X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/022edbcac03f1d0baada6b3464de70e0545eae26..d3e11c5e9:/man/fmttest.man?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/man/fmttest.man b/man/fmttest.man index 0debf9b4..864efc19 100644 --- a/man/fmttest.man +++ b/man/fmttest.man @@ -1,11 +1,9 @@ -.TH FMTTEST %manext1% "August 31, 2014" "%nmhversion%" -.\" +.TH FMTTEST %manext1% 2014-08-31 "%nmhversion%" +. .\" %nmhwarning% -.\" -.SH FMTTEST -fmttest \- test tool for the -.IR mh-format (5) -language +. +.SH NAME +fmttest \- test tool for the nmh \fImh-format\fP\^(5) language .SH SYNOPSIS .HP 5 .na @@ -40,7 +38,7 @@ language .RI [ msgs " | " strings ] .ad .SH DESCRIPTION -.B Fmttest +.B fmttest is used to test programs written for the .B nmh format language as specified by @@ -51,21 +49,19 @@ It is also intended to replace the and .B fmtdump programs. -.PP -.SS FORMAT PROGRAM SELECTION +.SS Format Program Selection The .B \-format .I string and .B \-form .I formatfile -switches may be used to specify a format string or a format file to read. -If given a format string, it must be specified as a single argument to -the +specify a format string or file to read. +A format string, if given, must be a single argument to the .B \-format -switch. If given a format file name with +switch. If a format file name is passed to the .BR \-form , -the file is searched for using the normal +switch, the file is searched for using the normal .B nmh rules: absolute pathnames are accessed directly, tilde expansion is done on usernames, and files are searched for in the user's @@ -73,20 +69,20 @@ done on usernames, and files are searched for in the user's directory as specified in their profile. If not found there, the directory .RI \*(lq %nmhetcdir% \*(rq is checked. -.SS MODE SELECTION AND COMPONENT SPECIFICATION -.B Fmttest -has four operating modes: address mode, raw mode, date mode, and message -mode. These modes are selected by the +.SS Mode Selection and Component Specification +.B fmttest +has four operating modes - address, raw, date, and message - +which are selected by the .BR \-address , .BR \-raw , .BR \-date , and .B \-message -switches respectively. +switches, respectively. .PP -Address mode treats every argument as an email address and processes it -with nmh's email parser. Each argument is processed with the specified -format program with the parsed email address available as a special +Address mode treats every argument as an email address to be processed +by nmh's email parser using the specified format program. +The parsed address is made available as a special .RI %{ text } component escape, and the output from the program is printed on standard output. If there was an error parsing the email address the error message is @@ -101,9 +97,7 @@ following default program is used: .fi .RE .PP -In this mode -.B fmttest -is equivalent to +Address mode is equivalent to .IR ap (8). .PP In raw mode, no processing of the specified arguments is done. Each argument @@ -131,7 +125,7 @@ Date mode is equivalent to In message mode the arguments to .B fmttest are interpreted as an optional folder and messages. -.B Fmttest +.B fmttest will read each specified message and make all of the components in the message available to the format program. Also, the appropriate information for the @@ -165,8 +159,7 @@ fmttest \-nodupaddrs \-form replcomps \-outsize max [+folder] message Regardless of the mode, other components can be provided to the format program by the use of the .B \-\|\-component -switch. For example, the following program will test out the use of -the +switch. For example, the following program will test the use of the .RB \*(lq encrypted \*(rq component: .PP @@ -176,9 +169,9 @@ fmttest \-\|\-encrypted yes \-message cur .fi .RE .PP -In message mode components supplied on the command line will override +In message mode, components supplied on the command line will override components from messages. -.SS ADDITIONAL SWITCHES +.SS Additional Switches The .B \-dupaddrs and @@ -228,7 +221,7 @@ The .B \-width switch controls the column width which is used by the .RI `%( width )' -function escape. By default is set to the terminal width. +function escape. It defaults to the terminal width. .PP The .BR \-msgnum , @@ -243,9 +236,9 @@ function escapes: .RI `%( size )', and .RI `%( unseen )'. -If none are supplied these values are taken from the message in message mode; -in all other modes the default values are 0. -.SS COMPILING AND TRACING FORMAT PROGRAMS +If none are supplied, these values are taken from the message in +message mode; in all other modes the default values are 0. +.SS Compiling and Tracing Format Programs The .B \-dump switch outputs the complete set of format instructions for the specified @@ -259,7 +252,7 @@ and registers if they have changed from the previous instruction. The output buffer is also printed if it has changed from the previous instruction. -.SS FORMAT INSTRUCTIONS +.SS Format Instructions It should be noted that there is not a one-to-one correspondence between format escapes and format instructions; many instructions have side effects. Instructions prefixed with @@ -300,7 +293,7 @@ LV_LIT Load literal value into \fInum\fR register LV_DAT Load value from \fIdat\fR array into \fInum\fR register (see note) LV_STRLEN Set \fInum\fR to the length of \fIstr\fR LV_PLUS_L Add value to \fInum\fR register -LV_MINUS_L Substract value from \fInum\fR register +LV_MINUS_L Subtract value from \fInum\fR register LV_DIVIDE_L Divide \fInum\fR register by value LV_MODULO_L \fInum\fR modulo value LV_CHAR_LEFT Store remaining number of printable chars in \fInum\fR @@ -385,6 +378,7 @@ dat[4] %(\fIunseen\fR) .IR repl (1), .IR ap (8), .IR dp (8), +.IR fmtdump (8) .SH DEFAULTS .nf .RB ` \-message '