Howdy. I've been working on a companion mail reading system
for nmh. In short, this is a system that builds a database
from mail in folders, allowing it to be searched quickly. It
includes a ranking mechanism, and allows messages to be searched
by rank. Sort of like the current fad of Bayesian
Jon Steinhart wrote:
There's no good way to test whether
or not nmh is installed. When I set up my program, I want to fail with
an error message if the user hasn't set up a mail directory, etc.
...
So, I'd like to add something to nmh to allow for installation testing. I
think that the
Neil W Rickert wrote:
progname: aborting: can't read pathname-of-MH-file. Check your MH
environment variable (if any) or run install-mh to install nmh.
I vote for that feature.
aol me too /aol
But, there's one more sticky point. There's no good way to test whether
or not nmh is installed. When I set up my program, I want to fail with
an error message if the user hasn't set up a mail directory, etc.
Is test -d `mhparam Path` sufficient for your needs?
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Eric Gillespie *
Jerry Peek [EMAIL PROTECTED]; wrote:
progname: aborting: can't read pathname-of-MH-file. Check your
MH environment variable (if any) or run install-mh to install nmh.
Good idea.
Comments, anyone? Would this change break any front-end programs
(mh-e, etc.) that somehow depend on the
Ken Hornstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Everyone,
I've created a nmh 1.1 release canidate. You can get it from:
http://savannah.gnu.org/download/nmh/nmh-1.1-RC1.tar.gz
Well...yesterday I sent a message from a different email address that I
imagine the list owner might be reading about
I've started working on the changes for the mh installation thing discussed
earlier. My plan is to modify context_read() to print a message instead of
invoking install-mh, and to add a -check option to install-mh that allows it
to silently check for installation, returning the status via the exit
sbr/context_read does a complicated check for installation involving first
the MH environment variable and second the default profile. I was surprised
to discover that uip/install-mh does not perform identical tests. It just
looks for the default profile. This seems wrong to me. Should I fix
