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mhl(1)									mhl(1)

NAME
       mhl  - produce formatted listings of MH messages (only available within
       the message handling system, mh)

SYNOPSIS
       mhl [options] [files...]

OPTIONS
       Tells mhl to ring the terminal bell at the end of each  page.  This  is
       the  default  behavior.	You  can  suppress  this  by using the -nobell
       option.

	      This option takes effect only if the profile entry  moreproc  is
	      defined  but  empty,  and if mhl is outputting to a terminal. If
	      the moreproc entry is defined and non-empty,  and	 mhl  is  out‐
	      putting to a terminal, then mhl causes the moreproc to be placed
	      between the terminal and mhl,  and  the  switches	 are  ignored.
	      Tells mhl to clear the screen at the end of each page, or output
	      a formfeed after each message. You can suppress  this  by	 using
	      the -noclear option. The default behavior is -noclear.

	      This  option  takes effect only if the profile entry moreproc is
	      defined but empty, and if mhl is outputting to  a	 terminal.  If
	      the  moreproc  entry in the user's is defined and non-empty, and
	      mhl is outputting to a terminal, then mhl	 causes	 the  moreproc
	      program  to  be  placed  between	the  terminal and mhl, and the
	      options are ignored.

	      If the -clear option is used and the output of mhl  is  directed
	      to a terminal, then mhl consults the $TERM and $TERMCAP environ‐
	      ment variables to determine your terminal type in order to  find
	      out  how	to  clear the screen. If the -clear switch is used and
	      the output of mhl is not directed to a terminal (if,  for	 exam‐
	      ple, it is directed to a pipe or a file), then mhl sends a form‐
	      feed after each message.	Sets the folder name. This is used  by
	      components  in  the  mhl.format  form file to output the message
	      name. If you do not use this option, mhl consults	 the  environ‐
	      mental  variable	$mhfolder.  Specifies the format file used. If
	      this option is not given, mhl searches in	 your  Mail  directory
	      for  a  file called mhl.format; or, if this file does not exist,
	      it uses the system default file /usr/lib/mh/mhl.format.	Prints
	      a	 list  of  the valid options to this command.  Sets the screen
	      length. This defaults to the value indicated  by	$TERMINFO,  if
	      appropriate;  otherwise,	it  defaults  to  40.  Sets the screen
	      width. This defaults to the value	 indicated  by	$TERMINFO,  if
	      appropriate;  otherwise,	it  defaults  to  80.	Overrides  the
	      default moreproc program.	 Note that mhl never starts a moreproc
	      if invoked on a hardcopy terminal.

       The defaults for this command are:

       -bell
       -noclear
       -length	40
       -width  80

DESCRIPTION
       The  mhl command is a program for listing formatted messages, which can
       be used as a replacement for more, the default showproc program.

       As with more, each of the messages specified as arguments (or the stan‐
       dard input) are output. If more than one message file is specified, you
       are prompted prior to each one, and a <RETURN> or <EOT> begins the out‐
       put.  <RETURN>  clears  the screen (if appropriate), and <EOT>, usually
       <CTRL/D>,  suppresses  the  screen  clear.  An	<INTERRUPT>,   usually
       <CTRL/C>,  aborts  the  current	message output, prompting for the next
       message, if there is one.  A <QUIT>, usually <CTRL/E>,  terminates  the
       program without generating a core dump.

       The  mhl command operates in two phases: it reads and parses the format
       file; then it processes each message (file). During the first phase, an
       internal description of the format is produced as a structured list. In
       the second phase, this list is traversed for each message, and  message
       information  is	output	according to the instructions contained in the
       format file.

   The Form File mhl.format
       The mhl.format form file contains information controlling screen clear‐
       ing,  screen  size,  wrap-around	 control,  transparent text, component
       ordering, and component formatting. A list of components that should be
       ignored	may also be specified, and some special components are defined
       to provide added functionality. Message output is in the	 order	speci‐
       fied by the order in the format file.

       Each line of the mhl.format file has one of the following formats:

       ;comment :cleartext variable[variable...]  component:[variable...]

       A line beginning with a semi colon (;) is a comment, and is ignored.  A
       line beginning with a colon (:) is clear text, and is output exactly as
       it  is. A line containing only a colon (:) produces a blank line in the
       output.	A line beginning with component: defines the  format  for  the
       specified  component.  Remaining	 lines	define the global environment.
       Examples of these are given below, together  with  the  system  default
       form file.

