X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/af653199b64488e255589419e18ff768d17ddfaf..48ed9fc1445bbadcf852296202dd70d48bbe4838:/man/nmh.man diff --git a/man/nmh.man b/man/nmh.man index ce037968..b9dadd17 100644 --- a/man/nmh.man +++ b/man/nmh.man @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH NMH %manext7% "February 21, 2014" "%nmhversion%" +.TH NMH %manext7% "March 13, 2014" "%nmhversion%" .\" .\" %nmhwarning% .\" @@ -122,16 +122,28 @@ its .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 @@ -537,7 +549,8 @@ The user's nmh profile .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