+.SH HISTORY
+In previous versions of
+.BR MH ,
+the
+.B pick
+command would
+.BR show ,
+.BR scan ,
+or
+.B refile
+the selected messages. This was rather
+\*(lqinverted logic\*(rq from the UNIX point of view, so
+.B pick
+was changed to define sequences and output those sequences. Hence,
+.B pick
+can be used to generate the arguments for all other
+.B MH
+commands, instead of giving
+.B pick
+endless switches for invoking those commands
+itself.
+.PP
+Also, previous versions of
+.B pick
+balked if you didn't specify