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<H2><A NAME="SEC4" HREF="mh-e_toc.html#TOC4">Getting Started</A></H2>
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Because there are many old versions of mh-e out there, it is important to
know which version you have. I'll be talking about Version 5 which
is similar to Version 4 and vastly different from Version 3.
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First, enter <KBD>M-x load-library <KBD>RET</KBD> mh-e
<KBD>RET</KBD></KBD>. <A NAME="DOCF4" HREF="mh-e_foot.html#FOOT4">(4)</A> The message,
<SAMP>`Loading mh-e...done'</SAMP>, should be displayed in the minibuffer. If
you get <SAMP>`Cannot open load file: mh-e'</SAMP>, then your Emacs is very
badly configured, or mh-e is missing. You may wish to have your system
administrator install a new Emacs or at least the latest mh-e files.
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Having loaded mh-e successfully, enter <KBD>M-x mh-version <KBD>RET</KBD></KBD>.
The version of mh-e should be displayed. Hopefully it says that you're
running Version 5.0.2 which is the latest version as of
this printing. If instead Emacs beeps and says <SAMP>`[No match]'</SAMP>, then
you're running an old version of mh-e.
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If these tests reveal a non-existent or old version of mh-e, please
consider obtaining a new version. You can have your system
administrator upgrade the system-wide version, or you can install your
own personal version. It's really quite easy; instructions for getting
and installing mh-e are in section <A HREF="mh-e_75.html#SEC75">Getting mh-e</A>. In the meantime, see
section <A HREF="mh-e_80.html#SEC80">Changes to mh-e</A>, which compares the old and new names of commands,
functions, variables, and buffers.
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<A NAME="IDX23"></A>
<A NAME="IDX24"></A>
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<P>
Also, older versions of mh-e assumed that you had already set up your MH
environment. Newer versions set up a new MH environment for you by
running <CODE>install-mh</CODE> and notifying you of this fact with the
message in a temporary buffer:
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<PRE>
I'm going to create the standard MH path for you.
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<P>
Therefore, if you've never run MH before and you're using an old version
of mh-e, you need to run <CODE>install-mh</CODE> from the shell before you
continue the tour. If you don't, you'll be greeted with the error
message: <SAMP>`Can't find MH profile'</SAMP>.
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<A NAME="IDX25"></A>
<A NAME="IDX26"></A>
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<P>
If, during the tour described in this chapter, you see a message like:
<SAMP>`Searching for program: no such file or directory,
/usr/local/bin/mhpath'</SAMP>, it means that the MH programs and files are kept
in a nonstandard directory. In this case, simply add the following to
<TT>`~/.emacs'</TT> and restart <CODE>emacs</CODE>.
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<A NAME="IDX27"></A>
<A NAME="IDX28"></A>
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<PRE>
(setq mh-progs "<VAR>/path/to/MH/binary/directory/</VAR>")
(setq mh-lib "<VAR>/path/to/MH/library/directory/</VAR>")
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<A NAME="IDX29"></A>
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The <SAMP>`~'</SAMP> notation used by <TT>`~/.emacs'</TT> above represents your home
directory. This is used by the <CODE>bash</CODE> and <CODE>csh</CODE> shells. If
your shell does not support this feature, you could use the environment
variable <SAMP>`$HOME'</SAMP> (such as <TT>`$HOME/.emacs'</TT>) or the absolute path
(as in <TT>`/home/wohler/.emacs'</TT>) instead.
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At this point, you should see something like the screen in the
figure in section <A HREF="mh-e_6.html#SEC6">Receiving Mail</A>. We're now ready to move on.
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