X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/34b792b0953b6104cc21eb88c2e34f3cc53f71b6..d50cd0782e32cf9632e7cf7299960e1f666fdc59:/man/mh-profile.man diff --git a/man/mh-profile.man b/man/mh-profile.man index f34ac4ba..2c1b3d7a 100644 --- a/man/mh-profile.man +++ b/man/mh-profile.man @@ -672,26 +672,17 @@ This is the program used by to determine to whom a message would be sent. .RE .SS "Profile Lookup" -Some -.B nmh -programs will look in more than just the user's -.I \&.mh\(ruprofile -for profile entries. In particular, -.BR mhbuild , -.BR mhshow , -.BR mhstore , -and -.BR mhn -will also all look in a file specified by a program-specific -environment variable (see below), and after that in -the system-installed profile (%etcdir%/mhn.defaults). (The -.B mhfixmsg -program is similar, but doesn't consult an environment variable.) -The first match found for a particular component will be used, -allowing user-supplied entries to override those that are system-supplied. -A profile component with a blank value field will "hide" any later -occurrences of the component, and will make the entry appear to be -absent. +After consulting .mh_profile, +some programs read an optional profile specified by a +program-specific environment variable, +and then the system-wide profile %etcdir%/mhn.defaults. +These programs are mhbuild, mhshow, mhstore, and mhn. +mhfixmsg is similar, but has no optional profile. + +The first occurrence of a component is used, +e.g.\& .mh_profile's trumps $MHSHOW's. +A component with no value still stops further occurrences being used, +but is considered absent. .SS "Environment Variables" The operation of .B nmh @@ -764,7 +755,7 @@ additional user profile (file) to be read by .BR mhn , in addition to the mhn.defaults profile. .B mhn -is deprecated, so this support for this variable will +is deprecated, so support for this variable will be removed from a future nmh release. .RE .PP @@ -887,6 +878,13 @@ will emit debugging information. If this variable is set to a non-null value, .B pick will emit a representation of the search pattern. +.B $MHPDEBUG +is deprecated, so support for this variable will +be removed from a future nmh release. Instead, +.B pick +now supports a +.B \-debug +switch. .RE .PP .B $MHWDEBUG