X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/c59d387888272695ccf163a8057275dbdc77afd0..4a78cbcd4fa986d9c1e7bd0a5a4bdb619faeb7cb:/man/msh.man diff --git a/man/msh.man b/man/msh.man index f8172f96..66e29fbe 100644 --- a/man/msh.man +++ b/man/msh.man @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH MSH %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%] +.TH MSH %manext1% "January 26, 2013" "%nmhversion%" .\" .\" %nmhwarning% .\" @@ -16,12 +16,15 @@ msh \- nmh shell (and BBoard reader) .RB [ \-version ] .RB [ \-help ] .ad +.SH STATUS +.B msh is deprecated and will be removed from the next nmh release. .SH DESCRIPTION .B msh is an interactive program that implements a subset of the normal .B nmh commands operating on a single file in -.BR packf 'd format. +.BR mmdf +format. That is, .B msh is used to read a file that contains a number @@ -43,7 +46,7 @@ can be used on other files, such as message archives which have been .BR pack ed (see -.BR packf (1)). +.IR packf (1)). Finally, .B msh is an excellent @@ -135,7 +138,7 @@ You may wish to use an alternate profile for the commands that .B msh executes; see -.BR mh-profile (5) +.IR mh-profile (5) for details about the .B $MH environment variable. @@ -176,7 +179,7 @@ substitutions, or alias substitutions. .PP When parsing commands to the left of any redirection symbol, .B msh -will honor `\\' (back\-slash) as the quote next\-character symbol, and +will honor `\\' (backslash) as the quote next\-character symbol, and `\*(lq' (double\-quote) as quote\-word delimiters. All other input tokens are separated by whitespace (spaces and tabs). .SH FILES @@ -208,13 +211,6 @@ are separated by whitespace (spaces and tabs). .SH CONTEXT None .SH BUGS -The argument to the -.B \-prompt -switch must be interpreted as a single -token by the shell that invokes -.BR msh . -Therefore, one must usually -place the argument to this switch inside double\-quotes. .PP There is a strict limit of messages per file in .BR packf 'd @@ -229,7 +225,7 @@ the nice facilities provided by the latter are not present in the former. .PP In particular, .B msh -does not understand back\-quoting, so the only +does not understand backquoting, so the only effective way to use .B pick inside