Corrected the last addition to man/nmh.man. Might be nicer to explain

[mmh] / man / nmh.man

diff --git a/man/nmh.man b/man/nmh.man
index cc62145..92cf868 100644 (file)
--- a/man/nmh.man
+++ b/man/nmh.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH NMH %manext7% "September 11, 2012" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH NMH %manext7% "November 30, 2012" "%nmhversion%"
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"
@@ -43,9 +43,7 @@ put the directory
 \*(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
@@ -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).
+As a shorthand, \*(lq\&.\*(rq is equivalent to \*(lqcur\*(rq.
 .PP
 Commands which take a range of message numbers
 .RB ( rmm ,
@@ -162,6 +161,10 @@ Commands which take a range of message numbers
 Indicates all messages in the range <num1> to <num2>, inclusive.
 The range must be nonempty.
 .TP
+.RI all
+Indicates all messages, i.e.,
+.IR first - last .
+.TP
 .IR <num> :+ N
 .PD 0
 .TP
@@ -192,6 +195,52 @@ The first, previous, next or last
 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