 @@
 VM, for that matter) continue to support this format because it's
 perceived as having some good qualities in those mailer-specific
 headers/status bits stuff.  Rmail itself still exists as well, of
-course, and is still maintained by Stallman.
+course, and is still maintained within Emacs.  Since Emacs 23, it
+uses standard mbox format rather than Babyl.
 
 Both of the above forms leave your mail in a single file on your
 file system, and they must parse that entire file each time you take a
@@ -18640,9 +18645,8 @@
 
 @table @code
 @cindex Babyl
-@cindex Rmail mbox
 @item babyl
-The Babyl (Rmail) mail box.
+The Babyl format.
 
 @cindex mbox
 @cindex Unix mbox
@@ -28819,6 +28823,7 @@
 @item
 @code{message-insinuate-rmail}
 
+@c FIXME should that not be 'message-user-agent?
 Adding @code{(message-insinuate-rmail)} and @code{(setq
 mail-user-agent 'gnus-user-agent)} in @file{.emacs} convinces Rmail to
 compose, reply and forward messages in message-mode, where you can