X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/d1cb667bddf8d1c5c0721fc7ab642c22946baf1f..683e0fb1a14da5b9ce7bc5db6e76951d14d79348:/man/msh.man diff --git a/man/msh.man b/man/msh.man index ba239cea..57770b52 100644 --- a/man/msh.man +++ b/man/msh.man @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH MSH %manext1% "January 8, 2012" "%nmhversion%" +.TH MSH %manext1% "November 6, 2012" "%nmhversion%" .\" .\" %nmhwarning% .\" @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ msh \- nmh shell (and BBoard reader) 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 packf 'd +format. That is, .B msh is used to read a file that contains a number @@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ 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 +209,6 @@ 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 +223,7 @@ 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