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More text about attachments mainly, plus some rearrangements.
author markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de>
date Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:57:37 +0200
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109 The system is well scriptable and extensible. 109 The system is well scriptable and extensible.
110 New MH tools are built out of or on top of existing ones quickly. 110 New MH tools are built out of or on top of existing ones quickly.
111 Further more, MH encourages the user to tailor, extend and automate the system. 111 Further more, MH encourages the user to tailor, extend and automate the system.
112 As the MH tool chest was modeled after the Unix tool chest, the 112 As the MH tool chest was modeled after the Unix tool chest, the
113 properties of the latter apply to the former as well. 113 properties of the latter apply to the former as well.
114
115
116 .ig \"XXX
117
118 .P
119 To ease typing, the switches can be abbreviated as much as the remaining
120 prefix remains unambiguous.
121 If in our example no other switch would start with the letter `t', then
122 .Cl "-truncate" ,
123 .Cl "-trunc" ,
124 .Cl "-tr" ,
125 and
126 .Cl "-t
127 would all be the same.
128 As a result, switches can neither be grouped (as in
129 .Cl "ls -ltr" )
130 nor can switch arguments be appended directly to the switch (as in
131 .Cl "sendmail -q30m" ).
132 .P
133 Many switches have negating counter-parts, which start with `no'.
134 For example
135 .Cl "-notruncate
136 inverts the
137 .Cl "-truncate
138 switch.
139 They exist to undo the effect of default switches in the profile.
140 If the user has chosen to change the default behavior of some tool
141 by adding a default switch to the profile,
142 he can still undo this change in behavior by specifying the inverse
143 switch on the command line.
144
145 ..
146
114 147
115 .U2 "Using MH 148 .U2 "Using MH
116 .P 149 .P
117 It is strongly recommended to have a look at the MH Book, 150 It is strongly recommended to have a look at the MH Book,
118 which introduces well into using MH. 151 which introduces well into using MH.