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diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog index 3bb7d9f5042..3c7ad90a978 100644 --- a/man/ChangeLog +++ b/man/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2006-03-19 Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com> + + * mh-e.texi (Replying): Document Mail-Followup-To. Change + manually-formatted table to multitable. Add debugging info. Move + description of mh-reply-default-reply-to into paragraph that + describes its values. + 2006-03-17 Bill Wohler <wohler@newt.com> * mh-e.texi: Use smallexample and smalllisp consistenly. diff --git a/man/mh-e.texi b/man/mh-e.texi index c3f5c37de91..eeee34052df 100644 --- a/man/mh-e.texi +++ b/man/mh-e.texi @@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ @set VERSION 7.93 @c Edition of the manual. It is either empty for the first edition or @c has the form ", nth Edition" (without the quotes). -@set EDITION , 4th Edition -@set UPDATED 2006-03-17 +@set EDITION , 5th Edition +@set UPDATED 2006-03-19 @set UPDATE-MONTH March, 2006 @c Other variables. @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ @c Copyright @copying This is version @value{VERSION}@value{EDITION} of @cite{The MH-E -Manual}, last updated @value{UPDATED} +Manual}, last updated @value{UPDATED}. Copyright @copyright{} 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @@ -4055,31 +4055,45 @@ command. When you reply to a message, you are first prompted with @samp{Reply to whom?}. You have several choices here. -@smallexample -@group -@b{Response} @b{Reply Goes To} - -@kbd{from} @r{The person who sent the message. This is the default,} - @r{so @key{RET} is sufficient.} - -@kbd{to} @r{Replies to the sender, plus all recipients in the} - @r{@samp{To:} header field.} - -@kbd{all} -@kbd{cc} @r{Forms a reply to the sender, plus all recipients.} -@end group -@end smallexample +@quotation +@multitable @columnfractions .20 .80 +@headitem Response @tab Reply Goes To +@item @kbd{from} +@tab +The person who sent the message. This is the default, so @key{RET} is +sufficient. + +@item @kbd{to} +@tab +Replies to the sender, plus all recipients in the @samp{To:} header field. + +@item @kbd{all} +@itemx @kbd{cc} +@tab +Forms a reply to the addresses in the @samp{Mail-Followup-To:} header +field if one exists; otherwise forms a reply to the sender, plus all +recipients. +@end multitable +@end quotation @cindex @command{repl} @cindex MH commands, @command{repl} +@vindex mh-reply-default-reply-to Depending on your answer, @command{repl}@footnote{See the section @uref{@value{MH-BOOK-HOME}/reprep.htm, Replying to Messages: repl} in the MH book.} is given a different argument to form your reply. Specifically, a choice of @kbd{from} or none at all runs @samp{repl -nocc all}, and a choice of @kbd{to} runs @samp{repl -cc to}. Finally, -either @kbd{cc} or @kbd{all} runs @samp{repl -cc all -nocc me}. - +either @kbd{cc} or @kbd{all} runs @samp{repl -cc all -nocc me}. If you +find that most of the time you specify one of these choices when you +reply to a message, you can change the option +@code{mh-reply-default-reply-to} from its default value of +@samp{Prompt} to one of the choices listed above. You can always edit +the recipients in the draft. + +@cindex @samp{repl:} MH profile component +@cindex MH profile component, @samp{repl:} @cindex MH-Letter mode @cindex MH-Show mode @cindex draft @@ -4088,7 +4102,10 @@ either @kbd{cc} or @kbd{all} runs @samp{repl -cc all -nocc me}. Two windows are then created. One window contains the message to which you are replying in an MH-Show buffer. Your draft, in MH-Letter mode -(@pxref{Editing Drafts}), is in the other window. +(@pxref{Editing Drafts}), is in the other window. If the reply draft +was not one that you expected, check the things that affect the +behavior of @command{repl} which include the @samp{repl:} profile +component and the @file{replcomps} and @file{replgroupcomps} files. If you supply a prefix argument (as in @kbd{C-u r}), the message you are replying to is inserted in your reply after having first been run @@ -4115,15 +4132,6 @@ buffer by turning off the option @code{mh-reply-show-message-flag}. If you wish to customize the header or other parts of the reply draft, please see @command{repl}(1) and @code{mh-format}(5). -@vindex mh-reply-default-reply-to - -The @code{mh-reply-default-reply-to} option is set to @samp{Prompt} by -default so that you are prompted for the recipient of a reply. If you -find that most of the time that you specify @kbd{cc} when you reply to -a message, set this option to @samp{cc}. Other choices include -@samp{from}, @samp{to}, or @samp{all}. You can always edit the -recipients in the draft. - @node Forwarding, Redistributing, Replying, Sending Mail @section Forwarding Mail |