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1 \input texinfo.tex
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2 @setfilename tm-edit-en.info
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3 @settitle{tm-edit 7.90 Reference Manual (English Version)}
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4 @titlepage
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5 @title tm-edit 7.90 Reference Manual (English Version)
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6 @author MORIOKA Tomohiko <morioka@@jaist.ac.jp>
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7 @subtitle 1996/10/11
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8 @end titlepage
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9 @node Top, Introduction, (dir), (dir)
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10 @top tm-edit 7.90 Reference Manual (English Version)
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11
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12 @ifinfo
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13
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14 This file documents tm-edit, a MIME composer for GNU Emacs.
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15 @end ifinfo
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16
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17 @menu
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18 * Introduction:: What is tm-edit?
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19 * mime/editor-mode::
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20 * single-part operations::
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21 * enclosure operation::
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22 * other operations of mime/editor-mode::
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23 * transfer level::
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24 * header:: Using non-ASCII characters in header
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25 * PGP::
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26 * Concept Index::
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27 * Function Index::
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28 * Variable Index::
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29 @end menu
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30
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31 @node Introduction, mime/editor-mode, Top, Top
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32 @chapter What is tm-edit?
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33
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34 @cindex{tm-edit}@strong{tm-edit} is a general MIME composer for GNU
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35 Emacs.@refill
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36
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37 tm-edit is based on mime.el by UMEDA Masanobu
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38 <umerin@@mse.kyutech.ac.jp>, who is famous as the author of
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39 GNUS. tm-edit expands following points from @file{mime.el}:
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40
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41 @itemize @bullet
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42 @item
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43 based on RFC 1521/1522
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44 @item
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45 Content-Disposition field (@ref{(tm-en)Content-Disposition}) (RFC 1806)
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46 supports
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47 @item
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48 nested multi-part message (@ref{(tm-en)multipart})
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49 @item
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50 PGP (@ref{PGP}) (PGP/MIME (RFC 2015) based on security multipart (RFC
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51 1847) and application/pgp based on traditional PGP)
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52 @item
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53 strength automatic specification for parameter of file type
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54 @end itemize
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55
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56
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57 In tm-MUA (@ref{(tm-en)tm-MUA}), you can edit MIME message easily to use
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58 tm-edit.
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59
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60
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61 @node mime/editor-mode, single-part operations, Introduction, Top
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62 @chapter mime/editor-mode
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63
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64 @cindex{mime/editor-mode}@strong{mime/editor-mode} is a minor mode to
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65 compose MIME message. In this mode, @cindex{tag}@strong{tag} represents
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66 various kinds of data, you can edit multi part (@ref{(tm-en)multipart})
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67 message.@refill
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68
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69 There are 2 kinds of tags:
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70
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71 @itemize @bullet
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72 @item
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73 single-part tag
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74 @item
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75 multi-part tag
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76 @end itemize
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77
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78 single-part tag represents single part, this form is following:
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79
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80 @example
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81 --[[TYPE/SUBTYPE;PARAMETERS][ENCODING]
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82 OPTIONAL-FIELDS]
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83 @end example
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84
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85 TYPE/SUBTYPE and PARAMETERS indicates type/subtype and parameters of
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86 Content-Type field (@ref{(tm-en)Content-Type field}). TYPE/SUBTYPE is
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87 required, PARAMETERS is optional.@refill
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88
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89 ENCODING indicates Content-Transfer-Encoding field. It is optional
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90 too.@refill
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91
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92 OPTIONAL-FIELDS is to represent another fields except Content-Type field
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93 and Content-Transfer-Encoding field.@refill
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94
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95 multi-part tags represent multi part (@ref{(tm-en)multipart}). They
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96 consist of a pair of @cindex{multi-part beginning tag}@strong{multi-part
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97 beginning tag} and @cindex{multi-part ending tag}@strong{multi-part
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98 ending tag}.@refill
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99
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100 multi-part beginning tag's form is following:@refill
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101
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102 @example
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103 --<<TYPE>>-@{
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104 @end example
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105
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106 multi-part ending tag's form is following:@refill
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107
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108 @example
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109 --@}-<<TYPE>>
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110 @end example
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111
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112 A region from multi-part beginning tag to multi-part ending tag is
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113 called as @cindex{enclosure}@strong{enclosure}.
