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authorhiro <hiro@ee746299-78ed-0310-b773-934348b2243d>2005-02-03 09:05:56 +0000
committerhiro <hiro@ee746299-78ed-0310-b773-934348b2243d>2005-02-03 09:05:56 +0000
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updated README.
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Sylpheed - a GTK+ based, lightweight, and fast e-mail client
- Copyright(C) 1999-2004 Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp>
+ Copyright(C) 1999-2005 Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -116,17 +116,24 @@ Usage
Preparation before running
--------------------------
-If you want to use characters other than English (aka US-ASCII),
-you must specify some environmental variables related to locale.
-For example:
+If you are using a character encodings other than UTF-8 for filename,
+you must set the following environmental variable:
-% export LANG=de_DE (sh, bash etc.)
+(use locale-specific encoding)
+% export G_FILENAME_ENCODING=@locale
or
-% setenv LANG de_DE (csh, tcsh etc.)
+(manually specifying encoding)
+% export G_FILENAME_ENCODING=ISO-8859-1
-(replace de_DE to appropriate locale name)
+If you want to display messages translated to your language,
+you must specify some environmental variables related to locale.
+For example:
+
+% export LANG=de_DE
+
+(replace de_DE to the actual locale name)
If you don't want translated messages, set LC_MESSAGES to "C"
(and unset LC_ALL if specified).
@@ -141,10 +148,14 @@ Initial startup
---------------
When Sylpheed is executed for the first time, it automatically creates the
-configuration files under ~/.sylpheed/, and asks you the location of
+configuration files under ~/.sylpheed-2.0/, and asks you the location of
mailbox. The default is ~/Mail. If some files which are non-MH format
already exist on the directory, you will have to specify another location.
+If ~/.sylpheed-2.0/ doesn't exist, but the previous version of configuration
+exists in ~/.sylpheed/, migration will be made automatically after the
+confirmation.
+
Required settings
-----------------
@@ -162,13 +173,11 @@ Hidden settings
You can configure most of the features in Sylpheed through the preferences
dialog, but there are a few parameters which don't have user interface
(you don't have to modify them in normal use). You must edit
-~/.sylpheed/sylpheedrc by an editor when Sylpheed is not running.
+~/.sylpheed-2.0/sylpheedrc by an editor when Sylpheed is not running.
allow_jisx0201_kana allow JIS X 0201 Kana (half-width kana) on
sending.
0: off 1: on [default: 0]
-bold_font bold font used in folder, summary and text view
-small_font small font used in summary view etc.
enable_hscrollbar enable horizontal scroll bar in summary view
0: off 1: on [default: 1]
bold_unread show unread messages using bold font in
@@ -196,32 +205,28 @@ Feedback
Comments, ideas and (most of all) bug reports (and especially patches) are
very welcome.
-Anonymous cvs
-=============
+Subversion
+==========
-You can get the newest source code with the anonymous cvs.
-
-First, set your CVSROOT environment variable to:
-
- :pserver:anonymous@sylpheed.good-day.net:/cvsroot/sylpheed
-
-Next, login with:
-
- cvs login
-
-and just press Enter key to `CVS password:'.
+You can get the newest source code from the Subversion repository.
Move to an appropriate directory, and with the command:
- cvs -z3 checkout sylpheed
+ svn checkout svn://sylpheed.good-day.net/sylpheed
a source tree named `sylpheed' is created under the current directory.
+The subdirectory of sylpheed is divided as following:
+
+ * trunk/ Main tree
+ * branches/ Miscellaneous experimental branches
+ * tags/ Release-tagged branches
+
To update to the newest source tree, run the command:
- cvs -z3 update
+ svn update
-on the top directory of the source tree.
+at the target directory.
--
Hiroyuki Yamamoto <hiro-y@kcn.ne.jp>