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-
-Controlling Abbrev Expansion
-============================
-
- An abbrev expands whenever it is in a buffer just before point and
-you type a self-inserting punctuation character (<SPC>, comma, etc.).
-Most often an abbrev is used by inserting the abbrev followed by
-punctuation.
-
- Abbrev expansion preserves case; thus, `foo' expands into `find
-outer otter', `Foo' into `Find outer otter', and `FOO' into `FIND OUTER
-OTTER' or `Find Outer Otter' according to the variable
-`abbrev-all-caps' (a non-`nil' value chooses the first of the two
-expansions).
-
- Two commands are available to control abbrev expansion:
-
-`M-''
- Separate a prefix from a following abbrev to be expanded
- (`abbrev-prefix-mark').
-
-`C-x a e'
- Expand the abbrev before point (`expand-abbrev'). This is
- effective even when Abbrev mode is not enabled.
-
-`M-x unexpand-abbrev'
- Undo last abbrev expansion.
-
-`M-x expand-region-abbrevs'
- Expand some or all abbrevs found in the region.
-
- You may wish to expand an abbrev with a prefix attached. For
-example, if `cnst' expands into `construction', you may want to use it
-to enter `reconstruction'. It does not work to type `recnst', because
-that is not necessarily a defined abbrev. Instead, you can use the
-command `M-'' (`abbrev-prefix-mark') between the prefix `re' and the
-abbrev `cnst'. First, insert `re'. Then type `M-''; this inserts a
-minus sign in the buffer to indicate that it has done its work. Then
-insert the abbrev `cnst'. The buffer now contains `re-cnst'. Now
-insert a punctuation character to expand the abbrev `cnst' into
-`construction'. The minus sign is deleted at this point by `M-''. The
-resulting text is the desired `reconstruction'.
-
- If you actually want the text of the abbrev in the buffer, rather
-than its expansion, insert the following punctuation with `C-q'. Thus,
-`foo C-q -' leaves `foo-' in the buffer.
-
- If you expand an abbrev by mistake, you can undo the expansion
-(replace the expansion by the original abbrev text) with `M-x
-unexpand-abbrev'. You can also use `C-_' (`undo') to undo the
-expansion; but that will first undo the insertion of the punctuation
-character.
-
- `M-x expand-region-abbrevs' searches through the region for defined
-abbrevs, and offers to replace each one it finds with its expansion.
-This command is useful if you have typed text using abbrevs but forgot
-to turn on Abbrev mode first. It may also be useful together with a
-special set of abbrev definitions for making several global
-replacements at once. The command is effective even if Abbrev mode is
-not enabled.
-
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-
-Examining and Editing Abbrevs
-=============================
-
-`M-x list-abbrevs'
- Print a list of all abbrev definitions.
-
-`M-x edit-abbrevs'
- Edit a list of abbrevs; you can add, alter, or remove definitions.
-
- The output from `M-x list-abbrevs' looks like this:
-
- (lisp-mode-abbrev-table)
- "dk" 0 "define-key"
- (global-abbrev-table)
- "dfn" 0 "definition"
-
-(Some blank lines of no semantic significance, and some other abbrev
-tables, have been omitted.)
-
- A line containing a name in parentheses is the header for abbrevs in
-a particular abbrev table; `global-abbrev-table' contains all the global
-abbrevs, and the other abbrev tables that are named after major modes
-contain the mode-specific abbrevs.
-
- Within each abbrev table, each non-blank line defines one abbrev.
-The word at the beginning is the abbrev. The number that appears is
-the number of times the abbrev has been expanded. Emacs keeps track of
-this to help you see which abbrevs you actually use, in case you want
-to eliminate those that you don't use often. The string at the end of
-the line is the expansion.
-
- `M-x edit-abbrevs' allows you to add, change or kill abbrev
-definitions by editing a list of them in an Emacs buffer. The list has
-the format described above. The buffer of abbrevs is called
-`*Abbrevs*', and is in Edit-Abbrevs mode. This mode redefines the key
-`C-c C-c' to install the abbrev definitions as specified in the buffer.
-The `edit-abbrevs-redefine' command does this. Any abbrevs not
-described in the buffer are eliminated when this is done.
-
- `edit-abbrevs' is actually the same as `list-abbrevs', except that
-it selects the buffer `*Abbrevs*' whereas `list-abbrevs' merely
-displays it in another window.
