* etc/BABYL: Remove file.

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diff --git a/etc/BABYL b/etc/BABYL
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-Format of Version 5 Babyl Files:
-
-(Babyl was the storage format used by Rmail before Emacs 23.1.
-Since then it uses mbox format.)
-
-Warning:
-
-    This was written Tuesday, 12 April 1983 (by Eugene Ciccarelli),
-based on looking at a particular Babyl file and recalling various
-issues.  Therefore it is not guaranteed to be complete, but it is a
-start, and I will try to point the reader to various Babyl functions
-that will serve to clarify certain format questions.
-
-    Also note that this file will not contain control-characters,
-but instead have two-character sequences starting with Uparrow.
-Unless otherwise stated, an Uparrow <character> is to be read as
-Control-<character>, e.g. ^L is a Control-L.
-
-Versions:
-
-    First, note that each Babyl file contains in its BABYL OPTIONS
-section the version for the Babyl file format.  In principle, the
-format can be changed in any way as long as we increment the format
-version number; then programs can support both old and new formats.
-
-    In practice, version 5 is the only format version used, and the
-previous versions have been obsolete for so long that Emacs does not
-support them.
-
-
-Overall Babyl File Structure:
-
-    A Babyl file consists of a BABYL OPTIONS section followed by
-0 or more message sections.  The BABYL OPTIONS section starts
-with the line "BABYL OPTIONS:".  Message sections start with
-Control-Underscore Control-L Newline.  Each section ends
-with a Control-Underscore.  (That is also the first character
-of the starter for the next section, if any.)  Thus, a three
-message Babyl file looks like:
-
-BABYL OPTIONS:
-...the stuff within the Babyl Options section...
-^_^L
-...the stuff within the 1st message section...
-^_^L
-...the stuff within the 2nd message section...
-^_^L
-...the stuff within the last message section...
-^_
-
-    Babyl is tolerant about some whitespace at the end of the
-file -- the file may end with the final ^_ or it may have some
-whitespace, e.g. a newline, after it.
-
-
-The BABYL OPTIONS Section:
-
-    Each Babyl option is specified on one line (thus restricting
-string values these options can currently have).  Values are
-either numbers or strings.  The format is name, colon, and the
-value, with whitespace after the colon ignored, e.g.:
-
-Mail: ~/special-inbox
-
-    Unrecognized options are ignored.
-
-    Here are those options and the kind of values currently expected:
-
-    MAIL                Filename, the input mail file for this
-                        Babyl file.  You may also use several file names
-                        separated by commas.
-    Version             Number.  This should always be 5.
-    Labels              String, list of labels, separated by commas.
-
-
-Message Sections:
-
-    A message section contains one message and information
-associated with it.  The first line is the "status line", which
-contains a bit (0 or 1 character) saying whether the message has
-been reformed yet, and a list of the labels attached to this
-message.  Certain labels, called basic labels, are built into
-Babyl in a fundamental way, and are separated in the status line
-for convenience of operation.  For example, consider the status
-line:
-
-1, answered,, zval, bug,
-
-    The 1 means this message has been reformed.  This message is
-labeled "answered", "zval", and "bug".  The first, "answered", is
-a basic label, and the other two are user labels.  The basic
-labels come before the double-comma in the line.  Each label is
-preceded by ", " and followed by ",".  (The last basic label is
-in fact followed by ",,".)  If this message had no labels at all,
-it would look like:
-
-1,,
-
-    Or, if it had two basic labels, "answered" and "deleted", it
-would look like:
-
-1, answered, deleted,, zval, bug,
-
-    The & Label Babyl Message knows which are the basic labels.
-Currently they are:  deleted, unseen, recent, and answered.
-
-    After the status line comes the original header if any.
-Following that is the EOOH line, which contains exactly the
-characters "*** EOOH ***" (which stands for "end of original
-header").  Note that the original header, if a network format
-header, includes the trailing newline.  And finally, following the
-EOOH line is the visible message, header and text.  For example,
-here is a complete message section, starting with the message
-starter, and ending with the terminator:
-
-^_^L
-1,, wordab, eccmacs,
-Date: 11 May 1982 21:40-EDT
-From: Eugene C. Ciccarelli <ECC at MIT-AI>
-Subject: notes
-To: ECC at MIT-AI
-
-*** EOOH ***
-Date: Tuesday, 11 May 1982  21:40-EDT
-From: Eugene C. Ciccarelli <ECC>
-To:   ECC
-Re:   notes
-
-Remember to pickup check at cashier's office, and deposit it
-soon.  Pay rent.
-^_
-
-;;; Babyl File BNF:
-
-;;; Overall Babyl file structure:
-
-
-Babyl-File      ::= Babyl-Options-Section  (Message-Section)*
-
-
-;;; Babyl Options section:
-
-
-Babyl-Options-Section
-                ::= "BABYL OPTIONS:" newline (Babyl-Option)* Terminator
-
-Babyl-Option    ::= Option-Name ":" Horiz-Whitespace BOptValue newline
-
-BOptValue       ::= Number | 1-Line-String
-
-
-
-;;; Message section:
-
-
-Message-Section ::= Message-Starter  Status-Line  Orig-Header
-                    EOOH-Line  Message  Terminator
-
-Message-Starter ::= "^L" newline
-
-Status-Line     ::= Bit-Char  ","  (Basic-Label)* "," (User-Label)* newline
-
-Basic-Label     ::= Space  BLabel-Name  ","
-
-User-Label      ::= Space  ULabel-Name  ","
-
-EOOH-Line       ::= "*** EOOH ***" newline
-
-Message         ::= Visible-Header  Message-Text
-
-
-;;; Utilities:
-
-Terminator      ::= "^_"
-
-Horiz-Whitespace
-                ::= (Space | Tab)*
-
-Bit-Char        ::= "0" | "1"
diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog
index 5b78767cfda..92af6e4f89e 100644
--- a/etc/ChangeLog
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-10-12  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+        * BABYL: Remove file.
+
 2010-09-21  Eric Ludlam  <zappo@gnu.org>
 
         * srecode/java.srt: Make NAME be a prompt.