Replaced individual assignment of array elements, one of which was

[nmh] / man / mhfixmsg.man

diff --git a/man/mhfixmsg.man b/man/mhfixmsg.man
index d954c00671a118d5e4474822a15166c5c410a1ad..84245661ca99dd5e089aef31ddfd0002bc0dcd56 100644 (file)
--- a/man/mhfixmsg.man
+++ b/man/mhfixmsg.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH MHFIXMSG %manext1% "November 22, 2014" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH MHFIXMSG %manext1% "February 8, 2015" "%nmhversion%"
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ mhfixmsg \- rewrite MIME messages with various transformations
 .RB [ \-replacetextplain " | " \-noreplacetextplain ]
 .RB [ \-fixboundary " | " \-nofixboundary ]
 .RB [ \-fixcte " | " \-nofixcte ]
+.RB [ \-fixtype
+.IR mimetype ]
 .RB [ \-outfile
 .IR outfile ]
 .RB [ \-rmmproc
@@ -102,6 +104,17 @@ inserts that text/plain part at the beginning of the containing
 multipart/alternative part, if present.  If not, it creates a
 multipart/alternative part.
 .PP
+With the
+.B \-reformat
+switch, multipart/related parts are handled differently than
+multipart/alternative.  If the multipart/related has only a single
+part that is not text/plain and can be converted to text/plain, a
+text/plain part is added and the type of the part is changed to
+multipart/alternative.  If the multipart/related has more than one
+part but does not have a text/plain part,
+.B mhfixmsg
+tries to add one.
+.PP
 The
 .B \-replacetextplain
 switch broadens the applicability of
@@ -150,6 +163,18 @@ and other
 programs that parse MIME messages.
 .PP
 The
+.B \-fixtype
+switch ensures that each part of the message has the correct MIME type
+shown in its Content-Type header.  It may be repeated.  It is
+typically used to replace \*(lqapplication/octet-stream\*(rq with a
+more descriptive MIME type.  It may not be used for multipart and
+message types.
+.PP
+.B mhfixmsg
+applies one transformation unconditionally:  it removes an extraneous
+trailing semicolon from the parameter lists of MIME header fields.
+.PP
+The
 .B \-verbose
 switch directs
 .B mhfixmsg
@@ -236,6 +261,7 @@ content type and/or encoding as follows:
 \-reformat     text parts that are not text/plain
 \-fixboundary  outermost multipart part
 \-fixcte       multipart part
+\-fixtype      all except multipart and message parts
 .fi
 .RE
 .PP