-
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-
-Saving Abbrevs
-==============
-
- These commands allow you to keep abbrev definitions between editing
-sessions.
-
-`M-x write-abbrev-file'
- Write a file describing all defined abbrevs.
-
-`M-x read-abbrev-file'
- Read such an abbrev file and define abbrevs as specified there.
-
-`M-x quietly-read-abbrev-file'
- Similar, but do not display a message about what is going on.
-
-`M-x define-abbrevs'
- Define abbrevs from buffer.
-
-`M-x insert-abbrevs'
- Insert all abbrevs and their expansions into the buffer.
-
- Use `M-x write-abbrev-file' to save abbrev definitions for use in a
-later session. The command reads a file name using the minibuffer and
-writes a description of all current abbrev definitions into the
-specified file. The text stored in the file looks like the output of
-`M-x list-abbrevs'.
-
- `M-x read-abbrev-file' prompts for a file name using the minibuffer
-and reads the specified file, defining abbrevs according to its
-contents. `M-x quietly-read-abbrev-file' is the same but does not
-display a message in the echo area; it is actually useful primarily in
-the `.emacs' file. If you give an empty argument to either of these
-functions, the file name Emacs uses is the value of the variable
-`abbrev-file-name', which is by default `"~/.abbrev_defs"'.
-
- Emacs offers to save abbrevs automatically if you have changed any of
-them, whenever it offers to save all files (for `C-x s' or `C-x C-c').
-Set the variable `save-abbrevs' to `nil' to inhibit this feature.
-
- The commands `M-x insert-abbrevs' and `M-x define-abbrevs' are
-similar to the previous commands but work on text in an Emacs buffer.
-`M-x insert-abbrevs' inserts text into the current buffer before point,
-describing all current abbrev definitions; `M-x define-abbrevs' parses
-the entire current buffer and defines abbrevs accordingly.
-
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-Dynamic Abbrev Expansion
-========================
-
- The abbrev facility described above operates automatically as you
-insert text, but all abbrevs must be defined explicitly. By contrast,
-"dynamic abbrevs" allow the meanings of abbrevs to be determined
-automatically from the contents of the buffer, but dynamic abbrev
-expansion happens only when you request it explicitly.
-
-`M-/'
- Expand the word in the buffer before point as a "dynamic abbrev",
- by searching in the buffer for words starting with that
- abbreviation (`dabbrev-expand').
-
- For example, if the buffer contains `does this follow ' and you type
-`f o M-/', the effect is to insert `follow' because that is the last
-word in the buffer that starts with `fo'. A numeric argument to `M-/'
-says to take the second, third, etc. distinct expansion found looking
-backward from point. Repeating `M-/' searches for an alternative
-expansion by looking farther back. After the entire buffer before
-point has been considered, the buffer after point is searched.
-
- Dynamic abbrev expansion is completely independent of Abbrev mode;
-the expansion of a word with `M-/' is completely independent of whether
-it has a definition as an ordinary abbrev.
-
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-
-Editing Pictures
-****************
-
- If you want to create a picture made out of text characters (for
-example, a picture of the division of a register into fields, as a
-comment in a program), use the command `edit-picture' to enter Picture
-mode.
-
- In Picture mode, editing is based on the "quarter-plane" model of
-text. In this model, the text characters lie studded on an area that
-stretches infinitely far to the right and downward. The concept of the
-end of a line does not exist in this model; the most you can say is
-where the last non-blank character on the line is found.
-
- Of course, Emacs really always considers text as a sequence of
-characters, and lines really do have ends. But in Picture mode most
-frequently-used keys are rebound to commands that simulate the
-quarter-plane model of text. They do this by inserting spaces or by
-converting tabs to spaces.
-
- Most of the basic editing commands of Emacs are redefined by Picture
-mode to do essentially the same thing but in a quarter-plane way. In
-addition, Picture mode defines various keys starting with the `C-c'
-prefix to run special picture editing commands.
-
- One of these keys, `C-c C-c', is pretty important. Often a picture
-is part of a larger file that is usually edited in some other major
-mode. `M-x edit-picture' records the name of the previous major mode.
-You can then use the `C-c C-c' command (`picture-mode-exit') to restore
-that mode. `C-c C-c' also deletes spaces from the ends of lines,
-unless you give it a numeric argument.