       If  variables  or arguments follow a component, they apply only to that
       component; otherwise, their effect is global. Since the whole format is
       parsed before any output processing, the last global switch setting for
       a variable applies to the whole message, provided that the variable  is
       used in a global context (bell, clearscreen, width, length). All of the
       current variables and their arguments are shown in the following table:

       ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
       Variable		Type	   Semantics
       ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
       width		integer	   screen width or component width
       length		integer	   screen length or component length
       offset		integer	   positions to indent the component
       overflowtext	string	   text to use at the beginning of an
				   overflow line
       overflowoffset	integer	   positions to indent overflow lines
       compwidth	integer	   positions to indent component  text
				   after the first line is output
       uppercase	option	   output  text	 of  this component in
				   all
				   upper case
       nouppercase	option	   do not use uppercase
       clearscreen	option/G   clear the screen prior to each page
       noclearscreen	option/G   do not clear the screen
       bell		option/G   ring the bell at the	 end  of  each
				   page
       nobell		option/G   disable bell
       component	string/L   name	 to  use  instead of component
				   for this component
       nocomponent	option	   do not output component:  for  this
				   component
       center		option	   center component on line (works for
				   one-line components only)
       nocenter		option	   do not center
       leftadjust	option	   strip off  leading  white-space  on
				   each line of text
       noleftadjust	option	   do not leftadjust
       compress		option	   change newlines in text to spaces
       nocompress	option	   do not compress

       formatfield	string	   format string for this component
       addrfield	option	   field contains addresses
       datefield	option	   field contains dates
       ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────

       To  specify  the	 value	of integer-valued and string-valued variables,
       follow their name with an equals-sign (=) and the value. Integer-valued
       variables  are  given decimal values, while string-valued variables are
       given arbitrary text bracketed by double-quotes. If a value is suffixed
       by  /G  or  /L, then its value is useful in a global-only or local-only
       context (respectively). A line of the form:

       ignores=component,...

       specifies a list of components which are never output.

       The component MessageName outputs the actual message name  (file	 name)
       preceded	 by  the folder name if one is specified or found in the envi‐
       ronment. The format is identical to that produced by the -header option
       to show.

       The component Extras outputs all of the components of the message which
       were not matched by explicit components,	 or  included  in  the	ignore
       list.  If this component is not specified, an ignore list is not needed
       since all non-specified components are ignored.

       If -nocomponent is not specified, then the component name is output  as
       it appears in the format file.

       The  variable  formatfield specifies a format string; see mh-format(4).
       The variables addrfield and datefield, which  are  mutually  exclusive,
       control the interpretation of the escapes.

       By default, mhl does not apply any formatting string to fields contain‐
       ing address or dates; see mh-mail(4) for a list of these	 fields.  This
       results	in  faster  operation  since mhl must parse both addresses and
       dates in order to apply a format string to them.	 If desired,  mhl  can
       be given a default format string for either address or date fields, but
       not both. To do this, on a global  line	specify	 either	 the  variable
       addrfield  or  the  variable datefield, along with the variable format‐
       field.

PROFILE COMPONENTS
       Path: To determine your Mail directory

       moreproc: Program to use as interactive front-end

EXAMPLES
       The first example gives a typical line of a form file:

       width=80,length=40,clearscreen,overflowtext="***",overflowoffset=5

       The first two elements define the screen width to be 80 characters, and
       the screen length to be 40 lines. The next element, clearscreen, speci‐
       fies that the screen should be cleared prior to each  page.   The  next
       element,	 overflowoffset=5,  states that the overflow indentation is 5.
       The final element, overflowtext="***",  specifies  that	overflow  text
       should be optionged with three asterisks.

       The system default form file, /usr/lib/mh/mhl.format, is:

       :  -- using template mhl.format - - overflowtext="***",overflowoffset=5
       leftadjust,compwidth=9 ignores=msid,msgid,message-id,received Date:for‐
       matfield="%<(nodate{text})%{text}%|%(pretty{text})%>"  To:  cc: : From:
       Subject: :  extras:nocomponent  :  body:nocomponent,overflowtext=,over‐
       flowoffset=0,noleftadjust

FILES
       The  system  default  form file, used to format message.	 The user-sup‐
       plied alternate to the system default form file.	 The user profile.

SEE ALSO
       more(1), show(1), mh_profile(4), ap(8), dp(8)

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