X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/67506f8a343d03fae9f5a98e89cbd431426347cc..9f8418e870a70c264eda1598f2d470e5428c216d:/man/mh-folders.man diff --git a/man/mh-folders.man b/man/mh-folders.man index 0fbdddd0..65a1d3e9 100644 --- a/man/mh-folders.man +++ b/man/mh-folders.man @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH MH-FOLDERS %manext5% "July 22, 2014" "%nmhversion%" +.TH MH-FOLDERS %manext5% "February 25, 2016" "%nmhversion%" .\" .\" %nmhwarning% .\" @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ the sequence file should be updated to remove the missing messages from the sequence. If a sequence contains no messages, it should be removed from the sequence file. The exception to this is the .B cur -sequence, which can refer to a nonexistant message. +sequence, which can refer to a nonexistent message. .RE .PP .SS Locking @@ -153,14 +153,29 @@ platform, and it is for popular platforms. That default should also be the same as used by the .B mail program, if provided on the platform. +.PP +.SS Naming +.B nmh +folders can be given arbitrary names, with one exception: +folders should not be given all-numeric names. This +limitation results from +.B nmh +messages themselves being stored +in numerically named files -- allowing folders to be named +similarly would make +.B nmh +slower, and introduce usage ambiguities. .SH FILES -.fc ^ ~ -.nf -.ta \w'^/\&.mh\(rusequences~'u -^/context~^The user context -^or $MHCONTEXT~^Rather than the standard context -^/\&.mh\(rusequences~^Public sequences for -.fi +.PD 0 +.TP 20 +/context +The user's context. +.TP 20 +$MHCONTEXT +Overrides the above context. +.TP 20 +/\&.mh\-sequences +Public sequences for . .SH "SEE ALSO" .I .IR flist (1),