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-
- User-visible changes to mh-e in version 4.0 from 3.8
-
- Note: there are many internal changes to mh-e in this release. If you
- have the previous version loaded into your Emacs, you will probably not
- be able to load this version on top of it.
-
-
- New Features in mh-e
- ====================
-
- Background folder collection. The first time you are prompted for a
- folder, you must wait while mh-e collects the names of all existing
- folders. Now however, if you abort, collecting will continue in the
- background, and you can do something else in Emacs until the collection
- completes. Normally, mh-e will begin collecting folders names in the
- background when you first load it; you can disable this feature by
- setting `mh-auto-folder-collect' to nil.
-
- There is support for composing MIME messages using the `mhn' program
- from MH 6.8. See the documentation string for mh-edit-mhn. (While
- composing a letter, type `C-h k C-c C-e'.) See also mhn(1). There is
- as yet no support for reading MIME messages.
-
- `mh-show', typically on `.', repositions to the start of the message if
- the message is already visible. It used to do nothing in this case.
-
- The function `mh-unshar-msg' is renamed `mh-store-msg'. It now does
- uudecoding, too. Someday it should do MIME. It remembers the last
- directory you used and offers it as the default for next time.
-
- New function `mh-header-display', on `,', displays the message with all
- headers, including those normally not displayed. Type `.' to display
- the message normally again.
-
- New function `mh-list-sequences' lists the sequences in use in the
- current folder.
-
- New function `mh-version' displays version information about MH and
- mh-e. Please use the output in bug reports.
-
- `mh-quit' now burys the folder buffer and show buffer.
-
-
- New mh-e hooks and customization variables
- ==========================================
-
- `mh-pick-mode-hook': new hook called by new mode `mh-pick-mode'. The
- pick buffer didn't used to have its own mode. Another advantage of
- `mh-pick-mode' is that `C-h m' works in the pick buffer.
-
- `mail-citation-hook': new variable for supercite.
-
- `mh-refile-msg-hook': new hook called by `mh-refile-msg' (and
- `mh-refile-or-write-again' when refiling).
-
- `mh-msg-folder-hook': new hook used by `mh-refile-msg' and `mh-to-fcc'
- to provide a default folder for user prompt.
-
- `mh-show-hook': new hook called by `mh-show'.
-
- `mh-delete-msg-hook': new hook called by `mh-delete-msg'.
-
- `mh-show-mode-hook': new hook called by new mode `mh-show-mode' for
- `show-' buffers.
-
- `mh-comp-formfile': new variable so can customize `components' file.
-
- `mh-sortm-args': new variable, a list of extra arguments to be passed to
- sortm by `mh-sort-folder'. Give an argument to `mh-sort-folder' to
- suppress this behavior.
-
- `mh-send-prog': new variable so can customize name of `send' program in
- case of name conflicts.
-
- `mh-scan-prog': new variable so can customize name of `scan' program to
- generate custom effects.
-
- `mh-inc-prog': new variable so can customize name of `inc' program to do
- fancy management of incoming messages.
-
- `mh-forwarded-letter-subject': new function used by `mh-forward' to
- compute the Subject line of the new message. It is a small function
- which can be replaced by the user for customization. Uses the new
- variable `mh-forward-subject-format', which allows some simple
- customizations without rewriting even `mh-forwarded-letter-subject'.
-
- `mh-new-draft-cleaned-headers': new variable, header lines removed by
- `mh-edit-again' and `mh-extract-rejected-mail' before offering a message
- as a new draft.
-
- `mh-signature-file-name': new variable used by `mh-insert-signature' to
- so can customize name of the file to insert.
-
- `mh-read-address': new function called to read all To: and Cc:
- addresses.
-
- `mh-msg-folder-hook': new hook used by `mh-refile-msg' and `mh-to-fcc'
- to provide a default folder for user prompt.
-
-
- Key binding changes in mh-e
- ===========================
-
- `,' runs new function `mh-header-display'. It is like `.' but it
- displays *all* the headers.
-
- `M-#' runs the new function `mh-delete-seq'. One used to have to type
- `C-u M-%' to delete a sequence.
-
- `<' no longer does `mh-first-msg', but `M->' now does `mh-last-msg'.
- This allows first and last to be consistent (`>' was taken) and is more
- likely to be discovered by chance anyway.
-
- `M-d' runs `mh-redistribute', `r' runs `mh-reply' (on the theory that
- the more commonly used function should be easier to type, and the
- obscure action of redistributing can be harder to type).
-
- `M-o' changed to `C-o' (`mh-write-msg-to-file'). It was interfering
- with arrow keys for some people.
-
- `M-n' now runs `mh-store-msg' (formerly `mh-unshar-msg').
-
- `b' no longer runs `mh-quit'; use `q' instead. `b' may be used in a
- future version for something else.
-
-
- Minor improvements to mh-e
- ==========================
-
- The mh-e code is now divided into multiple Emacs Lisp files, so it
- starts up faster because Emacs doesn't have to load all of it at once.
- (This change also makes it easier for the maintainer to manage things.)
-
- When searching for the directory containing the MH programs, search the
- user's PATH in addition to the built-in directories, to increase the
- chance of finding the MH programs.
-
- The subject for a forwarded message no longer has ugly square brackets
- around it.
-
- The name of the folder is no longer appears twice in the show buffer
- mode line.
-
- When typing a folder name in the minibuffer, parent folders complete to
- the trailing slash (/), for easier typing of subfolders.
-
- The folder buffer mode name changed from `mh-e scan' or `mh-e show' to
- `MH-Folder', which makes the hook name easier to guess. Added
- `mh-showing' to `minor-mode-alist' so there is still an indication in
- the mode line of whether messages will be shown automatically.
-
- `mh-rename-seq' does completion on the old sequence name.
-
- If called by a user who has never used MH on this system before, mh-e
- runs the MH program `install-mh' to get them set up.
-
- Undo history for previous messages is not kept to avoid wasting memory.
-
- The internal temp buffer used by mh-e has `buffer-offer-save' explicitly
- nil. This change benefits people who change the `buffer-offer-save'
- default.
-
-
- Bug fixes to mh-e
- =================
-
- `mh-to-field': don't bomb if no To: field.
-
- `mh-get-new-mail': restore annotations, e.g., cur, even if no new mail.
-
- `mh-rename-seq': verify that the new seq name was accepted by `mark'
- before updating state.
-
- `mh-internal-seq': the Previous sequence is not notated, since it would
- notate everything scanned.
-
- `mh-read-draft': don't call `find-file-noselect' so an `auto-mode-alist'
- doesn't trigger `mh-letter-mode-hook' twice. Faster, too.
-
- `mh-show': If user moves onto a message that doesn't exist, don't leave
- the cursor in the show pane.
-
- `mh-delete-scan-msgs': use `equal', not `=', on the result of
- `mh-get-msg-num', since it may be nil.
-
- `mh-get-field': do anchored search so searching for `reply-to:' doesn't
- find `in-reply-to:'.
-
- `mh-widen': do nothing if not narrowed.
-
- `mh-clean-message-header': find end of headers even if no body.
-
-