From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: ams@gnu.org
Cc: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>, rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Recognize mbox files?
Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:34:27 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvzlgvgjz3.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1LWb1U-0005VB-Mw@beryx.hq.kred> (Alfred M. Szmidt's message of "Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:38:24 +0100")
>> Is it reliable enough to recognize mbox files that we could visit
>> them automatically in Rmail mode?
> I don't think so. Mbox files are lines that begin with "From ",
> separated by arbitrary data. There's not enough information to
> autodetect them.
Agreed.
OTOH, the format of that From line is somewhat free, so we could
arrange to place some kind of cookie in it (maybe even "-*-rmail-*-"
could fit).
Note that we need to set not only the major-mode, but also the
coding-system (binary).
> What about assuming that rmail files always start witj "RMAIL" or
> "XMAIL" (and ignore case-sensitivity)? Then RMAIL.foo would be a RMAIL
> file, and xmail.123 would also be a rmail file.
Yes, a naming convention seems easier. a ".mbox" extension seems like
an obvious choice as well.
> That would work for most normal cases. That way if you open
> /com/mail/ams or some other mail spool file, RMAIL will not do
> anything funny with it.
It's important that if opened on a non-mbox file, Rmail shouldn't do
anything bad (e.g. it shouldn't modify the file).
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-10 1:34 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 45+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-09 18:38 Recognize mbox files? Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-02-10 1:34 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2009-02-10 9:36 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-02-10 20:02 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-02-11 0:34 ` Chetan Pandya
2009-02-11 20:58 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-02-11 4:51 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-02-11 20:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-02-12 1:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-02-12 4:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-02-12 5:15 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-02-12 2:40 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-02-11 20:59 ` Richard M Stallman
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2009-02-18 16:57 Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-02-17 23:55 Xavier Maillard
2009-02-17 23:55 Xavier Maillard
2009-02-17 15:27 Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-02-17 16:36 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-02-18 3:27 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-02-18 3:39 ` Miles Bader
2009-02-18 4:18 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-02-18 12:10 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-02-18 12:09 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-02-17 13:10 Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-02-17 14:17 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
2009-02-18 12:10 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-02-16 16:12 Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-02-17 12:13 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-02-14 21:52 Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-02-14 21:25 Xavier Maillard
2009-02-14 22:51 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-02-16 15:40 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-02-14 21:25 Xavier Maillard
2009-02-13 8:25 Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-02-12 8:16 Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-02-13 6:33 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-02-12 7:45 Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-02-10 7:36 Alfred M. Szmidt
2009-02-09 5:31 Richard M Stallman
2009-02-09 18:17 ` Chong Yidong
2009-02-09 19:09 ` Harald Hanche-Olsen
2009-02-09 21:26 ` Reiner Steib
2009-02-09 22:06 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-02-09 22:35 ` Reiner Steib
2009-02-10 8:34 ` Eli Zaretskii
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