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114
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115
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116 @node single-part operations, enclosure operation, mime/editor-mode, Top
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117 @chapter single-part operations
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118
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119 Operations to make single-part are following:
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120
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121 @table @kbd
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122 @item @key{C-c C-x C-t}
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123 Insert single-part tag indicates text part.
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124
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125 @item @key{C-c C-x C-i}
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126 Insert file as a MIME attachment.
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127
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128 @item @key{C-c C-x C-e}
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129 Insert external part.
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130
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131 @item @key{C-c C-x C-v}
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132 Record audio input until @kbd{C-g} is pressed, and insert as a
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133 audio part. (It requires /dev/audio in default.)
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134
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135 @item @key{C-c C-x C-y}
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136 Insert current (mail or news) message. (It is MUA depended.)
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137
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138 @item @key{C-c C-x C-m}
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139 Insert mail message. (It is MUA depended.)
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140
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141 @item @key{C-c C-x C-w}, @key{C-c C-x C-s}
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142 Insert signature.
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143
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144 @item @key{C-c C-x C-k}
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145 Insert PGP (@ref{PGP}) public key. (It requires Mailcrypt package.)
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146
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147 @item @key{C-c C-x t}
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148 Insert any single-part tag.
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149
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150 @end table
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151
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152
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153
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154 @node enclosure operation, other operations of mime/editor-mode, single-part operations, Top
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155 @chapter enclosure operation
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156
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157 Operations to make enclosure are following:
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158
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159 @table @kbd
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160 @item @key{C-c C-x a}
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161 Enclose specified region as multipart/alternative.
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162
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163 @item @key{C-c C-x p}
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164 Enclose specified region as multipart/parallel.
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165
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166 @item @key{C-c C-x m}
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167 Enclose specified region as multipart/mixed.
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168
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169 @item @key{C-c C-x d}
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170 Enclose specified region as multipart/digest.
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171
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172 @item @key{C-c C-x s}
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173 Digital-sign to specified region. (cf. @ref{PGP})
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174
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175 @item @key{C-c C-x e}
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176 Encrypt to specified region. (cf. @ref{PGP})
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177
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178 @item @key{C-c C-x q}
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179 avoid to encode tags in specified region. In other words, tags is
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180 interpreted as such string. (In current version, it may be
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181 incomplete. Maybe PGP-signature does not work for this enclosure.)
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182
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183 @end table
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184
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185
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186
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187 @node other operations of mime/editor-mode, transfer level, enclosure operation, Top
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188 @chapter other operations of mime/editor-mode
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189
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190 There are another operations in mime/editor-mode.
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191
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192 @table @kbd
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193 @item @key{C-c C-c}
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194 Send current editing message.
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195
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196 @item @key{C-c C-x C-p}
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197 Preview current editing message. (@ref{(tm-view-en)mime/viewer-mode})
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198
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199 @item @key{C-c C-x C-z}
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200 Exit mime/editor-mode. (@key{M-x mime/edit-again} is available to
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201 reedit.)
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202
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203 @item @key{C-c C-x ?}
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204 Display help message.
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205
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206 @item @key{C-c C-x /}
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207 Set current editing message to enable automatic splitting or not.
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208 Form of automatic split messages is message/partial.
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209
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210 @item @key{C-c C-x 7}
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211 Set 7bit (@ref{(tm-en)7bit}) to transfer level (@ref{transfer level}).
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212
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213 @item @key{C-c C-x 8}
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214 Set 8bit (@ref{(tm-en)8bit}) to transfer level (@ref{transfer level}).