-
- The commands used in Picture mode all work in other modes (provided
-the `picture' library is loaded), but are only bound to keys in
-Picture mode. Note that the descriptions below talk of moving "one
-column" and so on, but all the picture mode commands handle numeric
-arguments as their normal equivalents do.
-
- Turning on Picture mode calls the value of the variable
-`picture-mode-hook' as a function, with no arguments, if that value
-exists and is non-`nil'.
-
-* Menu:
-
-* Basic Picture:: Basic concepts and simple commands of Picture Mode.
-* Insert in Picture:: Controlling direction of cursor motion
- after "self-inserting" characters.
-* Tabs in Picture:: Various features for tab stops and indentation.
-* Rectangles in Picture:: Clearing and superimposing rectangles.
-
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-
-Basic Editing in Picture Mode
-=============================
-
- Most keys do the same thing in Picture mode that they usually do,
-but do it in a quarter-plane style. For example, `C-f' is rebound to
-run `picture-forward-column', which moves point one column to the
-right, by inserting a space if necessary, so that the actual end of the
-line makes no difference. `C-b' is rebound to run
-`picture-backward-column', which always moves point left one column,
-converting a tab to multiple spaces if necessary. `C-n' and `C-p' are
-rebound to run `picture-move-down' and `picture-move-up', which can
-either insert spaces or convert tabs as necessary to make sure that
-point stays in exactly the same column. `C-e' runs
-`picture-end-of-line', which moves to after the last non-blank
-character on the line. There was no need to change `C-a', as the choice
-of screen model does not affect beginnings of lines.
-
- Insertion of text is adapted to the quarter-plane screen model
-through the use of Overwrite mode (*note Minor Modes::).
-Self-inserting characters replace existing text, column by column,
-rather than pushing existing text to the right. <RET> runs
-`picture-newline', which just moves to the beginning of the following
-line so that new text will replace that line.
-
- Text is erased instead of deleted and killed. <DEL>
-(`picture-backward-clear-column') replaces the preceding character with
-a space rather than removing it. `C-d' (`picture-clear-column') does
-the same in a forward direction. `C-k' (`picture-clear-line') really
-kills the contents of lines, but never removes the newlines from a
-buffer.
-
- To do actual insertion, you must use special commands. `C-o'
-(`picture-open-line') creates a blank line, but does so after the
-current line; it never splits a line. `C-M-o', `split-line', makes
-sense in Picture mode, so it remains unchanged. <LFD>
-(`picture-duplicate-line') inserts another line with the same contents
-below the current line.
-
- To actually delete parts of the picture, use `C-w', or with `C-c
-C-d' (which is defined as `delete-char', as `C-d' is in other modes),
-or with one of the picture rectangle commands (*note Rectangles in
-Picture::).
-
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-
-Controlling Motion After Insert
-===============================
-
- Since "self-inserting" characters just overwrite and move point in
-Picture mode, there is no essential restriction on how point should be
-moved. Normally point moves right, but you can specify any of the eight
-orthogonal or diagonal directions for motion after a "self-inserting"
-character. This is useful for drawing lines in the buffer.
-
-`C-c <'
- Move left after insertion (`picture-movement-left').
-
-`C-c >'
- Move right after insertion (`picture-movement-right').
-
-`C-c ^'
- Move up after insertion (`picture-movement-up').
-
-`C-c .'
- Move down after insertion (`picture-movement-down').
-
-`C-c `'
- Move up and left ("northwest") after insertion
- (`picture-movement-nw').
-
-`C-c ''
- Move up and right ("northeast") after insertion
- (`picture-movement-ne').
-
-`C-c /'
- Move down and left ("southwest") after insertion
- (`picture-movement-sw').
-
-`C-c \'
- Move down and right ("southeast") after insertion
- (`picture-movement-se').
-
- Two motion commands move based on the current Picture insertion
-direction. The command `C-c C-f' (`picture-motion') moves in the same
-direction as motion after "insertion" currently does, while `C-c C-b'
-(`picture-motion-reverse') moves in the opposite direction.
-
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-
-Picture Mode Tabs
-=================
-
- Two kinds of tab-like action are provided in Picture mode.
-Context-based tabbing is done with `M-<TAB>' (`picture-tab-search').
-With no argument, it moves to a point underneath the next "interesting"
-character that follows whitespace in the previous non-blank line.
