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author | meillo@marmaro.de |
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date | Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:30:25 +0200 |
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1.1 --- a/unix-phil.ms Mon Apr 12 16:41:38 2010 +0200 1.2 +++ b/unix-phil.ms Thu Apr 15 12:30:25 2010 +0200 1.3 @@ -887,11 +887,12 @@ 1.4 \s-1MH\s0 is perfectly suited for non-interactive use. 1.5 It offers all functions directly and without captive user interfaces. 1.6 If, nonetheless, users want a graphical user interface, 1.7 -they can have it with \fIxmh\fP or \fIexmh\fP. 1.8 -These are graphical frontends for the \s-1MH\s0 toolchest. 1.9 +they can have it with \fIxmh\fP, \fIexmh\fP, 1.10 +or with the Emacs interface \fImh-e\fP. 1.11 +These are frontends for the \s-1MH\s0 toolchest. 1.12 This means, all email-related work is still done by \s-1MH\s0 tools, 1.13 but the frontend calls the appropriate commands when the user 1.14 -clicks on buttons. 1.15 +clicks on buttons or pushes a key. 1.16 .PP 1.17 Providing easy-to-use user interfaces in form of frontends is a good 1.18 approach, because it does not limit the power of the backend itself. 1.19 @@ -1041,8 +1042,12 @@ 1.20 Unfortunately, the frontends to \s-1MH\s0, which could provide familiar look'n'feel, 1.21 are quite outdated and thus not very appealing, compared to the modern interfaces 1.22 of many monolithic \s-1MUA\s0s. 1.23 +One notable exception is \fImh-e\fP which provides an Emacs interface 1.24 +to \s-1MH\s0. 1.25 +\fIMh-e\fP looks much like \fImutt\fP or \fIpine\fP, 1.26 +but it has buttons, menus, and graphical display capabilities. 1.27 1.28 -NH 2 "Summary \s-1MH\s0 1.29 +.H 2 "Summary 1.30 .LP 1.31 \s-1MH\s0 is an \s-1MUA\s0 that follows the Unix Philosophy in its design. 1.32 It consists of a toolchest of small tools, each of them does one job well.