Changes to burst.man

I'm not sure how relevant burst(1) is these days, but here goes...

diff --git a/man/burst.man b/man/burst.man
index 88bd2d1..4360c44 100644 (file)
--- a/man/burst.man
+++ b/man/burst.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH BURST %manext1% "April 18, 2014" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH BURST %manext1% "December 15, 2016" "%nmhversion%"

 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"
 .\"
 .\" %nmhwarning%
 .\"


@@ -25,18 +25,18 @@ Internet digests, and explodes them in that folder.
 .PP
 If
 .B \-inplace
 .PP
 If
 .B \-inplace

-is given, each digest is replaced by the \*(lqtable
-of contents\*(rq for the digest (the original digest is removed).
+is given, each digest is replaced by its \*(lqtable
+of contents\*(rq and the digest is removed.

 .B burst
 .B burst

-then renumbers all of the messages following the digest in the
-folder to make room for each of the messages contained within the digest.
-These messages are placed immediately after the digest.
+then renumbers the messages which follow the digest, in the folder,
+making room for each of the exploded messages, which are placed
+immediately after the \*(lqtable of contents\*(rq.

 .PP
 If
 .B \-noinplace
 is given, each digest is preserved, no table of contents
 .PP
 If
 .B \-noinplace
 is given, each digest is preserved, no table of contents

-is produced, and the messages contained within the digest are placed at
-the end of the folder.  Other messages are not tampered with in any way.
+is produced, and the exploded messages are placed at the end of the
+folder.  Other messages in the folder are not affected.

 .PP
 If
 .B \-automime
 .PP
 If
 .B \-automime


@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ actions that it is taking to explode the digest.
 It turns out that
 .B burst
 works equally well on forwarded messages
 It turns out that
 .B burst
 works equally well on forwarded messages

-and blind\-carbon\-copies as on Internet digests, provided that the
-former two were generated by
+and blind\-carbon\-copies as on Internet digests, provided
+that the former were generated by

 .B forw
 or
 .BR send .
 .B forw
 or
 .BR send .


@@ -132,12 +132,11 @@ in a similar, but not identical, state to the context achieved when using
 .SH BUGS
 The
 .B burst
 .SH BUGS
 The
 .B burst

-program enforces a limit on the number of messages which
-may be
+program enforces a limit of approximately 1,000 on the number of
+messages which may be

 .B burst
 .B burst

-from a single message.  This number is on the order
-of 1000 messages.  There is usually no limit on the number of messages
-which may reside in the folder after the
+from a single message. There is usually no limit on the number of
+messages which may reside in the folder after the

 .BR burst ing.
 .PP
 Although
 .BR burst ing.
 .PP
 Although


@@ -156,7 +155,7 @@ is not placed in a separate message by
 .BR burst .
 In the case of
 digestified messages, this text is usually an \*(lqEnd of digest\*(rq
 .BR burst .
 In the case of
 digestified messages, this text is usually an \*(lqEnd of digest\*(rq

-string.  As a result of this possibly un\-friendly behavior on the
+string.  As a result of this possibly unfriendly behavior on the

 part of
 .BR burst ,
 note that when the
 part of
 .BR burst ,
 note that when the