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+++ b/man/mhl.man
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
+.TH MHL %manext1% "September 14, 2014" "%nmhversion%"
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"
-.TH MHL %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
 .SH NAME
 mhl \- produce formatted listings of nmh messages
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .HP 5
 .na
-.B %libdir%/mhl
+.B %nmhlibexecdir%/mhl
+.RB [ \-help ]
+.RB [ \-version ]
 .RB [ \-bell " | " \-nobell ]
 .RB [ \-clear " | " \-noclear ]
 .RB [ \-folder
@@ -21,10 +23,11 @@ mhl \- produce formatted listings of nmh messages
 .RB [ \-moreproc
 .IR program ]
 .RB [ \-nomoreproc ]
+.RB [ \-fmtproc
+.IR program ]
+.RB [ \-nofmtproc ]
 .RI [ files
 .IR \&... ]
-.RB [ \-version ]
-.RB [ \-help ]
 .ad
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B Mhl
@@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ is called
 will first search for this file in the user's
 .B nmh
 directory, and will then search in the directory
-.IR %etcdir% .
+.IR %nmhetcdir% .
 This default
 can be changed by using the
 .B \-form
@@ -233,6 +236,9 @@ nocenter	flag	don't center
 leftadjust	flag	strip off leading whitespace on each
 		line of text
 noleftadjust	flag	don't leftadjust
+rtrim	flag	trim whitespace at end of text lines
+nortrim	flag	retain whitespace at end of text
+		lines (default)
 compress	flag	change newlines in text to spaces
 nocompress	flag	don't compress
 wrap	flag	Wrap lines that exceed width (default)
@@ -246,7 +252,7 @@ newline	flag	print newline at end of components
 nonewline	flag	don't print newline at end of components
 formatfield	string	format string for this component
 		(see below)
-decode	flag	decode text as RFC-2047 encoded
+decode	flag	decode text as RFC 2047 encoded
 		header field
 addrfield	flag	field contains addresses
 datefield	flag	field contains dates
@@ -254,6 +260,7 @@ format	flag	Run component through formatproc filter
 		(body only)
 noformat	flag	Do not run component through
 		formatproc filter (default)
+formatarg	string	Argument to format filter
 .fi
 .RE
 .PP
@@ -297,7 +304,7 @@ The default format file is:
 .RE
 .PP
 The variable \*(lqformatfield\*(rq specifies a format string (see
-.BR mh\-format (5)).
+.IR mh\-format (5)).
 The flag variables \*(lqaddrfield\*(rq and
 \*(lqdatefield\*(rq (which are mutually exclusive), tell
 .B mhl
@@ -308,7 +315,7 @@ By default,
 .B mhl
 does not apply any formatting string to fields
 containing address or dates (see
-.BR mh\-mail (5)
+.IR mh\-mail (5)
 for a list of these
 fields).  Note that this results in faster operation since
 .B mhl
@@ -331,21 +338,37 @@ name will be prefixed to the output
 the filter has been run.  The expected use of this is to filter a message
 body to create more pleasing text to use in a reply message.
 A suggested filter to use for
-.BR repl(1)
+.IR repl(1)
 is as follows:
 .PP
 .RS 5
 body:component=">",overflowtext=">",overflowoffset=0,format,nowrap
 .RE
+.PP
+The
+.B \-fmtproc
+and
+.B \-nofmtproc
+switches can be used to override the
+.I formatproc
+profile entry.
+.PP
+The
+.I formatarg
+option specifies a string that is used as an argument to the format filter.
+This string is processed by 
+.IR mh\-format (5)
+and all of the message components are available for use.  Multiple
+.I formatarg
+options can be used to build up multiple arguments to the format filter.
 .SH FILES
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf
-.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName  'u
-^%etcdir%/mhl.format~^The message template
+.ta \w'%nmhetcdir%/ExtraBigFileName  'u
+^%nmhetcdir%/mhl.format~^The message template
 ^or <mh\-dir>/mhl.format~^Rather than the standard template
 ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
 .fi
-
 .SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
 .fc ^ ~
 .nf
@@ -355,10 +378,10 @@ body:component=">",overflowtext=">",overflowoffset=0,format,nowrap
 ^formatproc:~^Program to use as a filter for components that
 ^^have the \*(lqformat\*(rq flag set.
 .fi
-
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
-show(1), ap(8), dp(8)
-
+.IR show (1),
+.IR ap (8),
+.IR dp (8)
 .SH DEFAULTS
 .nf
 .RB ` \-bell '
@@ -366,13 +389,14 @@ show(1), ap(8), dp(8)
 .RB ` \-length\ 40 '
 .RB ` \-width\ 80 '
 .fi
-
 .SH CONTEXT
 None
-
 .SH BUGS
 There should be some way to pass `bell' and `clear' information to the 
 front\-end.
 .PP
 The \*(lqnonewline\*(rq option interacts badly with \*(lqcompress\*(rq
 and \*(lqsplit\*(rq.
+.PP
+The \*(lqformat\*(rq option really should work on something other than the body
+component.