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From: qq11@uxb.liverpool.ac.uk (Alan Thew)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.mh
Subject: how to overide .mh_profile values
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Date: 19 Apr 91 16:03:34 GMT
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I was looking at Jerry Peek's recomp shell script, making a few
changes (pick up draft folder whatever its name etc) and found it
very useful. A problem occurs with my understanding of .mh_profile
values vs options on the command line, for example:

...........
$mh/comp -use -e ${VISUAL-${EDITOR-${EDIT-vi}}} -draftm $msgnum 
#$mh/comp -use -e ${VISUAL-${EDITOR-${EDIT-vi}}} -draftm $msgnum -draftf $draftf
stat=$?   # SAVE comp'S STATUS (IT'S USUALLY 0) FOR OUR exit

These are the last lines in the script (the first here was 'added' by
me). If line 2 is used, the following message appears when comp starts: 

comp: only one draft folder at a time

My .mh_profile entry for comp is:

comp: -editor prompter -draftfolder +draftings

I assumed that use of a switch on the command line overrode the profile
value, but both appear to being used!

What am I doing wrong here or what assumptions should I not have made?
Thank you.

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