-.TH NMH %manext7% "September 11, 2012" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH NMH %manext7% "March 13, 2014" "%nmhversion%"
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.SH NAME
nmh \- new MH message system
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-any
-.B nmh
-command
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B nmh
is the name of a powerful message handling system. Rather than
\*(lq%bindir%\*(rq
in your
.BR $PATH .
-(Check the
-manual entry for the shell you use if you don't know how to
-do this.) Run the
+Run the
.B install-mh
command. If you've never used
.B nmh
.B attach
and related responses, as described in its man page.
.PP
+.B nmh
+command arguments are usually called
+.IR switches .
+Some switches have a corresponding \*(lq\-no\*(rq switch, which
+negates all previous occurrences of that switch on the command line.
+This allows a user to conveniently override, on the command line, a
+switch in their profile. Switches may be abbreviated as long as there
+is no ambiguity with another switch of the same command. To avoid
+ambiguity with any switches that may be added in the future, it is
+recommended that full switch names be used in durable code such as
+shell scripts, functions, and aliases.
+.PP
All the
.B nmh
-commands may be run with the single argument
+commands may be run with the single switch
.BR \-help ,
-which causes them to print a list of the arguments they may be invoked
+which causes them to print a list of the switches they may be invoked
with and then exit.
.PP
All the
.B nmh
-commands may be run with the single argument
+commands may be run with the single switch
.BR \-version ,
which causes them to print the version number of the
.B nmh
\*(lqprev\*(rq, \*(lqcur\*(rq, \*(lqnext\*(rq, or \*(lqlast\*(rq to indicate
(respectively) the first, previous, current, next, or last message in
the current folder (assuming they are defined).
+As a shorthand, \*(lq\&.\*(rq is equivalent to \*(lqcur\*(rq.
.PP
Commands which take a range of message numbers
.RB ( rmm ,
Indicates all messages in the range <num1> to <num2>, inclusive.
The range must be nonempty.
.TP
+.RI all
+Indicates all messages, i.e.,
+.IR first - last .
+.TP
.IR <num> :+ N
.PD 0
.TP
messages, if they exist.
.PD
.PP
+Commands that take a folder name
+.RB ( inc ,
+.BR refile ,
+.BR scan,
+\&...) accept the folder name in two formats: \*(lq+folder\*(rq or
+\*(lq@folder\*(rq. In both cases, \*(lqfolder\*(rq can be a
+\*(lq/\*(rq-separated path, e.g. \*(lqfoo/bar\*(rq. \*(lq+folder\*(rq
+specifies a directory path to a folder. If \*(lqfolder\*(rq starts
+with \*(lq/\*(rq then it's an absolute path from the root directory.
+If it is \*(lq.\*(rq or \*(lq..\*(rq, or starts with \*(lq./\*(rq or
+\*(lq../\*(rq, then it's relative to the current working directory.
+Otherwise it's relative to mh-profile(5)'s
+.RI \*(lq Path \*(rq,
+i.e. as given by
+.RB ` "mhpath +" `.
+\*(lq@folder\*(rq is a shorthand for \*(lq+curfolder/folder\*(rq; it's
+a relative path from the current folder. \*(lqcurfolder\*(rq is given
+by
+.RB ` mhpath `.
+For example, assuming a
+.B Path
+profile component of Mail,
+.TP \n(ttu
+.PD 0
+.BI "scan " +inbox
+scans $HOME/Mail/inbox
+.TP
+.BI "scan " +work/todo
+scans $HOME/Mail/work/todo
+.TP
+.BI "scan " @todo
+scans $HOME/Mail/work/todo, if current folder is +work
+.TP
+.BI "refile " @../done
+refiles to $HOME/Mail/work/done, if the current folder is +work/todo
+.TP
+.BI "scan " +/tmp
+scans /tmp
+.TP
+.BI "scan " +.
+scans the current directory
+.TP
+.BI "refile " @.
+refiles current message to end of current folder.
+.PD
+.PP
There are many other possibilities such as creating multiple folders
for different topics, and automatically refiling messages according to
subject, source, destination, or content. These are beyond the scope
.TP \n(ttu
.PD 0
.IR ap (8)
-parse addresses 822\-style
+parse addresses RFC 822\-style
.TP
.IR conflict (8)
search for alias/password conflicts
.TP
.IR dp (8)
-parse dates 822\-style
+parse dates RFC 822\-style
.TP
.IR fmtdump (8)
decode
.IR mh\-alias (5)
alias file for nmh message system
.TP
+.IR mh\-format (5)
+format file for nmh message system
+.TP
+.IR mh\-profile (5)
+user customization for nmh message system
+.TP
+.IR mh\-tailor (5)
+mail transport customization for nmh message system
+.PD
+.ne 4
+.SS
+Formats
+.TP \n(ttu
+.PD 0
.IR mh\-draft (5)
draft folder facility
.TP
-.IR mh\-format (5)
-format file for nmh message system
+.IR mh\-folders (5)
+nmh message storage format specification
.TP
.IR mh\-mail (5)
message format for nmh message system
.TP
-.IR mh\-profile (5)
-user customization for nmh message system
-.TP
.IR mh\-sequence (5)
sequence specification for nmh message system
-.TP
-.IR mh\-tailor (5)
-mail transport customization for nmh message system
.PD
.ne 4
.SH FILES
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR install-mh (1),
.IR mh-profile (5),
-.IR mh-chart (7)
+.IR mh-chart (7),
+.IR mh-mime (7)
.ne 4
.SH BUGS
If problems are encountered with an
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