-"Next" here means "appearing at a horizontal position greater than the
-one point starts out at". With an argument, as in `C-u M-<TAB>', the
-command moves to the next such interesting character in the current
-line. `M-<TAB>' does not change the text; it only moves point.
-"Interesting" characters are defined by the variable
-`picture-tab-chars', which contains a string of characters considered
-interesting. Its default value is `"!-~"'.
-
- <TAB> itself runs `picture-tab', which operates based on the current
-tab stop settings; it is the Picture mode equivalent of
-`tab-to-tab-stop'. Without arguments it just moves point, but with a
-numeric argument it clears the text that it moves over.
-
- The context-based and tab-stop-based forms of tabbing are brought
-together by the command `C-c <TAB>' (`picture-set-tab-stops'.) This
-command sets the tab stops to the positions which `M-<TAB>' would
-consider significant in the current line. If you use this command with
-<TAB>, you can get the effect of context-based tabbing. But `M-<TAB>'
-is more convenient in the cases where it is sufficient.
-
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-
-Picture Mode Rectangle Commands
-===============================
-
- Picture mode defines commands for working on rectangular pieces of
-the text in ways that fit with the quarter-plane model. The standard
-rectangle commands may also be useful (*note Rectangles::).
-
-`C-c C-k'
- Clear out the region-rectangle (`picture-clear-rectangle'). With
- argument, kill it.
-
-`C-c C-w R'
- Similar but save rectangle contents in register R first
- (`picture-clear-rectangle-to-register').
-
-`C-c C-y'
- Copy last killed rectangle into the buffer by overwriting, with
- upper left corner at point (`picture-yank-rectangle'). With
- argument, insert instead.
-
-`C-c C-x R'
- Similar, but use the rectangle in register R
- (`picture-yank-rectangle-from-register').
-
- The picture rectangle commands `C-c C-k' (`picture-clear-rectangle')
-and `C-c C-w' (`picture-clear-rectangle-to-register') differ from the
-standard rectangle commands in that they normally clear the rectangle
-instead of deleting it; this is analogous with the way `C-d' is changed
-in Picture mode.
-
- However, deletion of rectangles can be useful in Picture mode, so
-these commands delete the rectangle if given a numeric argument.
-
- The Picture mode commands for yanking rectangles differ from the
-standard ones in overwriting instead of inserting. This is the same
-way that Picture mode insertion of other text is different from other
-modes. `C-c C-y' (`picture-yank-rectangle') inserts (by overwriting)
-the rectangle that was most recently killed, while `C-c C-x'
-(`picture-yank-rectangle-from-register') does for the rectangle found
-in a specified register.
-
- Since most region commands in Picture mode operate on rectangles,
-when you select a region of text with the mouse in Picture mode, it is
-highlighted as a rectangle.
-
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-
-Sending Mail
-************
-
- To send a message in Emacs, start by typing the command (`C-x m') to
-select and initialize the `*mail*' buffer. You can then edit the text
-and headers of the message in the mail buffer, and type the command
-(`C-c C-c') to send the message.
-
-`C-x m'
- Begin composing a message to send (`mail').
-
-`C-x 4 m'
- Likewise, but display the message in another window
- (`mail-other-window').
-
-`C-c C-c'
- In Mail mode, send the message and switch to another buffer
- (`mail-send-and-exit').
-
- The command `C-x m' (`mail') selects a buffer named `*mail*' and
-initializes it with the skeleton of an outgoing message. `C-x 4 m'
-(`mail-other-window') selects the `*mail*' buffer in a different
-window, leaving the previous current buffer visible.
-
- Because the buffer for mail composition is an ordinary Emacs buffer,
-you can switch to other buffers while in the middle of composing mail,
-and switch back later (or never). If you use the `C-x m' command again
-when you have been composing another message but have not sent it, a
-new mail buffer will be created; in this way, you can compose multiple
-messages at once. You can switch back to and complete an unsent
-message by using the normal buffer selection mechanisms.
-
- `C-u C-x m' is another way to switch back to a message in progress:
-it will search for an existing, unsent mail message buffer and select
-it.
-
-* Menu:
-
-* Format: Mail Format. Format of the mail being composed.
-* Headers: Mail Headers. Details of allowed mail header fields.
-* Mode: Mail Mode. Special commands for editing mail being composed.
