.B %libdir%/ap
.RB [ \-form
.IR formatfile ]
-.RB [ \-format
-.IR string ]
.RB [ \-normalize " | " \-nonormalize ]
.RB [ \-width
.IR columns ]
To override the output format used by
.BR ap ,
the
-.B \-format
-.I string
-or
-.B \-format
+.B \-form
.I file
-switches are used. This permits individual fields of
-the address to be extracted with ease. The string is simply a format
-string, and the file is simply a format file. See
+switch is used. This permits individual fields of
+the address to be extracted with ease.
+The
+.I file
+is either the name of a format file or it may be
+a format string directly, if prepended with an equal sign `='.
+See
.BR mh\-format (5)
for the details.
.PP
.BR ap :
.PP
.RS 5
+.nf
%<{error}%{error}: %{text}%|%(putstr(proper{text}))%>
+.fi
.RE
.PP
which says that if an error was detected, print the error, a `:', and
.SH DEFAULTS
.nf
-.RB ` \-format "' defaults as described above"
+.RB ` \-form "' defaults as described above"
.RB ` \-normalize '
.RB ` \-width "' defaults to the width of the terminal"
.fi
.SH BUGS
The argument to the
-.B \-format
+.B \-form
switch must be interpreted as a single token
by the shell that invokes
.BR ap .