Fix up some const and unsigned char warnings.

[nmh] / man / nmh.man

diff --git a/man/nmh.man b/man/nmh.man
index 977e0a8b55dcb0ed8b1626c0757c78ad7c3ebd17..111efeee496cef2e67f8dc9f25e1677d9304f18c 100644 (file)
--- a/man/nmh.man
+++ b/man/nmh.man
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-.TH NMH %manext7% "December 15, 2016" "%nmhversion%"
-.\"
+.TH NMH %manext7% 2016-09-26 "%nmhversion%"
+.
 .\" %nmhwarning%
-.\"
-.\" Register 'tt' contains the indent for .TP in the COMMANDS section:
-.nr tt \w'\fImh-sequence\fR(5)\0\0'u
-.\"
+.
 .SH NAME
 nmh \- new MH message system
+.
+.\" Register 'tt' contains the indent for .TP in the COMMANDS section:
+.nr tt \w'\fImh-sequence\fR(5)\0\0'u
+.
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B nmh
 is the name of a powerful message handling system.  Rather than
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ consists of a collection
 of fairly simple single-purpose programs to send, retrieve, save,
 and manipulate messages.
 .PP
-Unlike most mail clients in UNIX,
+Unlike most mail clients in Unix,
 .B nmh
 is not a closed system which
 must be explicitly run, then exited when you wish to return to the shell.
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ before, it will create the necessary default files and directories after
 asking you if you wish it to do so.
 .PP
 .B inc
-moves mail from your system maildrop into your
+moves mail from your system mail drop into your
 .B nmh
 \*(lq+inbox\*(rq
 folder, breaking it up into separate files and converting it
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ on a prototype message form, and then lets you send it via the
 .B whatnow
 command.
 .B whatnow
-also supports easy\-to\-use management of MIME attachments via
+also supports easy-to-use management of MIME attachments via
 its
 .B attach
 and related responses, as described in its man page.
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ 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.
+As a shorthand, \*(lq.\*(rq is equivalent to \*(lqcur\*(rq.
 .PP
 Commands which take a range of message numbers
 .RB ( rmm ,
@@ -169,7 +170,7 @@ 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
+all
 Indicates all messages, i.e.,
 .IR first - last .
 .TP
@@ -178,8 +179,11 @@ Indicates all messages, i.e.,
 .TP
 .IR <num> :\-N
 Up to
+.IR N ,
+where
 .I N
-messages beginning with (or ending with) message
+must be a positive number, messages beginning with (or ending with)
+message
 .IR num .
 .I Num
 may be any of the pre-defined symbols
@@ -189,6 +193,7 @@ may be any of the pre-defined symbols
 .B next
 or
 .BR last .
+The + can be omitted.
 .PD
 .TP
 .RI first: N
@@ -199,14 +204,15 @@ or
 .RI next: N
 .TP
 .RI last: N
-The first, previous, next or last
-messages, if they exist.
+As many of the first, previous, next, or last N messages that exist.
+As above, N can be preceded with - to end the listing at the specified
+message, or with an optional +.
 .PD
 .PP
 Commands that take a folder name
 .RB ( inc ,
 .BR refile ,
-.BR scan,
+.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
@@ -540,7 +546,7 @@ contains
 .B nmh
 library commands
 .TP
-$HOME/\&.mh_profile
+$HOME/.mh_profile
 The user's nmh profile
 .ne 4
 .SH "SEE ALSO"