Added -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 now that the build is clean with it.

[nmh] / man / pick.man

diff --git a/man/pick.man b/man/pick.man
index fd5072c2baf3a44832147769ace9a6c0bfffc31f..e023db5c8d0bd14eeb2f126cb1e00e752fc7c1d8 100644 (file)
--- a/man/pick.man
+++ b/man/pick.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH PICK %manext1% "November 6, 2012" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH PICK %manext1% "August 3, 2014" "%nmhversion%"

 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"


@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ pick \- search for messages by content
 .RB [ \-public " | " \-nopublic ]
 .RB [ \-zero " | " \-nozero ]
 .RB [ \-list " | " \-nolist ] 
 .RB [ \-public " | " \-nopublic ]
 .RB [ \-zero " | " \-nozero ]
 .RB [ \-list " | " \-nolist ] 

+.RB [ \-debug ]

 .RB [ \-version ]
 .RB [ \-help ]
 .PP
 .RB [ \-version ]
 .RB [ \-help ]
 .PP


@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ Both the
 .B \-after
 and
 .B \-before
 .B \-after
 and
 .B \-before

-switches take legal 822\-style date
+switches take legal RFC 822\-style date

 specifications as arguments.
 .B Pick
 will default certain missing
 specifications as arguments.
 .B Pick
 will default certain missing


@@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ are (in order of defaulting): timezone, time and timezone, date, date
 and timezone.  All defaults are taken from the current date, time,
 and timezone.
 .PP
 and timezone.  All defaults are taken from the current date, time,
 and timezone.
 .PP

-In addition to 822\-style dates,
+In addition to RFC 822\-style dates,

 .B pick
 will also recognize any of
 the days of the week (\*(lqsunday\*(rq, \*(lqmonday\*(rq, and so on),
 .B pick
 will also recognize any of
 the days of the week (\*(lqsunday\*(rq, \*(lqmonday\*(rq, and so on),


@@ -287,6 +288,44 @@ in the
 same way
 .B mark
 uses them.
 same way
 .B mark
 uses them.

+.PP
+The
+.B \-debug
+switch causes pick to output a representation of the search
+pattern.
+.SS "Output when no messages are matched"
+If
+.B pick
+is used in a backquoted operation, such as
+.PP
+.RS 5
+scan\0`pick\0\-from\0jones`
+.RE
+.PP
+and
+.B pick
+selects no messages (e.g., no messages are from
+\*(lqjones\*(rq), then the shell will still run the outer command (e.g.,
+.BR scan ).
+Since no messages were matched,
+.B pick
+produced
+no output, and the argument given to the outer command as a result of
+backquoting
+.B pick
+is empty.  In the case of
+.B nmh
+programs,
+the outer command now acts as if the default `msg' or `msgs' should be
+used (e.g., \*(lqall\*(rq in the case of
+.BR scan ).
+To prevent this
+unexpected behavior, if
+.B \-list
+was given, and if its standard output is not a tty, then
+.B pick
+outputs the illegal message number \*(lq0\*(rq
+when it fails.  This lets the outer command fail gracefully as well.

 .SH FILES
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf
 .SH FILES
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf


@@ -371,38 +410,5 @@ or
 .B \-before
 switch it applies to.
 .PP
 .B \-before
 switch it applies to.
 .PP

-If
-.B pick
-is used in a backquoted operation, such as
-.PP
-.RS 5
-scan\0`pick\0\-from\0jones`
-.RE
-.PP
-and
-.B pick
-selects no messages (e.g., no messages are from
-\*(lqjones\*(rq), then the shell will still run the outer command (e.g.,
-.BR scan ).
-Since no messages were matched,
-.B pick
-produced
-no output, and the argument given to the outer command as a result of
-backquoting
-.B pick
-is empty.  In the case of
-.B nmh
-programs,
-the outer command now acts as if the default `msg' or `msgs' should be
-used (e.g., \*(lqall\*(rq in the case of
-.BR scan ).
-To prevent this
-unexpected behavior, if
-.B \-list
-was given, and if its standard output is not a tty, then
-.B pick
-outputs the illegal message number \*(lq0\*(rq
-when it fails.  This lets the outer command fail gracefully as well.
-.PP

 The pattern syntax \*(lq[l-r]\*(rq is not supported; each letter to be
 matched must be included within the square brackets.
 The pattern syntax \*(lq[l-r]\*(rq is not supported; each letter to be
 matched must be included within the square brackets.