(require 'sendmail)
-(defvar mail-names t
- "Alist of local users, aliases and directory entries as available.
-Elements have the form (MAILNAME) or (MAILNAME . FULLNAME).
-If the value means t, it means the real value should be calculated
-for the next use. this is used in `mail-complete'.")
+(defgroup mailalias nil
+ "Expanding mail aliases"
+ :group 'mail)
-(defvar mail-local-names t
- "Alist of local users.
-When t this still needs to be initialized.")
-
-(defvar mail-passwd-files '("/etc/passwd")
- "List of files from which to determine valid user names.")
+(defcustom mail-passwd-files '("/etc/passwd")
+ "*List of files from which to determine valid user names."
+ :type '(repeat string)
+ :group 'mailalias)
-(defvar mail-passwd-command nil
- "Shell command to retrieve text to add to `/etc/passwd', or nil.")
+(defcustom mail-passwd-command nil
+ "*Shell command to retrieve text to add to `/etc/passwd', or nil."
+ :type '(choice string (const nil))
+ :group 'mailalias)
(defvar mail-directory-names t
"Alist of mail address directory entries.
(defvar mail-address-field-regexp
"^\\(Resent-\\)?\\(To\\|From\\|CC\\|BCC\\|Reply-to\\):")
-(defvar mail-complete-alist
+(defcustom mail-complete-alist
`((,mail-address-field-regexp mail-get-names pattern)
("Newsgroups:" . (if (boundp 'gnus-active-hashtb)
gnus-active-hashtb
("Followup-To:" . (mail-sentto-newsgroups))
;;("Distribution:" ???)
)
- "Alist of header field and expression to return alist for completion.
-Expression may reference variable `pattern' which is the string being completed.
-If not on matching header, `mail-complete-function' gets called instead.")
+ "*Alist of header field and expression to return alist for completion.
+The expression may reference the variable `pattern'
+which will hold the string being completed.
+If not on matching header, `mail-complete-function' gets called instead."
+ :type 'sexp
+ :group 'mailalias)
+(put 'mail-complete-alist 'risky-local-variable t)
;;;###autoload
-(defvar mail-complete-style 'angles
+(defcustom mail-complete-style 'angles
"*Specifies how \\[mail-complete] formats the full name when it completes.
If `nil', they contain just the return address like:
king@grassland.com
If `parens', they look like:
king@grassland.com (Elvis Parsley)
If `angles', they look like:
- Elvis Parsley <king@grassland.com>")
-
-(defvar mail-complete-function 'ispell-complete-word
- "Function to call when completing outside `mail-complete-alist'-header.")
-
+ Elvis Parsley <king@grassland.com>"
+ :type '(choice (const angles) (const parens) (const nil))
+ :group 'mailalias)
-(defvar mail-directory-function nil
- "Function to get completions from directory service or `nil' for none.
-See `mail-directory-requery'.")
+(defcustom mail-complete-function 'ispell-complete-word
+ "*Function to call when completing outside `mail-complete-alist'-header."
+ :type '(choice function (const nil))
+ :group 'mailalias)
+(defcustom mail-directory-function nil
+ "*Function to get completions from directory service or `nil' for none.
+See `mail-directory-requery'."
+ :type '(choice function (const nil))
+ :group 'mailalias)
;; This is for when the directory is huge, or changes frequently.
-(defvar mail-directory-requery nil
- "When non-`nil' call `mail-directory-function' for each completion.
+(defcustom mail-directory-requery nil
+ "*When non-`nil' call `mail-directory-function' for each completion.
In that case, one argument gets passed to the function, the partial string
-entered so far.")
+entered so far."
+ :type 'boolean
+ :group 'mailalias)
+(defcustom mail-directory-process nil
+ "*Shell command to get the list of names from a mail directory.
+This value is used when the value of `mail-directory-function'
+is `mail-directory-process'. The value should be a list
+of the form (COMMAND ARG ...), where each of the list elements
+is evaluated. When `mail-directory-requery' is non-nil, during
+evaluation of these elements, the variable `pattern' contains
+the partial input being completed.
-(defvar mail-directory-process nil
- "Unix command when `mail-directory-function' is `mail-directory-process'.
-This is a list of the form (COMMAND ARG ...), where each of the list elements
-is evaluated. When `mail-directory-requery' is non-`nil', during
-evaluation the variable `pattern' contains the partial input being completed.
-This might look like
+The value might look like this:
'(remote-shell-program \"HOST\" \"-nl\" \"USER\" \"COMMAND\")
-or
+or like this:
- '(remote-shell-program \"HOST\" \"-n\" \"COMMAND '^\" pattern \"'\")")
+ '(remote-shell-program \"HOST\" \"-n\" \"COMMAND '^\" pattern \"'\")"
+ :type 'sexp
+ :group 'mailalias)
+(put 'mail-directory-process 'risky-local-variable t)
-(defvar mail-directory-stream ()
- "List of (HOST SERVICE) for stream connection to mail directory.")
+(defcustom mail-directory-stream nil
+ "*List of (HOST SERVICE) for stream connection to mail directory."
+ :type 'sexp
+ :group 'mailalias)
+(put 'mail-directory-stream 'risky-local-variable t)
-(defvar mail-directory-parser nil
- "How to interpret the output of `mail-directory-function'.
+(defcustom mail-directory-parser nil
+ "*How to interpret the output of `mail-directory-function'.
Three types of values are possible:
- nil means to gather each line as one name
- regexp means first \\(grouping\\) in successive matches is name
- - function called at beginning of buffer that returns an alist of names")
+ - function called at beginning of buffer that returns an alist of names"
+ :type '(choice (cosnt nil) regexp function)
+ :group 'mailalias)
+(put 'mail-directory-parser 'risky-local-variable t)
+;; Internal variables.
+
+(defvar mail-names t
+ "Alist of local users, aliases and directory entries as available.
+Elements have the form (MAILNAME) or (MAILNAME . FULLNAME).
+If the value means t, it means the real value should be calculated
+for the next use. this is used in `mail-complete'.")
+
+(defvar mail-local-names t
+ "Alist of local users.
+When t this still needs to be initialized.")
+\f
;; Called from sendmail-send-it, or similar functions,
;; only if some mail aliases are defined.
(defun mail-directory-process (pattern)
- "Call a Unix process to output names in directory.
+ "Run a shell command to output names in directory.
See `mail-directory-process'."
(apply 'call-process (eval (car mail-directory-process)) nil t nil
(mapcar 'eval (cdr mail-directory-process))))