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More text about attachments mainly, plus some rearrangements.
author | markus schnalke <meillo@marmaro.de> |
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date | Wed, 20 Jun 2012 17:57:37 +0200 |
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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,