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 (9.20 or later) and FLIM (1.13.1 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 ftp://ftp.m17n.org/pub/mule/flim/flim-1.13/
53 PGP/MIME and application/pgp require mailcrypt or tiny-pgp package.
59 (a) run in expanded place
61 If you don't want to install other directories, please do only
66 You can specify the emacs command name, for example
70 If `EMACS=...' is omitted, EMACS=emacs is used.
74 If you want to install other directories, please do following:
78 You can specify the emacs command name, for example
80 % make install EMACS=xemacs
82 If `EMACS=...' is omitted, EMACS=emacs is used.
84 You can specify the prefix of the directory tree for Emacs Lisp
85 programs and shell scripts, for example:
87 % make install PREFIX=~/
89 If `PREFIX=...' is omitted, the prefix of the directory tree of the
90 specified emacs command is used (perhaps /usr/local).
92 For example, if PREFIX=/usr/local and EMACS 19.34 is specified, it
93 will create the following directory tree:
95 /usr/local/share/emacs/19.34/site-lisp/ --- emu
96 /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/apel/ --- APEL
97 /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/flim/ --- FLIM
98 /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/semi/ --- SEMI
100 You can specify site-lisp directory, for example
102 % make install LISPDIR=~/share/emacs/lisp
104 If `LISPDIR=...' is omitted, site-lisp directory of the specified
105 emacs command is used (perhaps /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp or
106 /usr/local/lib/xemacs/site-lisp).
108 If the emu modules (included in APEL package) have been installed in
109 the non-standard directory, you should specify where they will be
112 % make install VERSION_SPECIFIC_LISPDIR=~/elisp
114 (c) install as a XEmacs package
116 If you want to install to XEmacs package directory, please do
119 % make install-package
121 You can specify the emacs command name, for example
123 % make install-package XEMACS=xemacs-21
125 If `XEMACS=...' is omitted, XEMACS=xemacs is used.
127 You can specify the package directory, for example:
129 % make install PACKAGEDIR=~/.xemacs
131 If `PACKAGEDIR=...' is omitted, the first existing package
134 Notice that XEmacs package system requires XEmacs 21.0 or later.
138 You can specify other optional settings by editing the file
139 ${archive}/SEMI-CFG. Please read ${archive}/README.en and comments
140 in ${archive}/SEMI-CFG.
148 If you are using Emacs or Mule, please add directory of emu, apel,
149 flim and semi to load-path. If you install by default setting, you
150 can write subdirs.el for example:
152 --------------------------------------------------------------------
153 (normal-top-level-add-to-load-path
154 '("apel" "flim" "semi"))
155 --------------------------------------------------------------------
157 If you are using XEmacs, there are no need of setting about
162 Please insert the following into your ~/.emacs:
170 To get started, please read ${archive}/README.en.
172 RFC's 822, 1524, 1806, 1847, 1896, 2015, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048 and
173 2049 are available via anonymous ftp:
175 ftp://ftp.merit.edu/internet/documents/rfc/
181 If you write bug-reports and/or suggestions for improvement, please
182 send them to the EMACS-MIME Mailing List:
184 emacs-mime-en@m17n.org (English)
185 emacs-mime-ja@m17n.org (Japanese)
187 Via the EMACS-MIME ML, you can report SEMI bugs, obtain the latest
188 release of SEMI, and discuss future enhancements to SEMI. To join
189 the EMACS-MIME ML, send an empty e-mail to
191 emacs-mime-en-ctl@m17n.org (English)
192 emacs-mime-ja-ctl@m17n.org (Japanese)
194 Notice that you should not send mail to author(s), such as
195 morioka@jaist.ac.jp, directly. Because your problem may occur in
196 other environments (if not, it might be your problem, not bug of
197 SEMI). We should discuss in the EMACS-MIME mailing lists. Anyway
198 direct-mail for authors might be ignored. Please send mail to the
199 EMACS-MIME mailing lists.
202 CVS based development
203 =====================
205 If you would like to join CVS based development, please send mail to
209 with your account name and your public key for ssh. cvsroot is
210 :ext:cvs@cvs.m17n.org:/cvs/root.
212 If you cannot use ssh, please send UNIX /etc/passwd style crypted
213 password. you can commit with the cvsroot
214 :pserver:<accountname>@cvs.m17n.org:/cvs/root.
216 We hope you will join the open development.
224 MORIOKA Tomohiko <morioka@jaist.ac.jp>
225 (the author of mime-view and various parts of SEMI)
226 UMEDA Masanobu <umerin@mse.kyutech.ac.jp>
227 (the author of mime.el of emacs-mime-tools. mime.el is the
228 origin of mime-edit.el of SEMI)
232 Shuhei KOBAYASHI <shuhei-k@jaist.ac.jp>
233 (a major author of signature.el and a lot of codes)
234 MASUTANI Yasuhiro <masutani@me.es.osaka-u.ac.jp>
235 (anonymous ftp codes of mime-play.el)
236 OKABE Yasuo <okabe@kudpc.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
237 (a major author of mime-partial.el and signature.el)
239 Steinar Bang <sb@metis.no>
240 Steven L. Baur <steve@miranova.com>
241 Kevin Broadey <KevinB@bartley.demon.co.uk>
242 Alastair Burt <burt@dfki.uni-kl.de>
243 Eric Ding <ericding@San-Jose.ate.slb.com>
244 Thierry Emery <Thierry.Emery@aar.alcatel-alsthom.fr>
245 Simon Josefsson <jas@pdc.kth.se>
246 Jens Lautenbacher <jtl@tkm.physik.uni-karlsruhe.de>
247 Carsten Leonhardt <leo@arioch.tng.oche.de>
248 Pekka Marjola <marjola@bilbo.ntc.nokia.com>
249 Hisashi Miyashita <himi@bird.scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp>
250 Kazuhiro Ohta <ohta@ele.cst.nihon-u.ac.jp>
251 Alexandre Oliva <oliva@dcc.unicamp.br>
252 François Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>
253 Artur Pioro <artur@flugor.if.uj.edu.pl>
254 Dan Rich <drich@morpheus.corp.sgi.com>
255 (contribute to evolve mime-image.el with XEmacs)
256 Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>