Removed `-format string' switches but made -form accept `=formatstring'.

[mmh] / man / scan.man1

diff --git a/man/scan.man1 b/man/scan.man1
index 1732895..2b9c0f6 100644 (file)
--- a/man/scan.man1
+++ b/man/scan.man1
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ scan \- produce a one line per message scan listing
 .RB [ \-clear " | " \-noclear ]
 .RB [ \-form
 .IR formatfile ]
-.RB [ \-format
-.IR string ]
 .RB [ \-width
 .IR columns ]
 .RB [ \-file
@@ -124,14 +122,14 @@ concatenated, separated by a one\-line header and two blank lines.
 To override the output format used by
 .BR scan ,
 the
-.B \-format
-.I string
-or
 .B \-form
 .I file
-switches are used.  This permits individual fields of
-the scan listing to be extracted with ease.  The string is simply a format
-string and the file is simply a format file.  See
+switch is used.  This permits individual fields of
+the scan listing to be extracted with ease.
+.I file
+is either the name of a format file or a format string directly,
+if prepended with an equal sign `='.
+See
 .BR mh\-format (5)
 for the details.
 .PP
@@ -196,7 +194,7 @@ inc(1), pick(1), show(1), mh\-format(5)
 .nf
 .RB ` +folder "' defaults to the current folder"
 .RB ` msgs "' defaults to all"
-.RB ` \-format "' defaulted as described above"
+.RB ` \-form "' defaulted as described above"
 .RB ` \-width "' defaulted to the width of the terminal"
 .fi
 
@@ -205,7 +203,7 @@ If a folder is given, it will become the current folder.
 
 .SH BUGS
 The argument to the
-.B \-format
+.B \-form
 switch must be interpreted as a single
 token by the shell that invokes
 .BR scan .