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[nmh] / man / scan.man

diff --git a/man/scan.man b/man/scan.man
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--- a/man/scan.man
+++ b/man/scan.man
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
+.TH SCAN %manext1% "November 6, 2012" "%nmhversion%"
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"
-.TH SCAN %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
 .SH NAME
 scan \- produce a one line per message scan listing
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ produced if there are format errors in any of the messages.
 .PP
 By default,
 .B scan
-will decode RFC-2047 (MIME) encoding in
+will decode RFC 2047 (MIME) encoding in
 these scan listings.
 .B Scan
 will only decode these fields if your
@@ -158,11 +158,11 @@ or
 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
-.BR mh\-format (5)
+.IR mh\-format (5)
 for the details.
 .PP
 In addition to the standard
-.BR mh\-format (5)
+.IR mh\-format (5)
 escapes,
 .B scan
 also recognizes the following additional
@@ -189,6 +189,12 @@ modification of the message file itself.  This feature is handy for
 scanning a draft folder, as message drafts usually aren't allowed
 to have dates in them.
 .PP
+The
+.B %etcdir%
+directory contains several format files as examples of customized
+.B scan
+output.
+.PP
 .B scan
 will update the
 .B nmh
@@ -198,14 +204,12 @@ so interrupting a long
 listing preserves the new context.
 .B nmh
 purists hate this idea.
-
 .SH FILES
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf
 .ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName  'u
 ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
 .fi
-
 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf
@@ -215,10 +219,10 @@ purists hate this idea.
 ^Alternate\-Mailboxes:~^To determine the user's mailboxes
 ^Current\-Folder:~^To find the default current folder
 .fi
-
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
-inc(1), pick(1), show(1), mh\-format(5)
-
+.IR pick (1),
+.IR show (1),
+.IR mh\-format (5)
 .SH DEFAULTS
 .nf
 .RB ` +folder "' defaults to the current folder"
@@ -227,26 +231,15 @@ inc(1), pick(1), show(1), mh\-format(5)
 .RB ` \-noheader '
 .RB ` \-width "' defaulted to the width of the terminal"
 .fi
-
 .SH CONTEXT
 If a folder is given, it will become the current folder.
-
 .SH HISTORY
 Prior to using the format string mechanism,
 .B \-header
 used to generate
 a heading saying what each column in the listing was.  Format strings
 prevent this from happening.
-
 .SH BUGS
-The argument to the
-.B \-format
-switch must be interpreted as a single
-token by the shell that invokes
-.BR scan .
-Therefore, one must usually
-place the argument to this switch inside quotes.
-.PP
 The value of each
 .I component
 escape is set by