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lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="intro"></a>Chapter 1. Introduction</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="intro.html#homepage">1. Mutt Home Page</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="intro.html#muttlists">2. Mailing Lists</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="intro.html#distribution">3. Software Distribution Sites</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="intro.html#irc">4. Mutt online resources</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="intro.html#contrib">5. Contributing to Mutt</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="intro.html#typo">6. Typograhical conventions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="intro.html#copyright">7. Copyright</a></span></dt></dl></div><p>
-<span class="bold"><strong>Mutt</strong></span> is a small but very powerful text-based MIME mail client. Mutt is
-highly configurable, and is well suited to the mail power user with advanced
-features like key bindings, keyboard macros, mail threading, regular
-expression searches and a powerful pattern matching language for selecting
-groups of messages.
-</p><div class="sect1"
lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="homepage"></a>1. Mutt Home Page</h2></div></div></div><p>
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title="Chapter 1. Introduction"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a id="intro"></a>Chapter 1. Introduction</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="intro.html#homepage">1. Mutt Home Page</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="intro.html#muttlists">2. Mailing Lists</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="intro.html#distribution">3. Getting Mutt</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="intro.html#irc">4. Mutt Online Resources</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="intro.html#contrib">5. Contributing to Mutt</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="intro.html#typo">6. Typographical Conventions</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="intro.html#copyright">7. Copyright</a></span></dt></dl></div><p>
+<span class="bold"><strong>Mutt</strong></span> is a small but very powerful
+text-based MIME mail client. Mutt is highly configurable, and is well
+suited to the mail power user with advanced features like key bindings,
+keyboard macros, mail threading, regular expression searches and a
+powerful pattern matching language for selecting groups of messages.
+</p><div class="sect1"
title="1. Mutt Home Page"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="homepage"></a>1. Mutt Home Page</h2></div></div></div><p>
The official homepage can be found at
<a class="ulink" href="http://www.mutt.org/" target="_top">http://www.mutt.org/</a>.
-</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="muttlists"></a>2. Mailing Lists</h2></div></div></div><p>
-To subscribe to one of the following mailing lists, send a message with the
-word <span class="emphasis"><em>subscribe</em></span> in the body to
-<code class="literal">list-name</code><span class="emphasis"><em>-request</em></span><code class="literal">@mutt.org</code>.
-</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>
-<code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:mutt-announce-request@mutt.org">mutt-announce-request@mutt.org</a>></code> -- low traffic list for announcements
-</p></li><li><p>
-<code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:mutt-users-request@mutt.org">mutt-users-request@mutt.org</a>></code> -- help, bug reports and feature requests
-</p></li><li><p>
-<code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:mutt-dev-request@mutt.org">mutt-dev-request@mutt.org</a>></code> -- development mailing list
-</p></li></ul></div><div class="note"><h3 class="title">Note</h3><p>
-All messages posted to
-<span class="emphasis"><em>mutt-announce</em></span> are automatically forwarded to
-<span class="emphasis"><em>mutt-users</em></span>, so you do not need to be subscribed to
-both lists.
-</p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="distribution"></a>3. Software Distribution Sites</h2></div></div></div><p>
-Mutt releases can be downloaded from
-<a class="ulink" href="ftp://ftp.mutt.org/mutt/" target="_top">ftp://ftp.mutt.org/mutt/</a>.
-For a list of mirror sites, please refer to
-<a class="ulink" href="http://www.mutt.org/download.html" target="_top">http://www.mutt.org/download.html</a>.
-</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="irc"></a>4. Mutt online resources</h2></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Bug Tracking System</span></dt><dd><p>
-The official mutt bug tracking system can be found at
-<a class="ulink" href="http://dev.mutt.org/" target="_top">http://dev.mutt.org/</a>
+</p></div><div class="sect1" title="2. Mailing Lists"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="muttlists"></a>2. Mailing Lists</h2></div></div></div><p>
+To subscribe to one of the following mailing lists, send a message with
+the word <span class="emphasis"><em>subscribe</em></span> in the body to
+<span class="emphasis"><em>list-name</em></span><code class="literal">-request@mutt.org</code>.
+</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" type="disc"><li class="listitem"><p>
+<code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:mutt-announce-request@mutt.org">mutt-announce-request@mutt.org</a>></code> — low traffic list for
+announcements
+</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
+<code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:mutt-users-request@mutt.org">mutt-users-request@mutt.org</a>></code> — help, bug reports and
+feature requests
+</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>
+<code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:mutt-dev-request@mutt.org">mutt-dev-request@mutt.org</a>></code> — development mailing list
+</p></li></ul></div><p>
+All messages posted to <span class="emphasis"><em>mutt-announce</em></span> are
+automatically forwarded to <span class="emphasis"><em>mutt-users</em></span>, so you do
+not need to be subscribed to both lists.