-
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-
-The Format of the Mail Buffer
-=============================
-
- In addition to the "text" or contents, a message has "header
-fields", which say who sent it, when, to whom, why, and so on. Some
-header fields, such as the date and sender, are created automatically
-after the message is sent. Others, such as the recipient names, must
-be specified by you in order to send the message properly.
-
- Mail mode provides a few commands to help you edit some header
-fields, and some are preinitialized in the buffer automatically at
-times. You can insert or edit any header fields using ordinary editing
-commands.
-
- The line in the buffer that says:
-
- --text follows this line--
-
-is a special delimiter that separates the headers you have specified
-from the text. Whatever follows this line is the text of the message;
-the headers precede it. The delimiter line itself does not appear in
-the message actually sent. The text used for the delimiter line is
-controlled by the variable `mail-header-separator'.
-
- Here is an example of what the headers and text in the `*mail*'
-buffer might look like.
-
- To: rms@mc
- CC: mly@mc, rg@oz
- Subject: The XEmacs User's Manual
- --Text follows this line--
- Please ignore this message.
-
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-
-Mail Header Fields
-==================
-
- There are several header fields you can use in the `*mail*' buffer.
-Each header field starts with a field name at the beginning of a line,
-terminated by a colon. It does not matter whether you use upper or
-lower case in the field name. After the colon and optional whitespace
-comes the contents of the field.
-
-`To'
- This field contains the mailing addresses of the message.
-
-`Subject'
- The contents of the `Subject' field should be a piece of text that
- says what the message is about. Subject fields are useful because
- most mail-reading programs can provide a summary of messages,
- listing the subject of each message but not its text.
-
-`CC'
- This field contains additional mailing addresses to send the
- message to, but whose readers should not regard the message as
- addressed to them.
-
-`BCC'
- This field contains additional mailing addresses to send the
- message to, but which should not appear in the header of the
- message actually sent.
-
-`FCC'
- This field contains the name of one file (in Unix mail file
- format) to which a copy of the message should be appended when the
- message is sent.
-
-`From'
- Use the `From' field to say who you are, when the account you are
- using to send the mail is not your own. The contents of the
- `From' field should be a valid mailing address, since replies will
- normally go there.
-
-`Reply-To'
- Use the `Reply-To' field to direct replies to a different address,
- not your own. `From' and `Reply-To' have the same effect on where
- replies go, but they convey a different meaning to the person who
- reads the message.
-
-`In-Reply-To'
- This field contains a piece of text describing a message you are
- replying to. Some mail systems can use the information to
- correlate related pieces of mail. This field is normally filled
- in by your mail handling package when you are replying to a
- message and you never need to think about it.
-
-The `To', `CC', `BCC' and `FCC' fields can appear any number of times,
-to specify many places to send the message.
-
-The `To', `CC', and `BCC', fields can have continuation lines. All the
-lines starting with whitespace, following the line on which the field
-starts, are considered part of the field. For example,
-
- To: foo@here, this@there,
- me@gnu.cambridge.mass.usa.earth.spiral3281
-
-If you have a `~/.mailrc' file, Emacs scans it for mail aliases the
-first time you try to send mail in an Emacs session. Emacs expands
-aliases found in the `To', `CC', and `BCC' fields where appropriate.
-You can set the variable `mail-abbrev-mailrc-file' to the name of the
-file with mail aliases. If `nil', `~/.mailrc' is used.
-
- Your `.mailrc' file ensures that word-abbrevs are defined for each
-of your mail aliases when point is in a `To', `CC', `BCC', or `From'
-field. The aliases are defined in your `.mailrc' file or in a file
-specified by the MAILRC environment variable if it exists. Your mail
-aliases expand any time you type a word-delimiter at the end of an
-abbreviation.
-
- In this version of Emacs, what you see is what you get: in contrast
-to some other versions, no abbreviations are expanded after you have
-sent the mail. This means you don't suffer the annoyance of having the
-system do things behind your back--if the system rewrites an address
-you typed, you know it immediately, instead of after the mail has been
-sent and it's too late to do anything about it. For example, you will
-never again be in trouble because you forgot to delete an old alias
-from your `.mailrc' and a new local user is given a userid which
-conflicts with one of your aliases.
-
- Your mail alias abbrevs are in effect only when point is in an
-appropriate header field. The mail aliases will not expand in the body
-of the message, or in other header fields. The default mode-specific
-abbrev table `mail-mode-abbrev-table' is used instead if defined. That
-means if you have been using mail-mode specific abbrevs, this code will
-not adversely affect you. You can control which header fields the
-abbrevs are used in by changing the variable `mail-abbrev-mode-regexp'.
