Fix to 25581a94c5113eb78b2baf7110408df96efc4418: always set $editalt,

[mmh] / man / nmh.man

diff --git a/man/nmh.man b/man/nmh.man
index d1dd945..92cf868 100644 (file)
--- a/man/nmh.man
+++ b/man/nmh.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH NMH %manext7% "November 3, 2012" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH NMH %manext7% "November 30, 2012" "%nmhversion%"

 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"

@@ -43,9 +43,7 @@ put the directory
 \*(lq%bindir%\*(rq
 in your
 .BR $PATH .
 \*(lq%bindir%\*(rq
 in your
 .BR $PATH .

-(Check the
-manual entry for the shell you use if you don't know how to
-do this.)  Run the
+Run the

 .B install-mh
 command.  If you've never used
 .B nmh
 .B install-mh
 command.  If you've never used
 .B nmh

@@ -151,6 +149,7 @@ Commands which take a message number as an argument
 \*(lqprev\*(rq, \*(lqcur\*(rq, \*(lqnext\*(rq, or \*(lqlast\*(rq to indicate
 (respectively) the first, previous, current, next, or last message in
 the current folder (assuming they are defined).
 \*(lqprev\*(rq, \*(lqcur\*(rq, \*(lqnext\*(rq, or \*(lqlast\*(rq to indicate
 (respectively) the first, previous, current, next, or last message in
 the current folder (assuming they are defined).

+As a shorthand, \*(lq\&.\*(rq is equivalent to \*(lqcur\*(rq.

 .PP
 Commands which take a range of message numbers
 .RB ( rmm ,
 .PP
 Commands which take a range of message numbers
 .RB ( rmm ,

@@ -196,6 +195,52 @@ The first, previous, next or last
 messages, if they exist.
 .PD
 .PP
 messages, if they exist.
 .PD
 .PP

+Commands that take a folder name
+.RB ( inc ,
+.BR refile ,
+.BR scan, 
+\&...) accept the folder name in two formats:  \*(lq+folder\*(rq or
+\*(lq@folder\*(rq.  In both cases, \*(lqfolder\*(rq can be a
+\*(lq/\*(rq-separated path, e.g. \*(lqfoo/bar\*(rq.  \*(lq+folder\*(rq
+specifies a directory path to a folder.  If \*(lqfolder\*(rq starts
+with \*(lq/\*(rq then it's an absolute path from the root directory.
+If it is \*(lq.\*(rq or \*(lq..\*(rq, or starts with \*(lq./\*(rq or
+\*(lq../\*(rq, then it's relative to the current working directory.
+Otherwise it's relative to mh-profile(5)'s
+.RI \*(lq Path \*(rq,
+i.e. as given by
+.RB ` "mhpath +" `.
+\*(lq@folder\*(rq is a shorthand for \*(lq+curfolder/folder\*(rq; it's
+a relative path from the current folder.  \*(lqcurfolder\*(rq is given
+by
+.RB ` mhpath `.
+For example, assuming a
+.B Path
+profile component of Mail,
+.TP \n(ttu
+.PD 0
+.BI "scan " +inbox
+scans $HOME/Mail/inbox
+.TP
+.BI "scan " +work/todo
+scans $HOME/Mail/work/todo
+.TP
+.BI "scan " @todo
+scans $HOME/Mail/work/todo, if current folder is +work
+.TP
+.BI "refile " @../done
+refiles to $HOME/Mail/work/done, if the current folder is +work/todo
+.TP
+.BI "scan " +/tmp
+scans /tmp
+.TP
+.BI "scan " +.
+scans the current directory
+.TP
+.BI "refile " @.
+refiles current message to end of current folder.
+.PD
+.PP

 There are many other possibilities such as creating multiple folders
 for different topics, and automatically refiling messages according to
 subject, source, destination, or content.  These are beyond the scope
 There are many other possibilities such as creating multiple folders
 for different topics, and automatically refiling messages according to
 subject, source, destination, or content.  These are beyond the scope