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 WEMI requires APEL (9.11 or later) and FLIM (1.12.5 or later)
44 package. Please install them before installing it. APEL package is
47 ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/GNU/elisp/apel/
49 and FLIM package is available at:
51 ftp://ftp.jaist.ac.jp/pub/GNU/elisp/flim/
53 PGP/MIME and application/pgp require Mailcrypt or tiny-pgp package.
54 In addition, if you want to use PGP 5.0i or GnuPG for PGP/MIME, it
55 is needed that the version of Mailcrypt package is 3.5.2 or later.
61 (a) run in expanded place
63 If you don't want to install other directories, please do only
68 You can specify the emacs command name, for example
72 If `EMACS=...' is omitted, EMACS=emacs is used.
76 If you want to install other directories, please do following:
80 You can specify the emacs command name, for example
82 % make install EMACS=xemacs
84 If `EMACS=...' is omitted, EMACS=emacs is used.
86 You can specify the prefix of the directory tree for Emacs Lisp
87 programs and shell scripts, for example:
89 % make install PREFIX=~/
91 If `PREFIX=...' is omitted, the prefix of the directory tree of the
92 specified emacs command is used (perhaps /usr/local).
94 For example, if PREFIX=/usr/local and EMACS 19.34 is specified, it
95 will create the following directory tree:
97 /usr/local/share/emacs/19.34/site-lisp/ --- emu
98 /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/apel/ --- APEL
99 /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/flim/ --- FLIM
100 /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/semi/ --- SEMI
102 You can specify site-lisp directory, for example
104 % make install LISPDIR=~/share/emacs/lisp
106 If `LISPDIR=...' is omitted, site-lisp directory of the specified
107 emacs command is used (perhaps /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp or
108 /usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-lisp).
110 If the emu modules (included in APEL package) have been installed in
111 the non-standard directory, you should specify where they will be
114 % make install VERSION_SPECIFIC_LISPDIR=~/elisp
116 (c) install as a XEmacs package
118 If you want to install to XEmacs package directory, please do
121 % make install-package
123 You can specify the emacs command name, for example
125 % make install-package XEMACS=xemacs-21
127 If `XEMACS=...' is omitted, XEMACS=xemacs is used.
129 You can specify the package directory, for example:
131 % make install PACKAGEDIR=~/.xemacs
133 If `PACKAGEDIR=...' is omitted, the first existing package
136 Notice that XEmacs package system requires XEmacs 21.0 or later.
140 You can specify other optional settings by editing the file
141 ${archive}/SEMI-CFG. Please read ${archive}/README.en and comments
142 in ${archive}/SEMI-CFG.
150 If you are using Emacs or Mule, please add directory of emu, apel,
151 flim and semi to load-path. If you install by default setting, you
152 can write subdirs.el for example:
154 --------------------------------------------------------------------
155 (normal-top-level-add-to-load-path
156 '("apel" "flim" "semi"))
157 --------------------------------------------------------------------
159 If you are using XEmacs, there are no need of setting about
164 Please insert the following into your ~/.emacs:
172 To get started, please read ${archive}/README.en.
174 RFC's 822, 1524, 1806, 1847, 1896, 2015, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048 and
175 2049 are available via anonymous ftp:
177 ftp://ftp.merit.edu/internet/documents/rfc/
183 If you write bug-reports and/or suggestions for improvement, please
184 send them to the tm Mailing List:
186 bug-tm-en@chamonix.jaist.ac.jp (English)
187 bug-tm-ja@chamonix.jaist.ac.jp (Japanese)
189 Via the tm ML, you can report SEMI bugs, obtain the latest release
190 of SEMI, and discuss future enhancements to SEMI. To join the tm
191 ML, send an empty e-mail to
193 tm-en-help@chamonix.jaist.ac.jp (English)
194 tm-ja-help@chamonix.jaist.ac.jp (Japanese)
196 Notice that you should not send mail to author(s), such as
197 morioka@jaist.ac.jp, directly. Because your problem may occur in
198 other environments (if not, it might be your problem, not bug of
199 SEMI). We should discuss in the tm mailing lists. Anyway
200 direct-mail for authors might be ignored. Please send mail to the
204 CVS based development
205 =====================
207 If you would like to join CVS based development, please send mail to
209 cvs@chamonix.jaist.ac.jp
211 with your account name and UNIX style crypted password. We hope you
212 will join the open development.
220 MORIOKA Tomohiko <morioka@jaist.ac.jp>
221 (the author of mime-view and various parts of SEMI)
222 UMEDA Masanobu <umerin@mse.kyutech.ac.jp>
223 (the author of mime.el of emacs-mime-tools. mime.el is the
224 origin of mime-edit.el of SEMI)
228 Shuhei KOBAYASHI <shuhei-k@jaist.ac.jp>
229 (a major author of signature.el and a lot of codes)
230 MASUTANI Yasuhiro <masutani@me.es.osaka-u.ac.jp>
231 (anonymous ftp codes of mime-play.el)
232 OKABE Yasuo <okabe@kudpc.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
233 (a major author of mime-partial.el and signature.el)
235 Steinar Bang <sb@metis.no>
236 Steven L. Baur <steve@miranova.com>
237 Kevin Broadey <KevinB@bartley.demon.co.uk>
238 Alastair Burt <burt@dfki.uni-kl.de>
239 Eric Ding <ericding@San-Jose.ate.slb.com>
240 Thierry Emery <Thierry.Emery@aar.alcatel-alsthom.fr>
241 Simon Josefsson <jas@pdc.kth.se>
242 Jens Lautenbacher <jtl@tkm.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de>
243 Carsten Leonhardt <leo@arioch.tng.oche.de>
244 Pekka Marjola <marjola@bilbo.ntc.nokia.com>
245 Hisashi Miyashita <himi@bird.scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
246 Kazuhiro Ohta <ohta@ele.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp>
247 Alexandre Oliva <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br>
248 François Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>
249 Artur Pioro <artur@flugor.if.uj.edu.pl>
250 Dan Rich <drich@morpheus.corp.sgi.com>
251 (contribute to evolve mime-image.el with XEmacs)
252 Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>