(Getting Started): Describe $MH.

[gnu-emacs] / doc / misc / mh-e.texi

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@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
 @c Edition of the manual. It is either empty for the first edition or
 @c has the form ", nth Edition" (without the quotes).
 @set EDITION
-@set UPDATED 2008-08-18
-@set UPDATE-MONTH August, 2008
+@set UPDATED 2009-01-02
+@set UPDATE-MONTH January, 2009
 
 @c Other variables.
 @set MH-BOOK-HOME http://rand-mh.sourceforge.net/book/mh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 This is version @value{VERSION}@value{EDITION} of @cite{The MH-E
 Manual}, last updated @value{UPDATED}.
 
-Copyright @copyright{} 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
+Copyright @copyright{} 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 
 @c This dual license has been agreed upon by the FSF.
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ under the terms of either:
 
 @enumerate a
 @item
-the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version
+the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version
 published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections,
 with the Front-Cover texts being ``A GNU Manual,'' and with the
 Back-Cover Texts as in (a) below. A copy of the license is included in
@@ -578,7 +578,8 @@ the more you can leverage its power. See the
 @cindex MH profile component, @samp{Path:}
 
 Your MH environment includes your @dfn{MH profile} which is found in
-the file @file{~/.mh_profile}. This file contains a number of @dfn{MH
+the file @file{~/.mh_profile}, or the file named in the environment
+variable @samp{$MH}. This file contains a number of @dfn{MH
 profile components}. For example, the @samp{Path:} MH profile
 component contains the path to your mail directory, which is
 @file{~/Mail} by default.
@@ -8040,8 +8041,11 @@ Program used to scan messages (default: @code{"scan"}).
 There are a couple of caveats when creating your own scan format file.
 First, MH-E will not work if your scan lines do not include message
 numbers. It will work poorly if you don't dedicate a column for
-showing the current message and notations. You won't be able to use
-the option @code{mh-adaptive-cmd-note-flag} or the threading features
+showing the current message and notations. It is also best to keep the
+first column empty to make room for the cursor and so that text isn't
+obscured by the current message's overlay arrow when running in a
+terminal. You won't be able to use the option
+@code{mh-adaptive-cmd-note-flag} or the threading features
 (@pxref{Threading}).
 
 @cindex message numbers