Support non-ASCII correctly in character classes, test this. src/ChangeLog addition: 2012-04-21 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> Support non-ASCII correctly in character classes ([:alnum:] and friends). * regex.c: * regex.c (ISBLANK, ISUNIBYTE): New. Make these and friends independent of the locale, since we want them to be consistent in XEmacs. * regex.c (print_partial_compiled_pattern): Print the flags for charset_mule; don't print non-ASCII as the character values in ranges, this breaks with locales. * regex.c (enum): Define various flags the charset_mule and charset_mule_not opcodes can now take. * regex.c (CHAR_CLASS_MAX_LENGTH): Update this. * regex.c (re_iswctype, re_wctype): New, from GNU. * regex.c (re_wctype_can_match_non_ascii): New; used when deciding on whether to use charset_mule or the ASCII-only regex character set opcode. * regex.c (regex_compile): Error correctly on long, non-existent character class names. Break out the handling of charsets that can match non-ASCII into a separate clause. Use compile_char_class when compiling character classes. * regex.c (compile_char_class): New. Used in regex_compile when compiling character sets that may match non-ASCII. * regex.c (re_compile_fastmap): If there are flags set for charset_mule or charset_mule_not, we can't use the fastmap (since we need to check syntax table values that aren't available there). * regex.c (re_match_2_internal): Check the new flags passed to the charset_mule{,_not} opcode, observe them if appropriate. * regex.h: * regex.h (enum): Expose re_wctype_t here, imported from GNU. tests/ChangeLog addition: 2012-04-21 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> * automated/regexp-tests.el: * automated/regexp-tests.el (Assert-char-class): Check that #'string-match errors correctly with an over-long character class name. Add tests for character class functionality that supports non-ASCII characters. These tests expose bugs in GNU Emacs 24.0.94.2, but pass under current XEmacs.

@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.