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215
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216 @item @key{C-c C-x v}
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217 Set current editing message to digital-sign or not. (cf. @ref{PGP})
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218
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219 @item @key{C-c C-x h}
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220 Set current editing message to encrypt or not. (cf. @ref{PGP})
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221
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222 @end table
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223
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224
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225
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226 @node transfer level, header, other operations of mime/editor-mode, Top
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227 @chapter transfer level
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228
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229 Contents inserted in a message are represented by 7bit
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230 (@ref{(tm-en)7bit}), 8bit (@ref{(tm-en)8bit}) or binary
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231 (@ref{(tm-en)binary}).@refill
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232
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233 If a message is translated by 7bit-through MTA (@ref{(tm-en)MTA}), there
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234 is no need to encode 7bit data, but 8bit and binary data must be encoded
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235 to 7bit data.@refill
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236
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237 Similarly, if a message is translated by 8bit-through MTA, there is no
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238 need to encode 7bit or 8bit data, but binary data must be encoded to
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239 7bit or 8bit data.@refill
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240
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241 @noindent
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242 @strong{[Memo]}
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243 @quotation
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244 EBCDIC MTA breaks 7bit data, so in this case, 7bit data must be
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245 encoded by base64. But I don't know EBCDIC. (^_^;
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246
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247 Similarly, I wish ASCII-printable only MTA and code-conversion MTA
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248 disappeared. (^_^;@refill
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249
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250 Maybe there are binary-through MTA, but I think it is not major.
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251 @end quotation
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252
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253 @cindex{transfer level}@strong{transfer level} represents how range data is
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254 available. tm-edit has a variable
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255 @code{mime-editor/transfer-level} to represent transfer level.
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256
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257
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258 @defvar mime-editor/transfer-level
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259
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260 transfer level.@refill
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261
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262 If transfer level of a data is over it, a data is encoded to
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263 7bit.@refill
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264
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265 Currently, 7 or 8 is available. Default value is 7.@refill
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266
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267 In extension plan, EBCDIC will be 5, ASCII printable only will be 6,
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268 binary will be 9. But it will not be implemented.
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269 @end defvar
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270
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271
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272
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273 @noindent
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274 @strong{[Memo]}
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275 @quotation
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276 transfer level is only for body, not for header (@ref{header}). RFC
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277 1521 extends RFC 822 (@ref{(tm-en)RFC 822}) to use 8bit data in body,
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278 but it requires to use us-ascii (@ref{(tm-en)us-ascii}) in header.
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279 @end quotation
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280
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281
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282
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283 @node header, PGP, transfer level, Top
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284 @chapter Using non-ASCII characters in header
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285
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286 RFC 1522 (@ref{(tm-en)RFC 1522}) defines representation of non-ASCII
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287 characters in header.@refill
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288
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289 It is a format called as @cindex{encoded-word}@strong{encoded-word}
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290 (@ref{(tm-en)encoded-word}), it is available to represent every
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291 non-ASCII characters by 7bit (@ref{(tm-en)7bit}) to declare MIME charset
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292 (@ref{(tm-en)MIME charset}).
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293
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294
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295 @menu
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296 * evil setting in header:: If you can not allow encoded-word
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297 * API about header:: Functions and variables about header
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298 @end menu
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299
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300 @node evil setting in header, API about header, header, header
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301 @section If you can not allow encoded-word
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302
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303 It is wrong to use ``raw'' non-ASCII characters in header not to use
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304 encoded-word. Because there are various kinds of coded character set
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305 (@ref{(tm-en)Coded character set}) in the Internet, so we can not
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306 distinguish them if MIME charset (@ref{(tm-en)MIME charset}) is not
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307 declared.@refill
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308
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309 For example, we can not distinguish iso-8859-1 (@ref{(tm-en)iso-8859-1})
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310 and iso-8859-2 (@ref{(tm-en)iso-8859-2}) if MIME charset is not
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311 declared.@refill
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312
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313 However you can not permit to use encoded-word, please set to
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314 following variables:
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315
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316
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317 @defvar mime/field-encoding-method-alist
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318
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319 Association-list to specify field encoding method. Its key is
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320 field-name, value is encoding method.@refill
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321
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322 field-name allows string or @code{t} meaning any fields.@refill
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323
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324 Encoding method allows following: @code{nil} means no-conversion,
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325 @code{mime} means to convert as encoded-word, symbol represent MIME
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326 charset means to convert as the coded character set instead of to
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327 convert as encoded-word.@refill
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328
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329 field-name is searched from string. If it is not found, @code{t} is
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330 used.@refill
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331
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332 Default value of @code{mime/field-encoding-method-alist} is
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333 following:
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334
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335 @lisp
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336 (("X-Nsubject" . iso-2022-jp-2)
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337 ("Newsgroups" . nil)
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338 (t . mime)
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339 ))
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340 @end lisp
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341 @end defvar
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342
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343
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344 In addition, if you want to specify by coded character set instead of
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345 field, please use @code{mime-eword/charset-encoding-alist}.
