\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
@setfilename message
-@settitle Message 5.6.26 Manual
+@settitle Pterodactyl Message 0.49 Manual
@synindex fn cp
@synindex vr cp
@synindex pg cp
This file documents Message, the Emacs message composition mode.
-Copyright (C) 1996 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1996,97,98 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of
this manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice
@tex
@titlepage
-@title Message 5.6.26 Manual
+@title Pterodactyl Message 0.49 Manual
@author by Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
@page
* Key Index:: List of Message mode keys.
@end menu
-This manual corresponds to Message 5.6.26. Message is distributed with
-the Gnus distribution bearing the same version number as this manual
-has.
+This manual corresponds to Pterodactyl Message 0.49. Message is
+distributed with the Gnus distribution bearing the same version number
+as this manual.
@node Interface
@vindex message-included-forward-headers
Regexp matching header lines to be included in forwarded messages.
+@item message-make-forward-subject-function
+@vindex message-make-forward-subject-function
+A list of functions that are called to generate a subject header for
+forwarded messages. The subject generated by the previous function is
+passed into each successive function.
+
+The provided functions are:
+
+@table @code
+@item message-forward-subject-author-subject
+@findex message-forward-subject-author-subject
+Source of article (author or newsgroup), in brackets followed by the
+subject.
+
+@item message-forward-subject-fwd
+Subject of article with @samp{Fwd:} prepended to it.
+@end table
+
+@item message-wash-forwarded-subjects
+@vindex message-wash-forwarded-subjects
+If this variable is @code{t}, the subjects of forwarded messages have
+the evidence of previous forwards (such as @samp{Fwd:}, @samp{Re:},
+@samp{(fwd)}) removed before the new subject is
+constructed. The default value is @code{nil}.
+
@end table
@item message-from-style
@vindex message-from-style
-Specifies how @code{From} headers should look. There are four legal
+Specifies how @code{From} headers should look. There are four valid
values:
@table @code
@vindex message-required-news-headers
@code{message-required-news-headers} a list of header symbols. These
headers will either be automatically generated, or, if that's
-impossible, they will be prompted for. The following symbols are legal:
+impossible, they will be prompted for. The following symbols are valid:
@table @code
@item message-syntax-checks
@vindex message-syntax-checks
-If non-@code{nil}, Message will attempt to check the legality of the
-headers, as well as some other stuff, before posting. You can control
-the granularity of the check by adding or removing elements from this
-list. Legal elements are:
+Controls what syntax checks should not be performed on outgoing posts.
+To disable checking of long signatures, for instance, add
+
+@lisp
+(signature . disabled)
+@end lisp
+
+to this list.
+
+Valid checks are:
@table @code
@item subject-cmsg
@cindex long lines
Check for too long lines.
@item control-chars
-Check for illegal characters.
+Check for invalid characters.
@item size
Check for excessive size.
@item new-text
something only moderators should include.
@item empty
Check whether the article is empty.
+@item invisible-text
+Check whether there is any invisible text in the buffer.
@item empty-headers
Check whether any of the headers are empty.
@item existing-newsgroups