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| author | Richard M. Stallman | 2001-05-05 22:34:51 +0000 |
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| committer | Richard M. Stallman | 2001-05-05 22:34:51 +0000 |
| commit | 00aa62e5da6683c0e6b337c63daeead6cb28404f (patch) | |
| tree | 8bfc7252bcafd460035de52b003a55bf77341df9 | |
| parent | 625e46957e5e51593099e9657d03ef7eeef4731f (diff) | |
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rmail-save => rmail-expunge-and-save.
Don't state the default for rmail-retry-ignored-headers.
Menu item is `Cancel', not `Don't Send'.
Normal summary line contains date and line count.
Mention rmail-highlight-face.
Clarify about choice of coding system for decoding.
Improve xref for goto-address.
| -rw-r--r-- | man/rmail.texi | 44 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/man/rmail.texi b/man/rmail.texi index 06ae5e05200..f770994009f 100644 --- a/man/rmail.texi +++ b/man/rmail.texi | |||
| @@ -69,13 +69,13 @@ message by specifying its message number with the @kbd{j} key | |||
| 69 | (@pxref{Rmail Motion}). | 69 | (@pxref{Rmail Motion}). |
| 70 | 70 | ||
| 71 | @kindex s @r{(Rmail)} | 71 | @kindex s @r{(Rmail)} |
| 72 | @findex rmail-save | 72 | @findex rmail-expunge-and-save |
| 73 | Following the usual conventions of Emacs, changes in an Rmail file | 73 | Following the usual conventions of Emacs, changes in an Rmail file |
| 74 | become permanent only when the file is saved. You can save it with | 74 | become permanent only when the file is saved. You can save it with |
| 75 | @kbd{s} (@code{rmail-save}), which also expunges deleted messages from | 75 | @kbd{s} (@code{rmail-expunge-and-save}), which also expunges deleted |
| 76 | the file first (@pxref{Rmail Deletion}). To save the file without | 76 | messages from the file first (@pxref{Rmail Deletion}). To save the |
| 77 | expunging, use @kbd{C-x C-s}. Rmail also saves the Rmail file after | 77 | file without expunging, use @kbd{C-x C-s}. Rmail also saves the Rmail |
| 78 | merging new mail from an inbox file (@pxref{Rmail Inbox}). | 78 | file after merging new mail from an inbox file (@pxref{Rmail Inbox}). |
| 79 | 79 | ||
| 80 | @kindex q @r{(Rmail)} | 80 | @kindex q @r{(Rmail)} |
| 81 | @findex rmail-quit | 81 | @findex rmail-quit |
| @@ -688,8 +688,7 @@ the same as the first time. Alternatively, you can edit the text or | |||
| 688 | headers and then send it. The variable | 688 | headers and then send it. The variable |
| 689 | @code{rmail-retry-ignored-headers}, in the same format as | 689 | @code{rmail-retry-ignored-headers}, in the same format as |
| 690 | @code{rmail-ignored-headers} (@pxref{Rmail Display}), controls which | 690 | @code{rmail-ignored-headers} (@pxref{Rmail Display}), controls which |
| 691 | headers are stripped from the failed message when retrying it; it | 691 | headers are stripped from the failed message when retrying it. |
| 692 | defaults to @code{nil}. | ||
| 693 | 692 | ||
| 694 | @kindex f @r{(Rmail)} | 693 | @kindex f @r{(Rmail)} |
| 695 | @findex rmail-forward | 694 | @findex rmail-forward |
| @@ -718,7 +717,7 @@ current one. | |||
| 718 | @dfn{Resending} is an alternative similar to forwarding; the | 717 | @dfn{Resending} is an alternative similar to forwarding; the |
| 719 | difference is that resending sends a message that is ``from'' the | 718 | difference is that resending sends a message that is ``from'' the |
| 720 | original sender, just as it reached you---with a few added header fields | 719 | original sender, just as it reached you---with a few added header fields |
| 721 | @samp{Resent-from} and @samp{Resent-to} to indicate that it came via | 720 | @samp{Resent-From} and @samp{Resent-To} to indicate that it came via |
| 722 | you. To resend a message in Rmail, use @kbd{C-u f}. (@kbd{f} runs | 721 | you. To resend a message in Rmail, use @kbd{C-u f}. (@kbd{f} runs |
| 723 | @code{rmail-forward}, which is programmed to invoke @code{rmail-resend} | 722 | @code{rmail-forward}, which is programmed to invoke @code{rmail-resend} |
| 724 | if you provide a numeric argument.) | 723 | if you provide a numeric argument.) |
| @@ -742,7 +741,7 @@ already composing, or to alter a message you have sent.@refill | |||
| 742 | If you set the variable @code{rmail-mail-new-frame} to a | 741 | If you set the variable @code{rmail-mail-new-frame} to a |
| 743 | non-@code{nil} value, then all the Rmail commands to start sending a | 742 | non-@code{nil} value, then all the Rmail commands to start sending a |
| 744 | message create a new frame to edit it in. This frame is deleted when | 743 | message create a new frame to edit it in. This frame is deleted when |
| 745 | you send the message, or when you use the @samp{Don't Send} item in the | 744 | you send the message, or when you use the @samp{Cancel} item in the |
| 746 | @samp{Mail} menu. | 745 | @samp{Mail} menu. |
| 747 | 746 | ||
