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Always use boyer_moore in ASCII or Latin-1 buffers with ASCII search strings.
2007-12-26 Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net>
* casetab.c:
Extend and correct some case table documentation.
* search.c (search_buffer):
Correct a bug where only the first entry for a character in the
case equivalence table was examined in determining if the
Boyer-Moore search algorithm is appropriate.
If there are case mappings outside of the charset and row of the
characters specified in the search string, those case mappings can
be safely ignored (and Boyer-Moore search can be used) if we know
from the buffer statistics that the corresponding characters cannot
occur.
* search.c (boyer_moore):
Assert that we haven't been passed a string with varying
characters sets or rows within character sets. That's what
simple_search is for.
In the very rare event that a character in the search string has a
canonical case mapping that is not in the same character set and
row, don't try to search for the canonical character, search for
some other character that is in the the desired character set and
row. Assert that the case table isn't corrupt.
Do not search for any character case mappings that cannot possibly
occur in the buffer, given the buffer metadata about its
contents.
| author | Aidan Kehoe <kehoea@parhasard.net> |
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| date | Wed, 26 Dec 2007 17:30:16 +0100 |
| parents | 712931b4b71d |
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@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.