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- This is Info file ../../info/tm-vm-en.info, produced by Makeinfo
- version 1.68 from the input file tm-vm-en.texi.
-
- This file documents tm-vm.el v8.12
-
- tm-vm is part of the TM Package.
-
- tm-vm is an interface between tm and the VM mail user agent that lets
- you read and write multimedia mail on the Internet using the MIME
- standard.
-
- tm-vm and its documentation are distributed under the same terms as
- TM. Please refer to the TM Manual.
-
- Copyright 1996 Tomohiko Morioka, Oscar Figueiredo
-
- File: tm-vm-en.info, Node: Top, Next: Overview, Prev: (dir), Up: (dir)
-
- tm-vm Manual
- ************
-
- tm-vm is an interface between tm and the VM mail user agent that lets
- you read and write multimedia mail on the Internet using the MIME
- standard.
-
- This document applies to release 8.12 of tm-vm.el
-
- * Menu:
-
- * Overview::
- * Install::
- * Usage::
- * Customization::
- * News::
- * Copyright::
- * Variable Index::
- * Concept Index::
-
- File: tm-vm-en.info, Node: Overview, Next: Install, Prev: Top, Up: Top
-
- Overview
- ********
-
- tm-vm is an interface between TM (*note TM: (tm-en)Top..) and the VM
- mail user agent (*note VM: (vm)Top..).
-
- Until recently VM did not support the MIME standard. Kyle Jones has
- begun to implement it in VM 6.0 however TM provides a much more complete
- support of MIME than the one currently offered in VM 6. tm-vm integrates
- the TM package into VM so as to give you a powerful MIME support in your
- usual mail environment for both mail reading and composing. tm-vm adds
- MIME features to VM 5 and replaces the native features offered by VM 6.
-
- Mail Reading Features
- =====================
-
- tm-vm tries to integrate as transparently as possible with VM so that
- MIME messages appear to you just like plain messages.
-
- tm-vm detects MIME messages when you try to view them and, if
- automatic MIME previewing is enabled (the default), then it
- automatically parses the message and displays a "beautified" version
- under the MIME Viewer. Note that the word *previewing* has two
- different meanings for VM and TM. In VM, it means view the first lines
- of a message only, as defined by the variable `vm-preview-lines', to
- avoid confusion we call this *message previewing*. In TM, previewing
- means parsing the contents of a message according to the rules of the
- MIME standard and display a corresponding view of it. We call that more
- specifically *MIME previewing*.
-
- The MIME Viewer offers all the functionality to view/extract the MIME
- components (attachments) of the message. It also displays images inline
- in XEmacs. *Note MIME Viewer: (tm-view-en)Top. Note however that for a
- better VM integration, tm-vm overrides the standard bindings of the
- MIME-Viewer and makes them available with a <C-c> prefix.
-
- Mail Composing Features
- =======================
-
- Composing a new message places you in a compose buffer as usual
- under VM but a special minor mode (`mime-editor') is made available that
- lets you perform such operations as:
-
- * Insert arbitrary files
-
- * Insert another message
-
- * Insert a voice sample recorded from a microphone attached to the
- computer
-
- * Enclose message sections as PGP encrypted
-
- and much more. For details, *note MIME Editor: (tm-edit-en)Top..
-
- When you reply to a message citing the original and tm-vm is active,
- tm-vm will insert the contents of the MIME-Preview buffer in the reply
- buffer. You can also insert the raw message if you want (*note
- Usage::.).
-
- File: tm-vm-en.info, Node: Install, Next: Usage, Prev: Overview, Up: Top
-
- Installing tm-vm
- ****************
-
- To take advantage of the benefits of tm-vm, you need to have VM and
- tm already installed.
-
- VM is part of XEmacs distributions and so if you're running XEmacs
- you don't need to install it. If you're running Emacs, you will need to
- install VM. The official VM distribution site is
- `ftp://ftp.uu.net/networking/mail/vm/'.
-
- If you're reading this manual then there is a pretty good chance you
- already have a recent version of tm. The official tm distribution site
- is `ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/GNU/mime/'. Follow the installation
- procedure for tm as described in the documentation.
-
- Once these steps are completed, tm-vm installation is very simple.
- You just need to insert the following lines in your VM configuration
- file (generally `.vm'):
-
- (require 'mime-setup)
- (require 'tm-vm)
-
- That's it. You are ready to read and send multimedia mail! You may
- also want to customize some aspects of tm-vm behaviour (*note
- Customization::.).
-
- If you use BBDB, you must load tm-vm *after* BBDB. Please be sure to
- respect the following sequence in your initialization file:
-
- (bbdb-insinuate-vm)
- (require 'tm-vm)
-
- File: tm-vm-en.info, Node: Usage, Next: Customization, Prev: Install, Up: Top
-
- Using tm-vm
- ***********
-
- * Menu:
-
- * Reading MIME mail:: Commands for MIME previewing
- * Composing MIME mail:: Writing/Replying to/Forwarding MIME messages
- * Printing:: Printing MIME messages
- * Using BBDB:: BBDB integration
-
- File: tm-vm-en.info, Node: Reading MIME mail, Next: Composing MIME mail, Prev: Usage, Up: Usage
-
- Reading MIME mail
- =================
-
- When reading mail, tm-vm can operate in two different modes:
- *automatic preview* and *on-demand preview*. In automatic preview mode
- (the default) MIME messages are automatically decoded. In on-demand
- preview mode all messages are presented by VM as they are (as if tm
- were not loaded). The user can request the decoding of a message at any
- time with `tm-vm/view-message' (bound to `Z').
