kpc00@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (kpc) (08/27/90)
I have a copy of vm and have tried it. Just thought I'd give this update in case anybody has been wondering about vm/rmail/mh-e. vm (available as described in a previous posting) seems to be a nice alternative to rmail, since it is about the same size, subjectively. It has mostly the same capabilities, give or take a few features. It has UNIX-style (efficient) storage, and does not appear to have rmail's bugs. The header buffer tracks changes in the "article" buffer. It has some nice touches, and comes with documentation. There is one thing that rmail seems to do better, which is to use rmail-ignored-headers. vm uses vm-visible-headers instead, which has the opposite meaning. I like to see unusual and unexpected headers. It does not convert rmail files. It does not have arbitrary labels. Hope it helps. -- Neither representing any company nor, necessarily, myself.
kaul@icarus.eng.ohio-state.edu (Rich Kaul) (08/28/90)
In article <KPC00.90Aug27042532@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com> kpc00@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (kpc) writes:
I have a copy of vm and have tried it. [...]
It does not convert rmail files.
You can easily convert those files yourself. Here is a little shell
script that someone posted a while ago to do this:
#!/bin/sh
#
# usage: rmail-to-mail file1 file2 ...
#
# result: file1~ is the original Babyl file
# file1 is an empty Babyl file
# file1.mail is a UNIX mail file with the messages from file1
cat > /tmp/$$.el << EOF
;;;
;;; Author: Nathan Hess (woodstock@hobbes.intel.com)
;;;
;;
(let ((file-to-be-converted (buffer-file-name))
(message-count 0)
(rmail-delete-after-output t)
(unix-style-file-name (concat (buffer-file-name) ".mail")))
(kill-buffer (current-buffer))
(rmail file-to-be-converted)
(rmail-show-message 1)
(while (not (rmail-output unix-style-file-name))
(setq message-count (1+ message-count)))
(rmail-quit))
EOF
for f in "$@" ; do
echo ">>> Doing $f"
emacs -batch $f -l /tmp/$$.el -kill
echo ">>> Done"
done
rm -f /tmp/$$.el
exit 0
--
Rich Kaul | It wouldn't be research if we
kaul@icarus.eng.ohio-state.edu | knew what we were doing.de5@de5.ctd.ORNL.GOV (SILL D E) (08/31/90)
In article <KAUL.90Aug27152750@icarus.eng.ohio-state.edu>, kaul@icarus.eng.ohio-state.edu (Rich Kaul) writes: > >You can easily convert those files yourself. Here is a little shell >script that someone posted a while ago to do this: Not to jump down Rich's throat for a kind deed, but this sort of thing is exactly why I have the Lisp Code Directory and Elisp Archives. Well, they also were intended to head off the `Does anybody have a <foo> mode?' type questions, too. With the LCD installed, `M-x convert' gives: Emacs Lisp Code Apropos -- "convert" babyl-mail 89-08-17 Skip Montaro, <montanaro@sprite.crd.ge.com> tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/misc/babyl-mail.el.Z Quickie Babyl-to-mail convertor. babyl-vm 89-08-10 Ken Manheimer, <klm@cme.nist.gov> tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/misc/babyl-vm.el.Z Babyl-to-vm convertor. generate (2.0) 87-09-02 Ciaran A Byrne, <ciaran@gec-rl-hrc.co.uk> tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/as-is/generate.el.Z Macro-to-elisp converter. lint-convert 89-04-19 Lars Pensj, <mcvax!kth!draken!chalmers!myab!lars@uunet.uu.net> tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/as-is/lint-convert.el l.Z Convert output of lint for next-error. mlconvert 88-05-30 18.55 dist Convert buffer of Mocklisp code to real lisp. refer2bibtex 89-01-11 Henry Kautz, <kautz%allegra.att.com@research.att.com,allegra!kautz> tut.cis.ohio-state.edu:pub/gnu/emacs/elisp-archive/as-is/refer2bibtex.el l.Z Convert refer-style bibliographic entries to ones usable by latex bib. texinfmt 88-07-21 18.55 dist Convert texinfo files to info files. -- Dave Sill (de5@ornl.gov) These are my opinions. Martin Marietta Energy Systems Workstation Support