From b83b70b81220f03bf8db0f2c2a2024623171966e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Glenn Morris Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 02:47:50 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Minor fixes. --- doc/man/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ doc/man/b2m.1 | 17 +++++++++++------ 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/man/ChangeLog b/doc/man/ChangeLog index a8996c24d9c..e02faead86c 100644 --- a/doc/man/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/man/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2009-01-31 Glenn Morris + + * b2m.1: Minor fixes. + 2008-12-14 Dan Nicolaescu * ebrowse.1: Fix typos. Add more to the "SEE ALSO" section. diff --git a/doc/man/b2m.1 b/doc/man/b2m.1 index 09befc2babd..453f561c705 100644 --- a/doc/man/b2m.1 +++ b/doc/man/b2m.1 @@ -1,17 +1,22 @@ .\" See section COPYING for copyright and redistribution information. .TH b2m 1 .SH NAME -b2m \- convert RMAIL Babyl format to Unix mailbox format +b2m \- convert old Emacs Rmail Babyl format to mbox format .SH SYNOPSIS .B b2m +< +.I babyl-file +> +.I mbox-file .SH DESCRIPTION .B b2m -accepts Babyl format (as used by -.BR RMAIL +accepts Babyl format mail (as used by older versions of +.BR Rmail in .BR "GNU Emacs" ) -mail on standard input, and converts it to Unix mail format on -standard output. This program is distributed with +on standard input, and converts it to mbox format on standard output. +Babyl was the storage format used by Rmail prior to Emacs 23.1. Since +then, it uses standard mbox format. This program is distributed with .BR "GNU Emacs" . .PP .SH OPTIONS @@ -27,7 +32,7 @@ Display basic usage information. The Babyl format is described in the file .B etc/BABYL in the Emacs distribution. -.B RMAIL +.B Rmail is documented in the GNU Emacs manual, which you can read using .BR Info , either from Emacs or as a standalone program. -- 2.39.2