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| author | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2009-02-20 06:18:51 +0000 |
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| committer | Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> | 2009-02-20 06:18:51 +0000 |
| commit | 49b5c0e87e4fc9a203225eb04820df229c5e6714 (patch) | |
| tree | 3d83841bbe9e16fe8530d774a50425c1d8d0a635 | |
| parent | 7087d5e9af41c8835c3a5090bd8e2c6893685466 (diff) | |
| download | emacs-49b5c0e87e4fc9a203225eb04820df229c5e6714.tar.gz | |
Minor updates for mbox rather than Babyl.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/ChangeLog | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/emacs/rmail.texi | 17 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog index 96a135e2e18..70d036d6749 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog @@ -1,7 +1,10 @@ +2009-02-20 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> + + * rmail.texi: Minor updates for mbox rather than Babyl. + 2009-02-17 Karl Berry <karl@gnu.org> - * emacs.texi (Top): Add @insertcopying before the master menu. - (Bug#1988) + * emacs.texi (Top): Add @insertcopying before master menu. (Bug#1988) 2009-02-17 Richard M Stallman <rms@gnu.org> diff --git a/doc/emacs/rmail.texi b/doc/emacs/rmail.texi index 0a863acb09c..0b64a1713b7 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/rmail.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/rmail.texi @@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ @vindex rmail-mode-hook Rmail is an Emacs subsystem for reading and disposing of mail that -you receive. Rmail stores mail messages in files called Rmail files -which use a special format. Reading the message in an Rmail file is -done in a special major mode, Rmail mode, which redefines most letters -to run commands for managing mail. +you receive. Rmail stores mail messages in files called Rmail files. +Reading the message in an Rmail file is done in a special major mode, +Rmail mode, which redefines most letters to run commands for managing mail. @menu * Basic: Rmail Basics. Basic concepts of Rmail, and simple use. * Scroll: Rmail Scrolling. Scrolling through a message. @@ -342,11 +341,11 @@ all into a separate Rmail file avoids the need for interlocking in all the rest of Rmail, since only Rmail operates on the Rmail file. @end enumerate - Rmail was written to use Babyl format as its internal format. Since -then, we have recognized that the usual inbox format on Unix and GNU -systems is adequate for the job, and we plan to change Rmail to use that -as its internal format. However, the Rmail file will still be separate -from the inbox file, even when their format is the same. + Rmail was originally written to use Babyl as its internal format. +Since then, we have recognized that the usual inbox format on Unix and +GNU systems is adequate for the job, and so since Emacs 23 Rmail uses +that as its internal format. The Rmail file is still separate from the +inbox file, even though their format is the same. @vindex rmail-preserve-inbox When getting new mail, Rmail first copies the new mail from the |