MAFE help page update suggestions

David Levine <[email protected]> Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:36:15 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.mail.exmh.devel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello,

Re: exmh-2.7.2/misc/mafe/help/mafe.html

There was a mistake, recently corrected, in the MH/nmh
mh-alias(5) man page:  a blind list must not be terminated
with a semicolon.  The MAFE help page contains such
semicolons in its Introduction and Terminology sections:

    2. nmh alias files can the format
          friends: All-Friends:, [email protected], [email protected], ...
       [email protected], ;
       (note the semicolon at the end as well as the comma usage) so that


   2: name: tag:, {list}, ;

Preceding the semicolon with a comma prevents its
deleterious effect.  However, to avoid confusion I suggest
removing both, something like:

    2. nmh alias files can the format
          friends: All-Friends:, [email protected], [email protected], ...
       [email protected]
       (note that there is no semicolon at the end) so that


   2: name: tag:, {list}

And "nmh alias files can the format" could use adjustment.

[I apologize if this is posted multiple times.  I sent it a
few weeks ago and it hasn't shown up in the archive.]

Thanks,
David