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annotate man/xemacs/reading.texi @ 1648:712931b4b71d
[xemacs-hg @ 2003-08-27 18:06:54 by youngs]
2003-08-28 Steve Youngs <youngs@xemacs.org>
* README.packages: Update.
2003-08-28 Steve Youngs <youngs@xemacs.org>
* PACKAGES: Update.
2003-08-28 Steve Youngs <youngs@xemacs.org>
* xemacs-faq.texi (Q2.0.2): Rewrite, mentioning the correct way to
remove a package.
(Q3.8.2): big-menubar is in the edit-utils package.
(Q4.3.2): Add a comment about not needing TM for things like Gnus,
MH-E and VM.
(Q5.3.3): State correct location of ps-print.el.
* xemacs/packages.texi (Packages): Remove "Creating Packages" menu
entry.
(Package Terminology): Whitespace clean up.
(Installing Packages): Whitespace clean up and add some @code
formatters.
Re-organise the menu so that installation via PUI is first and
Sumo is last.
(Automatically): mule-base is no longer a requirement for using
PUI.
Mention optionally requiring mailcrypt.
(Note): Removed.
(Manually): Move to below the PUI installation method.
(Sumo): Move to below the manual installation method.
(Which Packages): Add mailcrypt.
(Building Packages): Remove duplicated stuff that is in
lispref/packaging.texi, xref to it instead.
(Local.rules File): xref to the appropriate node in
lispref/packaging.texi.
(Available Packages): Update to current reality.
(all): Removed.
(srckit): Removed.
(binkit): Removed.
* xemacs/reading.texi (Reading Mail): Mention Gnus and MEW.
* new-users-guide/custom2.texi (Init File): big-menubar.el is in
the edit-utils package.
* lispref/packaging.texi (Packaging):
(The User View):
(The Library Maintainer View):
(Infrastructure):
(Control Files):
(Obtaining):
(The Package Release Engineer View):
(Package Terminology):
(Building Packages):
(Makefile Targets):
(packages): New.
(Local.rules File):
(XEMACS_PACKAGES): Removed.
(XEMACS_INSTALLED_PACKAGES_ROOT): New.
(NONMULE_PACKAGES): New.
(EXCLUDES): New.
(Creating Packages):
(BATCH): New.
(VERSION): Removed.
(AUTHOR_VERSION): Removed.
(MAINTAINER): Removed.
(PACKAGE): Removed.
(PKG_TYPE): Removed.
(REQUIRES): Removed.
(CATEGORY): Removed.
(ELS): Removed.
(ELCS): Removed.
(all): Removed.
(srckit): Removed.
(binkit): Removed.
(are): New.
(STANDARD_DOCS): New.
(ELCS_1_DEST): New.
(example): New.
(PACKAGE_SUPPRESS): New.
(EXPLICIT_DOCS): New.
(DATA_DEST): New.
(Documenting Packages):
Not quite a total rewrite, but a fairly thorough audit
nonetheless.
| author | youngs |
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| date | Wed, 27 Aug 2003 18:07:10 +0000 |
| parents | 376386a54a3c |
| children |
| rev | line source |
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| 0 | 1 |
| 2 @node Reading Mail, Calendar/Diary, Sending Mail, Top | |
| 3 @chapter Reading Mail | |
| 4 @cindex mail | |
| 5 @cindex message | |
| 6 | |
| 1648 | 7 XEmacs provides several mail-reading packages. Each one comes with |
| 8 its own manual, which is included in each package. | |
| 0 | 9 |
| 10 The recommended mail-reading package for new users is VM. VM works | |
| 11 with standard Unix-mail-format folders and was designed as a replacement | |
| 12 for the older Rmail. | |
| 13 | |
| 14 XEmacs also provides a sophisticated and comfortable front-end to the | |
| 1648 | 15 MH mail-processing system, called @samp{MH-E}. Unlike in other |
| 0 | 16 mail programs, folders in MH are stored as file-system directories, |
| 17 with each message occupying one (numbered) file. This facilitates | |
| 18 working with mail using shell commands, and many other features of | |
| 19 MH are also designed to integrate well with the shell and with | |
| 1648 | 20 shell scripts. Keep in mind, however, that in order to use MH-E |
| 0 | 21 you must have the MH mail-processing system installed on your |
| 22 computer. | |
| 23 | |
| 1648 | 24 The @dfn{Everything including the kitchen sink} package @samp{Gnus} is |
| 25 also available as an XEmacs package. Gnus also handles Usenet articles | |
| 26 as well as mail. | |
| 27 | |
| 28 @samp{MEW} (Messaging in the Emacs World) is another mail-reading | |
| 29 package available for XEmacs. | |
| 30 | |
| 31 Finally, XEmacs provides the Rmail package. Rmail is (currently) | |
| 32 the only mail reading package distributed with FSF GNU Emacs, and is | |
| 33 powerful in its own right. However, it stores mail folders in a | |
| 34 special format called @samp{Babyl}, that is incompatible with all | |
| 35 other frequently-used mail programs. A utility program is provided | |
| 36 for converting Babyl folders to standard Unix-mail format; however, | |
| 37 unless you already have mail in Babyl-format folders, you should | |
| 38 consider using Gnus, VM, or MH-E instead. |