Added note that suffixes were removed from filenames of temporary files.

[nmh] / man / msh.man

diff --git a/man/msh.man b/man/msh.man
index e0ba5877752c51868971aa59cd808dae6566dcac..66e29fbe1d70d8018f1c275fc1c3d24e4f3efb20 100644 (file)
--- a/man/msh.man
+++ b/man/msh.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH MSH %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
+.TH MSH %manext1% "January 26, 2013" "%nmhversion%"
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"
@@ -16,12 +16,15 @@ msh \- nmh shell (and BBoard reader)
 .RB [ \-version ]
 .RB [ \-help ]
 .ad
+.SH STATUS
+.B msh is deprecated and will be removed from the next nmh release.
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B msh
 is an interactive program that implements a subset of the normal
 .B nmh
 commands operating on a single file in
-.BR packf 'd format.
+.BR mmdf
+format.
 That is,
 .B msh
 is used to read a file that contains a number
@@ -176,7 +179,7 @@ substitutions, or alias substitutions.
 .PP
 When parsing commands to the left of any redirection symbol,
 .B msh
-will honor `\\' (back\-slash) as the quote next\-character symbol, and
+will honor `\\' (backslash) as the quote next\-character symbol, and
 `\*(lq' (double\-quote) as quote\-word delimiters.  All other input tokens
 are separated by whitespace (spaces and tabs).
 .SH FILES
@@ -208,13 +211,6 @@ are separated by whitespace (spaces and tabs).
 .SH CONTEXT
 None
 .SH BUGS
-The argument to the
-.B \-prompt
-switch must be interpreted as a single
-token by the shell that invokes
-.BR msh .
-Therefore, one must usually
-place the argument to this switch inside double\-quotes.
 .PP
 There is a strict limit of messages per file in
 .BR packf 'd
@@ -229,7 +225,7 @@ the nice facilities provided by the latter are not present in the former.
 .PP
 In particular,
 .B msh
-does not understand back\-quoting, so the only
+does not understand backquoting, so the only
 effective way to use
 .B pick
 inside