Removed obsolete comment about use of getcpy().

[nmh] / man / mh-folders.man

diff --git a/man/mh-folders.man b/man/mh-folders.man
index 0fbdddd067ab471088483ed46211750f0658b958..d5e3c141378f196368bf3c67846c6c4eb81aa88b 100644 (file)
--- a/man/mh-folders.man
+++ b/man/mh-folders.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH MH-FOLDERS %manext5% "July 22, 2014" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH MH-FOLDERS %manext5% "February 25, 2016" "%nmhversion%"

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


@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ the sequence file should be updated to remove the missing messages
 from the sequence.  If a sequence contains no messages, it should be
 removed from the sequence file.  The exception to this is the
 .B cur
 from the sequence.  If a sequence contains no messages, it should be
 removed from the sequence file.  The exception to this is the
 .B cur

-sequence, which can refer to a nonexistant message.
+sequence, which can refer to a nonexistent message.

 .RE
 .PP
 .SS Locking
 .RE
 .PP
 .SS Locking


@@ -153,16 +153,30 @@ platform, and it is for popular platforms.  That default should also
 be the same as used by the
 .B mail
 program, if provided on the platform.
 be the same as used by the
 .B mail
 program, if provided on the platform.

+.PP
+.SS Naming
+.B nmh
+folders can be given arbitrary names, with one exception:
+folders should not be given all-numeric names.  This
+limitation results from
+.B nmh
+messages themselves being stored
+in numerically named files -- allowing folders to be named
+similarly would make
+.B nmh
+slower, and introduce usage ambiguities.

 .SH FILES
 .SH FILES

-.fc ^ ~
-.nf
-.ta \w'^<folder>/\&.mh\(rusequences~'u
-^<mh\-dir>/context~^The user context
-^or $MHCONTEXT~^Rather than the standard context
-^<folder>/\&.mh\(rusequences~^Public sequences for <folder>
-.fi
+.PD 0
+.TP 20
+<mh\-dir>/context
+The user's context.
+.TP 20
+$MHCONTEXT
+Overrides the above context.
+.TP 20
+<folder>/\&.mh\-sequences
+Public sequences for <folder>.

 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 .SH "SEE ALSO"

-.I

 .IR flist (1),
 .IR folder (1),
 .IR mail (1),
 .IR flist (1),
 .IR folder (1),
 .IR mail (1),