Ralph wrote:
> That's incorrect, corrected later. Might be nicer to explain the warty
> truth from the off. How about
Thanks, we now have:
Commands that take a folder name (inc, refile, scan, ...) accept the
folder name in two formats: "+folder" or "@folder". In both cases,
"folder" can be a "/"-separated path, e.g. "foo/bar". "+folder" speci-
fies a directory path to a folder. If "folder" starts with "/" then
it's an absolute path from the root directory. If it is "." or "..",
or starts with "./" or "../", then it's relative to the current working
directory. Otherwise it's relative to mh-profile(5)'s "Path", i.e. as
given by `mhpath +`. "@folder" is a shorthand for "+curfolder/folder";
it's a relative path from the current folder. "curfolder" is given by
`mhpath`. For example, assuming a Path profile component of Mail,
scan +inbox scans $HOME/Mail/inbox
scan +work/todo scans $HOME/Mail/work/todo
scan @todo scans $HOME/Mail/work/todo, if current folder is +work
refile @../done refiles to $HOME/Mail/work/done, if the current folder
is +work/todo
scan +/tmp scans /tmp
scan +. scans the current directory
refile @. refiles current message to end of current folder.
> Having the examples indented would be nice.
Also, there's another set of examples in the same man page that
isn't indented. I'm not about to try *roff formatting. Lyndon,
the latest has been committed if you want.
> > Also, I plan to change "+folder" to "+folder|@folder" in synopses.
>
> How about [+|@]folder since many synopses are already wordy.
That was my first thought, too. But given the notation, that
should really mean that "folder" is also accepted. How about
(+|@)folder ?
David
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