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mu4e: more support for fancy-chars

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Re-simplify `mu4e-use-fancy-chars` to a boolean again; add some extra
mark-chars (big character, so they are easily visible). Document it.
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@ -3445,8 +3445,10 @@ should take you to the right place in this manual.
See @ref{Setting the default emacs mail program}.
@item @emph{Can @t{mu4e} use some fancy Unicode characters instead of these
boring plain-ASCII ones?} Glad you asked! Yes, if you set
@code{mu4e-use-fancy-chars} to @t{t}, @t{mu4e} uses such fancy characters in a
number of places.
@code{mu4e-use-fancy-chars} to @t{t}, @t{mu4e} uses such fancy
characters in a number of places. Since not all fonts include all
characters, you may want to install the @t{unifont} and/or @t{symbola}
fonts on your system.
@item @emph{Can I start @t{mu4e} in the background?} Yes - if you provide a
prefix-argument (@key{C-u}), @t{mu4e} starts, but does not show the
main-window.
@ -3935,8 +3937,8 @@ slightly off; the reason for this issue is that Inconsolata does not
contain the glyphs for the 'fancy' arrows and the glyphs that are used
as replacements are too high.
To fix this, you can use something like the following workaround (in your
@t{.emacs}-file):
To fix this, you can use something like the following workaround (in
your @t{.emacs}-file):
@lisp
(if (equal window-system 'x)
(progn
@ -3944,6 +3946,9 @@ To fix this, you can use something like the following workaround (in your
(set-face-font 'default "Inconsolata-10")))
@end lisp
Other fonts with good support for Unicode are @t{unifont} and
@t{symbola}.
@node Confirmation before sending
@section Confirmation before sending