Added description of @folder format to nmh.man.

diff --git a/man/nmh.man b/man/nmh.man
index e15f1cdf9da5a4ac636583cca52ca0d361f9abc3..c8414b949ae4e4c85c6e8d859c1704f91c4bf48c 100644 (file)
--- a/man/nmh.man
+++ b/man/nmh.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH NMH %manext7% "November 3, 2012" "%nmhversion%"
+.TH NMH %manext7% "November 30, 2012" "%nmhversion%"

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


@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ Commands which take a message number as an argument
 \*(lqprev\*(rq, \*(lqcur\*(rq, \*(lqnext\*(rq, or \*(lqlast\*(rq to indicate
 (respectively) the first, previous, current, next, or last message in
 the current folder (assuming they are defined).
 \*(lqprev\*(rq, \*(lqcur\*(rq, \*(lqnext\*(rq, or \*(lqlast\*(rq to indicate
 (respectively) the first, previous, current, next, or last message in
 the current folder (assuming they are defined).

+As a shorthand, \*(lq\&.\*(rq is equivalent to \*(lqcur\*(rq.

 .PP
 Commands which take a range of message numbers
 .RB ( rmm ,
 .PP
 Commands which take a range of message numbers
 .RB ( rmm ,


@@ -194,6 +195,38 @@ The first, previous, next or last
 messages, if they exist.
 .PD
 .PP
 messages, if they exist.
 .PD
 .PP

+Commands which take a folder name
+.RB ( inc ,
+.BR refile ,
+.BR scan ,
+.BR sortm ,
+\&...) accept the folder name in two formats: \*(lq+folder\*(rq or
+\*(lq@folder\*(rq.  \*(lq+folder\*(rq specifies a folder underneath
+the Path defined in your profile; e.g., with the usual
+.RI \*(lq "Path: Mail" \*(rq,
+\*(lq+folder\*(rq tells nmh to use
+\*(lqMail/folder\*(rq.  \*(lq@folder\*(rq specifies a path
+relative to the current folder specified in your \*(lqcontext\*(rq
+file; e.g., with
+.RI \*(lq "Current-Folder: inbox" \*(rq,
+and the same profile, \*(lq@folder\*(rq tells nmh to use
+\*(lqMail/inbox/folder\*(rq.  If folder begins with \*(lq.\*(rq or
+\*(lq/\*(rq when using \*(lq+folder\*(rq, the folder is interpreted as
+a specific path to a directory on the filesystem rather than a
+relative folder location.
+For example,
+.TP \n(ttu
+.PD 0
+.BI "scan +" .
+scans the current directory
+.TP
+.BI "scan +" ../<dir>
+scans the named sibling directory
+.TP
+.BI "refile +" /tmp
+refiles into the /tmp directory
+.PD
+.PP

 There are many other possibilities such as creating multiple folders
 for different topics, and automatically refiling messages according to
 subject, source, destination, or content.  These are beyond the scope
 There are many other possibilities such as creating multiple folders
 for different topics, and automatically refiling messages according to
 subject, source, destination, or content.  These are beyond the scope