-
- VM folder buffer and MIME Preview buffer
- ----------------------------------------
-
- Though tm-vm tries to hide this fact as much as possible, it is
- important to note that when MIME previewing is enabled the current
- message actually exists in *two* separate buffers:
-
- * *the VM folder buffer*: always displays the *raw* message buffer
- where the MIME contents remain unparsed
-
- * *the MIME Preview buffer*: displays a MIME parsed version of the
- message. It is generally what you want to see as it is more
- readable.
-
- There are two different buffers due to the VM 5 implementation that
- makes TM/VM integration difficult. However, we try hard to make the MIME
- Preview buffer act as if it were the real VM message buffer by making
- all bindings act the same in the Preview buffer as in the folder
- buffer. In this version of tm-vm, most of the usual VM bindings are made
- available transparently in the MIME Preview buffer, others will be in
- the future, contact the maintainer for more information.
-
- `tm-vm/toggle-preview-mode' (bound to `M-t') lets you toggle between
- automatic and on-demand preview modes.
-
- File: tm-vm-en.info, Node: Composing MIME mail, Next: Printing, Prev: Reading MIME mail, Up: Usage
-
- Composing MIME mail
- ===================
-
- Regardless of the current MIME preview mode (automatic or on-demand),
- tm-vm activates the mime-editor mode each time you compose a mail
- message (new message, reply or forward). *Note MIME Editor:
- (tm-edit-en)Top, for details on mime-editor mode.
-
- When you reply to a message, tm-vm will insert the contents of the
- *decoded* message if there exists a MIME Preview buffer. This is
- generally what you want for quoted-printable text, for instance. Inline
- images are removed from the reply. If for some reason you want the
- *raw* message to be inserted instead of the decoded one, you have to
- kill the MIME Preview buffer first. You do this with `kill-buffer'
- (bound to `C-x k') in the MIME Preview buffer. You can also toggle
- automatic preview off, if it was on, with `M-t'.
-
- Forwarding a message always inserts the raw message with its own MIME
- headers. The recipient will thus receive exactly the same message as you
- did.
-
- File: tm-vm-en.info, Node: Printing, Next: Using BBDB, Prev: Composing MIME mail, Up: Usage
-
- Printing MIME messages
- ======================
-
- For non-MULE Emacses, printing of MIME messages uses Postscript
- printing (through the ps-print package). Non-MIME messages are printed
- the usual way as configured in VM. This is controlled by the variable
- `tm-vm/use-ps-print'.
-
- File: tm-vm-en.info, Node: Using BBDB, Prev: Printing, Up: Usage
-
- Notes about BBDB Usage
- ======================
-
- BBDB, the Big Brother's Database, should operate normally with
- VM/tm-vm. You must ensure, however, that tm-vm is loaded *after* BBDB
- has installed its hooks. Therefore be sure to respect the following
- sequence in your initialization file:
-
- (bbdb-insinuate-vm)
- (require 'tm-vm)
-
- File: tm-vm-en.info, Node: Customization, Next: News, Prev: Usage, Up: Top
-
- Customization
- *************
-
- Several variables let you adapt the behavior of tm-vm to your needs.
- You can set these variables to the appropriate value in your
- initialization file prior to loading tm.
-
- - User Option: tm-vm/automatic-mime-preview
- If non-`nil' then tm-vm will start in automatic mime preview mode
- (*note Usage::.). Default `t'.
-
- - User Option: tm-vm/strict-mime
- If non-`nil' tm-vm will automatically decode MIME messages only.
- MIME messages have a `MIME-Version' header. If `nil' then all
- messages will be decoded and viewed in the MIME Preview buffer
- regardless of the existence of a `MIME-Version' header. Default
- `t'.
-
- - User Option: tm-vm/use-vm-bindings
- If non-`nil' tm-vm will use usual VM bindings in MIME-Preview
- buffers and make TM bindings available with a prefix. Otherwise
- usual TM bindings are used without prefix (this was the default in
- versions of tm-vm older than 8.0). Default `t'.
-
- - User Option: tm-vm/attach-to-popup-menus
- If this is non-`nil', tm-vm will append a menu of MIME commands to
- the VM standard mode popup (<Button 3>). Default `t'. Untested in
- Emacs.
-
- - User Option: tm-vm/use-original-url-button
- If this is non-`nil', tm-vm will use VM to energize URL's contained
- in the message body as weel as message headers. Default `t'.
-
- - User Option: tm-vm/use-ps-print
- If this is non-`nil' then MIME messages will be printed in
- Postscript using the ps-print package. By default it is `t' for
- non-MULE Emacses.
