From: Uday S Reddy <u.s.reddy@cs.bham.ac.uk>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: message-mode and VM
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 2010 16:41:30 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <hpsqjk$1n8$1@dough.gmane.org> (raw)
Dear Emacs developers,
As some of you know, I have been maintaining VM recently. I have heard rumours that Emacs was going to make message-mode the default mail-sending package, and came here to check what was being done. I was glad to see that there was some very hard debating about the issues, but I am afraid I found more heat than light :-)
In any case, I am writing to let you know that VM doesn't have its own mail-sending package. It uses Emacs mail-mode. Specifically, it depends on sendmail.el, mail-utils.el and mail-extr.el. So, if mail-mode is going to be obsoleted, you will need to tell us what corresponding functions we can use from message-mode.
Minor changes in the user interface will be ok, as long as they are properly documented in the info manual. The current manual of the message-mode is not quite up to the mark. Most VM users are serious professionals with email forming an important part of their work, and I am afraid they won't have the stomach for Gnus-style manuals. So, a rewrite of the message-mode manual should be regarded as an essential part of the project.
I believe that there are quite a few Emacs-based mail clients right now. I don't know how all of them treat their mail-sending functionality, but I wouldn't be surprised if more of them are continuing to use mail-mode. So, they would also be affected if mail-mode obsoleted.
Cheers,
Uday
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2010-04-11 15:41 Uday S Reddy [this message]
2010-04-11 18:36 ` message-mode and VM Stefan Monnier
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