[2672] in Release_Engineering
Re: emacs changes
ckclark@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (ckclark@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sat Jun 29 13:14:59 1991
The problem with RMAIL is mainly visible when emacs tries to read in a file
which was generated with an 18.54-style movemail, but *not* yet read by
emacs of either version---for example, with local mail boxes. (It also
occurs with pmd, since pmd generates 18.54-style RMAIL files.) To see
the problem, call 18.54's movemail directly to get your mail into a
file. Then input that file in the 18.57 emacs. The tag `unseen' will
not be stripped. It would be if you had read the file in 18.54 emacs.
One proposed solution is to write an rmail input hook which converts the
18.54 BABYL files to 18.57 if emacs detects that it's inputting an
old-style RMAIL file. Emacs would then handle the labels correctly.
When the file is saved, it would be in 18.57's BABYL format.
Comments?
-Calvin
