Re: mail inconsistent?

[Sergey Poznyakoff]

> a) At startup there is blurb about the FSF (C) etc ..
> it says to type "wa[rranty]" and "copying" for more info.
> "wa[rranty]" is done but no "copying".  Was there
> suppose to be a "copying" command?  .. Sergey?

I don't believe it is needed. The wa[rranty] command outputs
all the relevant info. Your opinion?

> b) stdout and ofile seems to be use interchangeably
> can we settle for ofile?

Actually, they are not always the same. For example, when processing
tilde escapes, ofile is set to point to the temporary file we are
editing, while stdout is using for printing messages.

> c) I would advocate to reduce the amount of FSF blurb
> on startup for just the "ve[rsion]" and an indication
> to use "wa[rranty]", "copying" and "bug" for more info.

How about this:

"%s, Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.\n"
"mail is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.\n"
"For details type `warranty'.\n"
"\n"
"Send bug reports to <address@hidden>.\n"

-Sergey