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346 (cf. @ref{API about header})
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347
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348
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349
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350 @node API about header, , evil setting in header, header
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351 @section Functions and variables about header
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352
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353 @deffn{Command} mime/encode-message-header &optional code-conversion
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354
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355 It translate non-ASCII characters in message header of current buffer
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356 into network representation, such as encoded-words.@refill
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357
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358 If @var{code-conversion} is non-@code{nil}, field not encoded by
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359 encoded-word is converted by @code{mime/field-encoding-method-alist}.
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360 @end deffn
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361
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362
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363 @defun mime/encode-field string
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364
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365 It encodes @var{string} into encoded-words as a field.@refill
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366
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367 Long lines are folded.
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368 @end defun
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369
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370
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371 @defun mime-eword/encode-string string &optional column mode
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372
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373 It encodes @var{string} into encoded-words.@refill
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374
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375 Long lines are folded.@refill
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376
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377 @var{column} specifies start column. If it is omitted, 0 is
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378 used.@refill
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379
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380 @var{mode} specifies where @var{string} is in. Available values are
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381 @code{text}, @code{comment}, @code{phrase}. If it is omitted,
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382 @code{phrase} is used.
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383 @end defun
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384
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385
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386 @defvar mime-eword/charset-encoding-alist
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387
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388 Association-list of symbol represent MIME charset vs. nil, @code{"B"} or
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389 @code{"Q"}.@refill
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390
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391 @code{nil} means not to encode as encoded-word. @code{"B"} means to use
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392 B-encoding. @code{"Q"} means to use Q-encoding.
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393 @end defvar
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394
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395
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396
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397 @node PGP, Concept Index, header, Top
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398 @chapter PGP
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399
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400 tm-edit provides PGP encryption, signature and inserting public-key
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401 features based on @cindex{PGP/MIME}@strong{PGP/MIME}
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402 (@ref{(tm-en)PGP/MIME}) (RFC 2015) or @cindex{PGP-kazu}@strong{PGP-kazu}
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403 (@ref{(tm-en)PGP-kazu}) (draft-kazu-pgp-mime-00.txt).@refill
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404
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405 This feature requires pgp command and Mailcrypt package
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406 (@ref{(mailcrypt)}).@refill
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407
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408 If you want to use this feature, please set @code{pgp-elkins} or
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409 @code{pgp-kazu} to variable @code{mimed-editor/signing-type} and
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410 variable @code{mime-editor/encrypting-type}.@refill
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412 If @code{pgp-elkins} is specified, PGP/MIME is used. If
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413 @code{pgp-kazu} is specified, PGP-kazu is used.
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414
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415
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416 @defvar mime-editor/signing-type
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417
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418 Format of PGP signature.@refill
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419
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420 It allows @code{pgp-elkins} or @code{pgp-kazu}.@refill
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421
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422 Default value is @code{nil}.
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423 @end defvar
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425
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426 @defvar mime-editor/encrypting-type
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427
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428 Format of PGP encryption.@refill
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429
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430 It allows @code{pgp-elkins} or @code{pgp-kazu}.@refill
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431
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432 Default value is @code{nil}.
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433 @end defvar
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437 @node Concept Index, Function Index, PGP, Top
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438 @chapter Concept Index
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439
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440 @printindex cp
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441
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442 @node Function Index, Variable Index, Concept Index, Top
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443 @chapter Function Index
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445 @printindex fn
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446
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447 @node Variable Index, , Function Index, Top
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448 @chapter Variable Index
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449
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450 @printindex vr
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451 @bye
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