From 7eb7957a7ff9b7a8cae87f1bda049d31e3a22806 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Maydell Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:32:34 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Make it clearer that lower-case envariables aren't supposed to be set by the user. --- ChangeLog | 4 ++++ man/mh-profile.man | 13 +++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index e8ba4c4..3aaf759 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ * bug #14977: sbr/context_read.c: special case an MHCONTEXT of "/dev/null" and don't try to lock it. + * bug #9228, debian bug #146449: man/mh-profile.man: make it clearer + that lower case environment variables (and in particular mheditor) + are internal to nmh and not intended to be set by the user. + 2005-11-09 Peter Maydell * sbr/mf.c: fix buffer overrun with absurdly long addresses diff --git a/man/mh-profile.man b/man/mh-profile.man index a07503c..62db35f 100644 --- a/man/mh-profile.man +++ b/man/mh-profile.man @@ -591,7 +591,10 @@ program as the .IR whatnowproc , including one of the standard shells. As a result, it's not possible to pass -information via an argument list. +information via an argument list. The convention is that environment +variables whose names are all upper-case are user-settable; those +whose names are lower-case only are used internally by nmh and should +not generally be set by the user. .PP If the .B WHATNOW @@ -801,7 +804,13 @@ that message re-distribution is occurring. .PP .B $mheditor .RS 5 -This is set to tell the +This is set by +.BR comp , +.BR repl , +.BR forw , +and +.B dist +to tell the .I whatnowproc the user's choice of editor (unless overridden by -- 1.7.10.4