X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?p=mmh;a=blobdiff_plain;f=docs%2FDIFFERENCES_mmh_nmh;fp=docs%2FDIFFERENCES_mmh_nmh;h=8063b83fe50eea3c1514036c2ce053a8e806714c;hp=0000000000000000000000000000000000000000;hb=1bf67e248d0a555170b03355c40332717902357c;hpb=ca9795df89c225393b48e47ea252496167893414 diff --git a/docs/DIFFERENCES_mmh_nmh b/docs/DIFFERENCES_mmh_nmh new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8063b83 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/DIFFERENCES_mmh_nmh @@ -0,0 +1,95 @@ +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. + +Version mmh-0.1 and nmh-1.3-dev (as of 2011-04-13) are compared. + +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.