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authorGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2009-01-31 02:47:50 +0000
committerGlenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>2009-01-31 02:47:50 +0000
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Minor fixes.
-rw-r--r--doc/man/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--doc/man/b2m.117
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 <rgm@gnu.org>
+
+ * b2m.1: Minor fixes.
+
2008-12-14 Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
* 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.