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 20.2 or later with mule, and Emacs 20.
39 SEMI does not support anything older than Emacs 19.28 or XEmacs
40 19.14. SEMI also does not support Emacs 19.29 to 19.34, XEmacs
41 19.15 or XEmacs 20.2 without mule, but SEMI may work with them.
43 SEMI requires APEL (9.22 or later) and FLIM (Chao 1.14.1 or later)
44 package. Please install them before installing it. APEL package is
47 ftp://ftp.m17n.org/pub/mule/apel/
49 and FLIM package is available at:
51 http://www.kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~tomo/comp/emacsen/lisp/
54 PGP/MIME and application/pgp require mailcrypt or tiny-pgp package.
60 (a) run in expanded place
62 If you don't want to install other directories, please do only
67 You can specify the emacs command name, for example
71 If `EMACS=...' is omitted, EMACS=emacs is used.
75 If you want to install other directories, please do following:
79 You can specify the emacs command name, for example
81 % make install EMACS=xemacs
83 If `EMACS=...' is omitted, EMACS=emacs is used.
85 You can specify the prefix of the directory tree for Emacs Lisp
86 programs and shell scripts, for example:
88 % make install PREFIX=~/
90 If `PREFIX=...' is omitted, the prefix of the directory tree of the
91 specified emacs command is used (perhaps /usr/local).
93 For example, if PREFIX=/usr/local and EMACS 19.34 is specified, it
94 will create the following directory tree:
96 /usr/local/share/emacs/19.34/site-lisp/ --- emu
97 /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/apel/ --- APEL
98 /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/flim/ --- FLIM
99 /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/semi/ --- SEMI
101 You can specify site-lisp directory, for example
103 % make install LISPDIR=~/share/emacs/lisp
105 If `LISPDIR=...' is omitted, site-lisp directory of the specified
106 emacs command is used (perhaps /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp or
107 /usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-lisp).
109 If the emu modules (included in APEL package) have been installed in
110 the non-standard directory, you should specify where they will be
113 % make install VERSION_SPECIFIC_LISPDIR=~/elisp
115 (c) install as a XEmacs package
117 If you want to install to XEmacs package directory, please do
120 % make install-package
122 You can specify the emacs command name, for example
124 % make install-package XEMACS=xemacs-21
126 If `XEMACS=...' is omitted, XEMACS=xemacs is used.
128 You can specify the package directory, for example:
130 % make install PACKAGEDIR=~/.xemacs
132 If `PACKAGEDIR=...' is omitted, the first existing package
135 Notice that XEmacs package system requires XEmacs 21.0 or later.
139 You can specify other optional settings by editing the file
140 ${archive}/SEMI-CFG. Please read ${archive}/README.en and comments
141 in ${archive}/SEMI-CFG.
149 If you are using Emacs or Mule, please add directory of emu, apel,
150 flim and semi to load-path. If you install by default setting, you
151 can write subdirs.el for example:
153 --------------------------------------------------------------------
154 (normal-top-level-add-to-load-path
155 '("apel" "flim" "semi"))
156 --------------------------------------------------------------------
158 If you are using XEmacs, there are no need of setting about
163 Please insert the following into your ~/.emacs:
171 To get started, please read ${archive}/README.en.
173 RFC's 822, 1524, 1806, 1847, 1896, 2015, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048 and
174 2049 are available via anonymous ftp:
176 ftp://ftp.merit.edu/internet/documents/rfc/
182 If you write bug-reports and/or suggestions for improvement, please
183 send them to the EMACS-MIME Mailing List:
185 emacs-mime-en@m17n.org (English)
186 emacs-mime-ja@m17n.org (Japanese)
188 Via the EMACS-MIME ML, you can report SEMI bugs, obtain the latest
189 release of SEMI, and discuss future enhancements to SEMI. To join
190 the EMACS-MIME ML, send an empty e-mail to
192 emacs-mime-en-ctl@m17n.org (English)
193 emacs-mime-ja-ctl@m17n.org (Japanese)
195 Notice that you should not send mail to author(s), such as
196 morioka@jaist.ac.jp, directly. Because your problem may occur in
197 other environments (if not, it might be your problem, not bug of
198 SEMI). We should discuss in the EMACS-MIME mailing lists. Anyway
199 direct-mail for authors might be ignored. Please send mail to the
200 EMACS-MIME mailing lists.
203 CVS based development
204 =====================
206 If you would like to join CVS based development, please send mail to
210 with your account name and your public key for ssh. cvsroot is
211 :ext:cvs@cvs.m17n.org:/cvs/root.
213 If you cannot use ssh, please send UNIX /etc/passwd style crypted
214 password. you can commit with the cvsroot
215 :pserver:<accountname>@cvs.m17n.org:/cvs/root.
217 We hope you will join the open development.
225 MORIOKA Tomohiko <morioka@jaist.ac.jp>
226 (the author of mime-view and various parts of SEMI)
227 UMEDA Masanobu <umerin@mse.kyutech.ac.jp>
228 (the author of mime.el of emacs-mime-tools. mime.el is the
229 origin of mime-edit.el of SEMI)
233 Shuhei KOBAYASHI <shuhei-k@jaist.ac.jp>
234 (a major author of signature.el and a lot of codes)
235 MASUTANI Yasuhiro <masutani@me.es.osaka-u.ac.jp>
236 (anonymous ftp codes of mime-play.el)
237 OKABE Yasuo <okabe@kudpc.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
238 (a major author of mime-partial.el and signature.el)
240 Steinar Bang <sb@metis.no>
241 Steven L. Baur <steve@miranova.com>
242 Kevin Broadey <KevinB@bartley.demon.co.uk>
243 Alastair Burt <burt@dfki.uni-kl.de>
244 Eric Ding <ericding@San-Jose.ate.slb.com>
245 Thierry Emery <Thierry.Emery@aar.alcatel-alsthom.fr>
246 Simon Josefsson <jas@pdc.kth.se>
247 Jens Lautenbacher <jtl@tkm.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de>
248 Carsten Leonhardt <leo@arioch.tng.oche.de>
249 Pekka Marjola <marjola@bilbo.ntc.nokia.com>
250 Hisashi Miyashita <himi@bird.scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
251 Kazuhiro Ohta <ohta@ele.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp>
252 Alexandre Oliva <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br>
253 François Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>
254 Artur Pioro <artur@flugor.if.uj.edu.pl>
255 Dan Rich <drich@morpheus.corp.sgi.com>
256 (contribute to evolve mime-image.el with XEmacs)
257 Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>