1 [README for SEMI kernel package (English Version)]
6 SEMI is a library to provide MIME feature for GNU Emacs. MIME is a
7 proposed internet standard for including content and headers other
8 than (ASCII) plain text in messages.
10 RFC 2045 : Internet Message Bodies
11 RFC 2046 : Media Types
12 RFC 2047 : Message Header Extensions
13 RFC 2048 : MIME Registration Procedures
14 RFC 2049 : MIME Conformance
16 SEMI has the following features:
18 - MIME message viewer (mime-view-mode) (RFC 2045 .. 2049)
19 - MIME message composer (mime-edit-mode) (RFC 2045 .. 2049)
21 MIME message viewer and composer also support following features:
23 - filename handling by Content-Disposition field (RFC 1806)
24 - PGP/MIME security Multiparts (RFC 2015)
25 - application/pgp (draft-kazu-pgp-mime-00.txt; obsolete)
26 - text/richtext (RFC 1521; obsolete; preview only)
27 - text/enriched (RFC 1896)
28 - External method configuration by mailcap (RFC 1524)
30 Notice that this package does not contain MIME extender for any
31 MUAs. They are released as separated packages.
37 SEMI supports XEmacs 21.1 or later, and GNU Emacs 20.4 or later.
39 SEMI does not support anything older than GNU Emacs 19.28 or XEmacs
40 19.14. In addition, SEMI does not word with byte-indexing Mule
41 implementations, such as Mule 1, Mule 2 and GNU Emacs 20.1/20.2.
43 SEMI also does not support Emacs 19.29 to 19.34, XEmacs 19.15 or
44 XEmacs 20.2, but SEMI may work with them.
46 SEMI requires APEL (9.22 or later) and FLIM (1.14.2 or later)
47 package. Please install them before installing it. APEL package is
50 ftp://ftp.m17n.org/pub/mule/apel/
52 and FLIM package is available at:
54 http://www.kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~tomo/comp/emacsen/lisp/
57 PGP/MIME and application/pgp require mailcrypt or tiny-pgp package.
63 (a) run in expanded place
65 If you don't want to install other directories, please do only
70 You can specify the emacs command name, for example
74 If `EMACS=...' is omitted, EMACS=emacs is used.
78 If you want to install other directories, please do following:
82 You can specify the emacs command name, for example
84 % make install EMACS=xemacs
86 If `EMACS=...' is omitted, EMACS=emacs is used.
88 You can specify the prefix of the directory tree for Emacs Lisp
89 programs and shell scripts, for example:
91 % make install PREFIX=~/
93 If `PREFIX=...' is omitted, the prefix of the directory tree of the
94 specified emacs command is used (perhaps /usr/local).
96 For example, if PREFIX=/usr/local and EMACS 19.34 is specified, it
97 will create the following directory tree:
99 /usr/local/share/emacs/19.34/site-lisp/ --- emu
100 /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/apel/ --- APEL
101 /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/flim/ --- FLIM
102 /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/semi/ --- SEMI
104 You can specify site-lisp directory, for example
106 % make install LISPDIR=~/share/emacs/lisp
108 If `LISPDIR=...' is omitted, site-lisp directory of the specified
109 emacs command is used (perhaps /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp or
110 /usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-lisp).
112 If the emu modules (included in APEL package) have been installed in
113 the non-standard directory, you should specify where they will be
116 % make install VERSION_SPECIFIC_LISPDIR=~/elisp
118 (c) install as a XEmacs package
120 If you want to install to XEmacs package directory, please do
123 % make install-package
125 You can specify the emacs command name, for example
127 % make install-package XEMACS=xemacs-21
129 If `XEMACS=...' is omitted, XEMACS=xemacs is used.
131 You can specify the package directory, for example:
133 % make install PACKAGEDIR=~/.xemacs
135 If `PACKAGEDIR=...' is omitted, the first existing package
138 Notice that XEmacs package system requires XEmacs 21.0 or later.
142 You can specify other optional settings by editing the file
143 ${archive}/SEMI-CFG. Please read ${archive}/README.en and comments
144 in ${archive}/SEMI-CFG.
