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[Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/misc gnus.texi
From: |
Glenn Morris |
Subject: |
[Emacs-diffs] emacs/doc/misc gnus.texi |
Date: |
Fri, 20 Feb 2009 04:30:12 +0000 |
CVSROOT: /sources/emacs
Module name: emacs
Changes by: Glenn Morris <gm> 09/02/20 04:30:11
Modified files:
doc/misc : gnus.texi
Log message:
Minor updates for mbox Rmail.
CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/emacs/doc/misc/gnus.texi?cvsroot=emacs&r1=1.41&r2=1.42
Patches:
Index: gnus.texi
===================================================================
RCS file: /sources/emacs/emacs/doc/misc/gnus.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.41
retrieving revision 1.42
diff -u -b -r1.41 -r1.42
--- gnus.texi 16 Feb 2009 17:42:01 -0000 1.41
+++ gnus.texi 20 Feb 2009 04:30:07 -0000 1.42
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@
Choosing a Mail Back End
* Unix Mail Box:: Using the (quite) standard Un*x mbox.
-* Rmail Babyl:: Emacs programs use the Rmail Babyl format.
+* Babyl:: Babyl was used by older versions of Rmail.
* Mail Spool:: Store your mail in a private spool?
* MH Spool:: An mhspool-like back end.
* Maildir:: Another one-file-per-message format.
@@ -8524,7 +8524,8 @@
@kindex O r (Summary)
@findex gnus-summary-save-article-rmail
Save the current article in Rmail format
-(@code{gnus-summary-save-article-rmail}).
+(@code{gnus-summary-save-article-rmail}). This is mbox since Emacs 23,
+Babyl in older versions.
@item O f
@kindex O f (Summary)
@@ -8610,7 +8611,11 @@
@findex gnus-summary-save-in-rmail
@vindex gnus-rmail-save-name
@findex gnus-plain-save-name
-This is the default format, @dfn{Babyl}. Uses the function in the
+This is the default format, that used by the Rmail package. Since Emacs
+23, Rmail uses standard mbox format. Before this, it used the
address@hidden format. Accordingly, this command writes mbox format since
+Emacs 23, unless appending to an existing Babyl file. In older versions
+of Emacs, it always uses Babyl format. Uses the function in the
@code{gnus-rmail-save-name} variable to get a file name to save the
article in. The default is @code{gnus-plain-save-name}.
@@ -16473,8 +16478,8 @@
@vindex nnmh-get-new-mail
@vindex nnfolder-get-new-mail
This might be too much, if, for instance, you are reading mail quite
-happily with @code{nnml} and just want to peek at some old Rmail
-file you have stashed away with @code{nnbabyl}. All back ends have
+happily with @code{nnml} and just want to peek at some old (pre-Emacs
+23) Rmail file you have stashed away with @code{nnbabyl}. All back ends have
variables called address@hidden If you want to disable
the @code{nnbabyl} mail reading, you edit the virtual server for the
group to have a setting where @code{nnbabyl-get-new-mail} to @code{nil}.
@@ -16498,7 +16503,7 @@
@menu
* Unix Mail Box:: Using the (quite) standard Un*x mbox.
-* Rmail Babyl:: Emacs programs use the Rmail Babyl format.
+* Babyl:: Babyl was used by older versions of Rmail.
* Mail Spool:: Store your mail in a private spool?
* MH Spool:: An mhspool-like back end.
* Maildir:: Another one-file-per-message format.
@@ -16538,27 +16543,26 @@
@end table
address@hidden Rmail Babyl
address@hidden Rmail Babyl
address@hidden Babyl
address@hidden Babyl
@cindex nnbabyl
address@hidden Rmail mbox
@vindex nnbabyl-active-file
@vindex nnbabyl-mbox-file
-The @dfn{nnbabyl} back end will use a Babyl mail box (aka. @dfn{Rmail
-mbox}) to store mail. @code{nnbabyl} will add extra headers to each
-mail article to say which group it belongs in.
+The @dfn{nnbabyl} back end will use a Babyl mail box to store mail.
address@hidden will add extra headers to each mail article to say which
+group it belongs in.
Virtual server settings:
@table @code
@item nnbabyl-mbox-file
@vindex nnbabyl-mbox-file
-The name of the Rmail mbox file. The default is @file{~/RMAIL}
+The name of the Babyl file. The default is @file{~/RMAIL}
@item nnbabyl-active-file
@vindex nnbabyl-active-file
-The name of the active file for the rmail box. The default is
+The name of the active file for the Babyl file. The default is
@file{~/.rmail-active}
@item nnbabyl-get-new-mail
@@ -17154,7 +17158,8 @@
VM, for that matter) continue to support this format because it's
perceived as having some good qualities in those mailer-specific
headers/status bits stuff. Rmail itself still exists as well, of
-course, and is still maintained by Stallman.
+course, and is still maintained within Emacs. Since Emacs 23, it
+uses standard mbox format rather than Babyl.
Both of the above forms leave your mail in a single file on your
file system, and they must parse that entire file each time you take a
@@ -18640,9 +18645,8 @@
@table @code
@cindex Babyl
address@hidden Rmail mbox
@item babyl
-The Babyl (Rmail) mail box.
+The Babyl format.
@cindex mbox
@cindex Unix mbox
@@ -28819,6 +28823,7 @@
@item
@code{message-insinuate-rmail}
address@hidden FIXME should that not be 'message-user-agent?
Adding @code{(message-insinuate-rmail)} and @code{(setq
mail-user-agent 'gnus-user-agent)} in @file{.emacs} convinces Rmail to
compose, reply and forward messages in message-mode, where you can
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