>>>>> On Tue, 4 Apr 2000, "Neil" == Neil W Rickert wrote:
Neil> Sometimes sequences are put in Mail/context. I'm not
Neil> sure of the circumstances when this happens.
Had to go look that one up in Jerry's book
http://www.ics.uci.edu/%7emh/book/frm-home.htm
He pointed to the mh-profile man page which says:
The .mh_profile contains only static information, which
nmh programs will NOT update. Changes in context are made
to the context file kept in the users nmh directory. This
includes, but is not limited to: the "Current-Folder"
entry and all private sequence information. Public
sequence information is kept in each folder in the file
determined by the "mh-sequences" profile entry (default is
.mh_sequences).
And that took me off to the mh-sequence man page
Public and Private User-Defined Sequences
There are two varieties of user-defined sequences: public
and private. Public sequences of a folder are accessible
to any nmh user that can read that folder. They are kept
in each folder in the file determined by the
"mh-sequences" profile entry (default is .mh_sequences).
Private sequences are accessible only to the nmh user that
defined those sequences and are kept in the user's nmh
context file.
In general, the commands that create sequences (such as
pick and mark) will create public sequences if the folder
for which the sequences are being defined is writable by
the nmh user. For most commands, this can be overridden
by using the switches `-public' and `-private'. But if
the folder is read-only, or if the "mh-sequences" profile
entry is defined but empty, then private sequences will be
created instead.
Perhaps these snippets will help, Scott?
--Hal
