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1.1       root        1: .TH MHE
                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: mhe \- Display interface to Rand Mail Handler
                      4: .SH DESCRIPTION
                      5: .I MHE
                      6: is a program that provides an Emacs-based display-oriented front end to the
                      7: Rand Mail Handler. By Emacs-based we mean that it is actually implemented as
                      8: an extensive macro package in Emacs, thereby providing access to full Emacs
                      9: at all points. By display-oriented, we mean that it provides windows on mail
                     10: messages and headers so that you can edit your mail directory as if it were
                     11: a file.
                     12: .PP
                     13: To get started using \fIMHE\fR without being an expert at \fIMH\fR, just
                     14: type ``mhe'' to the shell. It will start up Emacs, load the macro package,
                     15: tell you how to initialize things if you have not already done so, and then
                     16: (assuming things are initialized properly) load your inbox headers into its
                     17: current window in a buffer named ``+inbox''. You can then type various
                     18: 1-character commands to do mail operations. The ``?'' command asks for help.
                     19: .PP
                     20: If you want to use the Emacs that is inside \fIMHE\fR, just visit a file
                     21: with C-X C-V, in the normal way. If you want to return to the \fIMHE\fR
                     22: code, just make the buffer ``+inbox'' visible again; the key bindings are
                     23: buffer-local, and will magically return to their mail-reading meanings.
                     24: .SH SEE ALSO
                     25: .nf
                     26: .ta 1.5i
                     27: mh (1) - the Rand Mail Handler
                     28: .SH AUTHOR
                     29: Brian K. Reid
                     30: .SH BUGS
                     31: There is a fundamental design bug in the Unix kernel that prevents more than
                     32: one Emacs process from being able to run at a time. \fIMHE\fR is implemented
                     33: in Emacs. This means that you cannot have a mail-reading job and an editing
                     34: job active simultaneously. However, since you have access to all of Emacs
                     35: while inside \fIMHE\fR, this is not a serious problem.

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