X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=man%2Fsortm.man;h=47dcee3ebf7efc6c1894d805bbebf8bd98103ae6;hb=d8c7d4f2c785d35cebd5ea64213a335561a57f7d;hp=816223083615ae891290bb43dc9ce1335179f823;hpb=3d7993e40a34f52e2b6394c2f64ef0111ab886f7;p=mmh diff --git a/man/sortm.man b/man/sortm.man index 8162230..47dcee3 100644 --- a/man/sortm.man +++ b/man/sortm.man @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@ .\" .\" %nmhwarning% -.\" $Id$ .\" .TH SORTM %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%] .SH NAME @@ -54,11 +53,11 @@ The .I field switch causes .B sortm -to sort messages -by the specified text field. If this field is \*(lqsubject\*(rq, any -leading "re:" is stripped off. In any case, all characters except +to sort messages by the specified text field. All characters except letters and numbers are stripped and the resulting strings are sorted -datefield\-major, textfield\-minor, using a case insensitive comparison. +datefield\-major, textfield\-minor, using a case insensitive +comparison. If this field is \*(lqsubject\*(rq, any leading "re:" is +stripped off. .PP With .B \-textfield @@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ if .B \-limit .I days is specified, messages -with similar textfields that are dated within `days' of each other +with the same textfields that are dated within `days' of each other appear together. Specifying .B \-nolimit makes the limit infinity. @@ -76,7 +75,8 @@ With .IR 0 , the sort is instead made textfield\-major, date\-minor. .PP -For example, to order a folder by date-major, subject-minor, use: +For example, to order a folder by date-major, grouping messages with +the same subject on the same date together, use: .PP .RS 5 sortm -textfield subject +folder @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ sortm -textfield subject +folder .SH FILES .fc ^ ~ .nf -.ta \w'/usr/local/nmh/etc/ExtraBigFileName 'u +.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile .fi @@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ folder(1) If a folder is given, it will become the current folder. If the current message is moved, .B sortm - will preserve its status as current. +will preserve its status as current. .SH HISTORY Timezones used to be ignored when comparing dates: they aren't any more.