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- From: jerry@ORA.COM (Jerry Peek)
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- Subject: Second edition of "MH & xmh: E-mail for Users & Programmers"
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- Date: 3 Sep 92 13:53:16 GMT
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- [Notice, everybody: This is a commercial announcement.]
-
- The new second edition of the Nutshell Handbook about MH & xmh
- is out. You can get it overseas in October. A lot of you have
- heard of the book, so I'll skip the introductory hype and tell
- you what's new. If you want more information, send me mail.
-
- The second edition has been updated for MH 6.7.2 and X Release 5. Also:
- - I've added edge tabs, a "road map," emphasized the two quick-start
- tutorials--all to make the book easier to use and find what you need.
- - A new chapter with 45 pages on the "mhook" utilities for handling
- new mail automatically. I've tried hard to de-mystify these, show
- examples of ways to customize them and techniques for debugging.
- - There's a new xmh Reference Guide in the purple pages at the back.
- - The chapter with shell programs has three new scripts:
- * mysend is an MH sendproc that edits your messages as you send them.
- It's configured to add a "signature" to the ends of messages, but
- you can adapt it to do almost anything else.
- * edprofile lets R5 xmh users change the way that some commands work,
- just by clicking a button.
- * autoinc handles incoming mail automatically. It's nice for people
- who can't use mhook utilities, also for handling mail in a batch.
- The rmmer message-removing script is more efficient; it can also
- prompt for confirmation before removing messages from certain folders.
- Many programs from the first edition have been improved.
- - The index has been expanded.
- - I covered the .xmhcheck file, for incorporating mail from many mailboxes.
- - Chapter 10 has more examples of MH formatting (scan, repl, mhl, etc.).
- It also covers the new mh-format features introduced in MH 6.7.2.
- - The Release 5 xmh is more flexible--especially the XmhShellCommand
- for running any UNIX shell command on selected mail messages.
- - New sections tell how to handle packed mail files with packf
- and use the MH-like "mail shell" msh.
- - There are even more tips for using MH and xmh in real applications,
- including new time-saving aliases, buttons, and command versions.
- Several new sections show how to use UNIX links to organize your mail.
- - Appendix B, "Early History of MH," written by Bruce Borden and Stockton
- Gaines, should give you some insight into why MH is the way it is.
- - I've incorporated lots of reader comments and suggestions. (Thanks!)
-
-
- Ordering info: "MH & xmh: E-mail for Users & Programmers"
- By Jerry Peek, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. Second edition.
- ISBN 1-56592-027-9. 728 pages. $29.95 U.S.
-
- Customers in the US and Canada who own the first edition and
- order directly from ORA get a 25% discount; just send in the
- title page from your copy of the first edition. Sorry, this
- discounted upgrade isn't available internationally. :-(
-
- You can buy this at bookstores or directly from the publisher.
- For a list of our overseas distributors or US bookstores mail, FAX,
- or call +1 707-829-0515. US & Canada: To order from the publisher, write:
- O'Reilly & Associates, 103A Morris St, Sebastopol, CA 95472
- call 1-800-998-9938, or FAX 707-829-0104.
- Email questions about ordering to nuts@ora.com or uunet!ora!nuts.
-
- --Jerry Peek, O'Reilly & Associates, jerry@ora.com, +1 617-354-5800
-
- P.S. If you're in the Washington, DC area, I'll be at the WAUUG meeting
- at the NIH, Bethesda on Tuesday September 8th... with copies of the book.
-