From: markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2012 08:29:07 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Updated man page mmh-intro(7): Replaced obsolete sequence names.
X-Git-Tag: mmh-thesis-end
X-Git-Url: http://git.marmaro.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=7cc63591b9ee67a7475017c85eb95ed4fb003652;p=mmh

Updated man page mmh-intro(7): Replaced obsolete sequence names.
Plus further minor cleanups.
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diff --git a/man/mmh-intro.man7 b/man/mmh-intro.man7
index 7f059b3..e9d0f13 100644
--- a/man/mmh-intro.man7
+++ b/man/mmh-intro.man7
@@ -102,10 +102,7 @@ with message numbers passed as arguments, to delete specific messages.
 .PP
 .B repl
 is used to respond to the current message (by default).
-It places you in the editor with a prototype response form.  While you're
-in the editor, you may peruse the item you're responding to by reading
-the file
-.IR @ .
+It places you in the editor with a prototype response form.
 After completing your response, type
 .B l
 to
@@ -127,17 +124,17 @@ commands may be run with the single argument:
 which causes them to print a list of the arguments they may be invoked
 with and then exit.
 .PP
-Commands which take a message number as an argument (
-.BR scan ,
+Commands which take a message number as an argument
+.RB ( scan ,
 .BR show ,
 .BR repl ,
-\&...)  also take one of the words: `first',
-`prev', `cur', `next', or `last' to indicate
+\&...)  also take one of the letters: `f',
+`p', `c', `n', or `l' to indicate
 (respectively) the first, previous, current, next, or last message in
 the current folder (assuming they are defined).
 
-Commands which take a range of message numbers (
-.BR rmm ,
+Commands which take a range of message numbers
+.RB ( rmm ,
 .BR scan ,
 .BR show ,
 \&...)  also take any of the abbreviations:
@@ -153,16 +150,16 @@ messages beginning with (or ending with) message
 .IR num .
 .I Num
 may be any of the pre-defined symbols:
-.IR first ,
-.IR prev ,
-.IR cur ,
-.I next
+.IR f ,
+.IR p ,
+.IR c ,
+.I n
 or
-.IR last .
-.IP first:\fIN\fR 15
-.IP prev:\fIN\fR 15
-.IP next:\fIN\fR 15
-.IP last:\fIN\fR 15
+.IR l .
+.IP f:\fIN\fR 15
+.IP p:\fIN\fR 15
+.IP n:\fIN\fR 15
+.IP l:\fIN\fR 15
 The first, previous, next or last
 messages, if they exist.
 .RE
@@ -230,7 +227,7 @@ commands:
 .fi
 .RE
 .PP
-Theses are descriptions of files and concepts:
+The following man pages describe file formats and concepts:
 .PP
 .RS 5
 .fc ^ ~
@@ -257,7 +254,7 @@ Theses are descriptions of files and concepts:
 ^$HOME/.mmh~^The user's mmh directory
 ^$HOME/.mmh/profile~^The user's profile
 ^$HOME/.mmh/context~^The user's context
-^$HOME/Mail~^The user's mail storage
+^$HOME/Mail~^Default location of the user's mail storage
 .fi
 
 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
@@ -265,7 +262,7 @@ Theses are descriptions of files and concepts:
 .nf
 .ta 2.4i
 .ta \w'LongName  'u
-^Path:~^To determine the user's mail storage
+^Path:~^Location of the user's mail storage
 .fi
 
 .SH HISTORY
@@ -273,8 +270,7 @@ Theses are descriptions of files and concepts:
 is an experimental version of
 .BR nmh ,
 the New Mail Handler.
-Its name ``mmh'' stands primarily for ``meillo's MH'',
-but also for modern, minimalistic, and non-compatible Mail Handler.
+Its name ``mmh'' stands for ``meillo's mail handler''.
 
 .SH BUGS
 If you encounter problems with an
@@ -285,9 +281,11 @@ by invoking the program with the
 .B \-Version
 switch.
 .PP
-Send bug reports and suggestions to
-.IR "markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>" ,
-or (as a fall-back) to
-.IR nmh-workers@nongnu.org .
+Send bug reports, comments, and suggestions to
+.I "markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
+or to
+.IR <nmh-workers@nongnu.org> .
+
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
+mmh(1)
 mh-chart(1)