On 2016-12-16, Paul Fox <[email protected]> wrote: > larry wrote: > > The line 'If the draft already exists, comp will ask you as to the > > disposition of the draft.' makes no sense to me, and I'm struggling > > to make it make sense. If we put to one side the fact that I think > > it's a broken sentence, I still haven't managed to get comp to > > accept - or prompt me for - a 'replace' option when 'the draft > > already exists', so I'm afraid I have to admit defeat here and seek > > the wisdom of the elders.
> $ comp -draftmessage last > Disposition? ? > Options are: > quit > replace > use > list > refile +folder > new > Disposition? Ah. Thank you. -draftmessage is not mentioned until the next paragraph, and not in relation to anyone's disposition. So, following along logically, one might reasonably expect 'comp -use' to present these options as 'the draft already exists', no? I mean, it says, clearly - and out of the blue - 'If the draft already exists, comp will ask you as to the disposition of the draft.' It doesn't say 'If the draft already exists, and you pass it the -draftmessage switch, comp will ask you as to the disposition of the draft. I would find '...comp will prompt you for the disposition of the draft' to be slightly (only slightly, mind) less obtuse than the current version. I shall campaign vigourously (here, alone, silently, so as not to disturb anyone) for the removal of 'disposition' in its entirety. Preposterous! _______________________________________________ Nmh-workers mailing list [email protected] https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/nmh-workers