| 748 | All the Rmail commands to send a message use the mail-composition | 747 | All the Rmail commands to send a message use the mail-composition |
| @@ -754,10 +753,11 @@ method that you have chosen (@pxref{Mail Methods}). | |||
| 754 | 753 | ||
| 755 | A @dfn{summary} is a buffer containing one line per message to give | 754 | A @dfn{summary} is a buffer containing one line per message to give |
| 756 | you an overview of the mail in an Rmail file. Each line shows the | 755 | you an overview of the mail in an Rmail file. Each line shows the |
| 757 | message number, the sender, the labels, and the subject. Almost all | 756 | message number and date, the sender, the line count, the labels, and |
| 758 | Rmail commands are valid in the summary buffer also; these apply to the | 757 | the subject. Moving point in the summary buffer selects messages as |
| 759 | message described by the current line of the summary. Moving point in | 758 | you move to their summary lines. Almost all Rmail commands are valid |
| 760 | the summary buffer selects messages as you move to their summary lines. | 759 | in the summary buffer also; when used there, they apply to the message |
| 760 | described by the current line of the summary. | ||
| 761 | 761 | ||
| 762 | A summary buffer applies to a single Rmail file only; if you are | 762 | A summary buffer applies to a single Rmail file only; if you are |
| 763 | editing multiple Rmail files, each one can have its own summary buffer. | 763 | editing multiple Rmail files, each one can have its own summary buffer. |
| @@ -995,20 +995,18 @@ default, the @samp{From} and @samp{Subject} fields. The variable | |||
| 995 | specifies the header fields to highlight; if it matches the beginning | 995 | specifies the header fields to highlight; if it matches the beginning |
| 996 | of a header field, that whole field is highlighted. | 996 | of a header field, that whole field is highlighted. |
| 997 | 997 | ||
| 998 | If you specify unusual colors for your text foreground and background, | 998 | If you specify unusual colors for your text foreground and |
| 999 | the colors used for highlighting may not go well with them. If so, | 999 | background, the colors used for highlighting may not go well with |
| 1000 | specify different colors for the @code{highlight} face. That is worth | 1000 | them. If so, specify different colors for the face |
| 1001 | doing because the @code{highlight} face is used for other kinds of | 1001 | @code{rmail-highlight-face}. @xref{Faces}, for how to do this. To |
| 1002 | highlighting as well. @xref{Faces}, for how to do this. | 1002 | turn off highlighting entirely in Rmail, set |
| 1003 | |||
| 1004 | To turn off highlighting entirely in Rmail, set | ||
| 1005 | @code{rmail-highlighted-headers} to @code{nil}. | 1003 | @code{rmail-highlighted-headers} to @code{nil}. |
| 1006 | 1004 | ||
| 1007 | You can highlight and activate URLs in incoming messages by adding | 1005 | You can highlight and activate URLs in incoming messages by adding |
| 1008 | the function @code{goto-address} to the hook | 1006 | the function @code{goto-address} to the hook |
| 1009 | @code{rmail-show-message-hook}. Then you can browse these URLs by | 1007 | @code{rmail-show-message-hook}. Then you can browse these URLs by |
| 1010 | clicking on them with @kbd{Mouse-2} or by moving to one and typing | 1008 | clicking on them with @kbd{Mouse-2} or by moving to one and typing |
| 1011 | @kbd{C-c @key{RET}}. @xref{Goto-address}. | 1009 | @kbd{C-c @key{RET}}. @xref{Goto-address, Activating URLs, Activating URLs}. |
| 1012 | 1010 | ||
| 1013 | @node Rmail Coding | 1011 | @node Rmail Coding |
| 1014 | @section Rmail and Coding Systems | 1012 | @section Rmail and Coding Systems |
| @@ -1017,8 +1015,8 @@ clicking on them with @kbd{Mouse-2} or by moving to one and typing | |||
| 1017 | Rmail automatically decodes messages which contain non-@sc{ascii} | 1015 | Rmail automatically decodes messages which contain non-@sc{ascii} |
| 1018 | characters, just as it does with files you visit and with and | 1016 | characters, just as it does with files you visit and with and |
| 1019 | subprocess output. Rmail uses the standard | 1017 | subprocess output. Rmail uses the standard |
| 1020 | @samp{charset=@var{charset}} header in the message to determine how | 1018 | @samp{charset=@var{charset}} header in the message, if any, to determine how |
| 1021 | the was message encoded by the sender. It maps @var{charset} into the | 1019 | the message was encoded by the sender. It maps @var{charset} into the |
| 1022 | corresponding Emacs coding system (@pxref{Coding Systems}), and uses | 1020 | corresponding Emacs coding system (@pxref{Coding Systems}), and uses |
| 1023 | that coding system to decode message text. If the message header | 1021 | that coding system to decode message text. If the message header |
| 1024 | doesn't have the charset specification, or if the @var{charset} it | 1022 | doesn't have the charset specification, or if the @var{charset} it |