Re: nmh 1.8RC2, xlbiff, and $HOME

[David Levine]

Stephen wrote:

> My analysis:
>
> This is a regression.  HOME is used only to set the default profile
> file to "$HOME/.mh_profile".  But nmh doesn't need HOME if MH is set.

Thanks for your analysis.  I'd like to get Ralph's take on what we
should do.

> A further documentation issue: mh-profile(5) does not specify the
> treatment of a relative Path.  I expected it to be relative to the
> directory of the profile file, but it seems to actually be relative to
> HOME.

Right, it's relative to HOME.  I'll add this clarification to the man
page:
    A relative Path is relative to the user's $HOME directory.
unless there's another suggestion.

David