--- a/bday.1	Wed Dec 19 01:19:57 2007 +0100
+++ b/bday.1	Wed Dec 19 01:26:56 2007 +0100
@@ -1,33 +1,25 @@
 .TH bday 1
 .SH NAME
 bday \- inform about upcoming birthdays and other events
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+
+
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-.BR bday\  [ -f
-.IR file ]
-.RB [ -W
+.BR bday\  [ -W
 .IR defwarn ]
 
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+
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 The 
 .B bday
-command reads a file, by default
-.IR ~/.birthdays ,
-which gives a list of birthdays and events (see section
+command reads standard input which gives a list of birthdays and events (see section
 .B FILE FORMAT
 for details). It produces a list of events which are coming up within the next few weeks.
 
-.SH OPTIONS
+
 
-.TP
-.BI -f\  file
-Read the events from
-.I file
-rather than
-.IR ~/.birthdays.
-If
-.I file
-is a single hyphen, read the events from the standard input (usually
-the terminal).
+.SH OPTIONS
 
 .TP
 .BI -W\  warn
@@ -37,12 +29,13 @@
 .B w
 flag (see
 .BR FILE\ FORMAT ).
-If this switch is not specified, it defaults to 21 days.
+If this switch is not specified, it defaults to 14 days.
+
 
 
 .SH FILE FORMAT
 
-Each line beginning with a hash sign, 
+Each line beginning with a hash sign,
 .RB ` # ',
 is a comment and will be ignored.
 
@@ -73,47 +66,44 @@
 .BI w n
 Warn
 .I n
-days in advance of the date, rather than the default of 21 days or the number given with the
+days in advance of the date, rather than the default of 14 days or the number given with the
 .B -W
 flag.
 .TP
-.BI for days
+.BI for\   days
 The event lasts for
 .B days
 days.
 .TP
-.BI to date
+.BI to\  date
 The event lasts until
 .IR date ,
 which should be in the same format as for the date of the event.
 
-.SH DATE SPECIFICATION
 
-This version of of the programm is patched to only handle standard ISO 8601 date format now.
-The intention to do change this behavior was to eliminate all those problems with different date formats.
-IMHO we have standards to use them. Backward compatibility is not that important here, in my eyes.
 
 .SH EXAMPLE
 
 Joe Blow=1974-04-25
 
-.SH FILES
 
-.TP
-.I ~/.birthdays
-Your default birthdays file.
 
 .SH SEE ALSO
 
-.BR birthday (1),
-cal (1)
+.BR birthday (1),\  cal (1)
+
+
 
 .SH BUGS
 The program cannot warn more than one year in advance of anything.
 
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+
 .SH CREDITS
 
 This Program is heavily based on birthday. But without all non essential stuff. Nevertheless, much thanks for birthday, Andy!
 
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+
 .SH AUTHOR
-Andy Mortimer <andy.mortimer@zetnet.co.uk> and markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
+markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de> and Andy Mortimer <andy.mortimer@zetnet.co.uk>