[xemacs-hg @ 2003-02-06 06:35:47 by ben] various bug fixes mule/cyril-util.el: Fix compile warning. loadup.el, make-docfile.el, update-elc-2.el, update-elc.el: Set stack-trace-on-error, load-always-display-messages so we get better debug results. update-elc-2.el: Fix typo in name of lisp/mule, leading to compile failure. simple.el: Omit M-S-home/end from motion keys. update-elc.el: Overhaul: -- allow list of "early-compile" files to be specified, not hardcoded -- fix autoload checking to include all .el files, not just dumped ones -- be smarter about regenerating autoloads, so we don't need to use loadup-el if not necessary -- use standard methods for loading/not loading auto-autoloads.el (maybe fixes "Already loaded" error?) -- rename misleading NOBYTECOMPILE flag file. window-xemacs.el: Fix bug in default param. window-xemacs.el: Fix compile warnings. lwlib-Xm.c: Fix compile warning. lispref/mule.texi: Lots of Mule rewriting. internals/internals.texi: Major fixup. Correct for new names of Bytebpos, Ichar, etc. and lots of Mule rewriting. config.inc.samp: Various fixups. Makefile.in.in: NOBYTECOMPILE -> BYTECOMPILE_CHANGE. esd.c: Warning fixes. fns.c: Eliminate bogus require-prints-loading-message; use already existent load-always-display-messages instead. Make sure `load' knows we are coming from `require'. lread.c: Turn on `load-warn-when-source-newer' by default. Change loading message to indicate when we are `require'ing. Eliminate purify_flag hacks to display more messages; instead, loadup and friends specify this explicitly with `load-always-display-messages'. Add spaces when batch to clearly indicate recursive loading. Fassoc() does not GC so no need to gcpro. gui-x.c, gui-x.h, menubar-x.c: Fix up crashes when selecting menubar items due to lack of GCPROing of callbacks in lwlib structures. eval.c, lisp.h, print.c: Don't canonicalize to selected-frame when noninteractive, or backtraces get all screwed up as some values are printed through the stream console and some aren't. Export canonicalize_printcharfun() and use in Fbacktrace().

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

XEmacs provides three separate mail-reading packages.  Each one comes with
its own manual, which is included standard with the XEmacs distribution.

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.

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 VM or mh-e instead. (If at times you have to use FSF Emacs, it
is not hard to obtain and install VM for that editor.)