changeset 5:8cc0af0724c2

Added some text about naming conventions.
author markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
date Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:33:53 +0100
parents c82c1219e877
children 2136d3e29f12
files preface.roff
diffstat 1 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) [+]
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 .H0 "Preface" no
 
+.H1 "Naming Conventions" no
 .P
-foo
+There are three different versions of MH available currently: original MH,
+nmh, and mmh. Following is a description how the terms are used.
+.P
+.B MH
+(Mail Handler).
+Used for any MH-like mail systems, namely the original MH, nmh, and mmh.
 .P
-bar
+.B Nmh
+(New Mail Handler).
+Meaning the currently most widespread version of MH.
+.P
+.B Mmh
+(Modern Mail Handler, or Meillo's Mail Handler).
+A descendent of nmh. The version of MH that is covered in this thesis.
+.P
+.B "Mail client" .
+Synonym for MUA. The part of the mail software the user directly
+interacts with.
 
 
 .\" End or Preface. Start of the normal text.