* doc/emacs/rmail.texi (Rmail Inbox): Mention rmail-mbox-format.

* etc/NEWS: Related markup.

diff --git a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
index 6035a05b149723bc606fc44ef9eb12422c3d2514..9fba16f4126d4ae9752f1b1bfd1eca9132e4a850 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/emacs/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2014-02-23  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+       * rmail.texi (Rmail Inbox): Mention rmail-mbox-format.
+
 2014-02-20  Glenn Morris  <rgm@gnu.org>
 
        * search.texi (Special Isearch): Mention invisible text.

diff --git a/doc/emacs/rmail.texi b/doc/emacs/rmail.texi
index f8b757559d2c9d248db9a220f9469b4814f2b67f..b47b8d1a695eaa959a31699db2c60ceb1e327f36 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/emacs/rmail.texi
+++ b/doc/emacs/rmail.texi
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ Files}.
 @item
 The inbox file format varies between operating systems and according to
 the other mail software in use.  Only one part of Rmail needs to know
-about the alternatives, and it need only understand how to convert all
+about the alternatives, and it need only understand how to convert allx
 of them to Rmail's own format.
 
 @item
@@ -369,12 +369,20 @@ the rest of Rmail, since only Rmail operates on the Rmail file.
 @end enumerate
 
 @c FIXME remove this in Emacs 25; won't be relevant any more.
+@cindex Babyl files
+@cindex mbox files
   Rmail was originally written to use the Babyl format as its internal
 format.  Since then, we have recognized that the usual inbox format
 (@samp{mbox}) on Unix and GNU systems is adequate for the job, and so
 since Emacs 23 Rmail uses that as its internal format.  The Rmail file
 is still separate from the inbox file, even though their format is the
 same.
+@c But this bit should stay in some form.
+@vindex rmail-mbox-format
+(In fact, there are a few slightly different mbox formats.
+The differences are not very important, but you can set the variable
+@code{rmail-mbox-format} to tell Rmail which form your system uses.
+See that variable's documentation for more details.)
 
 @vindex rmail-preserve-inbox
   When getting new mail, Rmail first copies the new mail from the

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 68f7d5ed1478a83bebe08767a802e9453df816be..d3ad574ea70a9e3abbe4bdf7c2fe499d7d6abd3e 100644 (file)
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -784,6 +784,7 @@ names specified by `remember-directory-file-name-format'.
 
 ** Rmail
 
++++
 *** Customize `rmail-mbox-format' to influence some minor aspects of
 how Rmail displays non-MIME messages.