+.BR mhbuild-convert-text/plain
+entries.
+Profile entries can be used to override corresponding
+.I mhn.defaults
+entries, as usual. Text converters should limit text line lengths
+to a maximum of 78 characters, and must limit them to a maximum of 998
+characters, per RFC 5322 Sec.\& 2.1.1.
+.PP
+For each
+.I TYPE
+part in
+.IR FILE ,
+.B mhbuild
+runs
+.I CONVERTER ARGSTRING
+on the content of the part.
+Each part in
+.I FILE
+that has no corresponding TYPE entry in the profile or
+.I mhn.defaults
+is
+excluded from the draft; the user can include them using mhbuild
+directives.
+.PP
+.B repl
+inserts
+.B Nmh-mhbuild-text/html:
+and
+.B Nmh-mhbuild-text/plain:
+pseudoheaders in every draft.
+The user can prevent insertion of
+content parts of either of those types by putting corresponding empty
+entries in their profile.
+.PP
+Only the highest precedence alternative with a supported
+.I TYPE
+of a multipart/alternative part is used.
+.PP
+mhn.defaults.sh selects the text/html-to-text/plain converter at
+install time.
+It includes
+.B iconv
+and
+.BR par ,
+or
+.BR fmt ,
+in the pipeline only if they are found.
+.PP
+Some content types require the addition of parameters to the
+Content-Type header, such as
+\*(lqmethod=REPLY\*(rq
+for text/calendar.
+.B mhbuild
+looks for a Content-Type header, followed
+by a blank line, at the beginning of the converter output.
+If one is
+found, it is used for the corresponding part in the reply draft.
+.PP
+The convert interface doesn't support different
+.IR ARGSTRING s
+or different converters for different parts of the same
+.IR TYPE .
+That would require associating parts by part number with the
+.IR ARGSTRING s
+or converters.
+Instead, that can be done (currently, without using
+the convert support), with
+.B mhbuild
+directives as described below, e.g.,
+.PP
+.RS 5
+#text/html; charset=utf-8 *8bit | mhstore -noverbose -part 42.7 -outfile - | w3m -dump -cols 64 -T text/html -O utf-8
+.RE
+.PP
+The only way to mix
+convert
+pseudoheaders and
+.B mhbuild
+directives is to insert the directives before
+.B mhbuild
+is run, which is typically done by entering
+.I mime
+at the \*(lqWhat now?\*(rq prompt, or with an
+.B \-editor mhbuild
+switch.
+.PP
+These (optional) setup steps can make the convert support
+easier to use:
+.TP 5
+1)
+If the
+.B par
+program is installed on your system, it will be set by default
+(in
+.IR mhn.defaults )
+to filter the converter output.
+It helps to
+set the
+PARINIT
+environment variable, as described in its man page.
+.TP 5
+2)
+Add this line to your profile:
+.IP "" 10
+mhbuild-next: $EDITOR
+.IP "" 5
+assuming that your EDTIOR environment variable is set; if not, replace
+EDITOR with the name of your editor.
+Without that profile entry, a
+response of \*(lqe[dit]\*(rq at the What now? prompt will require
+specification of your editor if an
+.B \-editor mhbuild
+switch is used.
+.RE
+.TP 5
+3)
+If using
+.BR repl ,
+source the Bourne-shell compatible functions in
+.IR %docdir%/contrib/replaliases .
+.br
+That script also sets the
+PARINIT
+environment variable if it was not set.
+.RE