Re: [Nmh-workers] suppressing display methods

[David Levine]

Paul F. wrote:

> i've long thought that it wasn't possible for a user's local
> configuration to "mask out" a display method configured in
> /etc/mhn.defaults.  it turns out that this isn't true,

Should the addition mention that?  Maybe in a paragraph to
precede the one you wrote, mentioning:  mhn.defaults is read
first, then the user's profile and any additional profiles
specified by the environment variables listed in the
mh-profile(5) man page.  The last value read for any entry is
the one that is used.

> so i'd like to apply this (or a similar) patch to all of the
> appropriate man pages (i.e., mhbuild, mhshow, mhstore, mhn, mhfixmsg),
> but obviously only if people think the behavior is intentional.

I believe that it's intentional and I think it's a good idea
to document it.

Instead of duplicating it in 5 places, maybe just put it in the
mh-profile page?

David