What's in This Book
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The book is divided into seven parts.
The MH & xmh Road Map
explains the book's organization and suggests ways to read it.
The following list describes each chapter and appendix.
This book is organized so that beginners don't have to read all the chapters to
get the information they need.
Therefore, information on some commands is spread across several chapters.
Extensive cross-references point to other related information.
The index lists topics and concepts.
First is information about using this book:
The Front Matter
has overall information about the book, specialized tables of contents, etc.
The Preface
has information about the book itself (including this file).
Part I has overall information that applies to MH and all three
front-ends.
Chapter 1
provides a quick overview.
Chapter 2
shows how MH uses the UNIX filesystem.
Chapter 3
introduces MIME multimedia email.
Part II has detailed explanations and examples of MH commands.
Because MH front-ends run MH commands, users will get insight here.
Chapter 4
makes sure that your account is set up for MH
so you'll be ready for the tutorials in Chapters 5, 14, 17, and 20.
Chapter 5
gives a guided tour of basic MH.
This is all you need to start using MH.
Chapter 6
covers commands that read messages.
Chapter 7
covers commands that send messages.
Part III describes customizing and programming MH.
xmh, mh-e, and exmh users can take advantage of this, too, in
customizing their environments.
Chapter 8
contains lots of information and tips about MH folders, sequences, and commands
that help you organize and find messages.
Chapter 9
explains how to customize MH with configuration files.
Chapter 10
shows how to make new versions of existing MH commands easily.
The chapter has lots of useful examples.
Chapter 11
explains the mysterious MH formatting syntax that lets you display messages
and message summaries exactly as you want them.
Chapter 12
gives lots of detail and examples on the tersely-documented features
in the
mhook(1)
and
rcvstore(1)
manual pages.
Chapter 13
has tips for programming with MH and interpreters such as the Bourne shell
and Perl.
Part IV
is about xmh.
Chapter 14
gives a guided tour through xmh -- all you need to start using it.
Chapter 15
describes buttons, windows, and other interactive features of
xmh in detail.
Chapter 16
shows how you can customize xmh to change the way it looks and works.
Part V
covers the mh-e GNU Emacs interface to MH.
Chapter 17
is a guided tour to get you started with mh-e.
Chapter 18
describes mh-e features in detail.
Chapter 19
explains how you can customize mh-e.
Part VI
is about the exmh multimedia interface to MH.
Chapter 20
is a tutorial for emxh.
Chapter 21
covers exmh features in detail.
Chapter 22
explains how you can customize exmh.
Part VII, the Appendices,
have related information.
Appendix A
suggests ways to do more with MH.
Appendix B
was written by people involved with MH and other front-ends.
Appendix C
gives a list of reference books, articles, and other documents.
Appendix D
shows how to use ftp, uucp, and electronic mail to get copies of
many of the files and shell programs in this book.
It also explains the operation of many of the programs in this book's
online archive file.
Appendix E
is a chart that lists MH, xmh,
mh-e, and exmh commands and features covered in this book.
Special tables of contents point you to
information throughout the book that's specific to
xmh,
exmh,
and mh-e.
For information on specific topics within xmh, exmh, or
mh-e, please refer to the
Index.
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