mh-e had a fairly major facelift between Versions 3 and 4. The differences between Versions 4 and 5 from the user's viewpoint are relatively minor. The prompting order for the folder and message number in a couple of functions had been switched inadvertently in Version 4. Version 5 switches the order back. The +inbox folder is no longer hard-coded, but rather it uses the Inbox MH Profile entry. See the file etc/MH-E-NEWS in the Emacs distribution for more details on the changes.
This section documents the changes between Version 3 and newer versions so that you'll know which commands to use (or which commands you won't have) in case you're stuck with an old version.
The following tables summarize the changes to buffer names, commands, and variables. "Old" refers to Versions 3 and before, and "new" refers to Versions 4 and beyond.
Table: Buffer Mode Names - Comparing Old and New mh-e Versions
Old New mh-e folder MH-Folder mh-e scan MH-Folder mh-e show MH-Folder Show Fundamental MH-Show mh-e letter MH-Letter - MH-PickTable: Commands - Comparing Old and New mh-e Versions
OLD | NEW | Function Command | Command Function | mh-first-msg < | M-< mh-first-msg - - | M-> mh-last-msg mh-show . | RET mh-show - - | , mh-header-display mh-reply a | r mh-reply mh-redistribute r | M-d mh-redistribute mh-unshar-msg - | M-n mh-store-msg mh-write-msg-to-file M-o | C-o mh-write-msg-to-file mh-delete-msg-from-seq C-u M-% | M-# mh-delete-seq - - | M-q mh-list-sequences mh-quit b | b mh-compat-quit - - | C-C C-f C-r mh-to-field (From:) - - | C-C C-f C-d mh-to-field (Dcc:)Table: Variables - Comparing Old and New mh-e Versions
OLD | NEW | Variable Value | Value Variable | mh-show-buffer- "{%%b} %s/%d" | "{show-%s} %d" mh-show-buffer- mode-line-buffer-id | mode-line-buffer-id | mh-unshar-default- "" | nil mh-store-default- directory | directoryTable: New Variables in mh-e Version 4 and Beyond
mail-citation-hook mail-header-separator mh-auto-folder-collect mh-comp-formfile mh-default-folder-for-message-function mh-delete-msg-hook mh-forward-subject-format mh-inc-prog mh-mime-content-types mh-new-draft-cleaned-headers mh-pick-mode-hook mh-refile-msg-hook mh-repl-formfile mh-repl-formfile mh-scan-prog mh-send-prog mh-show-hook mh-show-mode-hook mh-signature-file-name mh-sortm-args
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