-
- - Variable: tm-vm/build-mime-preview-buffer-hook
- tm-vm runs the hooks in this list each time it builds a
- MIME-Preview buffer for a message. You can attach your own hook
- functions using `add-hook'.
-
- - Variable: tm-vm/select-message-hook
- tm-vm runs the hooks in this list after selecting a message. You
- can attach your own hook functions using `add-hook'.
-
- - Variable: tm-vm/forward-message-hook
- tm-vm runs the hooks in this list after a Mail mode buffer has been
- created to forward a message in message/rfc822 type format. If
- `vm-forwarding-digest-type' is `rfc1521', tm-vm runs this hook
- instead of `vm-forward-message-hook'.
-
- - Variable: tm-vm/send-digest-hook
- tm-vm runs the hooks in this list after a Mail mode buffer has been
- created to send a digest in multipart/digest type format. If
- `vm-digest-send-type' is `rfc1521', tm-vm runs this hook instead
- of `vm-send-digest-hook'.
-
- X-Faces
- =======
-
- tm-vm displays X-Faces inline for XEmacs users in the same way as
- VM. X-Faces are turned on by default. You need to disable their display
- explicitly if you want to:
-
- (setq vm-use-lucid-highlighting nil)
- (setq vm-display-xfaces nil)
-
- File: tm-vm-en.info, Node: News, Next: Copyright, Prev: Customization, Up: Top
-
- News
- ****
-
- This section documents the user-visible changes in the latest
- releases of tm-vm. For more technical details see the ChangeLog.
-
- 8.5 to 8.12
- ===========
-
- * Bug fixes
-
- * Compatible with successive VM 6 versions (tested up to VM 6.24).
-
- * Improved overall VM integration.
-
- * New hook variable `tm-vm/build-mime-preview-buffer-hook'.
-
- 8.4
- ===
-
- * Bug fixes in Emacs menus.
-
- 8.0 to 8.3
- ==========
-
- * Most usual VM bindings are available in MIME-Preview buffers
- (motion commands, summary generation). Usual TM bindings are
- prefixed with <C-c> now. See the variable `tm-vm/use-vm-bindings'.
-
- * VM menu bar and toolbar are accessible from MIME-Preview buffers
-
- * MIME-Preview buffers support header toggling
-
- * VM message previewing is correctly supported
-
- * Bug fixes
-
- 7.79
- ====
-
- * Minor bug fixes.
-
- 7.78
- ====
-
- * Better compatibility with MULE in respect of the ps-print package
-
- 7.77
- ====
-
- * A bug in byte-compilation introduced in 7.76 was fixed
-
- * Window configurations are restored more correctly (point stays
- where it should :-) when paging through messages.
-
- 7.76
- ====
-
- * Forwarding a MIME message now always forwards the *raw* message.
-
- * Forwarding a message from the `Dispose' pull-down menu now works
- correctly in XEmacs. Untested in Emacs.
-
- * Forwarding a message when the current buffer is the MIME-Preview
- buffer now works correctly
-
- * `tm-vm/use-ps-print' was introduced *note Customization::..
-
- 7.75
- ====
-
- * Bug fixes: BBDB record creation and MIME component extraction from
- new messages
-
- 7.74
- ====
-
- * X-Faces are displayed by default. *note Customization::.
-
- File: tm-vm-en.info, Node: Copyright, Next: Variable Index, Prev: News, Up: Top
-
- Copyright
- *********
-
- This file documents tm-vm 8.12, an interface between tm and the VM
- mail user agent.
-
- Copyright 1996 Tomohiko Morioka, Oscar Figueiredo
-
- tm-vm is part of the TM package. tm-vm and its documentation are
- distributed under the same terms as TM itself *Note Copyright:
- (TM)Copyright.
-
- File: tm-vm-en.info, Node: Variable Index, Next: Concept Index, Prev: Copyright, Up: Top
-
- Variable Index
- **************
-
- * Menu:
-
- * tm-vm/attach-to-popup-menus: Customization.
- * tm-vm/automatic-mime-preview: Customization.
- * tm-vm/build-mime-preview-buffer-hook: Customization.
- * tm-vm/forward-message-hook: Customization.
- * tm-vm/select-message-hook: Customization.
- * tm-vm/send-digest-hook: Customization.
- * tm-vm/strict-mime: Customization.
- * tm-vm/use-original-url-button: Customization.
- * tm-vm/use-ps-print: Customization.
- * tm-vm/use-vm-bindings: Customization.
-
- File: tm-vm-en.info, Node: Concept Index, Prev: Variable Index, Up: Top
-
- Concept Index
- *************
-
- * Menu:
-
- * MIME Preview buffer: Reading MIME mail.
- * VM folder buffer: Reading MIME mail.
- * X-Faces: Customization.
-
-
- Tag Table:
- Node: Top501
- Node: Overview933
- Node: Install3439
- Node: Usage4690
- Node: Reading MIME mail5052
- Node: Composing MIME mail6711
- Node: Printing7788
- Node: Using BBDB8165
- Node: Customization8574
- Node: News11427
- Node: Copyright13184
- Node: Variable Index13581
- Node: Concept Index14278
- End Tag Table
-