1.1 --- a/ch01.roff	Wed Jun 20 11:48:52 2012 +0200
     1.2 +++ b/ch01.roff	Wed Jun 20 17:57:37 2012 +0200
     1.3 @@ -112,6 +112,39 @@
     1.4  As the MH tool chest was modeled after the Unix tool chest, the
     1.5  properties of the latter apply to the former as well.
     1.6  
     1.7 +
     1.8 +.ig \"XXX
     1.9 +
    1.10 +.P
    1.11 +To ease typing, the switches can be abbreviated as much as the remaining
    1.12 +prefix remains unambiguous.
    1.13 +If in our example no other switch would start with the letter `t', then
    1.14 +.Cl "-truncate" ,
    1.15 +.Cl "-trunc" ,
    1.16 +.Cl "-tr" ,
    1.17 +and
    1.18 +.Cl "-t
    1.19 +would all be the same.
    1.20 +As a result, switches can neither be grouped (as in
    1.21 +.Cl "ls -ltr" )
    1.22 +nor can switch arguments be appended directly to the switch (as in
    1.23 +.Cl "sendmail -q30m" ).
    1.24 +.P
    1.25 +Many switches have negating counter-parts, which start with `no'.
    1.26 +For example
    1.27 +.Cl "-notruncate
    1.28 +inverts the
    1.29 +.Cl "-truncate
    1.30 +switch.
    1.31 +They exist to undo the effect of default switches in the profile.
    1.32 +If the user has chosen to change the default behavior of some tool
    1.33 +by adding a default switch to the profile,
    1.34 +he can still undo this change in behavior by specifying the inverse
    1.35 +switch on the command line.
    1.36 +
    1.37 +..
    1.38 +
    1.39 +
    1.40  .U2 "Using MH
    1.41  .P
    1.42  It is strongly recommended to have a look at the MH Book,