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1 .\" @(MHWARNING)
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2 .\" @(#)$Id: mark.rf,v 1.1.1.1 2005/04/18 14:46:03 kono Exp $
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3 .SC MARK 1
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4 .NA
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5 mark \- mark messages
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6 .SY
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7 mark
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8 \%[+folder] \%[msgs]
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9 \%[\-sequence\ name\ ...]
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10 \%[\-add] \%[\-delete] \%[\-list]
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11 \%[\-public] \%[\-nopublic]
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12 \%[\-zero] \%[\-nozero]
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13 \%[\-help]
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14 .DE
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15 The \fImark\fR command manipulates message sequences by adding or
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16 deleting message numbers from folder\-specific message sequences,
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17 or by listing those sequences and messages.
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18 A message sequence is a keyword, just like one of the
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19 \*(lqreserved\*(rq message names,
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20 such as \*(lqfirst\*(rq or \*(lqnext\*(rq.
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21 Unlike the \*(lqreserved\*(rq message names,
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22 which have a fixed semantics on a per\-folder basis,
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23 the semantics of a message sequence may be defined, modified, and
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24 removed by the user.
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25 Message sequences are folder\-specific, e.g.,
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26 the sequence name \*(lqseen\*(rq in the context of folder \*(lq+inbox\*(rq
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27 need not have any relation whatsoever to the sequence of the same name
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28 in a folder of a different name.
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29
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30 Three action switches direct the operation of \fImark\fR.
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31 These switches are mutually exclusive:
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32 the last occurrence of any of them overrides any previous occurrence of the
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33 other two.
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34
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35 The `\-add' switch tells \fImark\fR to add messages to sequences
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36 or to create a new sequence.
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37 For each sequence named via the `\-sequence\ name' argument
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38 (which must occur at least once)
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39 the messages named via `msgs'
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40 (which defaults to \*(lqcur\*(rq if no `msgs' are given),
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41 are added to the sequence.
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42 The messages to be added need not be absent from the sequence.
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43 If the `\-zero' switch is specified,
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44 the sequence will be emptied prior to adding the messages.
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45 Hence, `\-add\ \-zero' means that each sequence should be initialized
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46 to the indicated messages,
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47 while `\-add\ \-nozero' means that each sequence should be appended to
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48 by the indicated messages.
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49
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50 The `\-delete' switch tells \fImark\fR to delete messages from
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51 sequences, and is the dual of `\-add'.
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52 For each of the named sequences,
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53 the named messages are removed from the sequence.
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54 These messages need not be already present in the sequence.
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55 If the `\-zero' switch is specified,
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56 then all messages in the folder are appended to the sequence prior to
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57 removing the messages.
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58 Hence, `\-delete\ \-zero' means that each sequence should contain all
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59 messages except those indicated,
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60 while `\-delete\ \-nozero' means that only the indicated messages
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61 should be removed from each sequence.
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62 As expected, the command `mark\0\-sequence\0seen\0\-delete\0all'
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63 deletes the sequence \*(lqseen\*(rq from the current folder.
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64
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65 When creating (or modifying) a sequence,
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66 the `\-public' switch indicates that the sequence should be made readable
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67 for other \fIMH\fR users.
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68 In contrast, the `\-nopublic' switch indicates that the sequence should be
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69 private to the user's \fIMH\fR environment.
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70
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71 The `\-list' switch tells \fImark\fR to list both the sequences defined
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72 for the folder and the messages associated with those sequences.
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73 \fIMark\fR will list the name of each sequence given by
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74 `\-sequence\ name' and the messages associated with that sequence.
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75 If `\-sequence' isn't used, all sequences will be listed,
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76 with private sequences being so indicated.
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77 The `\-zero' switch does not affect the operation of `\-list'.
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78
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79 The current restrictions on sequences are:
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80
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81 .in +.25i
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82 The name used to denote a message sequence must consist of
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83 an alphabetic character followed by zero or more
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84 alphanumeric characters, and cannot be one of the (reserved)
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85 message names \*(lqnew\*(rq, \*(lqfirst\*(rq,
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86 \*(lqlast\*(rq, \*(lqall\*(rq, \*(lqnext\*(rq, or \*(lqprev\*(rq.
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87
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88 Only a certain number of sequences may be defined for a given folder.
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89 This number is usually limited to 26 (10 on small systems).
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90
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91 Message ranges with user\-defined
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92 sequence names are restricted to the form \*(lqname:n\*(rq or
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93 \*(lqname:-n\*(rq, and refer to the first or last `n' messages
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94 of the sequence `name', respectively.
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95 Constructs of the form \*(lqname1\-name2\*(rq are forbidden.
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96 .in -.25i
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97 .Fi
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98 ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
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99 .Pr
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100 ^Path:~^To determine the user's MH directory
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101 .Ps
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102 ^Current\-Folder:~^To find the default current folder
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103 .Sa
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104 pick (1), mh-sequence (5)
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105 .De
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106 `+folder' defaults to the current folder
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107 .Ds
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108 `\-add' if `\-sequence' is specified, `\-list' otherwise
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109 .Ds
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110 `msgs' defaults to cur (or all if `\-list' is specified)
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111 .Ds
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112 `\-nopublic' if the folder is read\-only, `\-public' otherwise
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113 .Ds
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114 `\-nozero'
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115 .Co
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116 If a folder is given, it will become the current folder.
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117 .Hh
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118 Use \*(lqpick sequence \-list\*(rq
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119 to enumerate the messages in a sequence (such as for use
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120 by a shell script).
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121 .En
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