-
- If auto-fill mode is on, abbrevs wrap at commas instead of at word
-boundaries, and header continuation lines will be properly indented.
-
- You can also insert a mail alias with
-`mail-interactive-insert-alias'. This function, which is bound to `C-c
-C-a', prompts you for an alias (with completion) and inserts its
-expansion at point.
-
- In this version of Emacs, it is possible to have lines like the
-following in your `.mailrc' file:
-
- alias someone "John Doe <doe@quux.com>"
-
- That is, if you want an address to have embedded spaces, simply
-surround it with double-quotes. The quotes are necessary because the
-format of the `.mailrc' file uses spaces as address delimiters.
-
- Aliases in the `.mailrc' file may be nested. For example, assume you
-define aliases like:
- alias group1 fred ethel
- alias group2 larry curly moe
- alias everybody group1 group2
-
- When you now type `everybody' on the `To' line, it will expand to:
- fred, ethyl, larry, curly, moe
-
- Aliases may contain forward references; the alias of `everybody' in
-the example above can precede the aliases of `group1' and `group2'.
-
- In this version of Emacs, you can use the `source' `.mailrc' command
-for reading aliases from some other file as well.
-
- Aliases may contain hyphens, as in `"alias foo-bar foo@bar"', even
-though word-abbrevs normally cannot contain hyphens.
-
- To read in the contents of another `.mailrc'-type file from Emacs,
-use the command `M-x merge-mail-aliases'. The `rebuild-mail-aliases'
-command is similar, but deletes existing aliases first.
-
- If you want multiple addresses separated by a string other than `,'
-(a comma), then set the variable `mail-alias-seperator-string' to it.
-This has to be a comma bracketed by whitespace if you want any kind of
-reasonable behavior.
-
- If the variable `mail-archive-file-name' is non-`nil', it should be
-a string naming a file. Each time you start to edit a message to send,
-an `FCC' field is entered for that file. Unless you remove the `FCC'
-field, every message is written into that file when it is sent.
-
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-File: xemacs.info, Node: Mail Mode, Prev: Mail Headers, Up: Sending Mail
-
-Mail Mode
-=========
-
- The major mode used in the `*mail*' buffer is Mail mode. Mail mode
-is similar to Text mode, but several commands are provided on the `C-c'
-prefix. These commands all deal specifically with editing or sending
-the message.
-
-`C-c C-s'
- Send the message, and leave the `*mail*' buffer selected
- (`mail-send').
-
-`C-c C-c'
- Send the message, and select some other buffer
- (`mail-send-and-exit').
-
-`C-c C-f C-t'
- Move to the `To' header field, creating one if there is none
- (`mail-to').
-
-`C-c C-f C-s'
- Move to the `Subject' header field, creating one if there is none
- (`mail-subject').
-
-`C-c C-f C-c'
- Move to the `CC' header field, creating one if there is none
- (`mail-cc').
-
-`C-c C-w'
- Insert the file `~/.signature' at the end of the message text
- (`mail-signature').
-
-`C-c C-y'
- Yank the selected message (`mail-yank-original').
-
-`C-c C-q'
- Fill all paragraphs of yanked old messages, each individually
- (`mail-fill-yanked-message').
-
-`<button3>'
- Pops up a menu of useful mail-mode commands.
-
- There are two ways to send a message. `C-c C-c'
-(`mail-send-and-exit') is the usual way to send the message. It sends
-the message and then deletes the window (if there is another window) or
-switches to another buffer. It puts the `*mail*' buffer at the lowest
-priority for automatic reselection, since you are finished with using
-it. `C-c C-s' (`mail-send') sends the message and marks the `*mail*'
-buffer unmodified, but leaves that buffer selected so that you can
-modify the message (perhaps with new recipients) and send it again.
-
- Mail mode provides some other special commands that are useful for
-editing the headers and text of the message before you send it. There
-are three commands defined to move point to particular header fields,
-all based on the prefix `C-c C-f' (`C-f' is for "field"). They are
-`C-c C-f C-t' (`mail-to') to move to the `To' field, `C-c C-f C-s'
-(`mail-subject') for the `Subject' field, and `C-c C-f C-c' (`mail-cc')
-for the `CC' field. These fields have special motion commands because
-they are edited most frequently.
