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.SH NAME
mark \- manipulate nmh message sequences
.SH SYNOPSIS
The
.B mark
command manipulates message sequences by adding or deleting
-message numbers from folder\-specific message sequences, or by listing
+message numbers from folder-specific message sequences, or by listing
those sequences and messages.
.PP
A message sequence is a keyword, just like one of the \*(lqreserved\*(rq
message names, such as \*(lqfirst\*(rq or \*(lqnext\*(rq. Unlike the
\*(lqreserved\*(rq message names, which have a fixed semantics on
-a per\-folder basis, the semantics of a message sequence may be
+a per-folder basis, the semantics of a message sequence may be
defined, modified, and removed by the user. Message sequences are
-folder\-specific, e.g., the sequence name \*(lqseen\*(rq in the context
+folder-specific, e.g., the sequence name \*(lqseen\*(rq in the context
of folder
.RI \*(lq +inbox \*(rq
need not have any relation whatsoever to the
you. If neither of these switches is specified, then existing sequences
will maintain their current status, and new sequences will default to
\*(lqpublic\*(rq if you have write permission for the relevant folder.
-Check the
+Check
.IR mh\-sequence (5)
-man page for more details about the difference
+for more details about the difference
between \*(lqpublic\*(rq and \*(lqprivate\*(rq sequences.
.PP
The
\*(lqlast\*(rq, \*(lqall\*(rq, \*(lqnext\*(rq, or \*(lqprev\*(rq.
.PP
.IP \(bu 2
-Message ranges with user\-defined sequence names are restricted to the
+Message ranges with user-defined sequence names are restricted to the
form \*(lqname:n\*(rq, \*(lqname:+n\*(rq, or \*(lqname:-n\*(rq, and refer
to the first or last `n' messages of the sequence `name', respectively.
Constructs of the form \*(lqname1\-name2\*(rq are forbidden for user