152 If you are using Emacs or Mule, please add directory of emu, apel,
153 flim and semi to load-path. If you install by default setting, you
154 can write subdirs.el for example:
156 --------------------------------------------------------------------
157 (normal-top-level-add-to-load-path
158 '("apel" "flim" "semi"))
159 --------------------------------------------------------------------
161 If you are using XEmacs, there are no need of setting about
166 Please insert the following into your ~/.emacs:
174 To get started, please read ${archive}/README.en.
176 RFC's 822, 1524, 1806, 1847, 1896, 2015, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048 and
177 2049 are available via anonymous ftp:
179 ftp://ftp.merit.edu/internet/documents/rfc/
185 If you write bug-reports and/or suggestions for improvement, please
186 send them to the EMACS-MIME Mailing List:
188 emacs-mime-en@m17n.org (English)
189 emacs-mime-ja@m17n.org (Japanese)
191 Via the EMACS-MIME ML, you can report SEMI bugs, obtain the latest
192 release of SEMI, and discuss future enhancements to SEMI. To join
193 the EMACS-MIME ML, send an empty e-mail to
195 emacs-mime-en-ctl@m17n.org (English)
196 emacs-mime-ja-ctl@m17n.org (Japanese)
198 Notice that you should not send mail to author(s), such as
199 morioka@jaist.ac.jp, directly. Because your problem may occur in
200 other environments (if not, it might be your problem, not bug of
201 SEMI). We should discuss in the EMACS-MIME mailing lists. Anyway
202 direct-mail for authors might be ignored. Please send mail to the
203 EMACS-MIME mailing lists.
206 CVS based development
207 =====================
209 If you would like to join CVS based development, please send mail to
213 with your account name and your public key for ssh. cvsroot is
214 :ext:cvs@cvs.m17n.org:/cvs/root.
216 If you cannot use ssh, please send UNIX /etc/passwd style crypted
217 password. you can commit with the cvsroot
218 :pserver:<accountname>@cvs.m17n.org:/cvs/root.
220 We hope you will join the open development.
228 MORIOKA Tomohiko <morioka@jaist.ac.jp>
229 (the author of mime-view and various parts of SEMI)
230 UMEDA Masanobu <umerin@mse.kyutech.ac.jp>
231 (the author of mime.el of emacs-mime-tools. mime.el is the
232 origin of mime-edit.el of SEMI)
236 Shuhei KOBAYASHI <shuhei-k@jaist.ac.jp>
237 (a major author of signature.el and a lot of codes)
238 MASUTANI Yasuhiro <masutani@me.es.osaka-u.ac.jp>
239 (anonymous ftp codes of mime-play.el)
240 OKABE Yasuo <okabe@kudpc.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
241 (a major author of mime-partial.el and signature.el)
243 Steinar Bang <sb@metis.no>
244 Steven L. Baur <steve@miranova.com>
245 Kevin Broadey <KevinB@bartley.demon.co.uk>
246 Alastair Burt <burt@dfki.uni-kl.de>
247 Eric Ding <ericding@San-Jose.ate.slb.com>
248 Thierry Emery <Thierry.Emery@aar.alcatel-alsthom.fr>
249 Simon Josefsson <jas@pdc.kth.se>
250 Jens Lautenbacher <jtl@tkm.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de>
251 Carsten Leonhardt <leo@arioch.tng.oche.de>
252 Pekka Marjola <marjola@bilbo.ntc.nokia.com>
253 Hisashi Miyashita <himi@bird.scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
254 Kazuhiro Ohta <ohta@ele.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp>
255 Alexandre Oliva <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br>
256 François Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>
257 Artur Pioro <artur@flugor.if.uj.edu.pl>
258 Dan Rich <drich@morpheus.corp.sgi.com>
259 (contribute to evolve mime-image.el with XEmacs)
260 Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>