docs/unix-phil

changeset 53:14f5ff66ad8a

added notes about mh-e; fixed missing heading
author meillo@marmaro.de
date Thu, 15 Apr 2010 12:30:25 +0200
parents 0bed83a2aeb4
children 0a435d76b868
files unix-phil.ms
diffstat 1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) [+]
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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    1.21  are quite outdated and thus not very appealing, compared to the modern interfaces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.