rewrite dynarr code -------------------- ChangeLog entries follow: -------------------- src/ChangeLog addition: 2010-02-03 Ben Wing <ben@xemacs.org> * device-x.c (x_get_resource_prefix): * device-x.c (Fx_get_resource): * device-x.c (Fx_get_resource_prefix): * device-x.c (Fx_put_resource): * dialog-msw.c: * dialog-msw.c (handle_question_dialog_box): * dired-msw.c (mswindows_sort_files): * dired-msw.c (mswindows_get_files): * extents.c (extent_fragment_sort_by_priority): * extents.c (Fset_extent_parent): * file-coding.c (coding_reader): * file-coding.c (coding_writer): * file-coding.c (gzip_convert): * frame.c (generate_title_string): * gutter.c (calculate_gutter_size_from_display_lines): * indent.c (vmotion_1): * lread.c (read_bit_vector): * mule-coding.c (iso2022_decode): * rangetab.c: * rangetab.c (Fcopy_range_table): * rangetab.c (Fget_range_table): * rangetab.c (unified_range_table_copy_data): * redisplay-msw.c (mswindows_output_string): * redisplay-output.c (output_display_line): * redisplay-output.c (redisplay_move_cursor): * redisplay-output.c (redisplay_clear_bottom_of_window): * redisplay-tty.c (tty_output_ichar_dynarr): * redisplay-tty.c (set_foreground_to): * redisplay-tty.c (set_background_to): * redisplay-xlike-inc.c (XLIKE_output_string): * redisplay.c (redisplay_window_text_width_string): * redisplay.c (redisplay_text_width_string): * redisplay.c (create_text_block): * redisplay.c (SET_CURRENT_MODE_CHARS_PIXSIZE): * redisplay.c (generate_fstring_runes): * redisplay.c (regenerate_modeline): * redisplay.c (ensure_modeline_generated): * redisplay.c (real_current_modeline_height): * redisplay.c (create_string_text_block): * redisplay.c (regenerate_window): * redisplay.c (REGEN_INC_FIND_START_END): * redisplay.c (point_visible): * redisplay.c (redisplay_window): * redisplay.c (mark_glyph_block_dynarr): * redisplay.c (line_start_cache_start): * redisplay.c (start_with_line_at_pixpos): * redisplay.c (update_line_start_cache): * redisplay.c (glyph_to_pixel_translation): * redisplay.c (pixel_to_glyph_translation): * sysdep.c (qxe_readdir): * text.c (dfc_convert_to_external_format): * text.c (dfc_convert_to_internal_format): * toolbar-common.c (common_output_toolbar_button): * window.c (window_modeline_height): * window.c (Fwindow_last_line_visible_height): * window.c (window_displayed_height): * window.c (window_scroll): * window.c (get_current_pixel_pos): Use Dynarr_begin() in place of Dynarr_atp (foo, 0). * dynarr.c (Dynarr_realloc): * dynarr.c (Dynarr_lisp_realloc): * dynarr.c (Dynarr_resize): * dynarr.c (Dynarr_insert_many): * dynarr.c (Dynarr_delete_many): * dynarr.c (Dynarr_memory_usage): * dynarr.c (stack_like_malloc): * dynarr.c (stack_like_free): * lisp.h: * lisp.h (DECLARE_DYNARR_LISP_IMP): * lisp.h (XD_DYNARR_DESC): * lisp.h (Dynarr_pop): * gutter.c (output_gutter): * redisplay-output.c (sync_rune_structs): * redisplay-output.c (redisplay_output_window): Redo the dynarr code, add greater checks. Rename the `len', `largest' and `max' members to `len_', `largest_' and `max_' to try and catch existing places that might directly modify these values. Make new accessors Dynarr_largest() and Dynarr_max() and make them and existing Dynarr_length() be non-lvalues by adding '+ 0' to them; fix a couple of places in the redisplay code that tried to modify the length directly by setting Dynarr_length(). Use the accessors whenever possible even in the dynarr code itself. The accessors also verify that 0 <= len <= largest <= max. Rename settor function Dynarr_set_size() to Dynarr_set_length() and use it more consistently; also create lower-level Dynarr_set_length_1(). This latter function should be the only function that directly modifies the `len_' member of a Dynarr, and in the process makes sure that the `largest' value is kept correct. Consistently use ERROR_CHECK_STRUCTURES instead of ERROR_CHECK_TYPES for error-checking code. Reintroduce the temporarily disabled verification code on the positions of Dynarr_at(), Dynarr_atp() and Dynarr_atp_past_end(). Also create Dynarr_resize_if() in place of a repeated code fragment. Clean up all the functions that modify Dynarrs to use the new macros and functions and verify the correctness of the Dynarr both before and after the change. Note that there are two kinds of verification -- one for accessing and one for modifying. The difference is that the modify verification additionally checks to make sure that the Dynarr isn't locked. (This is used in redisplay to check for problems with reentrancy.) * lrecord.h: Move XD_DYNARR_DESC to lisp.h, grouping with the dynarr code.

@node Reading Mail, Calendar/Diary, Sending Mail, Top
@chapter Reading Mail
@cindex mail
@cindex message

XEmacs provides several mail-reading packages.  Each one comes with
its own manual, which is included in each package.

The recommended mail-reading package for new users is VM.  VM works
with standard Unix-mail-format folders and was designed as a replacement
for the older Rmail.

XEmacs also provides a sophisticated and comfortable front-end to the
MH mail-processing system, called @samp{MH-E}.  Unlike in other
mail programs, folders in MH are stored as file-system directories,
with each message occupying one (numbered) file.  This facilitates
working with mail using shell commands, and many other features of
MH are also designed to integrate well with the shell and with
shell scripts.  Keep in mind, however, that in order to use MH-E
you must have the MH mail-processing system installed on your
computer.

The @dfn{Everything including the kitchen sink} package @samp{Gnus} is
also available as an XEmacs package.  Gnus also handles Usenet articles
as well as mail.

@samp{MEW} (Messaging in the Emacs World) is another mail-reading
package available for XEmacs.

Finally, XEmacs provides the Rmail package.  Rmail is (currently)
the only mail reading package distributed with FSF GNU Emacs, and is
powerful in its own right.  However, it stores mail folders in a
special format called @samp{Babyl}, that is incompatible with all
other frequently-used mail programs.  A utility program is provided
for converting Babyl folders to standard Unix-mail format; however,
unless you already have mail in Babyl-format folders, you should
consider using Gnus, VM, or MH-E instead.