branch: elpa/vm
commit 9a208a321e3ccf6d4f9ce153451fe919ad177e16
Author: Mark Diekhans <ma...@ucsc.edu>
Commit: Mark Diekhans <ma...@ucsc.edu>
remove MIME encode/decode programs from texinfo documentation
---
info/vm.texinfo | 25 +------------------------
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 24 deletions(-)
diff --git a/info/vm.texinfo b/info/vm.texinfo
index af3288f473..63434896a8 100644
--- a/info/vm.texinfo
+++ b/info/vm.texinfo
@@ -1979,16 +1979,6 @@ can be turned off by setting the variable
@code{vm-display-using-mime} to
@code{nil} and VM will then display @acronym{MIME} messages as plain text
messages.
-@vindex vm-mime-base64-decoder-program
-@vindex vm-mime-base64-encoder-program
-@vindex vm-mime-base64-decoder-switches
-@vindex vm-mime-base64-encoder-switches
-@vindex vm-mime-qp-decoder-program
-@vindex vm-mime-qp-decoder-switches
-@vindex vm-mime-qp-encoder-program
-@vindex vm-mime-qp-encoder-switches
-@vindex vm-mime-uuencode-decoder-program
-@vindex vm-mime-uuencode-decoder-switches
At its most basic level, @acronym{MIME} is a set of transfer encodings used
to ensure error free transport, and a set of content types. VM understands
the two standard @acronym{MIME} transport encodings, @dfn{Quoted-Printable}
@@ -1996,20 +1986,7 @@ and @dfn{BASE64}, and will decode messages that use them
as necessary. VM
will also try to recognize and decode messages using the UNIX @dfn{uuencode}
encoding system. While this is not an official @acronym{MIME} transfer
encoding and never will be, enough old mailers still use it that it is
-worthwhile to attempt to decode it. VM has Emacs-Lisp based
-Quoted-Printable and BASE64 encoders and decoders, but you can have VM use
-external programs to perform these tasks and the process will almost
-certainly be faster. The variables @code{vm-mime-qp-decoder-program},
-@code{vm-mime-qp-decoder-switches}, @code{vm-mime-qp-encoder-program},
-@code{vm-mime-qp-encoder-switches}, @code{vm-mime-base64-decoder-switches},
-@code{vm-mime-base64-encoder-switches},
-@code{vm-mime-base64-decoder-program},
-@code{vm-mime-base64-encoder-program}, tell VM which programs to use and
-what command line switches to pass to them. There are C programs included
-in the VM distribution to handle BASE64 and Quoted-Printable. VM does not
-have a built-in ``uuencode'' decoder, so
-@code{vm-mime-uuencode-decoder-program} must be set non-@code{nil} for VM to
-decode uuencoded @acronym{MIME} objects.
+worthwhile to attempt to decode it.
@menu
* Viewing @acronym{MIME}:: Decoding @acronym{MIME} for viewing
