From c1228e5cf97a0fb2f0feacd4d2c5bf5c23bbfcad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glenn Morris Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 11:23:12 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] * doc/emacs/rmail.texi (Rmail Inbox): Mention rmail-mbox-format. * etc/NEWS: Related markup. --- doc/emacs/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ doc/emacs/rmail.texi | 10 +++++++++- etc/NEWS | 1 + 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog index 6035a05b149..9fba16f4126 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2014-02-23 Glenn Morris + + * rmail.texi (Rmail Inbox): Mention rmail-mbox-format. + 2014-02-20 Glenn Morris * search.texi (Special Isearch): Mention invisible text. diff --git a/doc/emacs/rmail.texi b/doc/emacs/rmail.texi index f8b757559d2..b47b8d1a695 100644 --- a/doc/emacs/rmail.texi +++ b/doc/emacs/rmail.texi @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ Files}. @item The inbox file format varies between operating systems and according to the other mail software in use. Only one part of Rmail needs to know -about the alternatives, and it need only understand how to convert all +about the alternatives, and it need only understand how to convert allx of them to Rmail's own format. @item @@ -369,12 +369,20 @@ the rest of Rmail, since only Rmail operates on the Rmail file. @end enumerate @c FIXME remove this in Emacs 25; won't be relevant any more. +@cindex Babyl files +@cindex mbox files Rmail was originally written to use the Babyl format as its internal format. Since then, we have recognized that the usual inbox format (@samp{mbox}) 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. +@c But this bit should stay in some form. +@vindex rmail-mbox-format +(In fact, there are a few slightly different mbox formats. +The differences are not very important, but you can set the variable +@code{rmail-mbox-format} to tell Rmail which form your system uses. +See that variable's documentation for more details.) @vindex rmail-preserve-inbox When getting new mail, Rmail first copies the new mail from the diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 68f7d5ed147..d3ad574ea70 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -784,6 +784,7 @@ names specified by `remember-directory-file-name-format'. ** Rmail ++++ *** Customize `rmail-mbox-format' to influence some minor aspects of how Rmail displays non-MIME messages. -- 2.11.4.GIT