-
- `C-c C-w' (`mail-signature') adds a standard piece of text at the
-end of the message to say more about who you are. The text comes from
-the file `.signature' in your home directory.
-
- When you use an Rmail command to send mail from the Rmail mail
-reader, you can use `C-c C-y' `mail-yank-original' inside the `*mail*'
-buffer to insert the text of the message you are replying to. Normally
-Rmail indents each line of that message four spaces and eliminates most
-header fields. A numeric argument specifies the number of spaces to
-indent. An argument of just `C-u' says not to indent at all and not to
-eliminate anything. `C-c C-y' always uses the current message from the
-`RMAIL' buffer, so you can insert several old messages by selecting one
-in `RMAIL', switching to `*mail*' and yanking it, then switching back
-to `RMAIL' to select another.
-
- After using `C-c C-y', you can use the command `C-c C-q'
-(`mail-fill-yanked-message') to fill the paragraphs of the yanked old
-message or messages. One use of `C-c C-q' fills all such paragraphs,
-each one separately.
-
- Clicking the right mouse button in a mail buffer pops up a menu of
-the above commands, for easy access.
-
- Turning on Mail mode (which `C-x m' does automatically) calls the
-value of `text-mode-hook', if it is not void or `nil', and then calls
-the value of `mail-mode-hook' if that is not void or `nil'.
-
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-File: xemacs.info, Node: Reading Mail, Next: Calendar/Diary, Prev: Sending Mail, Up: Top
-
-Reading Mail
-************
-
- XEmacs provides three separate mail-reading packages. Each one
-comes with its own manual, which is included standard with the XEmacs
-distribution.
-
- The recommended mail-reading package for new users is VM. VM works
-with standard Unix-mail-format folders and was designed as a replacement
-for the older Rmail.
-
- XEmacs also provides a sophisticated and comfortable front-end to the
-MH mail-processing system, called `mh-e'. Unlike in other mail
-programs, folders in MH are stored as file-system directories, with
-each message occupying one (numbered) file. This facilitates working
-with mail using shell commands, and many other features of MH are also
-designed to integrate well with the shell and with shell scripts. Keep
-in mind, however, that in order to use mh-e you must have the MH
-mail-processing system installed on your computer.
-
- Finally, XEmacs provides the Rmail package. Rmail is (currently) the
-only mail reading package distributed with FSF GNU Emacs, and is
-powerful in its own right. However, it stores mail folders in a special
-format called `Babyl', that is incompatible with all other
-frequently-used mail programs. A utility program is provided for
-converting Babyl folders to standard Unix-mail format; however, unless
-you already have mail in Babyl-format folders, you should consider
-using VM or mh-e instead. (If at times you have to use FSF Emacs, it is
-not hard to obtain and install VM for that editor.)
-
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-File: xemacs.info, Node: Calendar/Diary, Next: Sorting, Prev: Reading Mail, Up: Top
-
-Calendar Mode and the Diary
-===========================
-
- Emacs provides the functions of a desk calendar, with a diary of
-planned or past events. To enter the calendar, type `M-x calendar';
-this displays a three-month calendar centered on the current month, with
-point on the current date. With a numeric argument, as in `C-u M-x
-calendar', it prompts you for the month and year to be the center of the
-three-month calendar. The calendar uses its own buffer, whose major
-mode is Calendar mode.
-
- `Button2' in the calendar brings up a menu of operations on a
-particular date; `Buttons3' brings up a menu of commonly used calendar
-features that are independent of any particular date. To exit the
-calendar, type `q'. *Note Customizing the Calendar and Diary:
-(elisp)Calendar, for customization information about the calendar and
-diary.
-
-* Menu:
-
-* Calendar Motion:: Moving through the calendar; selecting a date.
-* Scroll Calendar:: Bringing earlier or later months onto the screen.
-* Mark and Region:: Remembering dates, the mark ring.
-* General Calendar:: Exiting or recomputing the calendar.
-* LaTeX Calendar:: Print a calendar using LaTeX.
-* Holidays:: Displaying dates of holidays.
-* Sunrise/Sunset:: Displaying local times of sunrise and sunset.
-* Lunar Phases:: Displaying phases of the moon.
-* Other Calendars:: Converting dates to other calendar systems.
-* Diary:: Displaying events from your diary.
-* Calendar Customization:: Altering the behavior of the features above.
-
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