+</p></div><div class="sect1" title="3. Getting Mutt"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="distribution"></a>3. Getting Mutt</h2></div></div></div><p>
+Mutt releases can be downloaded from <a class="ulink" href="ftp://ftp.mutt.org/mutt/" target="_top">ftp://ftp.mutt.org/mutt/</a>. For a
+list of mirror sites, please refer to <a class="ulink" href="http://www.mutt.org/download.html" target="_top">http://www.mutt.org/download.html</a>.
+</p><p>
+For nightly tarballs and version control access, please refer to the
+<a class="ulink" href="http://dev.mutt.org/" target="_top">Mutt development site</a>.
+</p></div><div class="sect1" title="4. Mutt Online Resources"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="irc"></a>4. Mutt Online Resources</h2></div></div></div><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term">Bug Tracking System</span></dt><dd><p>
+The official Mutt bug tracking system can be found at
+<a class="ulink" href="http://bugs.mutt.org/" target="_top">http://bugs.mutt.org/</a>
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">Wiki</span></dt><dd><p>
An (unofficial) wiki can be found
at <a class="ulink" href="http://wiki.mutt.org/" target="_top">http://wiki.mutt.org/</a>.
<a class="ulink" href="http://www.freenode.net/" target="_top">irc.freenode.net</a>.
</p></dd><dt><span class="term">USENET</span></dt><dd><p>
For USENET, see the newsgroup <a class="ulink" href="news:comp.mail.mutt" target="_top">comp.mail.mutt</a>.
-</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect1"
lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="contrib"></a>5. Contributing to Mutt</h2></div></div></div><p>
+</p></dd></dl></div></div><div class="sect1"
title="5. Contributing to Mutt"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="contrib"></a>5. Contributing to Mutt</h2></div></div></div><p>
There are various ways to contribute to the Mutt project.
</p><p>
Especially for new users it may be helpful to meet other new and
tricks.
</p><p>
Since translations of Mutt into other languages are highly appreciated,
-the mutt developers always look for skilled translators that help
+the Mutt developers always look for skilled translators that help
improve and continue to maintain stale translations.
</p><p>
For contributing code patches for new features and bug fixes, please
refer to the developer pages at
<a class="ulink" href="http://dev.mutt.org/" target="_top">http://dev.mutt.org/</a> for more details.
-</p></div><div class="sect1"
lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="typo"></a>6. Typograhical conventions</h2></div></div></div><p>
+</p></div><div class="sect1"
title="6. Typographical Conventions"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="typo"></a>6. Typographical Conventions</h2></div></div></div><p>
This section lists typographical conventions followed throughout this
manual. See table <a class="xref" href="intro.html#tab-typo" title="Table 1.1. Typographical conventions for special terms">Table 1.1, “Typographical conventions for special terms”</a> for typographical
conventions for special terms.
-</p><div class="table"><a id="tab-typo"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 1.1. Typographical conventions for special terms</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Typographical conventions for special terms" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Item</th><th>Refers to...</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="literal">printf(3)</code></td><td>UNIX manual pages, execute <code class="literal">man 3 printf</code></td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><PageUp></code></td><td>named keys</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><create-alias></code></td><td>named Mutt function</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">^G</code></td><td>Control+G key combination</td></tr><tr><td>
<code class="literal">$mail_check</code></td><td>Mutt configuration option</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><p>
+</p><div class="table"><a id="tab-typo"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 1.1. Typographical conventions for special terms</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Typographical conventions for special terms" border="1"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Item</th><th>Refers to...</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code class="literal">printf(3)</code></td><td>UNIX manual pages, execute <code class="literal">man 3 printf</code></td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><PageUp></code></td><td>named keys</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal"><create-alias></code></td><td>named Mutt function</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">^G</code></td><td>Control+G key combination</td></tr><tr><td>
$mail_check</td><td>Mutt configuration option</td></tr><tr><td><code class="literal">$HOME</code></td><td>environment variable</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break" /><p>
Examples are presented as:
</p><pre class="screen">
mutt -v
</pre><p>
-Within command synopsis, curly brackets (“<span class="quote">{}</span>”) denote a set
+Within command synopsis, curly brackets (<span class="quote">“<span class="quote">{}</span>”</span>) denote a set
of options of which one is mandatory, square brackets
-(“<span class="quote">[]</span>”) denote optional arguments, three dots
+(<span class="quote">“<span class="quote">[]</span>”</span>) denote optional arguments, three dots
denote that the argument may be repeated arbitrary times.
-</p></div><div class="sect1"
lang="en" xml:lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="copyright"></a>7. Copyright</h2></div></div></div><p>
-Mutt is Copyright (C) 1996-2009 Michael R. Elkins
+</p></div><div class="sect1"
title="7. Copyright"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="copyright"></a>7. Copyright</h2></div></div></div><p>
+Mutt is Copyright © 1996-2009 Michael R. Elkins
<code class="email"><<a class="email" href="mailto:me@mutt.org">me@mutt.org</a>></code> and others.
</p><p>
-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
-the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
-(at your option) any later version.
+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 the
+Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
+option) any later version.
</p><p>
-This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
-GNU General Public License for more details.
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+General Public License for more details.
</p><p>
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
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