X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?p=mmh;a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2FDIFFERENCES_mmh_nmh;fp=docs%2FDIFFERENCES_mmh_nmh;h=08993ce0602d4aa8415dc89d216977cf67cd07d0;hp=8063b83fe50eea3c1514036c2ce053a8e806714c;hb=b11a6cdd6f0f7f6716744be10943c4676d6c1eb6;hpb=aac675d09723c457707ef877ce4bb45055096d7b diff --git a/docs/DIFFERENCES_mmh_nmh b/docs/DIFFERENCES_mmh_nmh index 8063b83..08993ce 100644 --- a/docs/DIFFERENCES_mmh_nmh +++ b/docs/DIFFERENCES_mmh_nmh @@ -1,95 +1,6 @@ -This file lists the most important differences between mmh and nmh. -This list is not complete and will never be; it shall give just a -quick overview on what kind of changes have been made. +DIFFERENCES between mmh and nmh +------------------------------- -Version mmh-0.1 and nmh-1.3-dev (as of 2011-04-13) are compared. +Updating this file constantly is a pain. -References are made to docs/schnalke-mmh.pdf. Explanations are to be -found there. For a detailed list of changes see the VCS changelog. -To find out how to use the mmh tools, have a look at the man pages. - - -General -------- -*) All network transfer facilities have been removed. There is no MTS - (SMTP client) anymore and no POP client. An MSA/MTA is required to - send mail. An MRA is required to retrieve mail via POP/IMAP. (Sec. - 2.1.1) -*) ~/.mh_profile was moved to ~/.mmh/profile. All configuration files - in the mail storage location (~/Mail) were moved to ~/.mmh. The - environment variables to change these locations were renamed. - (Sec. 2.3.5) -*) Many configure options were removed. (Sec. 2.1.4) -*) A bunch of recent changes in nmh were pulled into mmh. -*) The man page mmh-intro(7) was added. - -Features --------- -*) Jon Steinhart's attachment system is made the default and is - combined smoothly with automatic MIMEification, as needed. The - `mime' command at the WhatNow prompt is therefore no longer needed - and thus removed. Use of Mime-Type-Query command (usually file(1)) - to determine the MIME type of an attachment. No more writing of - mhbuild directives, although it is still possible to do so. (Sec. - 2.2.2) -*) The draft folder facility is always used. All support for a single - draft message is removed. The commands, especially comp(1), were - adjusted to this change. (Sec. 2.2.4) -*) A trash folder facility is added. Backup prefixes are no longer - used. (Sec. 2.2.4) -*) By default, messages are always displayed serially in a single - pager session without pausing. Foreign charsets are transcoded - automatically (with iconv(1)). (Sec. 2.2.2) -*) Attachments are stored under their filename, instead of the message - number and MIME part number, by default. Tar files are no longer - extracted automatically. (Sec. 2.2.2) -*) scan(1) listings do no longer show body contents. -*) MMDF maildrop format support is removed. (Sec. 2.2.1) Support for - UUCP bang paths is gone, too. -*) There is no more support for automatic message/external-body - retrieval. The internal FTP client was dropped as well. -*) Removed the internal pager. -*) There is no more hardcopy terminal support. (Sec. 2.2.1) - -Programs --------- -*) The old show(1) was dropped and mhshow(1) was renamed to show(1). - (2.1.3) -*) Digital typography is added by including Neil Rickert's scripts: - mhsign(1) is invoked automatically by send(1) if the draft message - contains `Enc:' or `Sign:' header fields. Up to now, the user needs - to run mhpgp(1) manually, still. (Sec. 2.2.3) -*) conflict, rcvtty, viamail, msgchk, and msh were removed. (Sec. 2.1.2) -*) Replaced install-mh(1) with the shell script mmh(1). -*) slocal(1) lost its suppress duplicates feature and mmh thus lost the - dependency on dbm. -*) packf(1) prints to stdout. -*) Added mmhwrap(1). -*) whom(1) is rewritten from scratch. -*) Many command line switches were removed. (Sec. 2.1.5) -*) anno(1)'s command line switches were structurally reworked. Check - the man page for details. (Sec. 2.3.2) -*) Replaced the command line option `-format foo' with `-form =foo'. - (Sec. 2.1.5) -*) Path notations (with +, @, /, .) can now be used more interchangeable. - (Sec. 2.3.2) -*) All tools read the profile now. (Sec. 2.3.3) -*) Renamed the -version switch to -Version. - -Sequences ---------- -*) The standard sequences `first', `prev', `cur', `next', `last', - `all', `new' were renamed to `f', `p', `c', `n', `l', `a', `b', - respectively. -*) The unseen sequence and the sequence negation are set by default. - repl(1) quotes the original message by default and forw(1) uses - MIME encapsulation by default. (Sec. 2.2.5) - -Code ----- -*) The indent style was changed -- sorry for that. (Sec. 2.3.1) -*) Standard library functions have replaced local replacements, when - possible. (Sec. 2.3.4) -*) The programs are more separated now. Instead of sharing source code, - the programs invoke each other. (Sec. 2.3.6) -*) Mmh comprises only about half as much code as nmh-1.3. +See NEWS for the differences between mmh-0.1 and nmh-1.3-dev.